blockbuster n.— «You can find one of the first new Greenstreets at 110th and Amsterdam in Morningside Heights. It occupies a long, wedge-shaped sidewalk extension along the southwest side of Amsterdam, widening from mid-block to occupy...
ginch n.— «Around here (Saskatchewan, Canada), gautch (gauch?) is a fairly commonly understood, perhaps slightly vulgar, word for underwear. It is usually used for male underpants, but can also stand for panties and even be extended to...
skull crusher n.— «Mike uses dumbbells instead of an EZ-bar, lowering them straight back (simultaneously) under complete control before exploding back up to, full extension and sueezing the triceps hard. “The key is to make sure...
stub v.— «When their streets reach the edge of the new development, construction is halted (or stubbed, in the parlance of the trade), awaiting further extension to occur when the adjacent property is developed.» —“Road plan reality:...
take a haircut v. phr.— «D’Amico “did one dastardly deed, and now he is missing in action and won’t talk to anybody,” the major-label financial executive says. “There hasn’t even been an ‘ask’ yet.” By that, he...
hump strap n.— «The second is a trick I use to make moving furniture easier on your back. Fold your 25-foot extension cord into fourths…, creating a 6-foot “hump strap.” This allows you to pick up and move heavy objects, like this...