dump cake n.— «A chocolate “dump” cake promises joy in an hour. Also known as a one-bowl cake, the procedure lets you plop all the ingredients into one mixing bowl, give them an unceremonious twirl and scrape the batter into...
gully cutting n.— «This tree in Strickland Place, Wentworthville, has undergone an extreme topiary make-over to allow room for overhead powerlines.…Arborist Hugh Taylor from Australian Tree Consultants said the practice was known as...
Throckmorton sign n.— «Throckmorton sign: positive if angle of the dangle is > 0 ° pointing toward the lesion (male patients only)…If the angle of the dangle > 90 ° use extreme caution.» —by Scott Nelson, Montri...
coke bugs n.pl.— «Coke can in extreme cases dissolve the septum that divides your nostrils and bring on paranoid psychoses ad sensory hallucinations known as “coke bugs.”» —“Cocaine in Washington” by Gordon...
slobber-knocker n. especially in American football, a powerful collision or a match featuring unusual phsyical violence or intense play; (hence) also in other sports, an exciting game; an exciting or emotional event. Also v., slobber-knock, to hit...
heroic dose n. a quantity of a medical drug sufficient to endanger a person; (hence) a quantity of a recreational drug sufficient to achieve the maximum possible psychedelic or psychotropic effects; an excess of any substance or behavior. Editorial...