cow dust hour n.— «The “cow dust” hour of evening—how I love that phrase—when the call comes for home and family, and the sky is filled with the green, gold, crimson of the screaming, homing parrots.» —“Exquisite Fantasy...
Bitching Betty n.— «When the technicians throw an emergency into the program, the pilots become familiar with the female voice—known universally to pilots as “Bitching Betty”—that announces the problem automatically into their...
lollerskates interj.— «OMG! ROOFLES! LOLLERSKATES AND JERRY LOLLER ALL IN ONE!» —“Re: In this thread we talk about beer!” by As Cool As Neil Youn Usenet: rec.sport.pro-wrestling.fantasy Dec. 17, 2002. (source:...
smark n.— «Bob Rudd, the Czar of Misinformation, stated that this group is all fantasy posts, Smarks, and people who curse.» —“Info lists, and such” by DScherer Usenet: rec.sport.pro-wrestling May 21, 1994...
vocationer n.— «The 18-month-old firm lets people try out their dream jobs—selling test runs in about 60 occupations.…So far, of 100 clients—the company calls them “vocationers”—one has actually made the leap and struck...
otherkin n.pl.— «As kids, many say, they felt out of place in this world, even insisting to their parents that they were adopted. By their late teens, most Otherkin were involved in paganism, fantasy fiction, the Internet, or past-life...