tortilla wall n.— «Alonzo cited the construction of a fence between Tijuana and San Diego, known in Mexico as “the tortilla wall.” It was completed in the 1990s and forced migrants into the sparsely populated and dangerous...
rark up v. phr.— «Canterbury fan Hamish Kilworth said a group of 10 “hardcore” fans would control the area. All South Islanders were welcome to join the festivities. “It will be a big day out and the one-eyed Canterbury...
cribbing n.— «A stable vice is an undesirable behavior demonstrated by horses that are stall bound but also in pastures or small paddocks. The most common stable vice is probably “wind sucking,” commonly known as...
post turtle n.— «Out here in the country, Bush and his buddies are referred to as “post turtles.” Those are turtles you might see on the top of a fence post. They don’t know how they got up there, they don’t know what...
bag hawk n.— «Samuel Hoffman, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, wrote, “Plastic bags trapped in trees and along fence lines are called bag hawks.“» —“Word Fugitives” by Barbara Wallraff The Atlantic July-Aug...
ghetto pass n.— «The first time I saw Latifah in person, I left my feminism and classical political theory class early so that I could hear her speak over the electric fence between a (white) feminism that many Harvard students and...