jackass v.— «There was a time when everything you owned had to fit in your Sea Bag.…You warped your spine jackassing the goofy thing through a bus or train station.» —by William J. Veigele Sea Bag of Memories May...
ecomagination n.— «The one element that doesn’t fit is the word GE has coined to encapsulate its environment-friendly efforts: “ecomagination.”» —“General Electric” by Mark Dolliver Adweek May 16...
jump-out n.— «The young Nebraskans were particularly fascinated and curious about the “jump-outs” that DC police conduct twice each week, in which undercover officers attempt to buy drugs from young people who fit the profile...
jukebox musical n.— «It highlights the challenges faced by writers of so-called catalog, or jukebox, musicals, an increasingly popular form of show in which a new story is woven around existing hit songs.…In particular, the problem...
twixter n.— «Meet the Twixters: Twixters not kids anymore, but they’re not adults either. Everybody knows a few of them—full-grown men and women who still live with their parents, who dress and talk and party as they did in their teens...
Eye-wreck n.— «None of the “that stuff in Eye-Wreck” news will fit the American categories of perception and discourse. Hostile Iraqis, abu Ghraib, gesticulating clerics, robed jihadist, incessant street bombings—none of these...