canstruction n.— «At a canstruction site, canstruction accidents can happen. Yes, canstruction. It involves constructing sculpturelike installations with unopened cans of food in an annual charity competition open to teams from...
tumshie
n.— «A jocular or colloq. name for a turnip.» —Dictionary of the Scots Language , 1947. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
dutching n. 1. a technique of treating cocoa with alkali. 2. the tilting of a viewing perspective in film, television, or other visual media. Editorial Note: There are other more well-known types of dutching: in gambling, hedging bets in such a way...
dutching n.— «Dutch cocoa is subjected to a special process that was first developed in Holland. During the procedure, sometimes referred to as “Dutching,” the cocoa is treated with an alkali. The result is a cocoa powder that...
dutching n.— «Another is that the traditional processing methods—especially the fermentation, roasting and what’s known as “dutching,” which is the addition of alkali to mellow flavor—strip the nutrients, and especially the...
Jimmy Dean n.— «When we go through the breakfast chow line, we sign for breakfast, and also sing for a lunch meal. We have a choice of an MRE, or a “Jimmy Dean.” The JDs aren’t really made by JD anymore, although they used to...