purse party n.— «Hundreds of women have probably been to what’s called a purse party, where you can buy fake designer handbags for a fraction of the cost. But, deputies said, it’s illegal and it could land some people in jail...
garagesailing n.— «When you find a Nintendo Entertainment System Zapper in mint condition for $3, it’s hard to complain. It’s all part of a time-honored practice that Gus and Geoff Turner of www.thenewgamer.com refer to as...
car-hopper n.— «A “car-hopper” nabbed red-handed in a Westerleigh garage could spend 60 days in jail after pleading guilty to attempted burglary yesterday.…Police say the practice called “car-hopping”...
UFROG n.— «Even before we moved in, my wife set the deadline of transforming our UFROG (it means unfinished room over garage) into 250 square feet of livable, workable space, which I commonly refer to as a man room. It’s not really a den...
big red truck n.— «“I figured it was just a matter of time before somebody came running out of the big red truck with a box full of plates,” said crew chief Todd Parrott, using the garage area parlance for NASCAR’s headquarters...
FOG n.— «We’ve had penthouses, duplexes and coach houses—and now the latest “must have” property in the housing market is a FOG—a flat over a garage.» —“FOGs—the new property buzzword ” Property...