green broke adj.— «The afflicted victim has the urge to buy a horse and the only way to lick the dreaded malady is to attend a horse sale.…Since the subject had been brought up I asked in a quieter voice, “Is he broke?”...
neckdown n.— «At their best, Greenstreets—the pint-sized green spaces that Parks began planting in 1996—have served as modest traffic-calming measures, displacing asphalt with patches of greenery that send cues to slow down. The new breed...
A middle-schooler who’s reading Anne of Green Gables is puzzled by a mention of “breakfast, dinner, and supper.” She wants to know if the words “dinner” and “lunch” really interchangeable. This is part of a...
Oregon grate n.— «Commonly called the “Oregon grate,” the fish exclusion device fits onto the box trawl net traditionally used by pink shrimpers, allowing fishers to scoop shrimp off the sea floor without accidentally catching...
green-score v. phr.— «Last Saturday, I killed a 10-point here at my club in Pearl River County, and for around here it’s a real trophy.…I had it green-scored and it was about 130 inches and the taxidermist told me to enter it in...
flatfender n.— «Kevin Hawkins is well-known in wheeling circles as a builder and driver of Jeeps that work. His first flatfender was affectionately called the “Frog,” owing to its green paintand the way it would hop...