chayote n.— «“It pricks your hands but you grab it just the same,” is how they describe the chayote, also slang for bribe, which like the vegetable is abundant and whets one’s appetite for more.» —“Complicity between press...
po-po n.— «i guess i couldn’t hear the sirens yeah it was po-po an that’s oh pee dee for those who don’t know.» —“Lyrics: Raw Fusion: Throw Yo Hands in the Air!” by pharvey@quack.kfu.com (Paul Harvey) Usenet: alt...
skeempers n.— «My father had a favorite term he used to describe anything that pinched or clasped. Consequently, the kitchen tongs and the snaps on my pajamas came to be called skeempers. The Oxford English Dictionary, Merriam Webster...
noodle v.— «If blasting away at fish strikes some as crude, it’s nothing next to noodling. Variously known as hand grabbing, hogging, grabbling, stumping and dogging (depending on what part of the country you’re in), noodling, as they...
tick-tacker n. at a horse track, a person (often a tout) who communicates information to others by hand signals. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
tick-tacker n.— «Tick-tackers lasted longer. Usually wearing white gloves for better visibility, tick-tackers conveyed prices from one enclosure to another by hand signals.» —“Randwick’s last tout: nine tips but none the...