leapicide n.— «And then there are some who just cheat, period. “I went to high school with one other person who was born on a leap day and she told people who asked that her birthday was on Feb. 28, even though it wasn’t,” she...
bonus baby n.— «Al, who signed with the Tigers in 1953, was what was then known in baseball as a “bonus baby.” As a result, he came straight to the big leagues out of high school when he was 18.» —“Big day for...
cocktail sip n.— «Indeed, he made no mention of it at all. Thompson spoke at an annual social sponsored by the Friends of Barbados DLP Association, the party’s New York branch headed by Lennox Price. Held at Nazareth Hall High School in...
freshmore n.—Gloss: a student in the second year of high school without enough credits to take sophomore classes. «“We’re really focusing harder now on the freshmen and sophomores so they don’t turn into what’s called ’freshmores,'”...
Columbine lock n.— «San Mateo Union High School District campuses are getting special locks to safeguard students, faculty and staff in case of a lockdown.…Burlingame High School economics teacher Kevin Nelson said recent school...
juke v.— «Fliers announcing this month’s Evanston Township High School homecoming dance carry the warning: “salacious or inappropriate dancing”—often called “juking”—is outlawed. Dance tickets at Naperville North...