rumpology n.— «Sylvester Stallone’s mom, Jacqueline, practices the art of reading people’s backsides—rumpology, as they call it.» —“Take 5 Hot Picks” by Tony Kiss Citizen-Times (Asheville, N.C.) Sept. 30...
arbiter n.— «When I insist to the restaurant part-time waitresses, or “arbiters,” a Korean term borrowed from German, that I want nothing less than the very hottest variety of tak-galbi, they give me a look of disbelief...
rocking chair job n.— «It will be no rocking-chair job for whoeever does the catching for the St. Louis Browns next season.» —“Batting ‘Em Out in The Hot Stoveleague” Washington Post Feb. 17, 1925. (source: Double...
woo-woo
adj.— «Leave it to his kooky sister to think that sitting around with a bunch of woo-woos was going to get him a date.» —by David Ramsdale Red Hot Tantra Mar. 1, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
bomber n. an old, dilapidated automobile; (hence) a class of such automobiles used with few or no modifications in stock car racing. Etymological Note: This is directly related to the term bomb ‘an old, dilapidated car,’ which goes back to at least...
hog-dogging n. 1. a (blood) sport in which trained dogs corner (wild) pigs; 2. showing off; hot-dogging. Editorial Note: Though both are often called hog-dogging, some participants make a distinction between hog-baying, in which the dogs are only...