foodshed n.— «But where Waters’ foodshed stretches as far south as Chino ranch near San Diego, Grade’s ingredients are gathered from at most a 15-mile radius or no more than a half hour from the lodge. Much of it comes from people she...
tailgating n.— «But she did not heed one warning: She left her door unlocked after returning from the party Dec. 12. Surveillance cameras show her entering Hill Hall shortly after 11 p.m. More than five hours later, the cameras filmed...
bean shoot n.— «Only a few weeks shy of parole in 1995, Andre found himself confined to a cell with walls the color of Pepto-Bismol. He received his meals through a slit in the door known in prison parlance as a “bean shoot”;...
crowdsourcing n.— «Mechanical Turk’s customers are corporations. By contrast, ChaCha.com, a start-up in Carmel, Ind., uses artificial artificial intelligence—sometimes also called crowdsourcing—to help individual computer users find...
cutie pie n.— «In one conversation, Moore talked about a cutie pie, slang for 9 ounces of cocaine. Moore: “I’m at Pacman’s house. I’m just laying around…“ Caller: “I’m just wondering if I could get a cutie pie from...
John Wayne contract n.— «Previously GPs had what was known as the John Wayne contract, which meant whatever the hour, “a GP’s gotta do what a GP’s gotta do.”» —“What happened to the Saturday surgery?” by Simon...