schluck n.— «Rosemary Hewlett jumped in on this, too. This granddaughter of Clara is 86 years old and living in California. Her late husband was Bill Hewlett, who founded Hewlett-Packard. Between sips—or, as she called them, schlucks—of...
shutter man n.— «One of the funniest versions of paeksu husbands are the so-called shutter men (셔터맨), men who only need to raise and lower the shutter of the shop of their wives. The stereotype concerns especially...
Boeing aliya n.— «As many as 50% of them fit into the category of the “Boeing Aliya”—an expression coined to describe families in which the husband commutes. “It is a quality aliya: They come from a rich country and it’s...
terp n.— «One of the most pleasant and rewarding contacts we (husband and I) had with deaf signers was at a lunchj where one of the other hearing people who signed, (actually a terp, but off duty) was willing to both sign and voice...
levanton n.— «Miriam fears her husband is the victim of a levanton, one of the kidnappings that plague this border city as the drug trade spreads its ugly claws.» —“Sure her husband is innocent, Miriam Garcia won’t turn her back on...
discordant couple n.— «The physician who performed the inseminations reported that in January 1990 a second HIV-1-discordant couple (i.e., seropositive husband with hemophilia, sero negative wife) underwent one insemination using the same...