pimp slap n.— «“While Clark County is more than willing to participate in a dialogue with you and your legislative leaders about the future of these programs, we believe strongly that they should be one of the last programs to be cut...
tulies n.pl.—Gloss: the boondocks or the middle of nowhere. Note: Out in the tules/tules means “out in the boondocks” or “far away.” Encarta says that “to be in deep tules” is a Hispanic English expression meaning “to be in...
quinfecta n.— «If guessing three winners in three races at the horse track is called a trifecta, what do you call Hillary Clinton’s scheduled near-sweep of the Sunday news shows? We count five separate appearances. Would that be a...
poop-butt n.— «It’s hard for you to know whether you can cut it anyplace. Not just here, anywhere. Don’t believe that about “if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.” That’s bull ——. If you can make it period, that’s...
shoot, shovel and shut up v. phr.— «Worse, the law may actually speed up extinctions. Farmers have an incentive to destroy protected species before the biologists find them—a practice known as “shoot, shovel and shut up...
tumpsy n.— «So it was dismaying to see her trading once more on her tumpsy instead of her brains and her bad, brilliant mouth.» —“Don’t fight gravity. Embrace gravitas” by Janice Turner Times (United...