cribbing n.— «So, last week, crews began the work of raising the 80-foot-long house 8 1/2 feet above flood level. Workers used a technique, called “cribbing,” where they jack up the house one foot at a time. The house was...
‘gina jack
n.— «‘Gina jack=speculum.» —by shanadevil (Shana Darling O’Keefe) in New York City FAZED—Slorum July 25, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
gina-jack n.— «My OB/GYN visit is fast approaching and I am not looking forward to it one bit.…She always attempts conversation right as she brings out what I call the “‘gina-Jack,” the vaginal equivalent of a car jack. It sounds...
jack-o’-lantern effect n.— «The plan’s gradual morphing reflects a desire to avoid what planners refer to as the “jack-o’-lantern” effect—sparse redevelopment in a sea of abandoned properties—while still allowing homeowners...
boojack n. a newspaper boy who attracts customers with shouts. Editorial Note: The most similar word I could find was bootjack, ‘a contrivance for pulling off boots,’ but the similarity is superficial. Another similar word, and more interesting in...
MP3Jing n.— «I need to look into repairing the headphone jack on my laptop. Without it, I can’t run monitors out from my MP3Jing software. That means no beatmixing.» —“Enjoying the silence” by The Angelus Aggregate of...