Corrupticut n.— «Nowadays, from Storrs to Stamford, there are jokes about living in Corrupticut, Connection-icut or, the new favorite, Criminalicut.» —“The Nutmeg State Battles the Stigma of Corrupticut” by Paul von...
segocia n.— «It’s no longer the place where safely returned deputies spend their days, cracking jokes with old segocias before shuffling once more into the back benches for the start of the new Dail.» —“Politicians living in terror...
hog-dogging n.— «Now I have, second hand, a story on people who sic dogs on captured wild hogs, chasing them around a pasture and biting them into submission. This is no joke. Hog dogging rodeos are for real and they’re happening...
asplode v.— «IBleedPurple11: “What’s with all the exploding heads? A running joke that I’m missing? And besides, shouldn’t it be a’splode?…” rancidPlasma: “when i said my ‘head exploded,’ it was a euphemism for...
greenies n.pl.— «There’s an old joke in baseball that players hate rain delays even more than fans do because postponing the first-pitch time makes it hard for them to judge exactly when to take their “beans.” Also known as...
beaned up adj.— «There’s an old joke in baseball that players hate rain delays even more than fans do because postponing the first-pitch time makes it hard for them to judge exactly when to take their “beans.” Also known as...