jock tax n.— «It all started after the Chicago Bulls beat the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1991 NBA Finals. California decided to extend its state income tax to Bulls star Michael Jordan and his teammates. The next year, Illinois came back...
gurl v.— «“Addagurl” is the gay community’s slang for the ADHD drug Adderall. Jared, 29 (who, like all subjects in this story, used a pseudonym), spends his weekends “gurling.”» —“Who Needs A Dealer…When...
addagurl n.— «“Addagurl” is the gay community’s slang for the ADHD drug Adderall. Jared, 29 (who, like all subjects in this story, used a pseudonym), spends his weekends “gurling.”» —“Who Needs A Dealer…When You Have A Doctor...
disaster industrial complex n.— «But the worst damage is what is being done now, this confluence of forces barraging New Orleans and its Diaspora, what some local organizers have referred to as the Disaster Industrial Complex. This is the...
Jonahs n.pl.— «Jonahs: (Michael) Jordan shoes.» —“Bling bling—What did you say? Slang you’ll hear on campus” by Marissa Alfaro Daily Republic (Fairfield, California) May 15, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued...
psych interj.— «psych (pronounced sy-y-y-k) an exclamation, means telling a lie. “Robert said Michael Jordan was his dad and then I yelled, ‘Psych! Psych!’”» —“L.A. Speak” by Kathleen Moloney, Mary...