jam n.— «In the third period, the Americans got some “jam” as Laviolette refers to it and stormed Latvian goalie Arturs Irbe with 19 shots.» —“Team USA makes medal run tougher with opening tie” by Tim...
shoefly n.— «Shoefly. Labor spy.» —“Transit” by Jose Casey, Dispatcher, Fifth Ave. Coach Co., 135th St. & Bdwy, N.Y.C.; CIO Transport Workers Union, 153 WEst 64th St., N.Y.C., Coachmen’s Division; Greulich;...
angel n. among American military medical personnel in Iraq, a soldier killed in combat. Editorial Note: It is probably a coincidence that Jose Angel Garibay was one of the first soldiers, if not the first, killed in Iraq after the American invasion...
convenio n.— «On top of theconvenios, which function rather like long-term contracts with media bosses, there are thechayotes—one-time direct payments to reporters. Although much less common than 25 years ago, when reporters received cash...
encobijado n.— «Al respecto, el titular del Semefo, Jose Ramon Fernandez Caceres, dio a conocer en entrevista que el hombre y la mujer “encobijados” fueron muertos por asfixia con una bolsa de plastico, sujeta por un lazo a la...
trapo n.— «The very term “trapo” must have been invented because of Jose de Venecia. A trapo through and through even before trapo entered the lexicon, he was already a trapo in Ferdinand Marcos’s Batasang Pambansa, the...