tsouri
n.pl.— «You don’t know how lucky you are to have girls instead of boys. With boys you wind up with tsouris.» —by Judy Blume Wifey July 15, 1989. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
solastalgia n.— «Solastalgia describes the pain experienced when the place a person lives is under assault and destruction, a loss of a sense of belonging to a particular place and a sense of desolation about its disappearance.…He uses the term...
boondocking n.— «They were friends, and on the night she was killed, Paula, Brett Harris and Karen Winfield went “boondocking” along the river in Harris’ Toyota Land Cruiser.» —“Mother Left With Pain, Hate” by Judy Fossett Sunday...
throw signs v. phr.— «They “throw signs”-bending fingers to form “C,” for Crip, or “CK,” for Crip Killer, “B” for Blood, or “BK” for Blood Killer.» —“Gang Tension At School, Survival Comes First” by Judy Pasternak Los Angeles Times Feb. 5, 1989...
busdown n.— «She is no longer a ho or a busdown or a bitch as she had been told day-in and day-out by her birth mother.» —“When Will I Be Loved?” by Judy Howell Foster and Adoptive Care Association of Minnesota Mar. 11, 2004. (source: Double...
swankienda n.— «In February 1965, the Houston-born columnist landed a rare, exclusive interview with Burt Lancaster (top, left) in Dallas. Later that year, she and celebrity pal Judy Garland (bottom, left) were spied sharing a ride on the way to an...