dancing lemons n.— «As the school trustees resume their hunt, it’s become increasingly obvious that this exercise is flawed. Perhaps fatally. With head- hunter Bill Attea on the case, we’re just asking for another crop of dancing lemons...
shabachim n.— «The youths chuckled at the Hebrew term used to describe them, shabachim, which comes from a government acronym referring to people staying illegally. The same term is used for Palestinians who enter Israel without permits...
uprate n.— «he country’s most powerful nuclear plant, Palo Verde west of Phoenix, will soon grow more powerful, joining dozens of other nuclear plants whose upgrades are adding the equivalent of up to five new reactors across the nation...
profanitype n.— «By using it in his strip to some 300-plus newspapers (sometimes he renders it with asterisks, or “profanitype,” as he calls it), he hopes to sanitize the word and make it less taboo.» —“Out of the...
stinger n.— «The London-born special-ed physical education professional suffered what in gridiron parlance is called a stinger. Nothing to be afraid of, they say. It’s just like whacking your funny bone and having that shiver go down your...
vernac adj.— «There is the image, that to be successful, you have to speak English, wear a certain kind of clothes, frequent certain kind of places.” Says 14-year-old Rachna: “I can’t think of mixing with the vernac types...