all-welcome adj.— «You can feel the change at the Lighthouse Court, a popular—some would say notorious—gay-only Whitehead Street guesthouse that recently went “all welcome,” the local euphemism for accepting heterosexual...
shearography n.— «Skin-to-core bonding problems can be detected by the shearography technique through laser interferometry techniques. When a composite part is slightly stressed, a minor surface deflection in the material can be spotted...
spizzerinctum n.— «The mayor had a vistion,/In his slumbers he was troubled,/Dreamed he saw a huge petition/Signed by more than 80,000/Of the people of they city,/Praying for a referendum./…It was signed by Cephas Wojjers,/...
spizerinktum n.— «“On to Washington” will be the next keynote of the program next Thursday with old reliable Kiwanian Frank Key furnishing the “spizerinktum.”» —“Kiwanis Club” by Jack Wright, Frank...
big dance n.— «He has written a forthcoming book entitled “The Big Dance,” the gang’s code name for the robbery.» —“Key Brink’s Suspect ‘Intelligent’ Radical” Newsday (New York City) Feb. 14, 1986...
sag wagon n.— «The cyclists said they carry about 10 pounds of weight with them when they ride. The rest of their equipment and belongings travel with Barrett in the support vehicle or “sag” wagon, as they call it...