wolf ticket n.— «Ah, but my favorite phrase that the boys enlightened me on was wolf ticket or wolfin’ Huh? Yeah, I had no clue, either. It means someone’s lying. Why wolf ticket? It’s a play off the story of the boy who cried wolf. The...
mobbing
n.— «Mobbing—walking around in a large group.» —“Kids help geezer get the hang of slang” by Eddie Jimenez Fresno Bee (California) May 21, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
slash n.— «In current career parlance, students would become “slashes,” a term that looks like what a person does: “She is a mathematician /artist/ dancer/writer/coach” would be an example. Adult workers are already doing this multi-role...
bye-bye syndrome n.— «Alec and Cameron are just two victims in what parents and child safety advocates call a growing trend of children being killed and maimed by vehicles—often their family’s own SUVs and minivans—backing out of...
Heart Attack Kids attrib.— «“No Worries’ would be a different team from the “Heart Attack Kids” team of two years ago that was known for its comebacks.» —“Black Determined Not to Be 2nd-Best Again” by Allen...
shut up and color v. phr.— «Veteran Cathcart and rookie George endure considerable ribbing from the fraternity of airline fliers. Cathcart has been subjected to every lawyer joke ever uttered, while George, as the new kid on the block, is...