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janky

janky Β adj.β€”Β Β«The two artists wear white, β€œjanky-ass Tyvek” painter’s suits; they move quickly, transferring wooden panels and cement legs to the curb beneath the AC Transit sign. Within minutes, they are assembling the bench.Β»Β β€”β€œThere Goes the...

shaft meal

shaft meal
Β adj.β€”Β Β«The meal itself becomesβ€”particularly if it’s the usual trinity of chicken, pasta and saladβ€”the shaft meal or the gruel.» —by Anthony BourdainΒ Kitchen ConfidentialΒ May 22, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

rail

rail Β n.β€”Β Β«When the restaurant closed, we’d take over the bar, drinking Cristalβ€”which we’d buy at costβ€”and running fat rails of coke from one end of the bar to the other, then crawling along all fours to snort them.» —by Anthony BourdainΒ Kitchen...

skeempers

skeempers Β n.β€”Β Β«My father had a favorite term he used to describe anything that pinched or clasped. Consequently, the kitchen tongs and the snaps on my pajamas came to be called skeempers. The Oxford English Dictionary, Merriam Webster, spell-check...