snowflake n.— «For the first time in my life, I was the minority. The neighbors noticed, too. As I walked down the street, I would hear comments like, “Hey there, pretty snowflake (a term used to describe Caucasian women)” on a daily...
hooker n.— «Hook: An invaluable offensive tool in the fight game, but only a precious few are able to use it to devastating effect. Those who can and do, are often referred to as “hookers”, and not in the pejorative sense. De La Hoya is a...
bistronomy n.— «Francois Lemarie had an article in the same issue on the move of French cuisine from gastronomy through bistronomy to fooding and lists as Parisian bistronomic places: La Cerisaie, Le Temps au Temps, Fogon St-Julien, Le...
crosstown dance n.— «For years the label “downtown dance” has been used as a vague shorthand to describe certain choreographers, usually experimental ones working on a shoestring budget. But most of the downtown choreographers (who...
downtown dance n.— «For years the label “downtown dance” has been used as a vague shorthand to describe certain choreographers, usually experimental ones working on a shoestring budget. But most of the downtown choreographers (who...
Puertorro n.— «El Pobre Kim Wan estuvo dos años sirviendo en el regimiento 65 y aprendío la lengua, y bromeaba con los soldados y decía que quería ir a “Puertorro” a quitarle…Cuando llegara a “Puertorro”...