road to Damascus experience n.— «There are those who regard coming out as a “road to Damascus” experience, a single moment of recognition of one’s “true” self, a gestalt shift in which the label of the derided...
cocktail baby n.— «it was never in my agenda that i would marry a westerner. let alone having a mixed baby. as fate has it, i met one at work, fell in love wth him, married him, and went on to have a cute little junior. this little junior...
giftmas
n.— —””social anxiety” is just a label I wear as an excuse for not trying harder” by iki (kriatyrr) metamorphosis (Oslo, Norway) Nov. 14, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
riggwelted adj.— «I fled to Harry Ramsden’s for lunch, washed down with a bottle of the Black Sheep Brewery’s ale, Riggwelter. The label, decorated with an apparently dead ram, explained that “when a sheep is on its back and can’t...
juniorization n.— «The survey spawned a terrible new word: juniorization. It covers a multitude of sins. When more experienced reporters left the profession because they were traumatized by covering the political violence that swept the...
bomber n.— «Tagging or bombing, whatever the street label, graffiti art provides the participant with a rush and a mark of identity. In that, Berry succeeded. “Peter wasn’t just any bomber, he was one of the greatest,” said...