toe-tapper n.—Gloss: a homosexual. Note: This is a very new use of the term that references the arrest of Senator Larry Craig of Idaho for soliciting gay sex in a public bathroom in June 2007. In public bathrooms used as cruising joints, toe...
hoss election n.— «When they read the column here pondering the origin of the term “Hoss Elections,” a Hawai’i phrase used to describe those senior class hall-of-fame awards in high school, the Valdez’s were the only ones to...
lopomo n.— «Products that idle in what the industry calls low-power mode, or lopomo, consumed about 10 percent of total electricity in California homes, according to a 2002 study prepared for the California Energy Commission by the...
vulturing n.— «“He threw seven innings on Friday and got no decision. He threw one inning today, he won the game.”…The bonus for Batista was picking up his seventh “W” when Seattle rallied in the top of the ninth...
exaflood n.— «“Bandwidth-intensive applications like video and music are redefining the Internet,” said Larry Irving, co-chairman of the IIA and former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for the Clinton Administration. “The strain on...
plunder match n.— « This was really more a plunder match than anything, but a good one, and all three men took some stiff shots.» —“411’s Countdown to WrestleMania 23: The WrestleMania XV Roundtable Review” by Larry...