fish fog n.— «Medical researchers are just beginning to explore such mercury exposure in adults, which can leave some people struggling through life in a disorienting “fish fog.”» —“Power plants are focus of drive to cut...
thrownaway n.—Gloss: a child who has been forced to leave home by a guardian or parent. «A federal study found that 45 percent of missing kids were either runaways or “thrownaways,” a term for kids kicked out of their homes by...
asshole footprint n.— «Regrettably, some Americans are simply not aware of how large an asshole footprint they leave on the planet.» —“Know Your Asshole Footprint” Vanity Fair Oct., 2007. (source: Double-Tongued...
BONCOB n.— «As those pseudo-silk purses now unravel, a new acronym has joined the financial argot: BONCOB, pronounced Bon-cob, according to debt traders. Translation (have the children leave the room now): “Bugger off, no chance of...
WORF n.— «The Senate could, if it passes many of the Assembly bills in its possession, leave the Assembly with a lot of work to finish up. If these bills have been amended in the Senate, the Assembly will need to concur in these...
bootleg trail n.— «Master Naturalists also spend a lot of time using brush, logs and leaves to obscure what rangers like Mullins refer to as “bootleg trails,” unplanned, unsanctioned paths that have emerged in the mountainside due to the...