borrow leg v. phr.— «Me I always follow my heart in any situation if body say make I run, i go borrow leg tear race comot for there, if not I kack full ground.» —“Threesome—Good or Bad?” by CalabarMan Nairaland...
stander n.— «Carousel horse resin model, $425 to $1,825, plus shipping and handling. “Lefty,” a full-sized, carousel horse is a looker as well as a “stander” (the term for a carousel animal with three legs down and...
high-speed overnight n.— «If you do not have at least 8 hours off between duty periods then it’s not rest, it’s duty, so you’d stay on duty all night long (even if you happen to go to a hotel for a few of those hours). This is referred to...
needle n.— «There was, to use the sporting pros’ shorthand, needle—and plenty of it. The most famous incident came when Kosmina and then-Sydney coach Pierre Littbarski each let the other know exactly what they thought of them in the...
jag someone off v. phr.— «“We don’t make any money,” says Weisbecker, who charges $3.39 for the sandwich. “But,” he says, deploying a western Pennsylvania euphemism for pulling someone’s, er, leg, “we do like to jag people off...
alive day n.— «Staff Sgt. Joshua Olson of Spokane called it his “Alive Day,” the first anniversary of the day he lost his leg in Iraq.» —“Spokane soldier who lost leg in combat celebrates ‘Alive Day’” by...