bitch hook n. a curved metal device used with a chain to hold or secure lumber or other things, or to brake a sled on descents. Also bitch link. Editorial Note: The unpublished manuscript for the Lexicon of Trade Jargon (circa 1938-39, now at the...
kanban
n.— «Kanban. A manual signaling device for regulating material flow in a pull system.» —“Lean Lexicon” by Roberto Michel Modern Materials Managing Sept. 1, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
parve n.— «“They think it’s impossible for someone to live in Israel, breathing Israeli air, and have no position.” She shook her head. “They would rather have an enemy like Momo to argue with than a parve like me.” In...
cafeteria Catholic n.— «“Cafeteria Catholic” is one of the deadliest insults in the lexicon of people like Ann Widdecombe. It creates an image of liberals hovering over the Roman buffet, filling their plates with wholesome...
conehead n.— «Conehead. This has nothing to do with the space-alien routine made famous on Saturday Night Live. In Los Alamos, it means scientist, stemming from the unflattering “pointy-headed”—meaning too intellectual...
hick-hop n.— «What makes Cowboy Troy a hard-sell for the mainstream is that he is country music’s first rapper, grand master of a new musical genre he dubs “hick-hop.”» —“Add a new term to the lexicon: ‘hick...