polliwogging n.— «Iowa DNR fisheries technician Adam Thiese found the first Higgins eye within 30 minutes of the opening bell. Using a technique dubbed “polliwogging,” he slipped downstream on his knees, probing the bottom...
Bop-lop-a-boom-bop lop-bam-boom. It's another issue of the A Way with Words newsletter! This past weekend we aired an episode in which a caller told us that she finds the word "moist" repugnant. She's not...
hoe-chucker n.— «The Vancouver parks board received two log-loaders yesterday from Finning Canada and Caterpillar to aid in Stanley Park’s restoration. The half-million-dollar machines, commonly called hoe chuckers, are used to play a log...
POSH n.— «POsH: Plain Old semantic HTML.…I think POsH suggests more than just the semantics/structure inherent in xhtml, but not (yet, perhaps) a µf.» —“IRC Log for #microformats on 2007-04-06″ by...
glog n.— «Superstar members will be given the ability to cover March Madness by using the CBS SportsLine Glog. Glog which is short for a “game log,” is a unique form of sports coverage created by CBS SportsLine in 2005. It’s...
kahunas n.pl. testicles; cojones. Also kahoonas. Editorial Note: Can be used in all the same ways as other slang terms for “testicles.” This kind of transformation of a Spanish word into substantially different Anglicized spellings...