slam pig n.— «Matt and Flava have gay sex.…Matt has this to say: “Flava is a slam pig.”» —“SportsFan Magazine’s Super Bowl XL Timeline” by Sean Sweeney SportsFan Magazine Feb. 6, 2006. (source:...
off the range adj.— «Avner makes the tough decision to leave behind his pregnant wife, relinquish his identity and go completely underground—“off the range,” in CIA parlance.» —“Best of 2005: Movies—Munich” by Brent...
Tetris edit v.— «Like my editor, you have probably already grasped that Tetris editing involves moving a chunk of story—a quote, a tip, an anecdote, even just a well-turned phrase—further and further down the length of the piece, trying...
fooding n. a restauranting trend which emphasizes food as a style choice, usually via new or fusion cuisines in combination with factors not related to food, such as a unique or trendy atmosphere. Editorial Note: In French, fooding takes the...
road diet n.— «A study of these “road diets”—the change of a roadway from four lanes to three—shows that four-lane streets with up to 20,000 vehicles per day are candidates for this kind of treatment.» —“Bikeways and...
ghost v.— «A set of current federal documents about treatment of prisoners that has been ghosted to unreadability.» —“Building a One-Man Magazine, One Impossible Feat at a Time” by David Carr New York Times Nov...