hophead n.— «ergeant Major’s India Pale Ale was supposed to be a one-off batch of beer four years ago. He recalled putting together the batch for a Hamilton bar for beer aficionados, or “hopheads” as he calls them. The bar...
yowie n.— «Defence spokesman Major Klaus Boehme says the sniper’s outfit of hessian bags and appropriate camouflage paint evolved from a British idea of about 35 years ago. It had been developed in the mid-1970s when the Army started...
base knock n.— «Can someone please tell Major League Baseball, ESPN, and local broadcasters that “Base Knock” is not a good slang term for a base hit?» —“Base Knock?” by Juice Juice Blog (San Diego...
buy bust n.— «At the time of the Aug. 11, 2005, bust, members of the Marin Major Crimes Task Force already had purchased 400 pills from Marquez. They arranged to buy 2,000 pills for $10,000 in a transaction known to investigators as the...
ghost n.— «“Ghosts” is a term used to describe non-roster invitees to Major League Baseball spring training.» —“Ghosts trying to scare up roster spots” by Mike Cunniff Morris Daily Herald (Illinois) Feb. 24...
Dust Off n.— «The 57th had worked without a tactical call sign, simply using “Army” and the tail number of the aircraft.…Major [Lloyd E.] Spencer decided that this slapdash system had to go. In Saigon he visited Navy...