cow-dust hour n.— « She in her cotton skirt,/bare feet in sandals/and with him/in jeans and sleeveless vest, they might be a Brahmin couple/wed ritually at the cow-dust hour,/sashed together with a silken scarf...
repot v.— «Repotting instead of retirement seems to work if you don’t run out of pots.» —“Nieman Notes” in Harvard University Nieman Reports (Cambridge, Massachusetts) Spring, 2003. (source: Double...
tocco v.— «The nickname, pronounced like “taco,” is a combination of the words “took” and “hocked” and means taking something without permission—but not quite stealing. Sullivan said his father got the...
pro-mia adj.— «The Web pages she referred to are often called “pro-ana,” or “pro-mia” sites, and they glorify thinness by endorsing anorexic and bulimic behavior.» —“‘Thinly’ veiled health...
phoneslaughter n.— «Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and the District of Columbia have banned the use of handheld cell phones across their entire jurisdictions. Illinois, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Ohio and Pennsylvania allow...
jacking n.— «Charges of illegally hunting deer at night were dropped against three Massachusetts camera enthusiasts yesterday…[who] had been charged with “jacking” deer in Kingston.» —“Bay State Trio Cleared of...