woolybooger n.— «“Why, we’re liable to be here until the Fourth of July,” declared Rep. John Levergood of Shawness and woollybooger fame. Levergood considers himself a watchdog in the House and bounces to the microphone to denounce...
tanker yanker n.— «Grabbing his CB microphone, he hollered: “Hey, tanker yanker, ya’ got a copy?”» —“The Chilling Tale Of A Trucker-Turned-Writer” by Bard Lindeman The Record (New Jersey) Aug...
red light fever n. 1. excitement or unusual behavior when confronting a recording device, specifically: nervousness, giddiness, or talkativeness in front of a live microphone or video camera; the desiring or seeking of media attention. 2. in...
hooping n.— «But though his teaching was done, Rodgers’ “hoop” was just beginning, in a voice turned musical pendulum. “I’ve got pow-er, to live for Him!” Rodgers half sang, half spoke, his lips an inch from the...
pot someone up v. phr.— «With the system Bill has engineered, we can hear every word Sid says for four-and-a-half hours, but the listeners can only hear what he’s saying when we choose to “pot him up,” as they say in the radio...
soft-seater n.— «The number of reading series in Washington has grown impressively high. They fall into two main types: soft-seaters and hard seaters. A soft-seater is typically held in a fancy auditorium with a lectern and microphone on...