planned-overs n.pl.— «Left-overs will not represent waste and planned-overs or portions of food cooked in advance will save hours in the kitchen.» —“Keep the Ice Box Filled” Kansas City Star (Kansas...
peoplerazzi n.— «Professional athletes are lavishly pampered and provocatively paid in our culture. They are pestered by the peoplerazzi—intrusive autograph hounds and hero worshipers who never let up.» —“When Legends Tour Arrives...
nerdle n.— «So how much toothpaste should you use, given all those millions spent on the product? A “nerdle” says the ADA. That’s a squeeze that covers the length of the bristles on a toothbrush, ADA researches say...
popcorn workers lung n.— «The disease is often called “popcorn workers lung” but affects an unknown number of people who work in other food-processing plants where the flavoring is used, the unions said.» —“Unions seek...
steal v.— «Ralls “stole” on Boston—in street lingo, attacked when he didn’t expect it.» —“Woman convicted in boyfriend’s stabbing” by Joe Lambe Kansas City Star (Kansas, Missouri) July 21, 2006...
leave everything on the ice v. phr.— «You know what you get—a guy that’s going to be intense and is going to be demanding everything you’ve got. He wants you to leave everything on the ice because that’s the way he does his job...