mahoff n.— «The pro tem is the big mahoff in the Senate, the guy with the title and the money and the power. He’s two breaths away from being governor, and he passes out office space.» —“‘It’s not who’s pro tem, it’s who has votes,’...
tuner car n.— «At least in ten to twenty years I can still get money back out of the Porsche where the “tuner car” will have lost nearly all of it’s value.» —“Re: Modern American Muscle Cars VS Ferraris” by...
goose father n.— «Lots of fathers are lonely. Prof. “J” is lonely too. His wife left Korea for the U.S. with their children to give them a chance to study English. They have a 9-year-old boy and 5-year-old girl. He sends money...
halo car n.— «“Halo cars,” stylish vehicles built to attract customers to showrooms, work well for some dealers. They are not meant to bring in lots of money in sales but to spark conversation so that the brand stands out among...
fukubukuro n.— «The bargains come in grab bags, called fukubukuro, or sacks of fortune. The bags used to be a traditional way for stores to unload unwanted merchandise. But now that more Japanese have money to burn, department stores are...
cerveza n.— «On my way to Ebebiyin, I was stopped several times by underpaid or rarely paid soldiers who demanded bribes—in their parlance cerveza, or beer money.» —“A Touch of Crude” by Peter Maass Mother...