turf n.— «“If your mother sends you a letter to the editor saying she loves you, check it out. It might be turf. Today especially, there is an 80 percent probability it is turf.” “Turf” is editorial page slang for form...
porky n.— «Mr Hay, whose own record on rates is that he broke an election promise to freeze rates for three years, said the figures showed Mr Hubbard had told “porkies” and misled the public.» —“Mother Hubbard’s jump in...
Jorge Arbusto n.— «A Mãe Natureza dá uma mãozinha e ajuda a ridicularizar (ainda mais) o presidente Jorge Arbusto. Thank you Mother Nature.» —“Jorge Arbusto” by Single White Male Single White...
potto n.— «An elderly woman from the Barelas neighborhood tells of her alarm when her mother threatened to put the potto (“duck” in Spanish, “teapot” in Spanglish) on the stove burner.» —“Program preserves...
paleoconservative n.— «Scenes like the “High Society Cake Walk” production number and FDR’s spat with his haughty paleoconservative mother after his conversion to Eleanor’s liberal way of thinking provoked spontaneous applause...
Didi n.— «Most Indians, for example, do not call their elder sisters by name but as “Didi” or an equivalent term (just like how one does not normally call one’s parents by name, but “Mother” or “Father...