downwinder n.— «Downwinder is a term used to describe people who lived downwind from hundreds of nuclear tests conducted by the federal government between 1951 and 1992 at the Nevada Test Site.» —“‘Divine Strake’ test fuels Dixie...
buy bust n.— «At the time of the Aug. 11, 2005, bust, members of the Marin Major Crimes Task Force already had purchased 400 pills from Marquez. They arranged to buy 2,000 pills for $10,000 in a transaction known to investigators as the...
flutzing n.— «Has been criticized—and marked down by judges—for “flutzing,” changing edge on takeoff of her triple lutz and turning it into a flip.» —“Figure skaters to watch at the Winter Games” by Nancy...
hammer-in n.— «Mr. Moran was stricken by cancer a number of years ago and it came back last August, Mr. Hendrickson said. “He was pretty brave about it,” and was able to travel in October to Arkansas for a knife “hammer...
catch a case v. phr.— «“I kept telling him, ‘You’re going to catch a case,’” a prison-system euphemism for being written up for an infraction.» —“Recovery” by Nancy Martinez in Mathis Caller...
quillow n.— «Today, prison shelves are stacked with stitchery, from cozy “quillows” destined for a Salvation Army facility to stacks of brightly colored mittens.» —by Nancy Zieman Creative Kindness , 2000...