tot lot n.— «Money is scarce and small youngsters are plentiful. By using ingenuity instead of cash, the people at Herlong set up what they call a Tot Lot. It is a playground designed and built almost entirely from scrap material...
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...
phoneslaughter
n.— «Phoneslaughter? Felony Charges in Distracted Driving Case.» —“Nevada: Landmark ‘Phone Slaughter’ Case” by Slimpickins Usenet: alt.true-crime Apr. 16, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
torpedo n.— «The I-80 in Nevada has become known as the “pee bottle corridor.” In North Dakota, one official estimates road crews are covered in a golden shower 20 to 40 times a year by the containers—also dubbed...
guzzler n.— «Water development projects, also known as guzzlers, are artificial water sources placed in remote mountain ranges of Southern Nevada.» —“Banquet Scheduled” Nevada Department of Wildlife July 6, 2004...
make shishi n.— «Long about Silver City I realized I had to, “make shishi,” as they say in the Islands, so I shouted through an open window to the driver, “Yoo-hoo, excuse me, but I think I have to go shi-shi...