draw down v. phr.— «Over and over you hear the same thing….”They just drawin’ down on people”, meaning they are pulling their guns.» —“Katrina: a cameraman’s journal in NOLA” by Xeni Jardin in New...
American tsunami n.— «The breadth of the destruction has caused some commentators to dub it the “American tsunami” because of its resemblance to the terrible havoc of last year’s disaster in Asia.» —“Law and Order...
DMORT n.— «I called someone to decode the DMORT code on a trash dumpster. It looked like it had been there a week.» —“Downtown” by Jacob Appelbaum in New Orleans Jacob Appelbaum’s weblog Sept. 11, 2005...
chopper n.— «The AK-47 is known in new orleans as a “chopper” or a “chop.” as in b.g.‘s “chopper city in the ghetto” (1998), a platinum-selling album on cash money which gave the world the phrase...
chop n.— «The AK-47 is known in new orleans as a “chopper” or a “chop.” as in b.g.‘s “chopper city in the ghetto” (1998), a platinum-selling album on cash money which gave the world the phrase...
throw-down n.— «“It’s a Saturday night special, judge,” Barrett said. “It’s not a mystery that a gun with no serial numbers is used by criminals. It’s used as a throw-down.”» —“Accused Cop Has Record Of...