11 p.m. player n.— «That is what happens when you chase 11 p.m. players, also known as past-prime-time players, something the Mets do often.» —“Pedro is a big mistake” by Shaun Powell Newsday (N.Y.) Nov. 30...
hang up n.— «One New Year’s Eve nine years ago, four inmates told her they were going to “hang up”—jailspeak for committing suicide by hanging.» —“Nun helps inmates beat the holiday blues” by Bill...
big dance n.— «He has written a forthcoming book entitled “The Big Dance,” the gang’s code name for the robbery.» —“Key Brink’s Suspect ‘Intelligent’ Radical” Newsday (New York City) Feb. 14, 1986...
fiending n.— «Almost all can tell tales of confrontations with irate Johns or fellow street people who began “fiending” (striking out in a furious need for more drugs).» —“On Streets To Nowhere” by James...
Lady Godiva n.— «Today’s corporate scandals have produced Lady Godiva (full disclosure) and the leprechaun (elusive executives who hide their millions; also spelled lepre-con), and then there’s Enronitis (stock hit hard by accounting...
J. Lo n.— «A Wall Street broker recently e-mailed a question to the online financial dictionary Investopedia.com: “What’s a Bo Derek?” He didn’t know that the actress who played Dudley Moore’s vision of the perfect woman in...