hero snow n.—Gloss: snow that is soft on top and firm underneath, providing excellent conditions for sport skiing. «The firm base and soft granular top layer found in spring is also sometimes referred to as “hero snow.” It is...
Kelly day n.— «Kelly days: This term refers to one shift off with pay every 14th shift for all employees who work 24-hour shifts. Northwest firefighters work a 24-hour shift, followed by 48 hours off.» —“Firefighters’ union, county...
spey cast v. phr.— «To achieve long casts consistently over a long day of casting, many steelhead fly-anglers in the Northwest have taken up two-handed rods and a technique called spey casting. Traditional single-handed fly casting...
sushero n.— «A Mexican runs the sushi counter at Midori, the anchor of an Asian strip on the Northwest Side, molding seaweed, rice and fish with effortless speed. Mexican sushi chefs have become so commonplace that they now have their own...
data Valdez n.— «Second “Data Valdez”…Shortly after the JetBlue scandal broke, Northwest Airlines admitted to handing over to NASA three months’ worth of passenger records—once more for data-mining research...
congealed electricity n.— «I never know quite what to think about the Northwest’s aluminum smelters. They consume huge amounts of power—to the point that aluminum is sometimes called “congealed electricity.”» —“The Daily...