multi-dadding n.— «Sadie Frost has done it. Ulrika Jonsson does it all the time. Paula Yates did it. And so have I. What we, and countless other women have done, is have children with more than one man. It is fraught, it is complicated but, in this...
playtron n. an observer or vistor at a Renaissance fair or festival who wears a costume suited for the time period. Etymological Note: play(er) + patron (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
cast eye n.— «The Jamaica/Cuba Eye Care Programme is to target children who are affected with Strabismus, commonly referred to as “cast eye,” through an extensive outreach.» —“Cuba eye care project to target ‘cast eye’ children” Jamaica...
finger trouble n.— «The same quality has been designated “systematic diligence” elsewhere. Some radar observers exhibit “finger trouble” in tuning…» —by Stuart W. Cook Psychological research on radar observer training , 1947. (source: Double...
family photo n.— «The Foreign Office immediately rang the mobiles of Kim Darroch, the Foreign Office head of news, and Alistair Campbell, Blair’s press secretary. The politicians were just heading off for an EU family photo session. Blair took the...
drone car n.— «Drone cars, as they’re called, were out in force this Memorial Day weekend. The driverless cruisers, parked along busy freeways, slow speeders merely by their presence.» —“Empty patrol cars make roads safer” News & Observer (Raleigh...
