ill na na adj.—Gloss: very good. “Ill” is old-fashioned hip-hop slang meaning good or great, “na na” is a euphemism for the vagina. Note: Probably from a 1996 Foxy Brown album Ill Na Na. «If you are an existing...
Belsnickle n.— «“Belsnickle,” a word meaning “Good St. Nicholas,” is a term used for a figure of Santa Claus holding a tree or branch in his folded arms. Santa is usually not smiling on a belsnickle, and the branch was...
pre-bay adj.— «Even among those who collect old-fashioned memorabilia such as posters and autographs, the market seems to be somewhat down. Marc Zakarin, president of the Huntington, N.Y.-based memorabilia house It’s Only Rock and Roll...
revolving son of a bitch n.— «I happen to be of an almost extinct breed, an old-fashioned gentleman—which means I can be a real revolving son of a bitch when it suits me.» —by Robert A. Heinlein Stranger in a Strange Land ...
creeping crud n.— «Mr. Chrapko agrees. He says he has detected a “steady drift towards communism.” Later, he will describe this as “the creeping crud.”» —“An old-fashioned Western meeting—on...
sky-busting v.— «It recalled he good old days of the fearful Murderers’ Row, minus, alas, all the old-fashioned sky-busting, except for Mr. Joe Gordon’s homer in the fourth.» —“First Blood” Washington Post Oct. 6...