Springtime is the right time to feel twitterpated—you know, you’re smitten beyond a crush. Speaking of relationships, are dog owners really owners, or should they call themselves something else, like guardian or human? And if you’re up for a...
Speaking of the more recent past: When you played hide-and-seek as a child, did you yell “Ollie, Ollie Oxen Free”? Or “Ally Ally in Free”? Or maybe “Ally Ally Ump Free”? “Ole Ole Olsen Free”? Or something else? A caller in Montevideo, Uruguay, is...
olf n. a scientific measure of indoor odor intensity. Etymological Note: olfaction unit, from the Latin olfactus ‘the action or capacity of smelling; the sense of smell.’ Coined by Danish scientist Povl Ole Fanger in 1987. The first cite is his...
skunkeye
n.— «He’d put the skunkeye on Ole Double-or-Nothing and Art would be hyp-mo-tized into telling him everything.» —“Re: FOSML: Nostalgia…” by Tom Green Usenet: alt.sports.college.ohio-state Oct. 12, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Queue n.— «On top of their community involvement and volunteer work, Omega Psi Phi brothers, or “Queues” as they’re called on campus, are known around Ole Miss for their gold boots and lively parties.» —“‘Qs’ initiate first line since...