aerosol art n.— «Mr. Beer said his work is not gang related and he sees graffiti (or aerosol art as he calls it) as art, whereas the symbols and numbers done by gangs or bored teenagers is vandalism.» —“Pickering passes new graffiti...
Fred Flinstone car n.— «Then there was what Woolley often euphemistically calls the “Fred Flinstone cars,” vehicles in such a bad state, you can literally see the ground through the floorboards.» —“Holiday Safety Blitz...
track two diplomacy n.— «All this was what is sometimes called “Track Two” diplomacy, i.e., quiet sessions out of the headlines. Whatever its results, it is a lot better than future headlines of nuclear catastrophe...
vomit comet n.— «Toronto Transit Commission officials are pondering extending subway service to 24 hours a day according to a published report.…“I think it’s a really great idea because I know that when I go out late at night taking...
Big Mother n.— «When a pupil doesn’t show up for school without advance notice from the parents, the school contacts the parents immediately. None of this is thought of as being the least bit unusual. This is childhood in the ’90s...
brism n.— «The club history, written on the occasion of London Hunt’s centennial in 1985, recounts…“After the mid-1920s, maneuvering around the new university buildings posed an additional hazard. It was easy to go out of bounds, to...