kill committee n.— «The bill is going to the Senate State, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee, which ruling political parties in the past have used as their “kill committees,” so-called because they would be stacked...
chiefing n.— «“Marking up” is a term used to describe writing words or drawing pictures using markers on someone’s body. “Chiefing” describes “marking up” someone who is asleep.…“I believe ‘chiefing’ in...
Barmuda Triangle n.— «Party animals should venture into the so-called Barmuda Triangle, the center of UTEP student dissipation, just north of University Avenue on Mesa. The triangle consists of three clean joints serving alcoholic...
dormcest n.— «Most dorms these days are coed, or segregated by floor (sometimes halves of floors) at worst.…People settle into a reasonably mature boundary-respect inside the first week or two. Floorcest and dormcest do happen, but...
rising vote n.— «It turns out that an election consisting of what’s known as a “rising vote”—in which committee members stand and are counted for the candidate of their choice—is a bit too heavy-handed, even for a party...
who laid the rail adv. phr.— «Hon. James Watson of Rushville, Ind., talked longer than any one. He praised the Republican party and declared that it was the only progressive party from the time of George Washington until who laid the rail...