ribber n.— «Barbeque is cooking all over the country, and that includes Anchorage, Alaska, which had 18 teams competing for prizes there recently.…She and her husband, Bill, are participating, again, in the Ribfest.…In...
slab v.— «One problem is lack of evidence. Many homes were, in post-Katrina parlance, “slabbed,” wiped away down to their flat, concrete foundations.» —“The Gulf Coast grapples with insurance suits” by Liam...
planned overs n.pl.— «One housekeeper I know does not call these portions “left overs” but planned overs for which she plans when the first meal is cooked.» —“Woman Taking an Affection Look at Herself in the...
Couric clause n.— «The provision prompted an intensive lobbying effort from businesses, especially executives in the entertainment industry and Wall Street, who feared that competitive information about their star performers would be...
beep-beep speed n.— «Dwight Stone was an absolute blur during his playing days with the Steelers, possessing what former coach Chuck Noll liked to refer to as “beep-beep speed,” the type possessed seemingly only by the Road...
crack ride n.— «One of the problems facing city police, according to Kauer, is what officers refer to as “crack rides.” A drug addict will lend out a car in exchange for drugs and then the car will be used by the dealer to get...