one eyebrow salute n.— «Some people do give what I call “the one eyebrow salute” when I tell them I’m a single male foster carer.…But I guess that’s down to the fact that it’s more common for guys to be seen as abusers...
shotta n.— «“Shottas,” a slick but dull new shoot-’em-up from Jamaica, doesn’t penetrate the mysteries of high-rolling, high-risk thug life. It perpetuates them. In the local patois, the title means “gangsta,” and...
pollaganda n.— «Pollaganda is outcome-based opinion samples (polling instruments designed to generate a preferential outcome) based on prior-opinion indoctrination or cultivation by the media, the results of which are then used to...
white-boy syndrome n.— «There’s little evidence of any overt racial tension between students or between their parents.…The school superintendent, however, concedes that a perception exists that’s sometimes called “the white...
frankenbite n.— «Frankenbite…An edited reality show snippet, most often found in contestant testimonials, that splices together several disparate strands of an interview, or even multiple interviews, into a single clip. A...
sugar in one’s walk n.— «There’s been a lot of publicity recently about some bisexual black men who are “on the DL” (for down low), meaning they secretly have sex with other men while maintaining relationships with women;...