gym-bot n.— «About my body: SWM, 29 years old, 6’1,” 200lbs, broad shoulders, piano player’s hands. Short brown hair, brown eyes, clean shaven. Athletic, but not a gym-bot. Attractive enough to get dates, but tired of vanilla.» —“SWM dom in NYC...
granny cell n.— «In vision, the search for a “granny cell”—a cell that fired only when you saw granny (or some other such complex object)—proved fruitless, so we are probably not going to detect a “Bach cell” or a “Stravinsky cell” in the auditory...
cello arm n.— «I think I am developing a slight case of “cello arm.” No this is not a synonym for tendonitis or tennis elbow or anything. It is a term I coined used to describe most cello players’ upper arms. There is also a term for pianists too...
staggette n.— «Mrs. Ed (Mary Lou) Critchlow, right, sat atop the piano alongside chorus girl Mrs. Frank (Millie) Swanberg, at Tri-City Country club which Thursday night will turn itself into a suffragette party at women’s division “Staggette...
Collyer n. a home excessively packed with junk, trash, or belongings. Also Collyer mansion, Collyer house, Collyer apartment. Editorial Note: It is said that on the American West coast a similar term is Habitrail house. Etymological Note: After the...