Texas strawberry n.— «Coleslaw, baked beans and potato salad, white bread served from its plastic wrapper, pickled okra, pickles and jalapenos (described by one man as “Texas strawberries”) completed the buffet.» —“Mini...
fladry n.pl.— «Fladry: Used to trap wolves in Poland, fladry is an attempt to induce wolf skittishness using lines of little plastic flags—like the ones that flap in a used-car lot.» —“Sic ‘Em, Eeyore” New York Times Mag...
dek hockey n.— «Played on foot, “dek” hockey is another name for street hockey—derived from the plastic playing surface or “deck” on which the game is played.» —“Letting the good times roll” by...
Lebanese loop n.— «Another common technique is known as the Lebanese Loop (named after a Lebanese crime syndicate that invented it). The fraudsters install a plastic slot with a loop of tape inside it on bank machines. When a customer...
nappy n.— «Single one piece plastic fascias front and rear make up most of the body work including grille. Although they look substantial, there is not much behind them.…In metallic colours, recoating these large front and rear...
rear-window captioning n.— «There are several companies that will add text to some (not all) current run films; one is Mopix, which provides rear-window captioning. The text is displayed from a LED screen in the back of the theater, under...