welfare wall n.— «Flaherty’s target is a situation often called “the welfare wall.” As a result of increased taxes and reduced income support from government programs, a typical single parent with one child who takes a low...
environmental racism n.— «There is what is called environmental racism where most of the hazardous waste dumps in the country are located in or near poor Black communities.» —“The Struggle for African American Freedom...
browardize v.— «Browardize—a verb used to describe the turning of a section of paradise into an undesirable place to live because of poor planning and excessive development, leading to overcrowded roads and other municipal ills...
starvation corner n.— «Mr. Keene was the person who worked up the starvation corner in grain a couple of years ago. He would have starved the poor men of America if he could in order to have swelled his bank account.» —National...
sea-gulling v.— «A digger will then take a single stab with his spade, reach elbow-deep into the frigid mud, and yank out his prey. Then he tosses the captured clam between his legs into a five-foot-long sack he drags along. Digging too...
lid n.— «And they give out a “Lid of the Month” award—part honor, part joke, it is a wooden commode seat, which when lifted reveals a mirror and the engraved call signs of past recipients. “Lid” is a term for a...