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jerker

jerker  n.— «Lewis is one of several Cayman “jerkers”—as they’re called—other prominent ones being Tony Bodden, Seymour Silburn and Merilda Wright. Lewis though, doesn’t exactly do it all by himself. He is the deft barbecuing...

bag nasty

bag nasty  n.— «On the flight line, the food was terrible at best. The menu consisted of either green eggs or “bag nasties,” pre-packed bag lunches with potato chips as their only edible component.» —by Larry...

Texas strawberry

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...

chicken-in-a-basket

chicken-in-a-basket n. in attributive uses, connoting unsophisticated, unfashionable, or unoriginal entertainment, especially in a remote or rustic environment; in the form chicken-in-a-basket circuit, a series of performances by an unpopular or...

taco

taco  v.— «If the rim is sprung out of round, so the wheel looks like a potato chip (some people say it’s pretzeled, others say tacoed)…you’ve got to resort to drastic methods if you’re going to be able to ride home at all...

potato chip

potato chip
 n.— «Potato chip: A wheel that has been bent badly, but not tacoed.» —“Cycling through the lingo” Ventura County Star (California) July 4, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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