amygdala hijack n.— «How we deal with stress, challenge and conflict has roots deep in human evolution. The problem: In times of great stress or crisis, our limbic brains literally take over the rest of the brain. In the emotional...
grenade n.— «The problem was the third leg of this female tripod: the grenade. Now, this is a term my roommates and I use to describe the friend of the hot girls who was not blessed with the same physique as her head-turning counterparts...
saltie n.— «The problem is oceangoing vessels, commonly called salties. But salties account for less than 7% of the cargo moved on the Great Lakes and Seaway, according to the Corps of Engineers.» —“Lock the lakes, groups...
pig n.— «Bad jokes flew Friday after a flurry of media reports that a pig caused a train derailment in Saginaw County’s Carrollton Township. Only problem was, the “pig” was a slang reference to a propane tank.» —“Pig...
dump job n.— «In “cop speak,” transporting a troublemaker to a neighboring municipality and releasing him is sometimes called a “dump job,” according to retired New Rochelle detective Jason Capuano...
George Costanza wallet n.— «Along with it being old, filled with useless receipts and business cards of people he will likely never contact, Steve rarely carries cash in his “George Costanza wallet.”» —“George Costanza...