ARC n.— «Mary asks whether the bound galley is the same as the ARC. No, the ARC—the Advance Reader’s Copy—is still to come.» —“Bound galley question” by S.J. Rozan Progress Mar. 3, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued...
noodle v.— «Down in Kansas they have “noodlers.”…Iowa also agrees that “noodling” is the lowest and most despicable method of fishing. It is prevalent in all parts of the state, particularly during the...
tap-tap n.— «I was cheering them on when a tap-tap, the gaily painted bus, careened into the crowd and knocked a paper mask flying.» —“Progress In Haiti: Leopards In Sneakers Instead of Tonton Macoutes” by Herbert...
EBM n.— «It is widely accepted that the term “Electronic Body Music” or EBM was coined by Belgian pioneers Front 242, a prolific band (created in 1981 by Daniel Bressanutti and Dirk Bergen), that came into prominence during...
dum-dum n.— «When he returned in ’03, McLain was equipped with a thick cushion to wear atop his helmet (he refers to it as a “dum-dum”), which softened any potentially dangerous blows to the head.» —“McLain Making...
mongo n. material or goods salvaged from items intended for disposal. Also as verb. Editorial Note: New evidence from the unpublished Lexicon of Trade Jargon, compiled by the Works Progress Administration, has a form of this word from before 1938:...