dog whistle politics n.— «Labor’s spokesman on aboriginal affairs has already accused Mr Howard of “dog-whistle politics”—in rejecting a race election, he actually sent a high-pitched signal to those attuned to hear it...
hapa adj.— «At Stanford last year, a group of women who are Asian and white and were in classes together formed HAPA, the Half Asian People’s Association. “Hapa” is Hawaiian for half Asian.» —“Students Of Mixed Race Form...
nagivator n.— «After digging around the Amazing Race web site, I discovered that the crew calls the person who sits in the backseat with the map the “nagivator” because they’re constantly nagging the driver. Heh...
make (one’s) bones v.— «After he suggested that Cuomo “made his political bones in Queens,” which has been rocked with scandal, he said he should have known it would set off opponents. Cuomo aides complained it was an ethnic...
zog n.— «One day before the attack, Brunerie had posted a message on a British neo-Nazi Web site, reading: “Watch the TV this Sunday, I will be the star…Death to zog, 88!” The motto “death to zog, 88!” is a...
past-poster n. a gambler who places a (surreptitious or illegal) bet on a game or race after its outcome has been determined. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)