deconstruction n.—Gloss: the re-use of discarded or dismantled building materials in home construction. «Instead of having her 1,300-square-foot house bulldozed, she hired Jon Alexander, a contractor who shared her environmentalism and...
flake n.— «Krone’s BP-12130 4 × 4 big square baler has standard features found on other models in the company’s Big Pack line. Its V.F.S. prechamber reduces stress loads and improves bale flake density.» —“Hay Tools For...
t-shirt bag n.— «There is now a push both at state and local levels to minimize the use of these plastic grocery bags or what the industry calls “t-shirt bags.” “It sticks to everything. In the garbage stream, in the...
murf n.— «The company wants to build a materials reclamation facility (a “murf,” in waste parlance) that would allow it to mechanically sort and process vast amounts of debris. Then Potomac would mine the landfill’s contents...
preesh
v.— «Recycling of old words…“preesh” (from appreciate).» —by Marcel Danesi Cool: The Signs and Meanings of Adolescence Oct., 1994. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Chicago way n.— «When asked how he could have pulled off such an escape, Mr. Alsammarae, who moved to Chicago in 1976 but returned to Iraq just after the invasion, laughed uproariously for 20 seconds. Then, recycling a famous line from an...