sexsomnia n.— «Awakened by the jostling of a half-naked man on top of her after a late-night party in 2003, a Toronto woman was immediately struck by the look on his face. Her assailant appeared neither threatening nor caught in the act...
pixie money n.— «Heard a new phrase recently: “Pixie money.” This, it was explained to me, is money that doesn’t really exist. For example, you could sell your Regina bungalow for $50,000 or $100,000 more than you paid for it...
ski-slope loss n.— «A large number of the 28 million hard-of-hearing Americans have what is known as a “ski-slope” loss, in which their ability to hear high-pitched sounds plummets dramatically.» —“A more sound...
peg n.— «Most patients on feeding tubes, or pegs as they are called, have severe dementia or are in a persistent vegetative state.» —“The medical details about feeding tubes” by Regina McEnery Plain...
gank n.— «Some involved retaliation for previous killings, others involved dealers seeking revenge on customers who did not pay, and some were reprisals from customers who purchased “gank,” a slang term for fake drugs...