only meatball in the rice n.— «I didn’t want her to be the only meatball in the rice, but I didn’t want her to go to an all-black school and get up with some of this so-called ghetto stuff.» —“Felon makes new life as a...
lexile v.— «Read 180, which Toscano calls the “Cadillac of reading programs,” employs what is called a lexiled reading model, meaning that each student reads a different text based on their own individual reading level.» —“Teaching...
boulevard stop n.— «We almost became friends, me, the day laborers and the Surf Sacrifice. I always had to make a boulevard stop at their intersection. I’d roll up to the stop and they would cheer and wave and call good morning...
bounce box n.— «The couple also has another method of replenishing—what they call a bounce box. “You bounce it from town to town and go through its contents. If you need shampoo or nail clippers, you use it, then send it to the next...
faithbooking n.— «An award-winning journalist and avid scrapbooker based in New Jersey, Sheridan said the writing is just as important as the pictures in “faithbooking,” as spiritual scrapbooking is sometimes called.» —“Local author:...
till-tapper n.— «A serial “till tapper” is on the loose, Opelika police said. Till tapping is the term used to describe someone who snatches money from a cash register.» —“He’s Been Known to Tap a Till or...