sushero n.— «In Chicago, there are so many Mexican sushi chefs that a new word was created to describe them: “sushero.” In Los Angeles last fall at the seventh annual Japanese food festival in Little Tokyo, a Salvadoran chef won the sushi...
door-knocker n.— «He said if that situation arises they will give them food and water and will leave a door knocker and hopefully the resident will come home and take care of the animal.» —in Wayne Gilley City Hall Council...
ape hanger n.— «The Norfolk resident’s handlebars were quite high; she uses the stylized bars bikers refer to as “ape hangers.”» —“An ‘Ape Hangers’ Fan in Norfolk Revs Up Effort to Change a Law” by Laurel...
fling a craving v. phr.— «“Yazoo City done flung a craving on the whole world,” shouted the city’s resident humorist Jerry Clower at a town party Wednesday night.» —“Yazoo ready and waiting” by Kim Eisler Delta...
scoot n.— «The north Arlington resident commutes several days per week to his job as a Coppell police officer on a two-stroke scooter.…By car, Wheeler’s 42-mile round-trip commute costs about $6 a day—but on the “scoot,”...
knock-and-talk n.— «A knock-and-talk search works like this: Police officers go to the door of a residence in which they suspect illegal activity is occurring. They knock, introduce themselves as a police officer, and ask to come in and...