BlackBerry prayer n.— «The device has also generated an odd new social ritual that sees BlackBerry users discreetly operate their devices at meetings behind cupped hands with heads intently bowed toward its tiny screen. The position makes...
la migra n.— «The Border Patrol, la migra to the aliens, is desperately seeking to boost its $533-million budget by $41 million.» —“Nightly Ritual: Checker game on U.S. border with people as the pieces” by Ivor...
desenrascanço n.— «“Desenrascanço” (you read that ‘the-zen-rascan-so’) is simply a slang word for the slacker art of coming up with some last-minute solution for a problem—and as a rule the solution will end up doing more harm than...
stunt up v.— «If the pictures were posed&mdash”stunted up,” in the parlance—it merely highlights one relatively mild stage in a consistent pattern of gross behaviour on the part of a small number of soldiers. The progress...