snorkel box n. a roadside mailbox with a projecting slot reachable from within an automobile. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
trucker bomb n. a roadside bottle (or other small container) filled with urine. Also torpedo. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
rat patrol n.— «The soldiers were searching the desert for insurgents…”rat patrol” in military parlance…on June 21 when a roadside bomb exploded near their 5-ton armored vehicle.» —“Soldier buried amid questions, tears” by Alex Leary in St...
descanso n.— «[Kathleen] McRee and oral historian Troy Fernandez, both Santa Feans, have spent years researching, photographing and interviewing people about the roadside crosses known variously around New Mexico as descansos, crucitas or memorias...
IED v.— «“If they i.e.d. you in this thing, there won’t be enough of you left to package up and send home,” a Marine sergeant said earlier this week, as he showed embedded reporters to one of three open-backed Humvees assigned to a raid on a...
duckshove v. to disclaim responsibility or to blame others; to pass the buck. Editorial Note: The Macquarie Dictionary has additional meanings: “1. to use unfair methods; to be unscrupulous in dealings. 2. (of a taxi driver) to solicit passengers...