Home » Rover

TagRover

Slang Quiz with James Ellroy

Crime novelist James Ellroy, author of The Black Dahlia and most recently, Blood’s a Rover, tries his hand at a slang quiz. He reveals his favorite slang term, then tries to guess the meaning of the slang words buzzer, sheetwriter, and geetus...

Landy

Landy  n.— «Roughly translated, that means “So passes away the glory of the Land Rover.” Personally, I think that’s a bit strong, but Landy purists the world over will no doubt lament the passing of the stalwart Td5 engine...

butt gravy

butt gravy  n.— «It’s Butt Gravy time whenever it heats up here in the desert. The A/C compressor has failed twice, and the dash console once. All were during the summer heat.» —by Jeff Thomas in Mesa, Arizona The genuine...

stacking

stacking  n.— «The first two images in the sequence show gradual enhancements in the surface detail of Phobos, made possible through a combination technique known as “stacking.” This procedure uses a mathematical process known...

Recent posts