14-er n.— «As a man in his 70s, Dr. Reed started climbing the “14-ers,” as they are called: the dozens of mountains in Colorado that rise to 14,000 feet or higher. Friends said that on those steep mountains, where the air...
jump the snark v. phr.— «Well, American Idol. You know, when Simon Cowell told that unfortunate-looking contestant that he looked like a bush baby, causing a shudder to go through any decent human being who may have been watching? When a...
burn n.— «Jarrett Jack’s solid preseason might push Roy to playing more at shooting guard, but he’ll still get a lot of what a lot of people annoyingly refer to as “burn” this year—more than anyone else on this list. He’s already over...
cardiac save n.— «Kudos as well to the Jays’ Roy Halladay, who won his seventh straight decision, and the Cardinals’ Chris Carpenter, who matched Santana’s 13 strikeouts and got a win to boot after closer Jason Isringhausen picked up yet...
elevens n.pl.— «Vicki Roy was about to get married and didn’t like the creases between her eyebrows—the “elevens,” as she calls them—that appeared whenever she squinted or frowned.» —“Young and using Botox to stay that...
Nueva Yol n.— «En Nueva Yol/todo es mejor:/no se pica caña/no hay llamarada/no se lucha por nada/sin saber porque.» —“El Negrito Bonito” by Roy Brown, Silvio Rodirguez in song Arboles Feb., 1987...