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haltura

haltura  n.— «I’m not going away from Israel to do “halturas” (free-lance jobs) with other orchestras. It’s basically going to be an opera season for me.» —“IPO says farewell to Mehta’s arms: Back again in...

sonker

sonker  n.— «I have often wondered why a deep-dish fruit pie is called a cobbler. My online etymological dictionary suggests it is related to a 14th-century word for wooden bowl, cobeler. What is apparently the same dish is called zonker...

zonker

zonker  n.— «I have often wondered why a deep-dish fruit pie is called a cobbler. My online etymological dictionary suggests it is related to a 14th-century word for wooden bowl, cobeler. What is apparently the same dish is called zonker...

reconservadox

reconservadox  n.— «For Michelson, who borrows a friend’s terminology to describe himself as “reconservadox,” Nimoy’s work explores the sensuality in spirituality and the spirituality in sensuality.» —“Controversial Nimoy...

Eurabia

Eurabia  n.— «Within 50 years those poor anti-Semitic Christian Europeans will be overwhelmed by a Crusade in reverse, in a veritable Eurabia.» —“Resentment and Revenge” by Sam Orbaum Jerusalem...