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Barmuda Triangle

Barmuda Triangle  n.— «“Think of all the empty parking spaces at Perry’s and the Bermuda Triangle.”…Or, as a friend calls it, the BARmuda Triangle. For latecomers, that’s at Fillmore and Greenwich, where people disappear...

barcode

barcode  n.— «We also howled at the sight of the worst barcode/combover in the history of man. Ben said that the guy must wake up every morning with it stuck to the side of his face.» —“Slowly I turn…“ by Ted in San...

Stella

Stella  n.— «The names the men and women are known by colloquially belie the true nature of the transaction, some research suggests: It’s sex for hire, where black men’s flesh is tied—at least temporarily—to white women’s pursestrings...

fakenger

fakenger  n.— «Okay, so what’s up with all the fakengers? That’s right, kids riding fixed-gear or track bikes, with their pantlegs rolled, sporting the messenger look, but without radios or usable bags.» —“fakengers” by...

fakenger

fakenger  n.— «“They’re dangerous,” says Larry Morris of nonmessenger—or “fakengers,” as he calls them—track bikes. Morris, 38, rides a largely self-built 9-speed Bridgestone mountain bike on the job for Western Messenger...

fakenger

fakenger  n.— «It is difficult to tell the difference between a hipster and a messenger. Same bags, same pants, same too-small shirt, same studded belt; tats, piercings, alterna-hair: check. I know that messengers like to call the hipsters...