Katrina crud n.— «Harold “Buz” Olsen, the city’s community and economic development director, said between 40 and 80 patients a day visit the clinic for a variety of injuries and illnesses, including the nagging respiratory...
jam n.— «In the third period, the Americans got some “jam” as Laviolette refers to it and stormed Latvian goalie Arturs Irbe with 19 shots.» —“Team USA makes medal run tougher with opening tie” by Tim...
ringfencing n.— «Hoping to inoculate its unregulated businesses from the utility’s financial misery, PG&E split up its corporate family into distinct entities using a complicated technique known as “ringfencing.” The...
Sco n.— «Heard all the way from San Francisco to San Jose—the “Sco” and “San Ho,” —Bay Area musicians have been ripping up the music scene.» —“California Crunk: Hyphy Takes over” by Megan Dickey, Mellina Stoney in...
ultra n.— «Later, after completing his first 50-mile “ultra”—the term for any run longer than the traditional marathon—he threw up in his company Lexus.» —“When a marathon just isn’t enough” by Mark...
Black Belt n.— «E-40, who gets things popping every weekend at San Jose’s Ambassador Lounge, notes that what we witnessed was a major catastrophe in a region so heavily African-American that it is sometimes called the Black Belt...