bag night n.— «Perhaps “bag nights” could use further clarification, since it’s a backpacker’s term that, even then, is subject to personal preferences. Henceforth (how’s that for sounding official?), here are my qualifications for claiming a “bag...
outsert n.— «Could the glossy special “outsert,” as it is called in the industry, finally become the long-sought glossy shelter and entertainment magazine that Madden has always craved?» —“Daily News Boots Unsuspecting Exec” by Keith J. Kelly New...
sleep out v. phr.— «Many homeless prefer “sleeping out,” as the euphemism goes, to staying in a cramped, noisy, and sometimes smelly shelter.» —“The Plan to Nowhere?” by Philip Dawdy Seattle Weekly (Wash.) Mar. 8, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued...
Dust Off n.— «The 57th had worked without a tactical call sign, simply using “Army” and the tail number of the aircraft.…Major [Lloyd E.] Spencer decided that this slapdash system had to go. In Saigon he visited Navy Support Activity, which...
journalists’ colony n.— «The minister further said that Chief Minister Punjab had sanctioned journalists’ colony for each district to provide shelter to homeless journalists.» —“Five foreign investors teams due on January 18″ Business...
encobijado n. a person found wrapped in blankets after being assassinated by drug traffickers or their associates. Also adj. Etymological Note: Fr. Latin Am. Spa. cobija ‘blanket’; Spa. cobijarse ‘to shelter, to be protected.’ (source: Double...
