blue jacking n.— «At the age of 10 he sold newspapers in downtown Toledo.…They didn’t have a normal paper route like most kids, delivering to the same house every day in nice, quiet neighborhoods. This young boy and his friend...
trailer queen n.— «In subsequent years, Vandervort had a team of mechanics completely restore the car. Last year Vandervort won first place in his class at Concours d’Elegance and will be showing the car—affectionately called a “trailer...
son stroke n.— «Son stroke is not new to the Congress, but in Punjab, where the shadow of a split continues to lengthen everyday, it’s more like a son flare.…Last month, virtually every corridor of Punjab Bhawan and Kapurthala House...
lane n.— «The man at the center of the growing furor over the National Security Agency’s surveillance of Americans’ domestic phone calls, Gen. Michael Hayden, is an Air Force officer who never flew a fighter jet or dropped a bomb. He rose...
spud juice
n.— «They sold shine made from potatoes, spud juice at ten bucks a gallon, or let fruit juice stand till it turned and drank that.» —by Elmore Leonard Stick Jan., 1985. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
shine n.— «They dressed in hip-hop “gangsta” style, and the Rosarios took pride in flashing jewelry (or “shine” as they called it).…Angel Rosario told his wife he’d told one member to sell his “shines” to help raise money for...