BONCOB n.— «As those pseudo-silk purses now unravel, a new acronym has joined the financial argot: BONCOB, pronounced Bon-cob, according to debt traders. Translation (have the children leave the room now): “Bugger off, no chance of borrowing.”...
rape the ear v. phr.— «A familiar sound of summer was in the air: a crisply abrasive stripping noise, the sound of husks being torn away from fat cobs of white corn. Two or three shoppers were depositing pale-green husks and shimmery strands of...
gaunch n.— «Gaunch launch.…West Vancouver’s Kathleen Staples recently launched a new line of luxurious machine washable underwear called Staples. Staples designs them in soft, stretchy knitted silk and included are regular panties, bikinis and sexy...
renditta n.— «Thanks to a variety of factors like better yarn lustre and lower renditta count (the term for the quantity of cocoon required to produce one kg of silk yarn), cross-breeds have gained in popularity with silkworm rearers in Kolar and...