We’ve talked before about dog rescue groups’ convention of naming litters of puppies according to a theme. Any idea why a recent litter of pups included Ramp, Slingshot, Kicker, and Flipper? They were all named for terms involved in pinball. This is...
slingshot n.— «American Apparel is doing all this period, even what I call the slingshot—the suspender, low-cut leotard. What’s great about American Apparel is that they’ve retrained our eye to think that’s sexy again.» —“‘Xanadu’s’ costume...
