burnt toast n.— «Smoke in the cockpit is so common that pilots even have a name for it: “burnt toast.” Usually a pilot can find the source of the smoke and get rid of it—much like unplugging the toaster at home—but if not...
compassion club n.— «I hear that 30 pounds is about two days supply for the San Francisco Compassion Club, which supplies about 4,000 patients. I thought it sounded like a lot of pot until I heard that. Patients don’t just smoke once in a...
bangernomics n.— «Others choose to avoid depreciation and buy a car that is at least five years old and drive it until it dies, a practice known as bangernomics in the UK.» —“New-car values go up in smoke” by Rob...
sideshowing n.— «But he also thinks the Stockton Police Department crossed a line when they impounded his truck from his driveway Saturday and accused him of “sideshowing”—a term used to describe a reckless display behind the...
inframince n.— «The back cover, a message built of collaged letters, demonstrates Duchamp’s notion of “inframince,” a neologism of his that, he stated, could not be defined, only illustrated: “When the tobacco smoke...
gone pecan
n.— «Mealworm walks up to the pond carefully, knowing if he falls in he’s a gone pecan.» —by Patty Friedmann Secondhand Smoke Sept., 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)