clay feet n.pl.— «It’s in this hazy area between genuineness and artifice that Sunrise errs on the side of the real, while the folks on Today continue to expose their clay feet, indifference to their audience, and the fact they are...
slash artist n.— «And speaking of the word “multidisciplinary,” 10 years ago, Troika Ranch artistic directors Mark Coniglio and Dawn Stoppiello coined the term “slash artist” to describe both themselves and other...
blurple adj.— «This will be a benchmark text in its wide-ranging remit, and its extensive bibliographical underpinnings for the future of fieldwork in gay communities and further research into lavender language (or “blurple,”...
familylect n.— «Not those complex computer codes or ubiquitous bar codes or the lol codes used in so many IMs. Rather, the secret acronyms, subtextual phrases and redefined nouns that people invent at home.…Academics have developed...
vicky n.— «This was an occasion—metaphorically speaking—for the two-fingered gesture which is known in Glasgow as “flashin’ the Vicky,” as Hearts flaunted the superiority over Rangers they have enjoyed throughout this season...
three-nager n.— «Whoever invented the word “three-nagers,” was clearly speaking from bitter experience—they were describing three year olds with the rebellious spirit of a teenager, but none of the reasoning skills...