merk v.— «I merked my speech the other day, got a 95 on my persausive speech.» —“All you need is, All you want is, All you need is Looooooveee” by feed_the_fire_1 H (Pennsauken, N.J.) Dec. 10, 2004. (source:...
Lenny Skutnik n.— «Every president since has used the device—planting people in the audience to illustrate a key point in the speech—to the extent that speechwriters now use the term “Lenny Skutniks” as slang for any such...
feducation n.— «“‘Feducation’ is a new word coined in Washington for the new system of education which will emanate from Washington for completely running our school system across America,” Dent said during a televised speech in...
con-con n.— «Proponents of the proposed constitutional convention on property taxes refer to it in shorthand speak as a con-con.» —“Codey’s down-to-earth, humorous speech matches the guy” by Bob Ingle Asbury Park...
cat face n.— «You may hear that…much of the timber is “cat-faced”…that “cat face” is a scar made by a fire in a tree.» —“Their Speech is Vivid” Washington Post Mar. 26, 1905...
asplode v. a jocular form of explode. Also a splode. Editorial Note: Often used in representations of uncouth or uneducated speech. Sometimes said to be a representation of a Spanish-speaker’s pronunciaton of the English word, particularly as...