If you say, “He stuck his spoon in the wall,” you mean that he died. In German, the person who’s deceased has passed along his spoon, and in Afrikaans, he’s jabbed his spoon into the ceiling. These expressions reflect the...
spoon n.— «Police have their hands full on the Gold Coast, not only with violent youths, domestic violence and drug dealers, but with the mentally ill. They have their own patois, referring to deranged people as “spoons’ because...
pant load n.— «No wonder these “newbies” can be a pant load. The media has spoon fed them frosted covered cheerios when the real world is shredded wheat.» —“Newbie hackers have it rougher” by...
dump cake n.— «A chocolate “dump” cake promises joy in an hour. Also known as a one-bowl cake, the procedure lets you plop all the ingredients into one mixing bowl, give them an unceremonious twirl and scrape the batter into...
cupping n.— «Terry Sullivan, a certified grader, sits at a round cupping table that rotates with the push of his hand. As each cup of coffee passes his nose, he takes a spoon from the bottom to the top of the cup. This brings out the...
bamboocha n.— «Bamboocha is island-speak and although it cannot be translated into a single word, a close match would be to eat life wid a big spoon and in essence “live life large.” It will mark a new global advertising...