chonga n.— «The magic starts with a heaping glob of electric blue L.A. Looks hair gel. Then comes the extra coating of $1.07 Beauty Glamorous Extra Hold hair spray. So begins the transformation of 17-year-olds Mimi Davila and Laura Di...
spit take n.— «Spit Take: Reaction to surprise news while drinking a glass of water was so perfected by one man that it will forever be known as the Danny Thomas Spit Take. At the dinner table, Danny’s reaction to any news he didn’t want...
chroming n.— «Sadly, some young people also inhale chrome-based spray paint, a practice known as chroming, which is incredibly dangerous and can cause serious health damage, even death.» —“Spray paint sales banned to under...
spray and pray v. phr.— «Why no respect for people who shoot a lot of paint?…Spray and pray is one of those terms which has a very bad connotation (in most circles) and doesn’t do the tactic justice. It should be—“use the right...
spray and pray v. phr.— «A clerk at the Outdoorsman, Route 12, in West Boylston, said the gun has an effective range of only about 40 yards. “It’s basically spray and pray that you hit something,” he said. “I see no use...
spray and pray v. phr.— «Drug companies are not ready to abandon the “spray and pray” random sampling of compounds to find potential new drugs, but excitement is growing about using computers to design tomorrow’s...