blipster n.— «So just what is a black hipster—a “blipster” or “alt-black”? Like many recent cultural trends, this one straddles race, politics, fashion and art. For the purposes of discussion, we’ll stick with men (though I have seen some...
A listener has a question about emoticons, those little sideways symbols you type to suggest emotions in informal electronic writing. You know, like using a colon, dash, and a capital P to stick out your tongue like this 😛 or using a colon, dash...
nickel brick n.— «When you talk about changing attitudes toward people of different colors, or different ethnic groups, one of the things that impressed me most as I reflect back was an activity held at the annual St. Columbkille’s picnic...
Biltmore stick n.— «He wore a backpack with a G.P.S. receiver and carried, in one hand, a data collection unit resembling a portable credit card machine, and in the other, a strip of wood known as a Biltmore stick.…The Biltmore...
meatbeard n.—Gloss: a person’s double chin. «Hold your shoulders back, stick your chin out as far as you can, turn your face so it’s at a 3/4 angle, tilt your chin down a little. That’s what they do in portrait studios…it...
stick n.— «“The Stick”—the physical bartop itself. “Get behind the stick” means its time for a barkeep to go to work.» —“Booze: Bar Lingo” by Mark Chasteen Velocity Weekly (Louisville, Kentucky) Aug. 12...