chemical cosh n. a drug or mix of drugs used to subdue a patient, prisoner, or other person. Editorial Note: From comparison to the stunning or dulling effects of a cosh, “a thick heavy stick or bar used as a weapon,” when used on the...
slap tag n.— «Police seized adhesive tags used to spray graffiti on and stick to walls, referred to as “slap tags,” spray can tips, acrylic paints and etching tools in the man’s bedroom.» —“Vandal suspect...
stick phone n.— «Skype bundled its software with SanDisk’s Cruzer Micro and Cruzer Titanium USB Flash drives, which take up about the same amount of space as a stick of gum. The agreement with SanDisk enables Skype users to carry their...
lummi stick n.— «Youngsters will learn to cook with a stick over an open fire, make a “lummi stick”—a cylindrical percussion instrument—and add a few words to their vocabulary from the WaWa jargon, a pidgin once used by Oregon...
gymbot n.— «The value of spending a full day inside a gym is that it gives one the opportunity to survey a rich gallery of human types: the male gymbots with their proud bosoms and stick legs.» —“24-Hour Sweaty People” by...
swag n.— «“I missed those two free throws, but I’m coming back, 15 pounds heavier, with my swag, because I just won the national championship.”…He was a lanky 6-11, 212-pound pogo stick with not much game and less...