micro-agression n.— «Repeated “micro-aggression and micro-insults” wear down blacks, said Bell: When a white child and a black child enter a store, guards follow the black, when a black sits in first-class, flight attendants...
gedunk n. ice cream, a dessert, a snack, or any easy-to-consume food; a store, mess hall, or other place where such treats are bought or eaten. Also geedunk, gedonk, geedonk. Editorial Note: In the 1925 citation to gedunk, meaning ‘to dunk (food),’...
geedunk n.— «We had about four barber chairs, a clothing store, a “Geedunk,” that’s an ice-cream store, our own laundry and water system.» —“Memories Kindled by Ship’s Rebirth” in Iowa Omaha World...
utzy adj.— «Mr. Graff, now 53, thought he had retired back in 1999 when he sold Spice to Playboy TV for a neat $100 million, moved to a small town near the Berkshires and took over an old country store. “I sliced bologna, sold mice...
sousveillance n.— «You get into a taxi cab, you’re under surveillance. There’s a camera taking pictures of you. If you were to photograph the cab driver, that would be what I call sousveillance. If you walked into a department store and...
smurfing n.— «Sometimes meth cooks can get around these regulations by what McClintock referred to as “smurfing,” stopping from one store to another to pick up one or two packages until they have enough to work with...