STOLI n.— «In what has to be the wackiest new trend in life insurance, many consumers are allowing total strangers to place bets on when they will expire—and the sooner they go, the bigger the payoff. It’s called Stranger-Originated Life...
revolving son of a bitch n.— «I happen to be of an almost extinct breed, an old-fashioned gentleman—which means I can be a real revolving son of a bitch when it suits me.» —by Robert A. Heinlein Stranger in a Strange Land ...
shlog n.— «It’s creamy, tastes like real chocolate (not squeezed-from-a-bottle sludge), and comes with a giant spoonful of the type of thick, homemade whipped cream my grandma refers to as “shlog.”» —“Hot Chocolate...
garbage head
n.— «Berquist! That garbage head!» —by Robert A. Heinlein Stranger in a Strange Land , 1961. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
feature well n.— «If the “feature well” (as it’s known in the business) had merely consisted of Ms. Barnett’s usual pontificating, perhaps this week’s edition could have avoided both insult and injury.» —“The Stranger: A...
hospitalist n.— «“The primary-care doctor may feel a sense of loss and even abandonment giving up his patient to another doctor, and sick patients have the right to be worried about being cared for by a stranger,” says Robert...