t-shirt bag n.— «There is now a push both at state and local levels to minimize the use of these plastic grocery bags or what the industry calls “t-shirt bags.” “It sticks to everything. In the garbage stream, in the...
leverite n.— «Bartolotta demonstrated his panning technique by shaking a plastic container resembling a Chinese wok. He explained that by moving the pan, the lighter material is suspended in the soupy water of the stream bottom “so...
flymph n.— «Leafing through this little book, I was struck by the naturalness of the flies, some of which resembled the modern, soft-hackle “flymph” patterns popularized by Vernon S. Hidy. The blackened hooks were mostly sizes...
gut pile n.— «Basically, people who dump deer carcasses by the road are pulling the food chain to the side of the road.…The ethical place for what is commonly called a “gut pile” is in the woods, off the trail and away...
Pineapple Express n. a weather condition made of a jet stream of wet, warm air that reaches western North America from the Pacific Ocean, usually by way of Hawaii, and causes heavy rainfall. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Pineapple Express n.— «In mid-February, the jet stream split in two over the mid-Pacific. The two arms of the jet stream then collided just off the California coast, with one bringing cold air from Alaska and the other—dubbed the...