marbit n.— «While cereals aimed at health-conscious adults are packed with whole grains and fiber, cereals for their children contain things called “marbits’ (bits of marshmallows), malt syrup, corn syrup, brown sugar, honey and...
sugar in one’s walk n.— «There’s been a lot of publicity recently about some bisexual black men who are “on the DL” (for down low), meaning they secretly have sex with other men while maintaining relationships with women;...
humbum n.— «Is there anybody left who knows about humbums from the Depression days?…Maybe it was two words: hum bums?…They were kind of like fritters, made of selvage bread-dough pieces and plopped into hot oil. There they...
yumptious adj.— «You could slaver them with butter or powdered sugar or jam.…Humbums were yumptious.» —“Anyone got the dope on humbums?” St. Paul Pioneer Press (Minn.) Feb. 15, 2005. (source: Double...
mountain dew mouth n.— «Too much sugar is a bad thing. He says dentists have actually coined a phrase known as “Mountain Dew mouth.”» —“Protecting Smiles Statewide” by Karen Kostko WSAW-TV (Wassau...
cat face n.— «Atzet stopped again, to drill into the bulging bark of a cat-faced sugar pine. The cat face is a ring of bulging bark that has grown to heal a scar left by a fire. Because the healing bark is loaded with pitch, it tends to...