sojo n.— «San Francisco’s KRON recently became the first major-market TV station in the US to supply much of its newsoom staff with laptops and digital video cameras, then train them to shoot, write, and produce stories on their own. KRON...
straightening closet n.— «Straightening closet: An officers’ term for a room—a supply room in a case related by one officer—where an inmate can be taken and assaulted, or “straightened out,” without witnesses.» —“What the...
voluntourism n.— «I first came across voluntourism when talking to the managing director of North-by North Tours, a company that specialises in tourism to Isan and neighbouring countries. Apparently they have the inside track on holidays...
touching n.— «One of the organisers equated the gesture with the free supply of “touchings” (as the pickles provided free of cost along with liquor in bars in central Kerala are referred to in local parlance). He felt that...
beachcrosser n.— «So can we say a beachcrosser is someone who daringly blazes a trail in an exploratory way across new beaches? Well, no. Later she writes: “The first Maori to visit Australia were Tuki, a priest, and Huru, a...
wildcrafter n.— «Some ginseng hunters and dealers, known as wildcrafters or ‘sangers by the mountain people, fret that the diminishing supply may curtail their ancient practice—and perhaps the economic benefits that it brought to many...