Hinky, or hincty, is a term going back to the 1920’s that has meant both “snobbish” and “haughty,” or, more commonly, suspicious. A police officer from Grove City, Pennsylvania, calls to say his older colleagues often...
spit sock n.— «A 26-year-old Castle Rock man who was arrested on suspicion of DUI March 13 had to be restrained with a spit sock and ankle bracelets after he became irate with an officer while being arrested.…He also spat on the...
Catholic school effect n.— «If it makes sense you learn democracy by being randomly thrown together with a classroom of strangers, what could explain why chosen schools do better at it? It could be that parents are more involved, says...
galamseyer n.— «At one of such invasions a 75 year old woman was arrested merely on suspicion that her son was a suspected illegal small scale miner known in Ghana as (galamseyer).» —“An Assemblyman Speaks about Living in a...
sudden jihad syndrome n.— «This is what I have dubbed the Sudden Jihad Syndrome, whereby normal-appearing Muslims abruptly become violent. It has the awful but legitimate consequence of casting suspicion on all Muslims. Who knows whence...
big mother n.— «Later, looking through the transcribed notes of the interview, I note two phrases used by the Premier: “big brother federal Government” and “big mother central Canada” (at least he has kept it...