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Stranded on Sleeve Island

Knitters speak of being stranded on Sleeve Island. As the host of Sal & Al: The Woolslayers explains: Being on Sleeve Island is the feeling you get when you think you’re almost finished with a sweater because you’ve completed the...

U-Turn in Other Languages

If you’re driving and need to turn 180 degrees, you make a U-turn. But what do you make if you speak a language that doesn’t include the letter “U”? If you’re a Hindi speaker, what do you call wearing a V-neck sweater...

sweater on the rail

sweater on the rail  n.— «Hustling doesn’t merely involve the players at the table. There was a rogue’s gallery of “stakehorses” (financial backers), “sweaters on the rail” (side bettors) and “nits” (kibitzers). As the gambling spigot has...

sweater muffins

sweater muffins  n.pl.— «“Morgan had to have been hired for her tits. In fact, it looks like most of the women on Tech Tv were hired for their boobage.” “And bless them for doing so. Jessica,Sara, Morgen…their have...

sweater puppies

sweater puppies  n.pl.— «You can make wads of cash stripping in Toronto if you have the wear-with-all and you keep your mouth shut about the Leafs. Nobody likes a Habs fan here, even one with a nice set of sweater puppies.» —“Licence...

sweater pups

sweater pups  n.pl.— «They both have astoundingly large and magnificently impressive sweater pups on a relatively small frame.» —“Hottie Recap” by Omar Aviles JoBlo.com May 26, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued...

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