open (up) daylight v. phr. especially in horse racing, to out-distance a competitor. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
throw up
v. phr.— «As soon as the cameras were turned on, they all threw up their gang symbols.» —“Anti-gang students show colors” St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Oct. 15, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
throw up v. phr.— «The women and girls wear gang colors and symbols, “throw up” gang signs with their hands, and help carry the gang’s weaponry. The women are just as dangerous as the men, Beard and Moon say.» —“Police...
naco adj.— «Middle-class Mexicans, she said, tend to use a single adjective to dismiss all that is perhaps most real and most wonderful about Mexican culture, simply because it is dark-complexioned and simply because it springs from the...
gyaru-moji n.— «Japanese girls, however, now prefer to communicate amongst each other using special characters that require more time to input. These characters are called “gyaru-moji” (gyaru is the slang word for girl). The...
webswev n.— «Another group is trying to market a new word: webswev. It stands for “Web significantly watered down English verbosity.” It is the language used on Internet bulletin boards and chat lines that relies on...