sheeping n.— «Across Britain, 6.5 million animals—sheep, cows and pigs mainly—were eventually culled. “Sheeping” was the term the slaughtermen used to describe their grim, if well-paid, task.» —“Plague, foot and mouth...
doul n.— «Douling, my clever friends told me, derived from the Greek word for a slave, and in your first two years at school you could be compelled to do almost any task by either a House prefect—they were called monitors—or your study...
douling n.— «Douling, my clever friends told me, derived from the Greek word for a slave, and in your first two years at school you could be compelled to do almost any task by either a House prefect—they were called monitors—or your study...
pedgilling n.— «Even so, when [D.H. Lawrence] writes that “the thought of you pedgilling away at the novel frets me” (pedgilling, a nice coinage, a cross between pencilling and abridging), the fret isn’t what Garnett will do...
talent bucket n.— «The minutes reveal that some of the 700 detectives will be placed in a “bucket” of talent and handpicked to work in special “strike forces” according to their rank and skill. “The organised...
choosing money n.— «The process of “choosing” involves a woman deciding if she wants to affiliate herself with a pimp.…A woman who is attracted to a pimp may find that he woos her initially and then requires her to...