who laid the rail adv. phr.— «I found the yard full of neighbors, who had organzied themselves into a kind of indignation meeting, in which the city fathers, mothers, sisters, cousins and aunts were abused from who laid the rail...
shot house n.— «Police are still investigating who drove Willis to the hospital and whether he was shot inside or outside a possible “shot house,” a term for a house that serves alcohol without a license.» —“Man shot to...
dicking v.— «The group complains that the practice of “dicking”—terrorist surveillance of the homes and movements of serving or retired members of the security forces, to keep them as potential targets—remains widespread...
lib line n.— «For the longer races you might have to sit by the loft for an hour or so, all keyed up waiting. In the big national races we have what’s called a “lib line” to check by phone on the liberation time and conditions...
throw under the bus v. phr.— «Dees said he talked to Hood after he bonded out of the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center on Sept. 26, 1990, and warned him “that he was being thrown under the bus by Jennifer Reali.” But he...
boo word n.— «I am here not using “liberal” as a boo word meaning “Lefty,” but in its proper sense of offering freedom and opportunity.» —“How will Tories defeat those who hate us?” by Charles...