profanitype n.— «By using it in his strip to some 300-plus newspapers (sometimes he renders it with asterisks, or “profanitype,” as he calls it), he hopes to sanitize the word and make it less taboo.» —“Out of the...
thrillionaire n.— «Thrillionaire Richard Garriott and a handful of others defied a court order and toured the wreckage of the Titanic last week. The 37-year-old Origin Systems co-founder paid a reported $65,000 for the trip...
wedgie n.— «Last year I converted from a road bike (fondly called a “wedgie”) to a recumbent (proudly called a “bent”).» —“The view from a different angle” by Sharon Tummins Daily...
bent n.— «Last year I converted from a road bike (fondly called a “wedgie”) to a recumbent (proudly called a “bent”).» —“The view from a different angle” by Sharon Tummins Daily...
taper n.— «I wanted to come back here and start my “taper,” because I particularly like how my mother “tapers” me.…After beating yourself up in the water, you need to get rid of all of the lactic acid and...
cluster n.— «The cops are already calling the response a “cluster”—cop-speak for clusterfuck—and the chaos gets only more obscene. The pugnacious medics squabble over how to treat the patients and where to land the chopper...