hoofball n.— «From the kick-off, Simpson delivered a long, old-fashioned ball to Alexander deep on the left-wing. The Orient crowd groaned (Hoofball again?) but Gary controlled, made the bye-line and sent over a low cross which goalkeeper...
Jawaiian adj.— «Many of our younger people who have grown up with these new sounds, actually think of the music as Hawaiian… at least one form of Hawaiian music. They call it reggae, Jamaican, Jawaiian, “contemporary”...
council house facelift n.— «Male chavs wear tracksuits and baseball caps; female chavs pull their hair tightly back in buns or ponytails, a style known as a “council house facelift,” from the term for public housing...
stroke n.— «As the meeting headed toward midnight, there were still 46 more items—known as “strokes” in Little Compton Town Meeting parlance—to go. At least some were likely to be more of the housekeeping variety...
con-tel n.— «The fully furnished modular units would be sold as condominiums, but would be rented out when not used by their owners. Town officials have referred to it as a “con-tel,” short for condominium and hotel...
vinyl village n. a neighborhood or town of plain or cheaply made buildings. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)