jackrolling n.— «In a related survey conducted among 1,500 schoolchildren in the Soweto township, a quarter of all the boys interviewed said that “jackrolling”—a South African term for recreational gang rape—was fun.» —“South...
brooming n.— «“It had the very distinctive signs of an infestation,” said Garlock, Otsego Conservation District (OCD) forester, of the sickly tree’s symptoms. Most noticeable were clusters of small branches desperately forming on dying...
township special n.— «Max, our other dog, is a cur, or “township special” as they are known in these parts, from the local SPCA.» —“Enemy of the people” by David Beresford in South...
panel beating n.— «De Villiers and Goosen, according to trial testimony, conducted a blood-oath ceremony pledging secrecy among members of their all-white police riot squad before going into the Craddock township on July 26, 1986, on what...
Unit K n.— «Near Simon’s house in Highfield, a group of five school leavers sit at a street corner, surveying passers-by and arguing whether to stay at home or go to “Unit K,” township slang for Britain—Zimbabwe’s former...
descanso n.— «Alongside Interstate 80 in Knowlton Township is something called a descanso, a Spanish word that means a roadside memorial. It is for state Trooper Philip Lamonaco.» —“Tenuous Bond Links Two Memorials” by Rod...