vomit comet n.— «Toronto Transit Commission officials are pondering extending subway service to 24 hours a day according to a published report.…“I think it’s a really great idea because I know that when I go out late at night taking...
12-9 n.— «Based on the dozens of cases of people struck by subway trains each year—events known in transit parlance by the code 12-9—it is easy to speculate on what their last week must have been like.» —“What the Motorman...
tro-tro n.— «Each tro-tro runs along specified routes with destinations yelled to potential passengers out the window by the driver’s assistant (or “mate”) and—in the case of loud street noise—the holler is accompanied by a...
Madibaland n.— «Les révisionnistes auront ensuite à cœur d’adopter très rapidement la nouvelle division du pays que viennent de concocter sept sages pour qu’on en finisse avec les promiscuités indignes, honteuses...
janky adj.— «The two artists wear white, “janky-ass Tyvek” painter’s suits; they move quickly, transferring wooden panels and cement legs to the curb beneath the AC Transit sign. Within minutes, they are assembling the bench...
vacation diplomacy n.— «Xinhua news agency today carries a commentary titled, “What are the taiwan authorities up to while going in for ‘sports diplomacy’?,” which reads as follows: Over the past few years, the taiwan...