It’s hard enough to get a new word into the dictionary. But what happens when lawmakers get involved? New Jersey legislators passed a resolution as part of an anti-bullying campaign urging dictionary companies to adopt the word upstander. It means...
pompek n.— «She noted that they cater to all dogs but most of her clients are of the long haired variety such as “pompeks” (local parlance for any small breed dog of mixed parentage), lhasa apsos, cocker spaniels, poodles and also a few long haired...
Trinbagonian n. a resident of the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Trinbagonian n.— «This praise song was written for the panman/To all those who has shown their dedication/Out of yesterday’s rejection/Onward to a new perfection/From a hunger came a feel/From that feel we shape the steel/So we sing a song of...
Trinbagonian n.— «What the U.S. National Team walked into late last night, some 40 hours before kickoff against Trinidad & Tobago, was a whole nation draped in red and fired by the slightly disconcerting slogan: “Bun dem!” In Trinbagonian patois:...
Trinbagonian n.— «When I’m done with the question of Afros in education and school, I doubt I’d have written many columns more upsetting to the Trinbagonian.» —“Sorrel source of endless fascination” by Lloyd Best Trinidad & Tobago Express Dec. 18...