coaptation n.— «Mr. Gordon calls his staging a “coaptation” of the play—a neologism suggesting a little co-opting and a little adapting. In truth, the balance is tipped in favor of co-opting, with unrewarding results...
Lysenkoism n.— «When politicians dictate science, government becomes entangled in its own deceptions, and eventually the social order decays in a compost of lies. Society, having abandoned the scientific method, loses its empirical...
levanton n.— «Chalino having grown up in Sinaloa, being in the mob himself could have spotted a “levanton” miles away. Chalino had to have known that if you get pulled over at 3 am by federales your chances of living are zero...
blue-sky v.— «Can’t you just hear some government official blue-skying and saying the system would be so much more affordable if all those pesky old people would just die?» —“Healthcare: The truth about your government” by...
sorted adj.— «What was even worse was witnessing the constant denial by single gay men that their lives were anything other than FAB, GREAT, and in today’s kiddie parlance, HAPPY, SANE and SORTED.» —“The Truth about being...
kalo-kalo n.— «The finest hour for those who have always likened the management of Nigeria’s economy to Kalokalo (casino), it appears, is here. Put roughly, Kalokalo refers to the inclination to enter an economic river without compass...