Would you rather live in a world with no adjectives … or no verbs — and why? Also, who in the world is that director Alan Smithee [SMITH-ee] who made decades’ of crummy films? Turns out that if a movie director has his work wrested away...
In the same vein as Billy Badass and Ricky Rescue, most people have dealt with a Mickey Morenyou. He’s that guy who walks onto your turf and still seems to believe he knows more than you. This is part of a complete episode.
detectorist n.— «Just because you’ve got a metal detector doesn’t entitle you to charge unbidden onto other people’s property, Alan cautions. Detectorists must obtain permission to go onto private turf and must register with public lands...
cut the turf v. phr.— «Some of our targeted homeowners are suspicious. Some refuse to come to the door. Others hide behind twitched curtains until we leave. We are like political Jehovah’s Witnesses, but we are unrepentant. And, were we...
turf v.— «Both sides of 11 men were playing for bragging rights and the ultimate “turf,” an inside term meaning a difficult or perplexing patient who is “turfed” by a GP to a specialist.» —“Is anyone a doctor...
turf n.— «Both sides of 11 men were playing for bragging rights and the ultimate “turf,” an inside term meaning a difficult or perplexing patient who is “turfed” by a GP to a specialist.» —“Is anyone a doctor...