super senior n.— «John Wilcox, a fifth-year “super senior” at the University of Alaska Anchorage, has a shaggy haircut, ripped jeans and an eyebrow ring. He describes his spiritual persuasion as druid and wears sandals without...
repot v.— «Repotting instead of retirement seems to work if you don’t run out of pots.» —“Nieman Notes” in Harvard University Nieman Reports (Cambridge, Massachusetts) Spring, 2003. (source: Double...
repot v.— «Farrington said the decision wasn’t sudden—he had been contemplating the idea of “repotting,” as he calls it, since the summer. He expressed the same idea during his resignation announcement.» —“President innovated...
incalmo n.— «Koch’s vases incorporate a technique called “incalmo,” meaning to fuse two colored halves of glass together while hot.» —“Campus glass lab hosts open house and sale” by Tom Sinclair University of...
freak-folk n.— «Freak-folk is the dumbest shit ever. It’s the most unimaginative, crude, insulting label to call the music that my friends have made. None of us said it. It’s the worst tag or label to be called. I never, ever, ever called...
jet people n.pl.— «Liberal asylum traditions have been jolted by the new reality of asylum seekers coming directly from far-away lands through the development and proliferation of air transportation systems. These are the “jet...