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death cookie

death cookie  n.— «Meanwhile, cyclist Dave Davies said the junction of Nootka and Village Way is designed in such a way that gravel is spewed into the intersection. These “death cookies,” as he called them in his letter to council, build...

snackluck

snackluck  n.— «Video Night and Snackluck. Call Tom for details and location. Be sure to RSVP as space may be limited.» —“Fall 1995 Newsletter: Calendar of Events” Vancouver Island Vegetarian Association Oct., 1995...

gaunch

gaunch  n.— «Gaunch launch.…West Vancouver’s Kathleen Staples recently launched a new line of luxurious machine washable underwear called Staples. Staples designs them in soft, stretchy knitted silk and included are regular panties...

gonch

gonch  n.— «Today’s subject is gonch. Also known to many of you as underwear.» —“Postcard from Salt Lake” by Gary Mason Vancouver Sun (British Columbia, Canada) Feb. 9, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued...

hangaround

hangaround  n.— «One time, he recalled, he went along with a Hells Angels member, Randy Potts, who intended to fatally shoot a man who had beaten up a Hells Angels hangaround of the East End chapter—a hangaround is a person who is allowed...

slow clothes

slow clothes  n.pl.— «Nowhere does he touch on the appeal of Slow Clothes, which got me thinking, first frivolously and then more seriously, about not just the sensual pleasures to be found in dressing and undressing slowly but how...