jiggy-vous n.— « “Jiggy-vous.” That pie slice of French-Canadian patois was a favorite saying of the teenage Gordon Lightfoot. It means “all right.” » —“If you could read his mind” by Steve...
khere n.— «He had first unveiled the manuever, which he refers to as a full khere on one pommel, in a new skills challenge at the 2006 Winter Cup and kept performing it at meets over the following summer.…A full khere on just one...
genomania n.— «The scientist responsible for this latest little outbreak of what has been dubbed “genomania” in foreign media—best defined as a fixation with simplistic pseudo-science purporting to link genetic variation with...
junque
n.— «(title)» —“Themes and Variations: Antiques and Junque” by Ray Vicker Wall Street Journal May 23, 1963. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
broheim n. brother; friend, buddy. Also broham, brougham, or (rarely) broheem. Editorial Note: This term was recently popularized by the movie A History of Violence. Etymological Note: The Berkeley High School Slang Dictionary (2004, North Atlantic...
baraminology n.— «I see old earth creationism as starting with those who see the days of creation as long periods of time and thus phases of God’s creation. Such old earth creationists need to explain the boundaries past which they...