fakenger n.— «It is difficult to tell the difference between a hipster and a messenger. Same bags, same pants, same too-small shirt, same studded belt; tats, piercings, alterna-hair: check. I know that messengers like to call the hipsters...
run-flat tire n.— «Pergantis said the Army uses what are called “run-flat” tires on some vehicles. They allow a vehicle some mobility even if the tires are flat. An airless tire is the next step, he said.» —“Airless Tire...
buffalo n.— «“So if it’s an artillery shell we can see that,” McPhail says, “and then you send your buffalo up there which has this big claw, and it sort of just claws at it and makes sure it is what we think it is.” The...
spork n.— «The buffalo in question is the fourth vehicle in the patrol, towering over the armored trucks. Rather than an animal, it looks more like a medieval siege engine, with its row of small, thick-lensed windows and an iron-clawed...
sign-cutting n.— «Some shifts he will spend tracking drug or human smugglers along desert trails using an age-old technique known as “sign cutting,” other times he may work a vehicle stop on a highway, or process detainees...
Arizona pin-striping n.— «The choicest (and hardest) pieces of the trace still remain. Bring your own catclaw, just in case we don’t find enough on the route. Naturally, your 4WD vehicle gets an absolutely free Arizona pin-striping job...