dump n.— «A “dump,” in the blunt vernacular of a relentlessly flourishing online black market, is a credit card number.» —“Black Market in Stolen Credit Card Data Thrives on Internet” by Tom Zeller New...
hell to breakfast adj.— «From hell to breakfast. An expression denoting great length, or completeness, or duration. “I’ll stick to this business from hell to breakfast.” Note also: “Till the cows come home.” The...
POI n.— «The insurgency is mostly made up of Sunni Arabs, the 20 percent of Iraqis who held power under Saddam Hussein.…Some are POIs (“p-ed-off Iraqis”), in the vernacular of some U.S. officials: Sunnis seeking...
vernac adj. provincial; culturally backwards, unfashionable, or unrefined. Also n. Editorial Note: The derogatory uses of this term are closely tied to the ongoing debate over the role and use of English in India. Etymological Note: From vernacular...
workbench
n.— «Workbench—This term, in the vernacular of movers, means a bed.» —“Mover’s Jargon” Lexicon of Trade Jargon Jan. 18, 1938. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
scrubbing brush n.— «King of Foxrock was third in a maiden hurdle, Alcapone second in a conditions chase, Skibb third in a beginners’ chase and Gimli’s Axe 14th in a novice hurdle. A battle Axe, it was not. In a vernacular unique to the...