bleed the beast v. phr.— «In the polygamous community of Colorado City, a practice known as “bleeding the beast” is allegedly taking place. Activist for victims of Polygamy, Flora Jessop, who alerted authorities to the...
fako n.— «The usual method for working the “fako” is quite ingenious. The “faker” happens to be in front of a person on the street just at the right time to quietly drop the ring and then pick it up in a way that...
domino organ transplant n.— «Clinton House and John Couch—medical history’s first “domino” organ transplant patients—met Thursday for the first time at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.…House…received a heart...
hooding n.— «A Macomb County couple claims police stormed in their home, handcuffed them and put pillowcases over their heads, a practice called “hooding,” but many questions remain including who exactly the alleged victims...
power dog n.— «She had had some close calls before last week’s attack, and had seen pit bulls and other “power dogs,” as she calls them, roaming the neighborhood, chains jangling behind them.» —“Dog-attack victim...
rorikon n.— «Hagino was inspired to turn his relationship with the alleged victim from friendship to fiendship because of a “Rorikon,” the contracted Japanese word for “Lolita Complex,” the local parlance for...