hot-bedding n.— «The selection of large teams means Australia and other nations will have to juggle athletes in and out of the main Parkville village, a practice known as hot-bedding.» —“Volunteers stick to post” by Shaun Phillips Herald...
stacking n.— «We occasionally hear from volunteer ambulance squad members in Parsippany about entering apartments and discovering six, or seven, people living in small quarters. This is commonly called “stacking.” In last June’s primary, Republican...
Mikey n.— «The tablets were seized during a probation check from a local drug user who is a so-called “Mikey” (a volunteer “guinea pig” who is willing to “test” (by self-administration) illicit drugs and drug mixtures of virtually any type)...
9/11 generation n.— «The lure of joining a volunteer fire department can be considerable for undergraduates, who as part of the 9/11 generation tend to hold firefighters in particularly high esteem.» —“Students Who Rush to Class, Then to Fires” by...
Queue n.— «On top of their community involvement and volunteer work, Omega Psi Phi brothers, or “Queues” as they’re called on campus, are known around Ole Miss for their gold boots and lively parties.» —“‘Qs’ initiate first line since...
canderflabble n.— «I once read an article about useful foreign words that had no English counterpart, and it mentioned some language (I forget which) that had a noun meaning “the state of two people each waiting to see if the other will volunteer...