sunshine story n.— «These pieces of paper which masquerade as newspapers have literally gone to sleep. In the event that they wake up, all they do is to play the role of praise singers and publish what is called in journalistic parlance...
El Viejo n.— «The term La Niña (the Little Girl) is used by many scientists and meteorologists to differentiate it from El Niño. It is sometimes called El Viejo (Old Man), Anti-El Niño, or simply “cold event” or “cold...
dance of the lemons n.— «Instead, principals engage in what Stanford’s Bridges calls “the dance of the lemons” or the “turkey trot”—they transfer their incompetents from school to school in the wake of parental...
hot wash n.— «The day the fighting ended, senior Army aides presented to Army Chief of Staff Carl E. Vuono their first observations on the operation. Such an initial review of a just-concluded operation is called a “hot wash...
king v.— «There is ALOT of crap also…and people who think that just tagging constitutes being king.» —“Re: World Famous Wake Up Show” by MYoungWISC Usenet: alt.graffiti Feb. 28, 1999. (source: Double...
hikikomori n.— «Hikikomori has become a major issue in Japan. Loosely translated as “social withdrawal,” hikikomori refers to the state of anomie into which an increasing number of young Japanese seem to fall these days...