bed head
n.— «Bed head n. A person who looks like he just woke up (Ann Marenick, Woodbridge).» —“Say Wha?” Washington Post Mag. Jan. 31, 1988. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
sport n.— «Who’s to blame for the decline of Red Delicious? Everyone, it seems. Consumers were drawn to the eye candy of brilliantly red apples, so supermarket chains paid more for them. Thus, breeders and nurseries patented and...
ringman n.— «The “ringman” in the foreground is Hugh Henderson.» —“Biggest Sale In East Held At Winchester” by Aubrey graves in Winchester, Va. Washington Post Oct. 12, 1952. (source: Double...
pod n.— «Blandly uplifting segments—”pods,” in Current parlance—on sex and dating in Iran, bridge-and-canyon skydivers and a pompous toad of a graphic artist glided harmlessly by, neither giving offense nor commanding full...
pre-sick adj.— «The line between having a bad gene and having a bad disease is blurred. Even though you have no symptoms of illness, you may be treated by your health insurance company as though you do. In short, you are genetically...
bullets and beans n.pl.— «The commander said the airlift carried more than 63,000 tons of bullets and beans and 100,00 passengers in that period.» —“Korea Airlift Carried 100,000 Passengers” in Feaf Combat Cargo Command...