hillbilly chrome n.— «Take my advice, don’t waste your time with rags or hillbilly chrome (duct tape).» —“Re: Moth balls” by J. Phillips Usenet: rec.sport.snowmobiles June 18, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued...
universal waste n.— «It’s now illegal in California for households and any other entity to improperly dispose of a new list of widely used, but potentially harmful items containing mercury and other heavy metals that often wound up in...
Del Rio model n.— «It’s all about speed. That’s the biggest difference in saving lives in this war.…We call it the Del Rio model, after a small town in West Texas about 150 miles from our stateside base in San Antonio. When you get...
gassing n.— «Officers endure bites, kicks, punches, and being doused by a brew of toilet waste that is tossed through cell door openings. Officers call it “gassing.”» —“This is the gaping maw, the jaws through which...
hogger n. a machine used to compact or shred waste materials. Editorial Note: Despite the use in the name of some industrial shredding machines, this term does not appear to be brand- or manufacturer-specific, nor does it appear to be trademarked...
blue ice n.— «Stan Walchesky and neighbors on Neupert Road in Jefferson began noticing the stuff last week and speculated that it was “blue ice,” the euphemism for the chemically treated lavatory waste that sometimes falls...