stick n.— «“The Stick”—the physical bartop itself. “Get behind the stick” means its time for a barkeep to go to work.» —“Booze: Bar Lingo” by Mark Chasteen Velocity Weekly (Louisville, Kentucky) Aug. 12...
flexting n.— «Almost £1 per text? Surely that includes the type of flirting that takes place through premium “flirt” lines, advertised late at night.) In other words, we are spending nearly £3bn a year “flexting...
groundtruthing n.— Note: OED defines this as “the action or process of establishing ground truth,” and defines “ground truth” as “information obtained by direct measurement at ground level, rather than by...
pootbutt n.— «Then it was competing with Gompers and Mount Vernon for the status of the junior high most likely to beat down a half-assed pootbutt who liked to read.» —“A Writer’s Life” by Jervey Tervalon LA...
boulevard stop n.— «Many people don’t understand that a signal can be good…in a way that moves traffic through better than a boulevard stop.» —“Final Mayfield approval delayed” by Jocelyn Dong Palo Alto...
Foakleys n.— «Imitation—in this case eyewear a colleague refers to as Foakleys or faux Oakleys—is a pretty good indication of trendiness.» —“Wearable tech gizmos tend to be geeky” by Jonathan Sidener Bend...