windowshade n.— «A friend pulled her into a swing-dance move called a death drop. It’s not as suicidal as it sounds—it’s also commonly called a windowshade, “sort of a cross between a dip and a flip.”» —“Swing...
chicklet n.— «In addition to being able to create mobile version of their blogs, bloggers can create a personalized subscription button to their blog’s sidebar. The chicklet, as the subscription button is sometimes called, gives Windows...
spot bill n.— «For now, the amendment, SCA19 by Sen. Bill Morrow, R-Oceanside, is a vaguely worded document, known in Capitol parlance as a “spot bill,” that gives little indication of the magnitude of the final proposal...
cow-dust hour n.— «Twilight is a special threshold moment in most shamanic traditions. This is the cow-dust hour, the window of opportunity at which to invoke the mystery of solar transformation through the Gayatri Mantra. Neither...
Tehrangeles n.— «With neon signs in Persian decorating the window of the Woodland Hills Market—”Kabob” glowing in bright red, “Iranian Market” in pea green—this corner grocery store could just as well be in Tehran...
truth window n.— «A truth window is a common thing that’s built into these rice straw buildings, because actually when they are covered with stucco it’s very difficult to tell, other than the very sort of soft look that the building has...