snout house n.— «Bored with mere breezeways that connected detached garages to houses, homeowners sought to bridge the distance with direct access to kitchens, laundry centers and dens. Garages doubled, even tripled in size to accommodate...
ecotheology n.— «Calling themselves “Creation Care” activists rather than “environmentalists” (a designation they associate with liberals, secularists and Democrats), they represent the conservative wing of a...
wing suit n.— «Zielinski was wearing what’s called a “wing suit” for the jump, Grimm said. Such a suit when used by sky divers can slow their descent down to about 70 to 80 mph from the more typical speed of more than 100 mph...
Elmer n.— «Uncle Charlie was the first of the two brothers to be converted to ham obsession: K4NAV (Kilo4NovemberAlphaVictor)—he went on to design optics for deep-space telescopes. and my Great Uncle Bill Leatherman, W4YNQ, who introduced...
chicken wing it v. phr.— «The armor the marines slapped together included heavier doors that could not be latched, so they “chicken winged it” by holding them shut with their arms as they traveled.» —“Bloodied Marines...
wicker-bill n.— «Dan hand-cut and shaped a couple of pieces of sheet metal that looked like angle-irons—just 90 degree bent pieces of aluminum. He had us mount them on the back edges of the rear wing of the car.…His simple...