pucker v.— «“No matter how many times you do it, you still pucker once you get over the wire,” says one of the helicopter’s pilots, Chief Warrant Officer Lance Duensing.» —“The Doctors of War” by Bob Drury Men’s Health Jan. 30, 2006. (source:...
rain iron v. phr.— «Though surrounded by sandbags piled 5 feet high, they offer little safety from a direct hit by a rocket or mortar, which are lobbed over the wire nightly. “Raining iron,” the soldiers call it, and smile.» —“The Doctors of...
sissy la-la n.— «A sissy la-la is a woman who acts wussy—that is, she demurs from routine military activities, such as crawling under barbed wire or diving into muddy hole.» —“Re: He doesn’t know jack-shit” by Karen Schneider Usenet: alt.usage...
deglove v.— «The degloved scalp, which remains viable despite the large area of evulsion, is reapproximated with a combination of monofilament or stainless steel wire sutures.» —by Jonathan Greenberg Handbook of Head and Spine Trauma Mar. 15, 1993...
give someone the wire brush v. phr.— «Giving someone the wire brush means chewing them out, typically in a public way that’s demeaning to their stature.» —“Donald Rumsfeld: Old Man in a Hurry” by Thomas P.M. Barnett RealClearPolitics Aug. 31, 2005...
cheese cutter n.— «In view of the poor reputation which I recall for the two wire system from the 1960s, I suspect this has more to do with the improved quality of protection in modern cars.…Most modern cars have a passenger cage, which should...