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ride n.— «He’s hoping they can wire him an immediate $400—maybe even this afternoon. “With that, we will have enough for the ride,” he says, using the English word. El Ride is the pickup from an Arizona highway toward a safe...
Constantine wire n.— «She would have probably written something involving splintered wodden utensils and using constantine wire for floss afterwards.» —“Re: What About Fae? WAS Re: I love Vampires” by Johnny...
spizerinktum
n.— «Although a live wire, the dengue took much of the spizerinktum out of his being for the time being only, we know.» —Mexia Evening News (Texas) Oct. 13, 1922. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
kegler n.— «DeWitt Riess, another good kegler, was not up to standard. His three-game score of 455 was not anywhere near what he is capable of doing.» —“Rotarians Not At Their Best In Wire Tourney” Sheboygan Press...
alambrista n. an illegal immigrant who crosses into the U.S. via its border with Mexico. Etymological Note: Spanish alambrista ‘tightrope walker’ = ‘wire crosser’ (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
writethru n.— «In wire service parlance, a “writethru” is a new version of an existing news story that updates, clarifies, adds context and corrects mistakes of fact or syntax, even down to the lowly comma.» —“Writing...