salvage v.— «During martial law, “salvage” came into use in the Philippines to mean “to execute or dispose of a person summarily and secretly.” Filipino journalists use it that way without regret. I wonder if it...
hamster care n.— «One might wonder why it is necessary to pay a bounty to get a doctor to call you back. The answer is that under the watchful eye of managed care and insurance companies, the quality of care has gotten so awful that...
bukateria n.— «Meanwhile, for those who ran the bukateria, an eating place for the common man, have introduced the corn meal or corn vita (Tuwo Masara).» —“Season of the Wonder Crop” by Victor Akobundu All...
spekky n.— «It’s graceful at times and something rather awesome about watching skills of the very top level of athlete—to watch Sampi soaring twice as high as any others of the giants on the ground to take a mark (spekky, in the local...
kalo-kalo n.— «No wonder scores of kalo-kalo banks sprang up overnight as beneficiaries of rentier era.» —“Were You Better Off Under IBB?” by Tunji Bello THISDAY (Nigeria) Oct. 30, 2002. (source: Double...