Ghetto Chickens n.pl.— «The Ravens look very little like the team that went 13-3 last season to win the AFC North, yet they act like every stop is a goal-line stand. No wonder people in this area refer to them as “The Ghetto...
wonder bank n.—Gloss: an organization in Nigeria that falsely promises high returns on low investments, a trick similar to a pyramid scheme. «While not saying the wonder banks were out to dupe the people, the banker said what they...
canoe plant n.— «The garden, which offers self-guided tours, is an ethnobotanical wonder of both native and “canoe plants,” brought from other islands by Polynesians.» —“In the Land of the Lotus Eaters” by Patricia Leigh...
frontbum n.— «Cat-abandoner John Tamihere is standing at Waitakere City—I wonder if he’ll have any luck getting the frontbums, as he likes to call women, to vote for him.» —“Roll on up for council oddballs” by Linley...
whiskey plate n.— «Odds are you’ve seen cars carrying plates bearing the telltale W. Some still wonder what that lone letter designates while others think they know exactly what it means. While those plates are colloquially referred to as...
angu-apatheism n.— « Angu-apatheism—not caring whether or not there is a God, but still wondering what you did that has Him so pissed off at you. » —“Re: apathy” by Greg Garland Usenet: alt.angst Oct. 4, 1990...