sposie n.— «Since we’re in disposables overnight ATM while I humor this night-nursing addiction, I realize how much bulkier cloth is. And that’s just a prefold and a wrap—and still a green-stitched prefold at that. Sproutkin’s in 12M...
cheesepodding n.— «Cheesepodding: Downloading of a song “so cheesy that you could cover it in plastic wrap and sell it at the deli counter.” Cheesepodders are especially vulnerable to soft-rock favourites from the 1970s...
rat n.— «My face was quite round and my ears stuck out—and the beehive just accentuated that. I was, however, persuaded to wear it a few times for photoshoots and recall they used something called a “rat” to wrap the hair...
Canadian binding n.— «It was initially a spiral-bound paperback, but when consumers could not easily find it on bookstore shelves, Firefly worked with its printer, Friesen’s, to wrap a spine around the wire-o binding. Now known as...
shamburger n.— «Shamburgers, a high-protein alternative to meat, can be made ahead, individually covered in plastic wrap and frozen until used. When needed, simply unthaw a Shamburger, and it will be ready to fry or to throw on a grill 5...
hump strap n. a band, belt, rope, or similar long, narrow strip used for carrying heavy objects, especially on one’s back. Editorial Note: The most common way to use a hump strap is to wrap it once securely around the object to be moved, take each...