two-spirited adj.— «Issues of similarity and difference are played out in a different way in Sabine Lang’s account of the difficulties she faced trying to carry out research among Native American “two-spirited” women.» —“Writing Lesbian...
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 through the Olene...
pipe v.— «He writes in the style of the metro column, a genre that has included some of the best newspaper writing ever, but also its share of “piping,” making stuff up in the tradition of Damon Runyon, who wrote fiction. (One columnist calls such...
juggler family n.— «It’s been attributed to Karen Kornbluh, director of the Work & Family Program of the New American Foundation in Washington…Writing in the Atlantic Monthly in an article titled “The Parent Trap,” she observes that “the...
riggidy adj.— «Chet stopped writing on his form. “What? I don’t bet in God’s house, Bela. He plays a rigged game anyways. Bingo, my ass—that’s for them old fools in Miami dyin’ in the homes. Shit, I ain’t that riggidy yet, Bels. Sixty-odd maybe...
ecotone n.— «An ecotone is a term from the field of ecology. It is a place where landscapes meet—like field with forest, or grassland with desert. The ecotone is an area of increased richness and diversity where the two communities commingle. Here...