shiesty adj.— «Regarding yesterday’s rant against an unsavory real estate broker, a savory broker emails, “It’s too bad that shiesty brokers like the one in the FSBO story ruin the reputation for good, ethical brokers in NYC...
high impact incarceration n.— «The New York City Correction Commissioner said yesterday that a “high impact incarceration plan”—similar in some ways to the state’s boot-camp program for prisoners—would begin at Rikers Island...
granny hunting n.— «Federal prosecutors announced charges yesterday against six people accused of defrauding elderly Washington region women of more than $100,000 with a variety of scams that the suspects referred to as “granny...
chope v.— «Here’s an evidence of tissue choping i witnessed at Ikea yesterday while I was there for kopi…chope—(verb) local slang meaning “to reserve.” Example: It’s free seating at the concert, we need to get there...
dry drunk n.— «A non-alcoholic drunk—a person intoxicated with his own abstiencne—was described here yesterday at a medical meeting.—Dr. Curtis T. Prout labeled such a person a “dry drunk.”—The “dry drunk” was...