hobo pack n. a foil-wrapped bundle of cut-up food, usually cooked in hot coals or on a grill. Editorial Note: Many sources credit this term to youth scouting organizations and this style of cooking is indeed widely practiced by them. (source: Double...
junk n.— «The poignantly restitutive sight of a talismanic hunk with heebie-jeebie tits and junk of death tersely encountering elegiacal youth of bracing attributes?» —by Ethan Mordden Everybody Loves You Sept., 1988...
stick the landing v. phr.— «During the competition, Jay landed the only 720-degree spinning jump of the day. He also said he spun 900 degrees in a practice jump—but failed to “stick the landing.”» —“Ventura youth, 14...
swivel chair job n.— «Last year a hero, who had had some swivel-chair job during the war, came up here crowing about his valor.» —“Says Youth Did Not Fire Shot” Gettysburg Times (Pa.) Dec. 15, 1920. (source:...
track n.— «The Marines had no problem taking the enemy head on, but the much-talked about intelligence regarding booby-trapped buildings kept the conversation going inside the “tracks,” or amphibious assault vehicles...
GUBU adj.— «My youth was spent in an English hospital, receiving treatment for scoliosis, which also caused spinal curvature. So we were both, as far as Haughey hard-liners were concerned, twisted. But to suggest this was a voluntary...
