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n.— «Dealer lingo salted my family‘s Thanksgiving dinners, with my uncles talking about “spiffs” (salesmen’s bonuses) and “ups” (customers).» —“Business Bookshelf Showroom Showdown” by John Stoll Wall Street Journal Dec. 2, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Have you ever googled your own name and found someone else who goes by the very same moniker? There’s a word for that: googleganger. Plus, the language of hobbyists and enthusiasts: If you’re a beekeeper, perhaps you call yourself a...
Ribbon fall. Gallery forest. You won’t find terms like these in most dictionaries, but they and hundreds like them are discussed by famous writers in the book Home Ground: A Guide to the American Landscape. The book is an intriguing collection...