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Air Giulianis

Air Giulianis
 n.pl.— «The food truck man, Mr. Samolis, said he often gives free food to inmates who are released from Rikers with no money.…Often, these released inmates wear the orange sneakers that the jail issues. “They call them Air Giulianis,” he said.» —“Selling Baubles in the Shadow of Rikers Island” by Corey Kilgannon New York Times Sept. 26, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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