grinding n.— «I wanted so hard to hold my head up. I was grinding. I was shellshocked. I’d been on the verge of winning a tournament that puts me in the history books.» —“One Man Put His Stamp on This Open, a Proud One” by...
ARC n.— «And they kept coming and coming, sometimes in final form, other times in an early version known as arcs, and suddenly there were huge stacks, each bearing a Post-It note I’d created to separate them by month of publication...
shoulder peak n.— «The show aired at 5pm on a Wednesday, a daytime slot called “shoulder peak” in TV jargon.» —“Never judge a book by its clubbers” by Oliver Bennet Independent (U.K.) June 28...
mongo n.— «“Mongo” is slang for garbage salvaged from streets and trash heaps. Any rubbish can qualify, whether it’s edible, wearable, useful or indescribable.» —“‘Mongo’: I Love Trash” by Jane and Michael...
bovie n.— «“Bovies,” also known as “movies made out of books,” was coined by purists in the 1970s to heap sarcasm upon those benighted souls who thought they could translate the excitement of the printed word on to the...
MEST n.— «He appealed to fellow Scientologists for donated books and other items to help him set up a new Narconon office. In Scientology’s dialect, such physical items are known as MEST, which stands for “matter, energy, space...