rainbowing n.— «Work on the first of three Palm Islands (Jumeirah) began in 2001. A team of Dutch engineers were employed to create the Palm by using a technique called rainbowing—a vessel dredging sand from the seabed and spraying and...
manscape n.— «Norfleet’s Manscape with Beasts series explores the contact zone between animals and humans in intense color photographs taken on Martha’s Vineyard. She depicts animals that have managed to adjust to mankind by living on the...
gonch n. underpants or panties; chones. Editorial Note: According to Katherine Barber of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, as quoted in the Edmonton Journal in 2004, this word takes a variety of spellings: “In Saskatchewan, it’s gauch, gitch or...
hit-and-run bag n.— «We remember Hawley informed Nazel that he wouldn’t be able to make the trip.…Dutch wired back: “If it’s the fare don’t worry about that. Pick up your hit-and-run bag and come COD.”» —“Mr. Nazel...
NIABY n.— «“We’re not just NIMBY about wind energy,” Mollet said, referring to the “not in my backyard” acronym. “We’re NIABY—not in anybody’s backyard.”» —“Dutch Moving Wind Turbines...
Dutch 200 n.— «Brian Basacker pulled off a bowling rarity when he posted what’s known in lanes parlance as a “Dutch 200″ game in the Happy Fours summer league at Sonora Family Bowl. It’s a game in which the bowler alternates...