purple adj.— «I’m quite surprised sometimes when I come to America and I find the interservice rivalry still surprises me in many ways. It doesn’t happen here because we are so much smaller as far as armed forces go than the Americans...
sloyd n.— «Sloyd is a system of education built around the design and construction of useful handmade objects. The name is from the Swedish word, “sloyd,” which is derived from the Icelandic “slog,” meaning general...
vinyl village n.— «It doesn’t take a sharp eye to also see great blue heron, Canada geese, mallards and barred owls. Red fox are also not uncommon. These creatures inhabit the heart of our vinyl village and appear to be doing quite well...
neet n.— «A group of 1.1m people who are not in education, employment or training (Neets), are being blamed for many of society’s ills.» —“Focus: Meet the ‘Neets’: a new underclass” by Robert...
BF n.— «I have often been struck by the numbers of young men, in small towns as well as in metro cities, who say that much of their “knowledge” about sex has come from the study of what is so familiar that it has been reduced...
Georgiafornia n.— «A growing anti-immigrant movement is sweeping the South, with groups in Arkansas and other states calling for the withdrawal of services from undocumented immigrants. Georgia—which some have taken to calling...