Here’s a variant of a phrase that’s familiar to many African-Americans, but virtually unknown to most others: “I’m so broke I couldn’t buy a louse a wrestling jacket.” What’s its meaning and origin...
flea n.— «A flea, in the parlance of medical students, is an internal medicine resident. And, by way of further explanation—here’s where the pejorative nature comes into play—a flea is “the last thing off a dying dog...
schmutzdecke n.— «The surface is now a veritable of cat hairs, dead fleas, some dirt I suppose, hair-balls and horked-up Friskies.» —“You can bed on it!” by Bruce Usenet: alt.tasteless June 11, 1996. (source:...
cruck n.— «The vehicle—Bird calls it a “cruck,” or a combination car/truck—was called the General Flea in a play on words from the old General Lee of “The Dukes of Hazzard” TV fame.» —“‘Junkin” ride...
junque n.— «“Rummage” is a highly discretionary adjective that overlaps with the category of “junque,” itself an emic descriptor connoting a distinction achieved through disrepair or neglect.» —“A Sociocultural...