wheels up adj.— «But the minute the last leader’s white-topped helicopter took off at the crack of dawn Friday—went “wheels up,” in the parlance of law enforcement officers—coastal Georgians rushed to resume normal summertime...
dally
n.— «Ropers must dally to stop steer.» —“Here Are Rodeo Events and Rules Governing Them” Nevada State Journal (Reno) June 29, 1952. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
zeitgeber n.— «All three of us redefined our terms, they a zeitgeber and I a synchronizer (as primary or secondary), respectively, as an external agent, usually a cycle that does not “give” time and merely synchronizes...
Portunhol n.— «Portunhol (or Portuñol) is jocular trade jargon for Portuguese (or Spanish) spoke with notieceable Spanish (or Portuguese) interference.» —“Identifying Spanish Interference in the Speech of Learners of...
zonker n.— «I have often wondered why a deep-dish fruit pie is called a cobbler. My online etymological dictionary suggests it is related to a 14th-century word for wooden bowl, cobeler. What is apparently the same dish is called zonker...
trike n.— «A “trike” is slang for something officially known as a “flexwing microlight aircraft.” They call it a trike because it has three wheels, like a tricycle.» —by Jeffrey R. Brant Journal of...