boondocking n.— «Time was, not many years ago, when a motorist, bound for boondocking in the wilds of Baja California, said good-buy [sic] to his wife, hugged all the children and plopped a bedroll in the back seat of a war surplus...
enchilada n.— «We run on a shoestring. I have volunteers. My attorney has been working on a “we’ll recoup at the end of the enchilada” kind of way, and we’ve been working hand in glove with the attorney general’s office...
drown night n.— «They were motivated to act, they said, in part by the kinds of promotions offered by some bars. Among those, Russell said, was a “drink and drown” night staged by one tavern and another that advertised its...
french fries n.pl.— «Schaffel had worked for Jackson before, but was fired when news leaked of his ties to the adult entertainment world, Provencio said. Schaffel went back to Jackson, whom the producer would call Arnold. Their special...
Santa Ana Crawl n.— «The commute, from the cheaper homes of Riverside County to the jobs of Orange and Los Angeles Counties, is known as the Santa Ana Crawl, and about 300,000 cars make it every day on the Riverside Freeway...
throw bones v. phr.— «He’s weary of seeing drug buys in his own driveway—cocaine dealers from gangs such as the North Pole, Stone Cold Gunaz and Bush Rod Boyz “throwing bones,” as the street parlance goes.» —“A Lonely...