You’ve been on the receiving end of backhanded phrases, and admit it, you’ve used them, too. A discussion on Ask MetaFilter prompts Grant and Martha to talk about the ways people use sugar-coated snark. By the way, if you want a fancy...
needlex
n.—Gloss: A needle exchange program. «Liverpool did not have the world’s first needlex.» —“Needle Exchange in the USA” by Maias Metafilter Aug. 16, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
steeking n.— «I’m looking for advice on “steeking,” which is the traditional technique of knitting a fairisle garment in the round and then cutting into it for armholes, neck, etc.» —“Advice for steeking?” by...
squick out v.— «I worry that I’ll get pregnant and then be so squicked out from having another being moving around in my body that I’ll go crazy.» —“How do you know you can mentally deal with pregnancy?” by...
cashish n.— «The system told me that my balance was several hundred dollars overdrawn, and when I checked the most recently posted transactions, the amounts ($50-75) did not immediately ring a bell. I also knew that my shit was not fucked...
hist n.— «For my government job, it was all about either how little you could stand out, or, in the rare case (mine) just how much hist you could pull off and get away with.» —“How to succeed in government” by...