b-girl n.— «They’ve also made more than 1000 arrests—most at cafeterias that serve alcohol without a meal or employ what is known in Miami law enforcement parlance as “b-girls.” (Major Exposito explains them thusly: “A...
sack dance n.— «Hill sprinted away from the scene of his first six catches to raise his arms before the angry crowd; and Barrow and Armstead did a fourth-quarter sack dance Saturday that included flailing arm gestures some fans found...
bankster n.— «The Dominican government’s victory in a Miami courtroom earlier this week over one of the Caribbean nation’s most powerful financiers was a milestone in bringing the alleged architects of the country’s 2003 banking crisis to...
starchitecture n.— «By most accounts, the trend toward condo “starchitecture” got seriously under way eight years ago in Miami, where the French developer Constructa used photographs of the architect, not the building, to...
valve lash n.— «If the noise is there whenever the car is running, and not just during acceleration, then it probably is valve tap, more commonly known as “valve lash.”…When you have lash, it means that there’s slop...
draw down v. phr.— «I drew down on him, but I couldn’t shoot because the victim was in the way.» —“Miami Judge Trades Shots With a Suspect” in Miami, Fla. New York Times Feb. 18, 1982. (source: Double-Tongued...