talk out (the side of) one’s neck v. phr.— «Fuhrman is a creature who seems invented to indict the Juice and engineer his acquittal. He’s a two-headed-talking-out-the-side-of-his-neck beast of the apocalypse, who brought new formations of...
piecer n.— «The biographical blurbs written by Mr. Martinez for the veteran graffiti artists in the show are not the kind of restrained prose usually found in the gallery world or a classroom. One artist, Case 2, is described as “a...
Inflation Eve n.— «Inflation Eve, as it’s known in New York City, is as much a Big Apple tradition as the Chrysler Building and the Staten Island Ferry.» —“Glad You Asked: Thanksgiving leftovers” by Chris...
tummystick n.— «What could easily have been a humiliating two-hour-and-15-minute episode of tummysticks-on-the-range in the hands of a lesser director and writers is saved through the sheer coldness of the combined one-two of Ang Lee and...
slab n.— «If you are a Houston m.c. of any note, you probably drive a “slab,” the local word for an enormous American car from the nineteen-seventies or eighties that has been overhauled and tricked out in high-gloss “candy paint...
congestion pricing n.— «It is an idea that has been successful in London, and is now being whispered around City Hall after months of behind-the-scenes work by the Partnership for New York City, the city’s major business association:...