book-up n.— «THE ANZ bank has warned it will not do business with shops that hold the credit cards and personal identification numbers of Aboriginal customers. In a submission to the Northern Territory Government, the bank says the...
Caliscrewya n.— «It’s regular citizens of Northern Caliscrewya that ain’t to pleased about pimps running with our swagger» —“E-40: Word to the Third” by Octavia Bostick AllHipHop.com Feb. 17, 2006. (source:...
trucker bomb n.— «What should you do if you are driving on the highway and you really need to release some excess fluids? If you are one of many truckers, you grab the nearest jug. And then if you are a rude trucker, you toss it out the...
bed head n.— «Ms. Neighbor and Mr. Matz discovered Fishtown, a gentrifying blue-collar neighborhood adjacent to Northern Liberties, where, in the last five years, youthful faces with bed head have made their way among the traditionally...
conehead n.— «Many Northern New Mexicans hired to do the construction and upkeep have tales about “coneheads” keeping ’em at bay when they show up to perform carpentry, plumbing or electrification jobs.» —“Getting A...
somaticizer n.— «Early after its inception in the mid-1940s, the Kaiser Permanente HMO in Northern California discovered that 60 percent of physician visits were by patients who had no physical disease. The relationship between emotional...