marade n.— «Former Denver first lady Wilma Webb spearheaded the formation of the Marade—a combination march and parade. She founded the Martin Luther King Holiday Commission and pushed to make it a state holiday when she served in the...
white horse n.— «I was enlisted for NS in 1994. My platoon mates and I were at first unaware that there was a “white horse” among us. Therefore, we were generally surprised with the “special privileges” accorded to...
cherry pie n.— «The performers and circus workers helping in the parade were earning what is known in circus parlance as “cherry pie” or extra money.» —“Elephants parade in Washington” by Dennis...
marade n.— «The crowd filled between five and seven city blocks, but was smaller than in previous years, “marade” veterans said. The term for the annual event comes from the words march and parade.» —“King remembered with...
sack dance n.— «What prompts this verbal sack dance over the sodden, prostrate corpus of Seattle is the release last week of the new “Places Rated Almanac.”…Naturally, Orange County rated No. 1. And The Soggy City, a...
muj n.— «A parade of well-tailored “Gucci muj,” as the CIA Near East officers derisively called them, began to fly in from Pakistan and march from office to office in Washington.» —by Steve Coll Ghost Wars Feb...