party ball n.— «In State College, beer distributor W.R. Hickey is auctioning a Budweiser Party Ball.» —“Pennsylvania-Based Internet Auction Site Targets College Students” by David DeKok Patriot-News (Harrisburg...
wah-wah n.— «Going into Wah-Wah, the pungent and poignant memoir from actor Richard E. Grant about coming of age in colonial Swaziland, you might assume that the title is a Bantu word. It’s of American coinage and refers to the huffy...
familylect n.— «Not those complex computer codes or ubiquitous bar codes or the lol codes used in so many IMs. Rather, the secret acronyms, subtextual phrases and redefined nouns that people invent at home.…Academics have developed...
dump cake n.— «A chocolate “dump” cake promises joy in an hour. Also known as a one-bowl cake, the procedure lets you plop all the ingredients into one mixing bowl, give them an unceremonious twirl and scrape the batter into...
space grass n.— «A field researcher has also donated a rare sample of what UFOlogists refer to as “space grass.” “The sample I have comes from a sighting that occurred in 1973 in Westmoreland County,” he said...
crate n.— «In the race track vernacular, the term crate refers to stock competition engines being produced by America’s big three auto manufacturers. “Crate engines are the buzz right now in short-track racing across the nation,” said...