Philadelphia quarter n.— «Philadelphia quarter—one nickle.» —“Jargon from Employees of Hotel Commodore, 42nd St.” by Hatch in New York City Lexicon of Trade Jargon , 1938-39. (source: Double-Tongued...
Philadelphia half dollar n.— «Philadelphia half dollar—2 nickels.» —“Jargon from Employees of Hotel Commodore, 42nd St.” by Hatch in New York City Lexicon of Trade Jargon , 1938-39. (source: Double-Tongued...
scroogie adj.— «Scroogie. Something wrong with a job but the trouble has not been discovered.» —“Material for Trade, Slang and Jargon Dictionary: Sheet Metal Workers” in U.S. Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. Lexicon of...
goldberg n.— «Goldberg. Cheap, complicated pieces of mechanism.» —“Material for Trade, Slang and Jargon Dictionary: Sheet Metal Workers” in U.S. Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. Lexicon of Trade Jargon , 1938-39...
bubble n.— «In NFL scouting parlance it is referred to as a “bubble.” You and I call it a butt or backside or rump. If you’re an NFL lineman, the bigger the bubble, the better, because it makes you tougher to move. Eagles...
wheeling n.— «The best bill in the whole bunch is A-1660, a comprehensive measure the Senate passed last year. It covers all levels of government and eliminates the back-channel practice known as “wheeling,” which lets...