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bokashi

bokashi  n.— «Bokashi buckets: bokashi is the Japanese word for fermented organic matter, and this system is unusual because it involves both cooked and uncooked kitchen waste. Read the instructions carefully to see what you can and can’t...

cover

cover  n.— «Many restaurants serve twice as many “covers” (that’s diners in kitchen parlance) as they do in a normal shift. That puts an amazing strain on everyone—reservationists, prep cooks, chefs, bartenders, servers—even...

proof-texting

proof-texting  n.— «It seemed that anyone could really make the Bible support just about whatever they wanted it to. They could control the text, using it as a tool to prove certain beliefs (a practice often referred to as “proof-texting”)...

baloney pony

baloney pony
 n.— «If he’s so great, why aren’t you ridin’ the baloney pony?» —“Re: Do me a favor?  Read this!” Usenet: dfw.personals July 21, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

buddy punching

buddy punching  n.— «What we found was that it’s not the guy that leaves for three hours that we’re up against. Instead, it’s the guy who helps out his out a friend by punching in his time card, whether virtual or real. This is commonly...

Yallbonics

Yallbonics  n.— «“Yallbonics,” as Browne calls her Southernisms, pepper every page, and her correctly applied “hauled off and” or “allowed as how” will ring true for anyone from the South.» —“Oh Hunny, Just Read It” by...