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skatedot

skatedot  n.— «The facilities, just a planner’s dream now, are from what are known in bureaucratese as “skatedots” which are described as “small skateable elements along paths as part of streetscapes or in parks,”...

skatespot

skatespot  n.— «The facilities, just a planner’s dream now, are from what are known in bureaucratese as “skatedots” which are described as “small skateable elements along paths as part of streetscapes or in parks,”...

rekosher

rekosher  v.— «Hundreds of Orthodox and Hasidic jews turned out Wednesday to have their pots, pans and silverware dipped in boiling water. It’s a process called “koshering,” which makes the materials rekosher, and is usually...

hooping

hooping  n.— «But though his teaching was done, Rodgers’ “hoop” was just beginning, in a voice turned musical pendulum. “I’ve got pow-er, to live for Him!” Rodgers half sang, half spoke, his lips an inch from the...

spud juice

spud juice  n.— «Intoxicating liquor, called “spud juice,” was manufactured on a large scale in the prison.» —“Hint Convicts Got Night Off to Kill a Man” by James Doherty in Lansing, Mich. Chicago...

NAFOD

NAFOD  n.— «The “cat dancers” of the title are people who are willing to scale down the sheer wall of a mountain gorge to a panther’s den so to snap a shot of the cat’s face and hope to live to tell the story. Such a person is...