donkey n.— «Contrary to myth, a helicopter doesn’t necessarily fall out of the sky when the engine, affectionately known among pilots as the “donkey,” stops. The machine can glide to a survivable landing (albeit a brick-like...
cow dust hour n.— «The “cow dust” hour of evening—how I love that phrase—when the call comes for home and family, and the sky is filled with the green, gold, crimson of the screaming, homing parrots.» —“Exquisite Fantasy...
wing suit n.— «Zielinski was wearing what’s called a “wing suit” for the jump, Grimm said. Such a suit when used by sky divers can slow their descent down to about 70 to 80 mph from the more typical speed of more than 100 mph...
sky juice n.— «“Sky juice” seems to be a Malaysian slang term for water. I don’t think it would be understood in the US or Britain.» —“Is ‘sky juice’ right?” by Fadzilah Amin The Star (Malaysia) Feb...
westoxification n.— «It will give them more money from the sky rocketing oil prices and crush the little bit of westernisation or as they call it “westoxification” which is present.» —“Iranian nuclear issue” by...
spooty adj.— «My keyboard has just died on me. I’m using the spooty On Screen one instead and pressing the characters with my mouse, which is why it’s taking me forever to type/click this post.» —by Indira (ze_manx_mouse) Go and...