soul bowl n.— «We all know by now that Lovie Dovie and Tony Dungy are the first African-American coaches in the Superbowl.…Already coined the “soul bowl’ (by CNN, not me), we’re going to hear about what a great day this is for...
gymbot n.— «I suspect we’re learning that the body is a machine—not a sensual, flexible collective of organs and muscle and bone and skin, but a machine we can “work out” with.…Even if the metaphor has some merit...
gone pecan n.— «Mandisa is a gone pecan, as they say in some parts of the South; she’s got soul, tons of soul, but that apparently doesn’t help when you butcher a country song.» —“Mandisa is eliminated on ‘Idol’” Boston...
bucket around v. phr.— «Where breathes the fighting man with soul so dead that he takes insult on being termed a soldier of fortune? There’s no better label for the man who prefers bucketing around the globe seeking danger to a safe nest...
ziggy n.— «Simply translated, the ziggy means: the guillotine, an execution, a firing, being forced out, a resignation under duress—simply, canning a coach. Usually, the victim is an unfortunate soul who has twisted in jeopardy for...
nub buffer
n.— «That triangle of hair below my lower lip is called a flavor saver, soul patch, or nub buffer.» —by Andy Lochrie Fish Lips Nov., 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)