tiger stripe n.— «Stretch marks, on the other hand, I’ve got lots more of.… (About 50% of the skin on my shoulders and the biceps side of my upper arms is stretch marks; overdoing it in the sun makes for a plethora of bright red...
gonch n.— «Today’s subject is gonch. Also known to many of you as underwear.» —“Postcard from Salt Lake” by Gary Mason Vancouver Sun (British Columbia, Canada) Feb. 9, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued...
shoobie n.— «I have become the very thing I despised growing up, the most vile of all human beings, a “shoobie.” If you’ve never heard the word before, it’s a derogatory term that locals at the Shore use to describe tourists...
Manhattan solstice n.— « I’ve heard about a “Manhattan solstice,” when the sun supposedly lines up along the streets. Is it for real? When does it happen?…On May 28 and on July 13, the sun will fully illuminate every...
blow a hoolie v. phr.— «It is, as the title suggests, blowing an absolute hoolie outside and I fear I have been over-romanticising Antarctica in my latest scrawls. I have not seen the sun for a week. I have been outside, for more than...
viewshed n.— «She sows her speech with buzzwords of the movement—viewsheds, easements and takings.» —“The Coast’s own Lorax” by M. Keller in Ocean Springs Sun Herald (Biloxi, Miss.) Mar. 19, 2006...