Lazarus effect n.— «To reappear after 11 million years is more exciting than if the rodent really had been a new species…Indeed, such reappearances are so rare that paleontologists dub them “the Lazarus effect...
soft-seater n.— «I guess it’s another sign of age that I’m no longer willing to jam into a far-too-crowded bar or hall to see the latest bands do their thing. If I’m going to a show, it’ll be at a soft-seater, and an act that has enough...
soft-seater n.— «That she claimed to be at all nervous about performing at the Danforth—”a soft-seater” as she called it—was hard to believe.» —“Feist the zeitgeist” by Jane Stevenson Toronto Sun (Can...
aunties n.pl.— «She decides that her body, even the jiggly parts of her legs and butt (or “The Aunties” as she calls them) deserves to soak up the sun just like everybody else’s.» —“Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith by...
fais do-do n.— «Despite the album’s throwback ethos, the boys in the band keep things hopping—”fais-do-do-ing,” in New Orleans parlance.» —“CD Reviews: Jay-Z and Linkin Park, Alison Krauss, Handsome Boy Modeling School...
booya n.— «this silvery desert full of gophers rattlesnake tracks & sobbing moons of Chihuahuan splendor I’ll buy, tho, till that Babe of the Honied Fall is at my side again for nothing, nothing, nothing, absolutely powerfully lightly...