chop n.— «A gay supply officer aboard a nuclear submarine based in Norfolk heard that Clinton was lifting the military’s ban on homosexuals.…”I thought the change was imminent, that it was just going to happen really quickly...
woo-woo adj.— «Of course, not everyone who thinks that science doesn’t tell all would think it’s reasonable to believe, as Gibson does, that one can program crystals with thought energy. But Gibson says there is ample evidence—both...
woo-woo adj.— «When a friend suggested 10 years ago that Deb Oetken get a massage, she scoffed. “Yeah, right!” she thought to herself. “What kind of woo-woo stuff is that?”» —“Charity Event Rubs Donors the...
hardscaping n.— «Have your thought of adding a patio? A garden path? Or building a raised bed with a decorative retaining wall border?…Nate Farkas, a Hermitage, Tenn.-based sales representative for Pavestone, says hardscaping, as...
Harvard death n.— «I thought about that bitter medical student joke, the “Harvard death,” in which all the lab results are perfect, all the electrolytes and body chemistry numbers “in the boxes”—as the patient dies...
Asiental adj.— «I brought Tiger Balm to school for show and tell. I didn’t know exactly what it was for but that it looked all asiental and so I thought people would think it was cool. So I passed it around and told everyone to put it...