dome piece

dome pieces (plural)
domepiece (alternative)
dome-piece (alternative)

From dome + piece. Possibly modelled on headpiece.

Killa Beez all over your fuckin' planet
36 chambers of death;
Three-hundred and sixty degrees of perfected styles
Choppin' off your motherfuckin' dome-piece

1993, Wu-Tang Clan (lyrics and music), “Clan in da Front”, in Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers):

guess who got shot in the dome-piece?
Jerome's niece, on her way home from Jones Beach

1994, Nas (lyrics and music), “One Love”, in Illmatic:

Feel the force of impact from the iron side of the gat as I attack the track
From the blind side of the pack, Starks, pass the chrome
Watch a nigga get blown out his motherfuckin' dome-piece
Deceased, laid to rest

1995, Raekwon feat. Masta Killa, RZA, Method Man & Ghostface Killah (lyrics and music), “Wu-Gambinos”, in Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...:

I steal lives like a stone thief, so leave me alone, chief
Or catch a buck shot to your dome piece

1995, Big L (lyrics and music), “All Black”, in Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous:

And there'll be no hand-holdin till the lah gets rolled
Keep yo steelo real so no lies get told
Glassy eyes, my Timbos, they beige and untied
Levi's with no crease, Colombia hair band circle in my dome piece

1996, Heather B (lyrics and music), “What Goes On”, in Takin' Mine:


en-proverb

there are more horses' asses than horses

(Canada, US, slang, humorous) There are plenty of obnoxious people (in the world, or in a specified place or situation). Apparently it can also refer to political situations.


thottish

en-adj

thottish (comparative more thottish, superlative most thottish)

more thottish (comparative)
most thottish (superlative)

(US, slang) Resembling or characteristic of a thot (slut, sexually promiscuous woman).


errday

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

(US, colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of every day.


GFM

en-noun

GFM (countable and uncountable, plural GFMs)

(US, uncountable) Initialism of government-furnished material.


hitch in one's giddy-up

hitch in one's get-along
hitch in one's get-along#English

(US, slang) Synonym of hitch in one's get-along


druggery

The druggist puts up all the prescriptions that have been made and then sends the ward book to the record room, which, for convenience, should be near the druggery, and also contiguous to the office of the physician […]

1897, Proceedings of the American Medico-Psychological Association, page 228:


mommy tax

Coined by American journalist Ann Crittenden.

coin

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mommy tax.

(Canada, US, informal) The opportunity cost of motherhood; the income that women do not earn because they have become mothers.


CMSW

(professional title, US) Initialism of certified master social worker.


MMFT

(professional education, Canada, US) Initialism of master of marriage and family therapy.


ribbon candy

en-noun

ribbon candy (countable and uncountable, plural ribbon candies)

(Canada, US) A type of hard candy, popular around Christmas time, made from flat strips to give a ribbon-like appearance.


PDFA

(US) Initialism of Partnership for a Drug-Free America, now re-branded as Partnership to End Addiction.


bachelorette pad

bachelorette pad (plural bachelorette pads)

The summer I answered my first personals, I was a 19-year-old dyke living alone in a three-room bachelorette pad, scant blocks from Main Street, Waltham, Massachusetts.

1979 April 7, Pat M. Kuras, “Advertising for Love”, in Gay Community News, page 11:

(US) A nice, well-furnished dwelling where an unmarried woman lives, usually by herself, but sometimes with other women.


SIFT

(US, military) Initialism of Selection Instrument Flight Training.


border jumper

undocumented immigrant
undocumented immigrant

(US, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) An undocumented immigrant (typically Hispanic) in the United States.

(US, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur, by extension) Any Hispanic person.


quettameter

We welcome ronnagrams and quettameters into the likes of kilograms and millimeters.

2022 November 20, Agence France-Presse, “Say hello to quettameters: Scientists decide on new metric prefixes”, in Daily Sabah:


mustanger

(US, historical) A person who captures wild horses.


Uncle Sucker

They are increasing their productivity to the point where they will top the United States and also Russia, which is No. 2. At the same time the only way they can dispose of the steel is through export — and Uncle Sucker will be the buyer. But the United States is going to run out of money one of these days.

1971, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates..., page 26233:

Sure, if we own an aerospace contracting company, a five-thousand-acre sugar-beet farm, or a savings and loan with the president's son on the board of directors, we can soak Uncle Sucker for millions.

2015, P. J. O'Rourke, Thrown Under the Omnibus: A Reader:

(US, slang, humorous, derogatory) A personification of the United States federal government, regarded as being exploited by unscrupulous citizens or businesses.


roachy

en-adj

roachy (comparative more roachy, superlative most roachy)

more roachy (comparative)
most roachy (superlative)

(a).—Active, wary, light-brown insects with a “roachy” odour, found in pantries and bakeries; several species but the most common is the Croton-Bug or German Cockroach. (Ectobia Germanica)

1915, W. Lochhead, “Insects Affecting Shade Trees, Greenhouse Plants, Domestic Animals and the Household”, in Seventh Annual Report of the Quebec Society for the Protection of Plants from Insects and Fungous Diseases, 1914-1915, Quebec, Que.: C. E. Cinq-Mars, […], page 133:

Why, it leaves spots, and if you should take a cup and saucer, probably put coffee in it and drink out of it, you have a roachy taste which you may imagine it might be the food that is spoiled, something of that kind, but it is nothing but the liquid that comes from the mouth of the roach.

The harm the cockroach does, however, is not so much in the quantity of food it consumes as in the amount it taints and spoils; it leaves its excreta over everything, and tainted food, even when cooked, has a distinctly “roachy” flavour. This “roachy” taste and smell is communicated partly by the wax which is secreted by certain glands on the body, and partly also by the saliva ejected through the mouth.

1921, Frederick Laing, The Cockroach: Its Life History and How to Deal with It (Economic Series; 12), London: […] [T]he Trustees of the British Museum, page 7:

They come out at night to feed and are practically omnivorous, feeding on all kinds of foodstuffs, woollens, leather, book covers, etc., and where they occur in numbers impart a disagreeable “roachy” or foetid odour to shelves or articles they run over, in addition to tainting food.

1934 September 1, “Insect Pests and Their Control. Notes Contributed by Officers of the Entomological Branch.”, in The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, volume XLV, part 9, page 515:

They fought like wolves for the sticky smears on discarded candy wrappers and did strange, roachy things in the folds of our blankets.

1968, John Mac Isaac, Half the Fun Was Getting There, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, →LCCN, page 39:

In the country, a bare-handed beekeeper will pay you to collect the colony with the queen in tow. But I’d already made several phone calls and, except for one guy who’d go in and get ’em for seventy-five bucks, it seemed city exterminators stick to bigger game. Roachy things.

1996, Abbie Zabar, A Growing Gardener, New York, N.Y.: Universe Publishing, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., →ISBN:

(US) Resembling or characteristic of cockroaches.

“Shelter is shelter, such a night as this, if it is the waste and desert gloom of Malone’s establishment with its mackerel-scented halls and roachy corners,” she continued, plunging into the shadows of the long, dim hall, and feeling in the dark for her door-knob; […]

1882 December, Hattie Whitney, “Bachelor Brindle’s Christmas”, in Demorest’s Monthly Magazine, volume XIX, number 2/CCXV, page 68, column 2:

Another letter tells of visiting Mary Earle on Long Island. It sounds fine, but you are right that romantic things really happened in roachy kitchens and back yards.

1937 October 8, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, edited by Andrew Turnbull, The Letters of F. Scott Fitzgerald, New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., published 1963, republished 1966, page 32:

Better than the years of country bars and cheap hotels, though, tuning up in dirty toilets or roachy kitchens where cooks and waiters dodged your guitar neck and wished you’d get the hell out of their way.

1995, Robert James Waller, chapter 14, in Border Music, New York, N.Y.: Warner Books, →ISBN, page 189:

My husband and I once bought a dilapidated, roachy house in San Antonio, Texas and turned it into an adorable Mary Engelbreit cottage.

2008, Gina Calvert, “Transformation: A Primal Reality”, in From Gravel to Glory: Becoming a House of God, Chillicothe, Oh.: DeWard Publishing Company, Ltd., →ISBN, page 27:

They increase - when left alone, / They will sure turn your beautiful sanctuary, / Into their roachy home.

2017, Marslyn A Hodge, “Cock-A-Roachy”, in Expressions, Bloomington, Ind.: WestBow Press, Thomas Nelson & Zondervan, →ISBN:


grace and favor

grace and favour
grace and favour#English

(Canada, US) Alternative form of grace and favour


crunchy mom

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From crunchy + mom, likely in reference to crunchy organic foods like granola. Compare earlier crunchy granola.

Mary Ellenn
non-crunchy mom to
William (8)
Matthew (6)
Margaret (1)

2003 May 7, DGoree, misc.kids.breastfeeding (Usenet):

really thinks she revert to a crunchy mom approach and say no to medications for her child.

Baby wearing, the practice of carrying babies in wraps, slings, or other similar carrying devices, is often touted as the latest trend or "crunchy mom" obsession, but this practice is nothing new.

2015 February 15, Patricia A. Mackin, Your Breastfeeding Guidebook, →ISBN, page 127:

My queer and atheist friends held space for me and loved me in a way I had never experienced. Some I had known since childhood, and others were friends I had met online in crunchy mom groups.

2017 October 24, Star McGill-Goudey, “Strong Like Her”, in Barbara Straus Lodge, Candace Walsh, editor, Greetings From Janeland: Women Write More About Leaving Men for Women, Cleis Press, →ISBN:

Remember growing up on bologna, white bread, and Kraft singles? Talk about a daily dose of artificial ingredients ... but WHO KNEW? No one at the time! (Except your friend's crunchy mom who never had sugary cereal in the pantry and refused to put jam on her wheat peanut butter sandwiches.)

2023 April 25, Heidi Lee Anderson, P. S. It's Gonna Be Good: How God's Word Answers Our Questions about Faith, Fear, and All the Things, Tyndale House Publishers, →ISBN, page 112:

(Canada, US) A mother who adheres to a natural or traditional lifestyle of parenting, including an emphasis on consuming organic foods, recycling, engaging with nature, homeschooling their child or children and avoiding modern medicine.


scrunchy mom

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Blend of silky mom + crunchy mom, arose in the early 2010s.

Just learned that I am a scrunchy mom. Interesting.

2013 November 18, mommyterrific, Twitter:

If you haven't yet heard the term "scrunchy mom," it’s basically the word coined to describe moms who are a mixture of both silky and crunchy moms.

2017 July 4, “10 Reasons It's Great to Be a Scrunchy Mom”, in SheKnows:

(Canada, US) A mother who adheres to a style of parenting that combines using modern technology and natural methods, such as purchasing plastic products but following an organic diet.


granola mom

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From granola + mom, in reference to the organic diet of so-called granola moms.


silky mom

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(Canada, US) A mother who prefers a style of parenting that utilises modern technology and parenting conveniences, such as modern medicine, infant formula and disposable diapers; contrasts a crunchy mom.


stoodis

(Canada, US, First Nations) Contraction of let's do this.


crunchy mama

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scrunchy mama

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(hypocoristic, Canada, US) Scrunchy mom.


TLAC

(US, business, finance) Initialism of total loss-absorbing capital: forms of capital such as equity that a company can use to absorb losses.


silky mama

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jaw-jack

en-verb

jaw-jack (third-person singular simple present jaw-jacks, present participle jaw-jacking, simple past and past participle jaw-jacked)

jaw-jacks (present singular third-person)
jaw-jacking (participle present)
jaw-jacked (participle past)
jaw-jacked (past)

(Canada, US, slang) To talk or chatter; to jaw.


spigotty

A spigotty engineer had been working eleven years with an idea of tunneling the Andes

1918, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 190, page 73:

[H]e was afraid the Mexicans, who were, he claimed, first cousin to the spigotties, would catch us off our guard and give us the same treatment.

1920, Boys' Life, volume 10, number 4, page 22:

Ye'd ruther^([sic]) lay around Colon and drink monkey rum with the spigotties than go to sea.

(US, ethnic slur) Alternative form of spiggoty


spiggoty

spiggoties (plural)
spigotty (alternative)

He deserted, and for the sake of a girl, a spiggoty girl?

1914, The Black Cat (volume 20, page 36)

You make the mistake of all Gringos in thinking a Mexican is a white man. He ain’t. None of them ain’t—Greasers, Spiggoties, Latin-Americans and all the rest of the cattle.

1919 [1918], Jack London, The Red One, London: Mills and Boon:

Before Lefty Bill could drop his hammer, the spiggoty had turned around, drawed and let drive.

1938, L. Ron Hubbard, Six-Gun Caballero:

(US, ethnic slur) Synonym of spic (“Latino, Latin American; Italian”)


candle salad

(US, cooking) A children's dish, composed of leaves of lettuce, pineapple rings, a banana, a cherry, mayonnaise, assembled to look like a lit candle in a candleholder, popular in mid-century United States.


poor farm

(US, historical) A farm serving as a poorhouse, lodging poor people in exchange for their agricultural labor.


county farm

(US, historical) A poor farm serving a particular county.


bottled in bond

(US) Of a distilled beverage: aged and bottled according to a set of legal regulations contained in the U.S. government's Standards of Identity for Distilled Spirits, as originally specified in the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897. Such beverages must be the product of one distillation season (January–June or July–December) by one distiller at one distillery, and must have been aged in a federally bonded warehouse under U.S. government supervision for at least four years and bottled at 100 (U.S.) proof (50% alcohol by volume).


have a nice life

(US) Said by one person to another, signaling that their relationship is irreparably damaged to the extent that the speaker no longer wants to be involved with the recipient for the foreseeable future.


economic substance

(US, economics, law) A substantial purpose (aside from reduction of tax liability) and an economic effect (aside from the tax effect), which a transaction must have in order to qualify for any tax benefits.


hoes before bros

"Well, I just happened to mention you were a little depressed about the whole Trent thing and needed some girl support, yadda yadda, and my mom totally swallowed it whole. She's all about the hoes before bros," Jen said with a shrug.

2011, Quinn Loftis, Leslie McKee, Prince of Wolves:

After contemplating the friendship code for a situation like this, I knew hoes before bros was the correct answer. Hoes being a term of endearment in this case, of course.

No! I would never date him after this! Hoes before bros, right?

2017, Lele Pons, Melissa de la Cruz, Surviving High School, page 238:

At the moment, so many of the terms and phrases we use around female friendship are either twee or ultimately a bit meaningless: sisterhood, sisters before misters, tribe, girl squad, hoes before bros, hovaries before brovaries, life force, power posse, BFF.

2022, Claire Cohen, BFF?: The truth about female friendship:

chicks before dicks
chicks before dicks#English

(US, vulgar, slang) Synonym of chicks before dicks

'He always puts hoes before bros,' Layla moaned.

I think there is something perverse about this request but if I say no Osama will tell the boys tomorrow I'm a dog, that I'm always putting hoes before bros, and it's not worth copping that for Nada, who doesn't even seem to like me.

I admit it, sure: the world definitely wouldn't feel great if the saying were hoes before bros. But. It's not.

(US, vulgar, slang, rare) Said of a man who is willing to sacrifice a friendship for sex.


trashola

Last week's hit single will fall prey to the newest English import; last month's cult film is this month's trashola; and the starlets that parade the covers of People usually fade before their four-color posters hit the remainder tables.

1982 April 17, Michael Bronsky, “What Are These Men Really Selling and Whom Are They Trying to Fool”, in Gay Community News, page 6:

[…] trashola prose features regular dollops of sub-literate laziness (including non-words like "arousement" and "assertation").

1986, Daniel G. Marowski, Contemporary Literary Criticism, page 382:

[…] trashola you think he is. He just happens to be incredibly exuberant.

1989, Kansas Quarterly (volume 21, issues 1-2, page 163)

(US, informal) Trash; rubbish; anything worthless.


MSDH

w:Mississippi State Department of Health

(US) Initialism of Mississippi State Department of Health.


flapjacky

en-adj

flapjacky (comparative more flapjacky, superlative most flapjacky)

more flapjacky (comparative)
most flapjacky (superlative)

Senator Johnson, who first made a name as the author of “Cuddy Flour” four years ago, is out in the Citizen with a new version calculated to tickle the difident^([sic]) muse out of retirement to look with flap-jacky eye on the new brand, made of Indian valley wheat by the roller process.

1893 September 21, The Weiser Signal, volume III, number 41, Weiser, Ida.: R. E. Lockwood, page [3], column 2:

Flapjacks must be a sort of natural boy food the world over, for a New York city organization has found itself compelled to provide this American dish at its boys’ camp at Lake Membosha, New York, and also at another boys’ camp, the first of its kind in Cuba, which it helps the Asociacion de Jovenes Cristianos, of Havana, to run for Cuban youngsters, at Mariel Bay. […] And the name of the camp is “Camp Skidoo,” which certainly has a flapjacky sound.

1907 September 8, “Flapjacks in Cuba. They Help Solve the Help Problem in a Boys’ Camp There. New York Tribune.”, in Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y., second part, page 8, columns 5–6:

He talked about a certain faction of Democrats who had a steam roller, and, if the contest man senses the thing just right, it was running over some folks right here in Raleigh who refuse to assume the form of a dejected flapjack without making some complaint of it. That’s all right. Don’t be one of those flap-jacky sort of citizens! Just go about your business quietly—and do things.

1909 March 27, “Ride in an Auto or Be a Flapjack: The Human Yeast Cakes Are the Ones Who Rise These Occasions, And They Will Reap the Reward of Effort Judicionsly^([sic]) Expended in This Great $10,000 Contest; […]”, in The News and Observer, volume LXXXVII, number 113, Raleigh, N.C., page 1, column 7:

“Thin French pan cakes for dessert. These are thin and flap-jacky and were served rolled up, in sauce.[…]”

1928 November 6, S. A. Tucker, “As I View the Thing”, in Decatur Evening Herald, 47th year, Decatur, Ill., page 10, column 3:

“You once told me a man is what he eats. I ate flapjacks for breakfast and I’ve felt kind of flapjacky all day.”

1961 October 5, Cecil Smith, “The TV Scene---Mr. Beanblossom Spreads Wings”, in Los Angeles Times, volume LXXX, Los Angeles, Calif., part II, page 14:

“What you got against pancakes? You prejudiced against Aunt Jemima?” / “I am flapjacky about pancakes,” I said. “And Aunt Jemima is a nice, fat old broad. But how do you sell the kids on athletics as a manly endeavour when the pre-game meal is pancakes?”

1971 May 14, “Clancy Loranger”, in The Province, Vancouver, B.C., page 20:

Seldom are we served such delicate Mandarin pancakes. You wouldn’t believe the thick flap-jacky ones they produce at some places.

1996 September 20, Jennie Douglas, “Canton Low a high point for Chinese food”, in The News-Pilot, San Pedro, Calif.: The Copley Press Inc., page K36, column 5:

Saturday meant pancakes. And not any old kind of pancakes. English pancakes with sugar and lemon juice, not the flapjacky kind with blueberries and syrup.

2007, Alan Jones, ““I Tell You a Further Mystery””, in Roger Ferlo, editor, Heaven, New York, N.Y.: Seabury Books, Church Publishing Incorporated, →ISBN, page 119:

And that question my mom posed over pancakes, about what I would change if I could. I gulped down a mouthful of fluffy, yummy, flapjacky goodness, then answered her.

2018, Marley Dias, “Herstory: Who I Am, How This All Began”, in Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You!, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Press, →ISBN, page 25, column 1:

(US) Resembling or characteristic of an (American) pancake.


Shipageddon

From ship + -ageddon, coined by podcaster Jason Goldberg.

(US, slang, retail, historical) Shipping delays caused by a large influx of online orders in the United States in the year 2020.


gun show

(US) An event where a promoter rents a venue to bring together gun dealers and potential purchasers.


rafter snapper

Originates from the state of Maine, in which the planks and woodbeams of a residential dwelling produce "snapping" sounds during very cold nights.

When the rafter-snapper roared through here in March, there wasn't so much as a wet basement.

2001 April 18, Ben Goodridge, “Earth Year”, in alt.horror.werewolves (Usenet):

When I was a kid the old timers called long, sub-zero nights "rafter snappers," a phrase I never understood until I moved inland to a little cabin surrounded by acres of tall trees.

2015, Tim Sample, Answers to Questions Nobody Was Askin' And Other Revelations, page 65:

"'S what the old-timers call a real 'rafter snapper'", Frank said. He was sitting in his wheelchair by the kitchen table, making conversation with Bri while she worked. "Jus' listen to that wind."


grin like a mule eating briars

en-verb

grin like a mule eating briars (third-person singular simple present grins like a mule eating briars, present participle grinning like a mule eating briars, simple past and past participle grinned like a mule eating briars)

grins like a mule eating briars (present singular third-person)
grinning like a mule eating briars (participle present)
grinned like a mule eating briars (participle past)
grinned like a mule eating briars (past)

(US, simile, colloquial) To grin very widely.


airman first class

en-noun

airman first class (plural airmen first class)

(US, military) A holder of the third enlisted rank in the United States Air Force, just above airman and below senior airman.


POW Day

National POW/MIA Recognition Day
w:National POW/MIA Recognition Day

(US) Short for National POW/MIA Recognition Day.


have no use for

en-verb

have no use for (third-person singular simple present has no use for, present participle having no use for, simple past and past participle had no use for)

has no use for (present singular third-person)
having no use for (participle present)
had no use for (participle past)
had no use for (past)

I want to say on behalf of FM, which I am very much interested in, I have no use for Mr. Petrillo and his attitude toward FM.

1948, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor, Restrictive Union Practices of the American Federation of Musicians, page 83:


affordable housing

Such plans incorporate a range of public housing units, market rate dwelling units, and affordable housing units with shallower subsidies than those available for public housing units, financed by a variety of mechanisms in addition to the federal HOPE VI grant.

2016, Nestor M. Davidson, Robin Paul Malloy, Affordable Housing and Public-Private Partnerships, page 232:

(US) Housing for people whose income is a certain percentage below the median income for an area, as determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).


Section 8

From Section 8 of the Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. § 1437f).

(US, often attributive) The Housing Voucher Choice Program.


common as bums

Bruises and bumps in the Kentucky camp were as common as bums at a free barbecue.

1938 October 25, “Wildcats Fall Before Xavier 26-7 at Cincy”, in The Kentucky Kernel, volume 29, number 12, Lexington, Kentucky, page 1:

He made a face. "What for? You don't want a vineyard there. They're as common as bums; everybody's got one."

1958, D'Arcy Niland, Call Me when the Cross Turns Over, Angus & Robertson, →ISBN, White Lion Publishers, →ISBN, page 104:

It was a long afternoon for those on the drink and the violence on the field was more often than not mirrored on the hill. Fistfights were as common as bums and people abandoned their picnic blankets to make room for the combatants. Many patrons lost full buckets of chips and pies in the mad scramble.

2011 March 15, David Butler, “Almanac Rugby League – The making of a Swannies fan”, in The Footy Almanac, archived from the original on 2022-06-26:

Tattoos were once solely used as a code by bikies and molls, the armed forces, crims and dykes to send a "I’m one of you", or "approach at your own risk", message ("In inky seas, tatts jumped the shark", June 1). Going by what I see in the changing room at my gym these days, they are now purely ornamental – and as common as bums.

2014 June 7, Alicia Dawson, The Sydney Morning Herald, archived from the original on 2023-11-18, Tatts take over:

"These kinds of thefts are common as bums at a soup kitchen," Ed said, yawning.

(Australia, US, simile, colloquial) Very common or mundane (in various senses).


ishy

en-adj

ishy (comparative more ishy, superlative most ishy)

more ishy (comparative)
most ishy (superlative)

(informal, Canada, US, regional) icky, unpleasant, distasteful


en-verb

throw<,,threw,thrown> nickels around like manhole covers

throw nickels around like manhole covers (third-person singular simple present throws nickels around like manhole covers, present participle throwing nickels around like manhole covers, simple past threw nickels around like manhole covers, past participle thrown nickels around like manhole covers)

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See throw money around. A manhole cover is large, heavy, and not easily thrown.

(Canada, US, colloquial, humorous) To be very stingy; to be reluctant to part with money.


almond mom

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From almond + mom, in reference to the healthy foods such as almonds which they promote. Popularised on social media service TikTok in late 2022 and early 2023; it emerged in response to a viral video posted on the service that featured a clip from the American reality television series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in which model Yolanda Hadid instructs her daughter Gigi to eat almonds because she feels weak.

What matters most to an almond mom is getting and staying thin, so much so it inevitably overshadows accomplishments, accolades, and milestones—unless, of course, you look skinny while celebrating.

2022 October 7, Danielle Sinay, “Growing Up With 'Almond Mom'”, in Glamour:

Recently, she was eating at a restaurant that didn't have a low-calorie salad dressing option and she found herself agitated. Reframing those thought processes as almond mom behavior has paved a way for her to change them.

2023 February 1, Fortesa Latifi, “"Almond Mom" Is Going Viral on TikTok as Creators Call Out Diet Culture”, in Teen Vogue:

When Stan and Jan Berenstain wrote The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food back in 1985, no one had ever heard of an almond mom. Back then, Mama Bear just seemed like she was taking care of her family by getting them to eat healthy food.

2023 July 21, Jen McQuire, “Viral TikTok Breaks Down Why Mama From The Berenstain Bears Was Totally An Almond Mom”, in Romper:

I was raised by an almond mom who was raised by an almond mom who was also probably raised by an almond mom.

2023 October 17, Ami Artiz, “I grew up with an 'almond mom.' I finally talked to my mom about how her eating behaviors with affected mine”, in Business Insider:

My favorite way to almond mom myself is "If you aren't hungry enough for an apple are you actually hungry???"

2023 November 17, TheDeadDying, Twitter:

(US, chiefly Internet slang) A mother who promotes (or herself follows) an inadequate diet with poor nutritional value and low calories, usually to promote a slender body image.

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Yolanda Hadid


school shooter

(chiefly US, crime) Someone who commits a school shooting.


mall shooter

(chiefly US, crime) Someone who commits a mall shooting.


mass shooter

(chiefly US, crime) Someone who commits a mass shooting.


mall shooting

(chiefly US, crime) A mass shooting which occurs in a shopping mall.


school shooting

en-noun

school shooting (plural school shootings)

From school + shooting. First use appears c. 1903 in the Savannah Morning News.

Coordinate term: mall shooting

(chiefly US, crime) A mass shooting which occurs in a school or university, targeting their students and staff; typically in an indiscriminate manner.


corrupt practice

corrupt practice (plural corrupt practices)

(criminal law, US) predicate crimes underlying racketeering


ponhaws

panas (alternative)
pannhaas (alternative)
panhas (alternative)

Ponhaws and any of the other warm breakfast foods combined with it makes an ideal morning meal for cold weather.

1951, Pennsylvania Game News, volume 22, page 18:

(US, regional) Synonym of scrapple (“dish of pork scraps”)


EBS

Emergency Broadcast System
w:Emergency Broadcast System

(US, historical) Initialism of Emergency Broadcast System, a public warning system that receives alerts from NWS, NOAA and other government and civil defense agencies and transmitted it to the general public through television and radio stations from 1963 to 1997 (now replaced by EAS).


split the breeze

en-verb

split the breeze (third-person singular simple present splits the breeze, present participle splitting the breeze, simple past and past participle split the breeze)

splits the breeze (present singular third-person)
splitting the breeze (participle present)
split the breeze (participle past)
split the breeze (past)

Nary bee 'at split the breeze / Ever jabbed a sting in Old 'Bee' Fessler—jes' in fun, / Er in airnest—nary one!

1885, James Whitcomb Riley, “Fessler's Bees”, in Gleanings in Bee Culture, volume 13, page 638:

That any full-grown, man-shouldered male human being could be so poor in dignity as to appear in public and the light of day so trigged up, passed all bounds of credulity. But there he was, his little old fool cap pushed back like a three-year-old boy, his blunderbuss trousers flapping in the wind about his ankles, holding an argument with as much assurance as if he stood equal with any man that ever split the breeze.

1923, George Washington Ogden, “Chapter 2”, in The Baron of Diamond Tail:

Perhaps his name appears in the article, or under the photograph; his chest expands three inches, he gains in stature, his chin splits the breeze; he and his gang have done something — right here it is in the paper, our paper, see ?

1938, Proceedings of All Ohio Safety Congress - Volume 9, page 305:

Anything that splits the breeze, from your finger to a tree or a building, will cause an invisible vortex street to spread behind it.

1994, Michael S. Schneider, A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe, page 160:

The driver steered the hulking bus up and over the hills and past the rippling grasses, splitting the breeze like a bow divides the water.

(US, idiomatic) To take up space, causing any breeze to move on either side.

I falls backward into the open door, Magpie ducks flat on the ground and crawls on his belly around the corner, and Dirty splits the breeze toward town behind his bronc, which seems to have contracted the getaway fever, too.

1917, W.C. Tuttle, “The Hen-Punchers of Piperock”, in Adventure, volume 14, page 64:

"Hop in, then" the other said, brightening, "while I look along the track for a caddy of keen-spitting they was to fling off the train for me. Then we'll split the breeze."

1921, Munsey's Magazine - Volume 74, page 615:

Can't do it on the whale-boat. Must use the bidarka. I saw the way it splits the breeze.

1952, Tikhon Semushkin, Alitet Goes to the Hills, page 496:

They can run at a sixty-mile-an-hour speed and were really splitting the breeze as they crossed the little valley in front of Pa.

1987, Lynn H. Scott, The Covered Wagon & Other Adventures, page 21:

Well, Columbia's got lots of money, I don't mind taking it from them...I got $400 cash in advance and five percent royalties for the records...I just bought a new Plymouth and it really splits the breeze.

(US, idiomatic) To move very quickly; to speed.

Enterprise was acclaimed with a blast of whistles that split the breeze.

1951, Allison Danzig, Peter Brandwein, The Greatest Sport Stories from the New York Times:

Sometimes the scream of a cougar split the breeze.

1959, Guy Loraine Bond, A Call to Adventure:

(US, idiomatic, of sound) To carry; to pierce the air.


not worth hell room

"I'm not sayin' you don't, mister," the other returned, mild and unruffled, but with a firmness that surprised Dan. "You asked me for my opinion on that beast's eyes, and I gave it to you."
"It ain't worth hell room!" the contentious man declared, glaring in bristling ferocity on the sailor.


bunkload

(US, dialect) A load of timber supported on a bunk (supporting piece of wood).


downleg

(US, finance) A property that is being sold to initiate the 1031 exchange.


upleg

(US, finance) A replacement property in the 1031 exchange.


GBBS

If Sex Box is a show that sounds shocking but ends up being yawningly jejune, GBBS is the exact opposite: a refined and well-mannered cookery contest that somehow also manages to be a teeming hotbed of smut.

2015 February 26, Sophie Gilbert, “Soggy Bottoms and 'Sex Box': The Saucy State of TV's British Imports”, in The Atlantic:

The Great British Baking Show
w:The Great British Baking Show

(US, television) Initialism of The Great British Baking Show.


BFCM

(Canada, US, marketing) Initialism of Black Friday Cyber Monday.


race record

It is a moot point, however, whether Black Swan would have been more successful had there not been segregated markets and had the white-owned record labels not already established the idea of what a race record should be.

2016, Richard Osborne, Vinyl: A History of the Analogue Record:

[…] Blind Lemon Jefferson would someday be a "race record" star whose music eventually reached hundreds of thousands of eager listeners some fourteen years after their initial meeting in Dallas.

2023, Alan Govenar, Kip Lornell, See That My Grave is Kept Clean:

(US, dated) A musical recording featuring a black performer.


OCE

Office of Congressional Ethics
w:Office of Congressional Ethics

(US) Initialism of Office of Congressional Ethics.


kikeish

Of course there are goyish liars, just like there are kikeish liars. You for one. As a matter of fact I'm not even sure if I'm anti-Zionist or pro-Zionist. I don't have rigid views, unlike you. My views change.

2004 May 16, Paul Abeles, “Jewish Yahoo Groups”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet):

You mean Paul Bremer was Jewish too? - I don't automatically assume that anybody with a German sounding name in the US is really Jewish. But if Bremer was actually kikeish then.... (judged by Jew, Uncle Al Schwartz's remarks that Jews were kiting checks since antiquity)... it is not surprising that billions and billions of US tax dollars that were shipped over there by the truck loads & ended up in the hands of the kikes, instead of their intended purpose for reconstruction to "win the hearts & minds" of the Iraqis..

2007 December 23, hanson, “Jewish Intelligence?”, in sci.physics (Usenet):

No such thing. It's a race...a SUBHUMAN Asiatic race. A jew can be any religion it wants to be...or none at all. Would Mel Brooks look any LESS kikeish if he became a Methodist?.

2017 September 9, jew pedophile Ron Jacobson, “Dishonest Solicitor”, in uk.legal (Usenet):

(slang, US, offensive, ethnic slur) Resembling or characteristic of Jews.

(slang, US, offensive, ethnic slur) Miserly, greedy, stingy.


Taunton turkey

double-crested cormorant
double-crested cormorant

(US, regional) The double-crested cormorant, Nannopterum auritum.

(US, slang) A herring caught in the region of Taunton, Massachusetts.


riproarious

en-adj

riproarious (comparative more riproarious, superlative most riproarious)

more riproarious (comparative)
most riproarious (superlative)
rip-roarious (alternative)

Well, you are a riproarious fellow, Rory, and no mistake; […]

1853, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Sam Slick's Wise Saws and Modern Instances, page 196:

(US, archaic, colloquial) Full of hilarity.


1031 exchange

(US, finance) A taxpayer's deferral of recognition of capital gains and related federal income tax liability on the exchange of certain types of property, under Internal Revenue Code section 1031.


Starker exchange

en-noun

Starker exchange (plural Starker exchanges)

After the legal case of Starker v. United States.

(US, finance) A process similar to 1031 exchange but involving the non-simultaneous sale and purchase of real estate, rather than an actual exchange.


survigrous

en-adj

survigrous (comparative more survigrous, superlative most survigrous)

more survigrous (comparative)
most survigrous (superlative)

(US, regional, colloquial) Very vigorous.


head

here's a quarter, call someone who cares

(US, slang) I don't care; an abrupt dismissal of another person's complaint or opinion.


thug it out

en-verb

thug it out (third-person singular simple present thugs it out, present participle thugging it out, simple past and past participle thugged it out)

thugs it out (present singular third-person)
thugging it out (participle present)
thugged it out (participle past)
thugged it out (past)

Evoking thug life and connoting the assertion that thuggish behavior is a necessary evil.

We can work without the perks, just you and me
Thug it out ’til we get it right

2007, Timbaland, The Clutch, Keri Hilson, D.O.E. (lyrics and music), “The Way I Are”, in Shock Value, performed by Timbaland, D.O.E., and Keri Hilson:

He wasn’t worried about contracting the virus, and spun the situation with the kind of edge that would make Supreme founder James Jebbia proud. “You’re a New Yorker, you kinda thug it out,” he said.

2020 March 12, Sam Schube, “‘You Kinda Thug It Out’: The Supreme Line in the Age of Coronavirus”, in GQ, archived from the original on 2020-04-26:

“I'm not saying she could get it,” Reid began, referring to the Republican nomination, “but if you’re the donor class that wants Trump gone, you tell her ‘Thug it out for a few months. I’m gonna put some more money in your bank account’.”

2024 January 24, Jarryd Jaeger, quoting Joy Reid, “Joy Reid claims donor class wants Nikki Haley to ‘thug it out’ to take GOP nomination if Trump is convicted”, in PM, archived from the original on 2024-01-25:

(intransitive, US, slang) To endure; to tough it out.


Wytrychowski

The anglicized form of Polish Wytrykowski.


land o' Goshen

From the place first mentioned in Genesis 45:10 as the land set aside for the Israelites when they settled in Egypt (ultimately from Hebrew אֶרֶץ-גֹּשֶׁן (“ʾEreṣ Gōšen”)). Perhaps chosen as a minced oath to replace gosh, itself a replacement for God.

der

אֶרֶץ-גֹּשֶׁן

Hebrew אֶרֶץ-גֹּשֶׁן (“ʾEreṣ Gōšen”)

"Land o' Goshen! sence I've come t' the happy land, as I call it, I ain't hed no sech tea as I used t'."

1884, Lydia Wood Baldwin, A Yankee School-teacher in Virginia, New York: Funk and Wagnalls, page 210:

Stomp on the moon and spit in the ocean / Razzamatazz and I love you / Holy smokes and Land o' Goshen / You can do anything that you want to do.

1971, “Suicide Song”, in Loudon Wainwright III (lyrics), Album II, performed by Loudon Wainwright III:

(US, dated) Used by Christians for swearing without being overtly vulgar or blasphemous.


pocket diaper

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Originally a brand name from FuzziBunz, a cloth diaper and baby product manufacturer, for the pocket diaper which was invented c.1999 by Tereson Dupuy, but first attested by at least 14 September 2003 and seemingly never trademarked.

Made famous by Fuzzi Bunz, the pocket diaper is an all-in-one with a pocket sewn into the lining. You can then customise the diaper for more absorbency by adding an insert or a prefolded diaper.

2007, Denise Fields, Alan Fields, Baby Bargains: Secrets to Saving 20% to 50% on Baby Furniture, Equipment, Clothes, Toys, Maternity Wear and Much, Much More!, Windsor Peak Press, →ISBN, page 212:

Washing techniques vary, but I advise running pocket diapers and inserts through two hot cycles. First I do a soak cycle, and I use a small scoop of OxyClean every other week or so.

2019 March 5, Annaliese Griffin, “The myths and realities behind cloth diapers”, in Quartz:

A special type of diaper is the pocket diaper, which is made of a waterproof outer layer and a fleece inner lining with an absorbent insert.

2022, Everest Media, “Insights from Chapter 3”, in Summary of Christine Gross-Loh's The Diaper-Free Baby, Everest Media, →ISBN:

(Canada, US) A type of cloth diaper, secured with snaps or velcro, that consists of a waterproof inner and outer layer sewn together, creating a pocket, which is stuffed with absorbent insert material based on a baby's absorbency needs.


all-in-one diaper

en-noun

all-in-one diaper (plural all-in-one diapers)

From all-in-one (“combining two or more items or features in one unit”, adjective) + diaper (“an absorbent garment worn for incontinence”), so-called because this type of cloth diaper consists of both an outer, waterproof layer and inner, absorbent layer—whereas most other diapers did not contain a waterproof outer layer.

compound

Also for cloth users, todays all-in-one diaper and diaper cover combinations use Velcro or snaps instead of pins. Their outer covers dry quickly and can be used more than once.

1994, Sandy Jones, Werner Freitag, Guide to Baby Products, Consumer Reports Books, →ISBN, page 112:

The disposable diaper for baby care was first marketed in Sweden in the late 1930s, and the present all-in-one diaper consists of multilayer components with an enhanced facility to collect urine and faecal waste and incorporates a superabsorbent polymer as an absorbent component.

2005 November 30, S[ubhash] C. Anand, “Healthcare and Hygienic Products: An Overview”, in J. F. Kennedy, M. Miraftab, S. Rajendran, Subhash C. Anand, editor, Medical Textiles and Biomaterials for Healthcare, Elsevier Science, →ISBN, page 77:

Of the types of pads available, the all-in-one diaper type[s] are not always more absorbent than body-worn pads, but they are perceived as more effective as they are all-enclosing.

2016 June 17, Mariama Barrie, “Dealing with patients with concurrent dementia and urinary incontinence”, in British Journal of Community Nursing, volume 30, number 3, pages 37–46:

What if you’re not sure which cloth diapers are right for you? Before you can start buying all-in-one diaper packs on Amazon or elsewhere, consider these key factors:
[followed by a list]

2023 September 28, Bridget Reed, “The 7 Best Cloth Diapers in 2023”, in Miami Herald:

(Canada, US) A type of cloth diaper that most closely resembles a disposable diaper; a diaper with a waterproof cover and absorbent inner layer that does not require diaper inserts.


all-in-two diaper

en-noun

all-in-two diaper (plural all-in-two diapers)

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Extension from all-in-one diaper; compare all-in-one.

Spent my few hours of free time today working on a Superman all-in-two diaper for my youngest.

All-in-Two^([sic]) diapers consist of an outer shell and a snap-in or lay-in absorbent insert that wicks moisture away from baby's skin and can be washed, disposed of or, in some cases, flushed.

2016 June 17, Meghan Partain, “Just Folks”, in Sequoyah County Times, volume 122, number 2, page A3:

That diaper no one can agree on but is also referred to as an All In Two^([sic]) diaper.

2021 May 5, Bailey Bouwman, Cloth Diapers: The Ultimate Guide to Textiles, Washing & More, Simply Bailey Social Marketing, →ISBN, page 79:

(Canada, US) A type of cloth diaper, similar to a pocket diaper, that has a waterproof exterior and absorbent pad which is snapped inside of it, thereby consisting of two pieces.


hybrid diaper

From hybrid + diaper, seemingly coined around 1995 by inventor Fredrica Coates (see quotations).

Hybrid diaper: The cloth diaper has been praised by its supporters as being good for the environment, but scorned by many parents because it is not as absorbent and convenient as disposables. But after 15 years of tinkering in her Earlysville, Va., home laboratory, Fredrica Coates has developed a diaper product she says will combine the benefits of both cloth and disposables.

1995 August 20, Knight Ridder, “Hybrid diaper now available”, in The Daily Herald, page B6:

A hybrid diaper giveaway!

2009 October 24, BabyCenterBlog, Twitter:

The term hybrid diaper is used differently by different brands and retailers. Some online retailers to distinguish a diaper with interchangeable inserts - this usually includes prefolds, inserts and a choice for disposable inserts.

2021 May 5, Bailey Bouwman, Cloth Diapers: The Ultimate Guide to Textiles, Washing & More, Simply Bailey Social Marketing, →ISBN, page 82:

(Canada, US, uncommon) Any type of cloth diaper that can be used both with or without diaper inserts; or is partly disposable.


sposie

From disposable + -ie, through clipping di[spos]able.

I tried layering inserts, different inserts, different cloth brands, etc. Nothing worked. I figured one sposie wasn't too bad in the grand scheme of things.

2008 March 2, Melia, the doula, “Cloth diaper lasting ALL night?”, in austinbirthing, Google Groups:

The only bad-karma-reducing sposie on the market is a new line of biodegradable (meaning here "useless") sposie that won't last through the lightest of baby pees and will force you to change baby approximately once every thirty seconds, thereby completely undoing any so-called karma reduction. Only bad mommies use sposies.

2012, Willow Yamahchi, Bad Mommy, Insomniac Press, →ISBN, page 91:

We started part time cloth diapering and he absolutely loves being in a cloth vs a sposie. Oh & we started sleeping in our own room😍😍

(slang, Canada, US) A disposable diaper.


CFTC

The Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 relies heavily on the CFTC to write reams of new rules to regulate derivatives markets, a task it struggling to complete in the face of industry opposition and political gridlock.

2012 April 20, “Too few cops on the beat”, in The Economist, →ISSN:

Commodity Futures Trading Commission
w:Commodity Futures Trading Commission

(US, finance) Initialism of Commodity Futures Trading Commission.


diaper bag

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From diaper + bag. The first sense is derived from the second. Second sense first attested in 1905.

(Canada, US) A bag used during outings for the storage of items and supplies needed to take care of a baby, such as diapers, wet wipes, toiletries, food and toys.

doekesak

A bag used for the storage of items and supplies needed to take care of a baby

(Canada, US, now dated) A bag designed specifically to carry soiled diapers for disposal.


diaper wrap

From diaper + wrap. First sense probably from the Diaper Wrap patented product filled by American inventor Marion Donovan on 19 January 1949 (see quotations).

A diaper wrap which is arranged to enclose a diaper and to extend over the crotch portion and up the front and back of the wearer substantially to the waist line […]

1951 June 12, Marion Donovan, “Diaper Wrap”, in United States Patent Office, editor, Official Gazette, volume 647, page 589:

Cover it with a breathable diaper wrap. The wrap holds the diaper in place and helps contain wetness.

2005, Linda Sonna, Early-Start Potty Training, McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 58:

Pocket diapers have a diaper wrap on the outside and a fleece liner on the inside, which can keep your baby dry and reduce diaper rash. You can fill the pocket between the inner and outer layers with a cloth diaper, hemp, or other material.

2016, Penny Simkin, Janet Whalley, Ann Keppler, Janelle Durham, April Bolding, Preconception: Improve Your Health and Enhance Fertility, Meadowbrook, →ISBN, page 368:

(Canada, US) Synonym of plastic pants (“an undergarment worn over a diaper/nappy (or underwear) in order to prevent leakage through the fabric.”)

plastic pants

(Canada, US) A diaper, designed chiefly for incontinent dogs, that wraps around the animal's waist.


diaper cover

But with the Modella Method the "dry shield" of the Mitey-Drye liner between baby's skim and the diaper keeps baby's skin dry—while the Sleepy-Drye diaper cover keeps outer clothing and bedding dry.

1959, “Here's What the Modella Diaper Method Means”, in Infants' & Children's Review, volume 67 (Advertisement), Haire Publishing Company, page 2:

A sacque set, for example, has a snap front with short raglan sleeves and a matching diaper cover, which also snaps for easing diaper changes.

1985, Jean Mills, Babyworks: Every Parent's Sourcebook for Essential Baby Paraphernalia, Viking, →ISBN, page 18:

Industrial Wrap (also called Super Whisper Wrap, Super Wrap): This cover has been around a few years now—and what a Godsend! Finally a truly heavy-duty diaper cover that is super waterproof and that you really don't have to worry about at laundry time. I wish they had come up with this years ago!

2013, Theresa Rodriguez Farrisi, Diaper Changes: The Complete Diapering Book and Resource Guide, M. Evans, →ISBN, page 110:


incorporated place

incorporated place (plural incorporated places)

Coordinate term: unincorporated place

(US, demography) A type of governmental area incorporated under state law and having legally prescribed powers and functions.


USITC

w:United States International Trade Commission

(US) Initialism of United States International Trade Commission.


Carolina burger

Carolina burger (plural Carolina burgers)

(US) A hamburger served with chili con carne, coleslaw, mustard, and chopped onions, popular in the Carolinas.


Cuban frita

(US) A hamburger seasoned and grilled with hot sauce, topped with potato sticks and ketchup, in a Cuban bread roll.


Oklahoma onion burger

Oklahoma onion burger (plural Oklahoma onion burgers)

Said to have been conceived during the Great Depression in Western Oklahoma as a way to extend the beef supply.

(US) A smash burger with thinly sliced yellow onions piled on top of the ground beef.


olive burger

(US) A hamburger topped with a mixture of chopped green olives and mayonnaise, popular in parts of Michigan.


slopper

(US) A cheeseburger or hamburger served open-faced and smothered in a chili-based sauce and often onions.


Stroke Belt

cardiovascular disease
cardiovascular disease

(US, informal) A region in the southeastern United States known for its unusually high incidence of stroke and other forms of cardiovascular disease.


U of Dub

(US, slang) The University of Wisconsin–Madison.


hewgag

(US, archaic) A kazoo-like musical instrument.


realine

en-verb

realine (third-person singular simple present realines, present participle realining, simple past and past participle realined)

realines (present singular third-person)
realining (participle present)
realined (participle past)
realined (past)

(US, rare, dated) Alternative form of realign


tiger meat

(US) Raw beef often combined with egg, onion, salt and pepper, and other seasonings, typically served on crackers or as the filling in a cannibal sandwich.


realinement

en-noun

realinement (countable and uncountable, plural realinements)

(US, rare) Alternative spelling of realignment


wildcat sandwich

wildcat sandwich (plural wildcat sandwiches)

cannibal sandwich
cannibal sandwich#English


chucklebutt

chucklebutts (plural)
chuckle butt (alternative)

I've even have my friends tell me that I'm big "chuckle butt," and yes, I'm someone who laughs at his own jokes.

2023, Electricdragongaming, “Why do Neurotypicals laugh so much?”, in r/Autism:

So you get a bunch of cosmetic surgery done and he expects that other guys aren't going to look at you!? SMH Are you still with this chucklebutt?

2023, BigBadWolf0690, “First time cheating”, in r/sluttycheaters:

Well it didn't help that Dems put up that chucklebutt Matt Ryan as their candidate. he barely practiced law and wasn't good at it when he did !!!!!!

2023, Domino_Lady, “Battisti already making “payback hires””, in r/Binghamton:

(rare, US, humorous, derogatory) A laughingstock, a low-energy person pretending to be effortful but therefore ridiculized.


milk truck

(US, transport) Any type of vehicle used for long-distance transportation of liquid fresh milk.


salt truck

(US, transport) Any type of vehicle designed to spread salt on the roads when they are covered with ice.

sószóró

a vehicle designed to spread salt on the roads when they are covered with ice


Tenn-Tom

(US, informal) The Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway.


Marchman Act

en-verb

Marchman Act (third-person singular simple present Marchman Acts, present participle Marchman Acting, simple past and past participle Marchman Acted)

Marchman Acts (present singular third-person)
Marchman Acting (participle present)
Marchman Acted (participle past)
Marchman Acted (past)

The act (1993) was named after former pastor Hal Strickland Marchman, Jr., (1919–2009), who advocated for services for substance abusers.

(US, law, transitive, intransitive) To invoke the Marchman Act, i.e., a means of voluntary or involuntary assessment and stabilization and treatment of a person allegedly abusing alcohol or drugs.


sexual division of labor

sexual division of labour
sexual division of labour#English

US standard form of sexual division of labour.


truck camper

recreational vehicle
recreational vehicle

(US, automotive) Any recreational vehicle that may be carried in the bed of a pickup truck.


LMSW

(US, mental health, professional title) Initialism of licensed master social worker.

mental health; professional title; mental health; professional title


merzky

Possible calque of Russian мерзкий (merzkij).


historic district

en-noun

historic district (plural historic districts)

(especially US) A section of a city or town which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons.


a yard of pump water

a yard of pump water (plural yards of pump water)

A stream of water falling approximately three feet from a water pump into a bucket is both straight and thin.

as/so thin as a yard of pump water; as skinny as a yard of pump-water; as straight as a yard of pump-water; like a yard of pump water

For quotations using this term, see Citations:a yard of pump water.

(US, UK, dialectal) Something which is very straight and very thin.


crazier than a June bug

en-adj

crazier than a June bug (not comparable)

(US, colloquial, simile) Completely crazy; insane.


frauditor

A blend of fraud + auditor. The journalistic sense appeared in the early 2020s. The first appearance of the business sense is uncertain.

First Amendment auditor
First Amendment auditor

(US, journalism) An intimidating, phony or insincere First Amendment auditor.

(US, business, finance, uncommon) An auditor who seeks or uncovers instances of fraudulent activity in a business or other organization.


SLUG

(US, finance, informal) A special-purpose security of the State and Local Government Series.


McKinleyism

(US, politics) The Republican politics of William McKinley (1843–1901), 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901.


First Amendment auditor

en-noun

First Amendment auditor (plural First Amendment auditors)

(US) A person who records publicly accessible areas of a building or other premises in order to test the owner's acceptance of the right to record such material.


A number

(US) Abbreviation of alien registration number (“identification number for immigrants”).


slue-footed

en-adj

slue-footed (comparative more slue-footed, superlative most slue-footed)

more slue-footed (comparative)
most slue-footed (superlative)
slew-footed (alternative)

Why, look at Wiliam now - the first time he axed me to marry him I thought to myself, 'You're slue-footed an' slack-kneed an' addle-headed, an' I wouldn't many you for a million!'

1911 December 8, The Golden Gate, Fremantle, page 9, column 5:

The jing-jingle of the swaggering officers in their smart uniforms, once white, but now a sun-baked cream colour, the sing song gait of the slew-footed plantation worker as he goes about his work, all add to the picture of the Isle of Romance, Martinique[.]

1924 January 4, The Critic, Hobart, page 3, column 7:

(Canada, US) Having feet that are large and turn outwards or are otherwise awry, awkward, or clumsy.


slue-foot

slue-feet (plural)
slew-foot (alternative)

'As the old folks say, it runs in the family - like double-jointed thumbs runs in Sis' Tempy's family, and slue-feet in Tom Jenkins's family.' This raised a smile. Tempy examined her thumbs, and Tom glanced down at his slue-foot with consequence, suddenly recognising them as ancestral trophies.

1896 September 12, The Maitland Weekly Mercury, NSW, page 15, column 1:

(Canada, US) A foot that is large and turned outwards or is otherwise awry.

For, up a narrow little path which ran down athwart the face of the palisade came Uncle John Swafford with Robert Samuel on his arm; and behind them followed, grinning, the slew-foot Jim Swafford, with a blanket on his shoulder.

1907 April 20, The Wagga Wagga Express, NSW, page 6, column 4:

Military Intelligence seems to be on the spot in a quiet sort of way. I just met a G-2 slue-foot and he was a most efficient guy! They're keeping low, I think, until they nail their man.

1943 October 9, The Australian Women's Weekly, page 3, column 4:

(Canada, US, slang) A detective or police officer.


Indian ginger

Asarum canadense
Asarum canadense#Translingual

(Canada, US) Any of species Asarum canadense.


GOES

(meteorology, space science, US) Abbreviation of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite.


Joe Shmo

(US, informal) Alternative spelling of Joe Schmoe


clean teen

Another "clean teen" romance which will appeal to the same readers as the other 68 in this series.

1984, Scarecrow Press (publisher), Voice of Youth Advocates - VOYA. · Volume 7, page 26:

Much, though not all, of the earlier antagonism to rock and roll had ebbed, in part because of a whole host of 'clean teen' singers like Pat Boone had sanitized the genre.

1997, Doug Owram, Born at the Right Time - A History of the Baby Boom Generation, page 157:

Annette's identity as a clean teen fit perfectly with the Beach Party films, which took advantage of her girl-next-door image.

2002, Kirse Granat May, Golden State, Golden Youth - The California Image in Popular Culture, 1955-1966, page 122:

He derides the fact that clean teen idols, typified by Fabian, owed their success to the younger audiences, ...

2004, Andrew Caine, Interpreting Rock Movies - The Pop Film and Its Critics in Britain, page 6:

The late 1960s witnessed the emergence of films diametrically opposed to the "clean teen" beach productions and other innocuous fare of the early part of the decade, ...

2013, Kimberley Monteyne, Hip Hop on Film - Performance Culture, Urban Space, and Genre Transformation in the 1980s:

(US, slang, uncommon) A teenager or youth who avoids or eschews drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, and other vices.


why in time

(idiomatic, US, New England) Used to add emphasis to “why” in a question.


pre-mortuary science

(US) A course of study taken in preparation for the study of mortuary science.


Hell's Forty Acres

(US, slang, obsolete) The San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in southeastern Arizona, United States.


coconut head

(US, slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of African or Polynesian descent.


cowl unit

(rail transport, Canada, US) A bodystyle of diesel locomotive, one with fullwidth enclosing bodywork.


bunk lizard

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(US, military slang, World War I– World War II) A soldier who relishes his bed.


canteen lizard

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(US military slang, World War I) A soldier who relishes eating out or working in kitchens in the rear.


chow gun

chow guns (plural)
chow-gun (alternative)

(US military slang, 1910s–1930s) A field kitchen on wheels.


zigzig

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(US military slang, World War I– World War II) Sexual intercourse.


war baby

war babies (plural)
war-baby (alternative)

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(US military slang, World War I) An officer owing his position to the need of the time rather than competence.


post prison

The regimental guardhouse was on the ground floor of the Regimental Headquarters Building at its southern end, facing the quadrangle. It was modern in every respect and about as secure as any prison. There were never more than about fifteen or twenty regimental prisoners confined in the guardhouse, men either awaiting trial or serving sentences of six months or less. Most of the sentences were for minor offenses, such as drunkenness, violation of orders, pilferage, and absence without leave—A.W.O.L. Men convicted of more serious offenses, such as desertion, larceny, insubordination, sex deviation, and other more serious crimes, were confined in the post prison.

1989, Lucian King Truscott, The Twilight of the U.S. Cavalry. Life in the Old Army, 1917-1942, University Press of Kansas, →ISBN, page 43:

(US military, historical) The prison of a regimental post.


black liberation

Investigator Wheeler commented brieﬂy concerning the activity of the Progressive Labor Party in circulating inflammatory literature during the Watts riot. PLP distributed posters and ﬂyers titled: “Don’t be a sucker!” (This pamphlet asked the question: “ISN’T THIS A DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST THE AFRO-AMERICAN PEOPLE BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT?”); “BLACK LIBERATION—NOW!” ; “THE NEED FOR REVOLUTION ” ; “WANTED FOR MURDER—Parker the Cop in Watts” (This poster was patterned after the PLP’s “Wanted for Murder—Gilligan the Cop” poster which was distributed during the Harlem riot of 1964.); and, during the Deadwyler affair, “WANTED for the MURDER of Leonard Deadwyler—‘BOVA—the COP.’”

1965, House Un-American Activities Committee, Annual Report For The Year 1965, page 63:

(chiefly US politics) The achievement of equal rights and status for black people, particularly as seen as freedom from historic and structural oppression.


fitted diaper

The all-in-one is a type [of diaper] constructed from a soft, inner layer, several absorbent middle layers, elasticized legs (much like fitted diapers) and a waterproof outer layer.

2003, Theresa Rodriguez Farrisi, Diaper Changes: The Complete Diapering Book and Resource Guide, 3 edition, M. Evans, →ISBN, page 11:

Fitted diapers have attached fasteners, either snaps or Velcro-type closures. Because of the elastic around the legs and waist, fitted diapers prevent leakage better than other cloth diapers do, although they still need an added cover.

2010, Kathleen Huggins, The Expectant Parents' Companion: Simplifying What to Do, Buy, Or Borrow for an Easy Life with Baby, ReadHowYouWant.com, →ISBN, page 95:

Many families use fitted diapers all day, and all night. The Esembly Baby system is a great daytime system that recently came to market. Fitted diapers still need to be changed regularly throughout the day, like other diapers.

2021, Bailey Bouwman, Cloth Diapers: The Ultimate Guide to Textiles, Washing & More, Simply Bailey Social Marketing, →ISBN, page 86:

(Canada, US) A cloth diaper that is contoured to the wearer with elastic bands around the legs and waist, adjustable with snaps or Velcro straps.


woolie

I'm a pushover for an innkeeper who calls out as you're leaving for a walk on the beach, "Better take a woolie with you, do!"

1986, Julianne Belote, Guide to the Recommended Country Inns of the West Coast: California, Oregon, Washington, Chester, C.T.: The Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, page 113:

Nicky yawned, shivered a little. She should have a cardigan, he thought; her flesh was goose-pimpled. "You're cold. Can't you go and get a woolie?" ¶ "Why should I? I'm not cold. Might go for a swim in a minute."

1995, Lin Summerfield, Taken by a Stranger, New York, N.Y.: Walker and Company, →ISBN, page 10:

Cold up there, y'know, on them mountain peaks. Brrr! Wouldn't want to be stuck up there wivout a woolie or five.'

2007, Fiona Dunbar, Toonhead, London: Orchard Books, →ISBN, page 111:

"Did you truly sew up his head?" ¶ "I did." Cradog nodded. "Started out mendin' sails for Arthfael, workin' as a boatswain. I can darn a woolie like a spinster."

2015, D. Wallace Peach, Eye of Fire, Maynard, A.R.: Mockingbird Lane Press, →ISBN, page 299:

He threw a woolie on his head and pulled it down to his ears as best as he could over his thick locs.

2018, Paula Chase, Dough Boys, New York, N.Y.: Greenwillow Books, →ISBN, page 174:

(US) Alternative form of woolly (“a sweater or similar garment made of wool”)


Norski

(US, slang) A North American of Norwegian ancestry.


disco rice

From their rice-like appearance and wiggling motions, as if dancing.


walkalator

(US, India, Philippines, Malaysia) A moving walkway (a slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally or on an incline in a similar manner to an escalator.)


what in time

(idiomatic, US, New England) Used as an intensifier of an interrogative word or phrase.


proficiency badge

en-noun

proficiency badge (plural proficiency badges)

Coordinate term: merit badge

(US, scouting) An insignia or badge awarded by the Girl Scouts to indicate special achievement.


good cookie

(US, military, informal, originally and chiefly Marine Corps) a Good Conduct Medal.


passhole

(US, slang, derogatory) A person who holds a pass to visit Walt Disney theme parks and who behaves obnoxiously while there.


like all possessed

(US, colloquial) With great energy or vigor.


child-centered

(Canada, US) Of education or parenting: focused on each child's individual needs and personality, rather than instilling the same knowledge, morality, etc. into all children.


G-girl

Attracted by the spurious glamour of "working in Washington," thousands of "G-girls" flock to the city each year, to become low-wage, low-function office workers whose route to good times is the appeal of a young body.

1976 August 7, A. Nolder Gay, “But Can He Type?”, in Gay Community News, page 13:

G-Girls were voluptuous, promiscuous secretaries, living in boarding houses on Dupont Circle and hanky-pankering with elected officials on Capitol Hill. Lait and Mortimer presented the G-Girl as a sort of perk for hardworking politicians; snuggling on laps in smoke-filled rooms and never, ever, ever saying “no.”

2001 July 25, Dahlia Lithwick, “G-Girl Confidential”, in Salon, archived from the original on 2021-12-02:

(US, historical) A female secretary to a male politician; a government girl.


slangwhang

en-verb

slangwhang (third-person singular simple present slangwhangs, present participle slangwhanging, simple past and past participle slangwhanged)

slangwhangs (present singular third-person)
slangwhanging (participle present)
slangwhanged (participle past)
slangwhanged (past)
slang-whang (alternative)

"I don't need to stand here and be slangwhanged at by no paper-collar soldiers from back East," said the soldier from Wisconsin, and went on his way.

2010, Karen Schwabach, The Storm Before Atlanta, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 144:

(intransitive, transitive, US, slang, archaic) To bombastically criticize (someone).


slangwhang

slangwhangs (plural)
slang-whang (alternative)

(US, slang, archaic) Extremely bombastic and insulting criticism.


land acknowledgment

en-noun

land acknowledgment (plural land acknowledgments)

land acknowledgement
land acknowledgement#English

(US, Canada) Alternative spelling of land acknowledgement


letterman jacket

letterman jacket (plural letterman jackets)

I’m not the first to observe that a pretty blonde dating a handsome football player should, at least for white people of a certain age, evoke all the simpler bygone vibes (Friday-night lights, milkshakes with two straws, letterman jackets) that conservatives could want.

2024 February 10, Jennifer Weiner, “Why Is Everything Suddenly Taylor Swift’s Fault?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:


time, place or manner restriction

time, place or manner restriction (countable and uncountable, plural time, place or manner restrictions)

time, place or manner restrictions (plural)
time, place and manner restriction (alternative)

(law, US) A content-neutral limitation imposed by the government or other institution on expressive activity.


equal time

equal time (countable and uncountable, plural equal times)

(US, radio, television) A policy stating that radio and television licensees are required to offer opposing political candidates an equal amount of airtime.


time spent listening

(US, radio, communication) The amount of time that an average listener that is surveyed spends listening to each radio station at one time, before changing the station or turning it off.

(US, radio, communication) An estimate of the duration of time that the average listener is exposed to a particular station for a specific time period.


soap night

(US, dated) The night, traditionally two days before Halloween, when small children would use leftover solid soap to smear the windows of their neighbors' houses as a mild prank.


pony motor

(Canada, US, dated) Synonym of pony engine.


goofy goober

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From goofy + goober (“a peanut”). Coined and popularised by the American television series and media franchise SpongeBob SquarePants, particularly the 2004 film The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, in which the noun is ostensibly derived from Goofy Goober, the peanut mascot of a restaurant. Goober, which is also slang for a foolish or amusingly silly person, is thus a pun.

SpongeBob and Patrick were both wearing their favorite headgear: peanut-shaped Goofy Goober hats! "I'm a Goofy Goober, yeah!" sang SpongeBob. Patrick sang back, "You're a Goofy Goober, yeah!" Then they put their heads together. "We're all Goofy Goobers, yeah! Goofy, Goofy, Goober, Goober, yeah!"

2004 September 25, Marc Cerasini, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (Novelisation), Simon and Schuster, Nickelodeon, →ISBN, page 13:

My father is a classically trained Shakespearean actor. Yes, he's most famous for starring in The Addams Family and Night Court, for doing the Killer Tomato movies, for being this goofy goober of a guy. And he's good at that sort of thing. But he's a serious man who has given extraordinary and powerful performances.

2004 October 25, Sean Astin, Joe Layden, There and Back Again: An Actor's Tale, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, unnumbered page:

You've turned me into the comedy relief of the group. That's all I am to you...and the rest of them... one big joke. Perry's a goofy goober, but we love him anyway. Do you know how that makes me feel?

2017, George Jones, Hearts and Pistols (Paranoria, TX - The Radio Scripts), volume 8, Jericho Co. Productions, →ISBN, pages 168–69:

Y'all two remember the drunk goofy goober who came here to start some shit 'bout a week ago? One with the accent? "You don't exactly forget something like that." Tapani responded in a smartass-y pitch. Not intentionally, but it was there regardless.

2019 October 25, Jani Ojala, Oulunsalo Fiction: The Complete Trilogy, Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 436:

(chiefly US, slang, informal) A foolish or amusingly silly person; a goofball; a goober.

SpongeBob SquarePants (franchise)
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie


USAP

(research, sciences, US) Abbreviation of United States Antarctic Program.


libo stack

(US, marines, slang) A ribbon rack containing ribbons not earned by the marine displaying them.


meat diaper

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From meat + diaper, because the absorbent pad which soaks up liquid from the raw meat resembles the functions of that of a diaper for urine.

Of course, the remains of meat in fresh garbage or at a landfill are not the most pleasing archaeological artifacts that one can handle. The packaging is bathed in blood and in a kind of clear slime whose viscosity feels to the touch like that of molten gristle. The associated artifacts include the familiar absorbent deli pad, or "meat diaper," that drips sanguinary rivulets on the garbage-sorters' aprons.

2001, William L. Rathje, Cullen Murphy, Rubbish!: The Archaeology of Garbage, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 72:

In a world where our steak usually arrives pre-ground in a polystyrene tray, sitting on a meat diaper in a modified-atmosphere bubble, perhaps the cow tunnels represent the city’s agricultural unconscious, returning in the form of rumour and legend.

2013 October 31, Nicola Twilley, “The Lost Cow Tunnels of New York City”, in Gizmodo Australia:

The meat diaper plays a crucial role in maintaining cleanliness when serving meat dishes such as steak, burgers and fried chicken.

2023 July 11, Mohamed Dabo, “Understanding the functions of an absorbent pad in meat packaging”, in Packaging Gateway:

(chiefly Canada, US, colloquial or humorous) Synonym of meat pad.


diaper bucket

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From diaper + bucket, due to a common design of a diaper pail (especially but not exclusively ones intended for cloth diapers) resembling the shape of a bucket with a handle for ease of transportation.

It's not hard to plan a boiling routine. A little soap powder is added to the diaper bucket, and the contents are boiled in the bucket for ten minutes. If stained, the diapers can then be washed in the washing machine.

1956, Today's Health, volume 34, American Medical Association, page 41:

The diapers […] are placed in a diaper bucket that can be sealed until you're ready to have them washed. Any soiled diaper container should close tightly to prevent dispersal of the ammonia odor that builds up.

1977, Lorraine Marshall Burgess, Tom Bottomley, The Garden Maker's Answer Book: A Compendium of Useful Information, in Question and Answer Form, Designed to Assist New Gardeners, Association Press, →ISBN, page 130:

1 diaper bucket for soiled diapers and neutralizing solution such as baking soda (one-half cup dissolved in warm water).

1995, Elaine Zimbler, Review of Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family: A Study Guide, Appleton & Lange, →ISBN, page 90:

Here there are diapers lovely piles of them, all snowy and folded and stacked. But there are, by the same token, buckets of them, all befouled and sodden and fermenting. The miasma that floats from a diaper bucket cannot be disguised no matter what fumigants, antitoxins, and essences are invented. You can tell the moment you walk into a house whether an infant lives there.

2010, Thomas Harold, The Secret of New York Revealed, Ignatius Press, →ISBN, page 135:

(Canada, US, uncommon) Synonym of diaper pail.


power wheel

power wheels (plural)
power-wheel (alternative)

The Power Wheel pike and power wheel knee-up exercises started and ended with the subject in the push-up position (trunk, hips, knees, and elbows in full extension, shoulders flexed 90°, and hands on the floor approximately a shoulder width apart), the feet above the floor and attached to Power Wheel straps, and the wheel in a vertical position on the floor (Figs. 3A and 3B).

2006, Rafael F Escamilla, Eric Babb, Ryan DeWitt, Patrick Jew, Patrick Kelleher, Toni Burnham, Juliann Busch, Kristen D'Anna, Ryan Mowbray, Rodney T Imamura, “Electromyographic analysis of traditional and nontraditional abdominal exercises: implications for rehabilitation and training”, in Physical Therapy, volume 86, number 5, →DOI, archived from the original on 2024-02-24, page 659b:

(rare) An ab wheel (trademark by Lifeline Fitness).


Deflatriots

2015 January 21, Billy Gates, “New England Deflatriots? NFL finds Patriots deflated 11 balls in 'Deflategate' AFC title game: report”, in The Oregonian:

(US, sports, derogatory) The New England Patriots, in relation to the Deflategate scandal.


liquid sky

Liquid sky, the key to heaven, the milk of paradise, that's what they used to call it.

1982, Slava Tsukerman, Anne Carlisle, Nina V. Kerova, Liquid Sky, spoken by Paul (Stanley Knapp):


heebish

There was much talk at The Party Of The Year on saturday night. My rather heebish friend Scott was bonkers over a girl whose name I dare not mention, save that he was rather drunk and refused to refer to her as anything but "The shikse Goddess". She reminded us all of Diane Keaton in Annie Hall. He was beside himself.

1999 January 26, Jesse Staniforth, “who is jewess”, in alt.punk (Usenet):

And yes, that's what it's about. Some punk writing about sleeping with Ginsberg, despite their fifty-year age difference and homogenous sexuality. What's echt heebish? There's your answer. A hack fag poet and the power to plant him on playlists nationwide.

2002 March 27, Buck Turgidson, “Heebetudinous”, in alt.california (Usenet):

What threats son? Do you even know the definition of the word "threat" or is that head of yours filled with fermented pigshit? Your name doesn't seem to be heebish, but your behavior definitely is.

2002 December 7, Texas Ted, “AntiSemitism is a Disease”, in us.politics (Usenet):

Some of us are just a little more, let's say, Heebish than others.

2008, Lisa Alcalay Klug, Cool Jew, The Ultimate Guide for Every Member of the Tribe:

(slang, US, offensive, ethnic slur) Resembling or characteristic of Jews.

(slang, US, offensive, ethnic slur) Miserly, greedy, stingy.


beat the bushes

en-verb

beat the bushes (third-person singular simple present beats the bushes, present participle beating the bushes, simple past beat the bushes, past participle beaten the bushes or (colloquial) beat the bushes)

beats the bushes (present singular third-person)
beating the bushes (participle present)
beat the bushes (past)
beaten the bushes (participle past)
beat the bushes (colloquial participle past)

Both beat the bushes and scare up have figurative senses, referring to traversing the landscape seeking difficult-to-find things, that arose by extension from their senses referring to driving game out of the bush when hunting.

They started beating the bushes in search of a commercially available solvent that would aid their manufacturing but wouldn't be too horribly toxic and wouldn't cost an arm and a leg.

pound the pavement#English:_campaign diligently, especially when seeking something

(idiomatic, Canada, US) Synonym of pound the pavement (“to campaign diligently; to seek something”).


gritch

gritch (third-person singular simple present gritches, present participle gritching, simple past and past participle gritched)

gritches (present singular third-person)
gritching (participle present)
gritched (participle past)
gritched (past)

“Don't give a damn whether or not the bible thumping society gets a new church organ,” he gritched, “but I do like ice cream.”

[…] gritched and grumbled a bit, got more coffee and soon joined me. Dalton on the other hand slept on.

2015, Angela Krout, The Ties That Bind, page 13:

(Canada, US, slang, intransitive) To complain; to gripe.


J-cat

Fuckers never see the light of day. Nevada Fucking Prisneyland, O.G.! Homos, snitches, Chomos, straight-up J-Cats, and children all P.C.'d up together, scandalous shit, dawg!

2003, Jimmy Lerner, You Got Nothing Coming: Notes from a Prison Fish, page 77:

Some J-CATs didn't even take medication, meaning they white-knuckle this lifestyle, possibly unaware of their deviation from reality and normality.

2023, Justin Cook, Infectious Injustice:

(US, prison slang) A mentally unstable inmate.


ghetto butt

en-noun

ghetto butt (countable and uncountable, plural ghetto butts)


give someone goss

en-verb

give someone goss (third-person singular simple present gives someone goss, present participle giving someone goss, simple past gave someone goss, past participle given someone goss)

gives someone goss (present singular third-person)
giving someone goss (participle present)
gave someone goss (past)
given someone goss (participle past)

An assistant about the theatre grappled him, and they were soon upon the floor engaged in a regular rough-and-tumble fight. Two-thirds of the foot-lights were at once kicked over, while shouts of "Fair play," "Turn 'em out," "Give him goss," "No gouging," were heard on all sides.

1846, William Trotter Porter, A Quarter Race in Kentucky: And Other Sketches, page 115:

"Give the red man Goss!" she told him;
 "Drive him westward from the forest, […]
 Chase him west, with fire and fagot,
 Give him Goss! for he's no business,
 Business none, to be an Injun."

1856, Q. K. Philander Doesticks, Plu-ri-bus-tah, page 59:

(US, slang, archaic) To beat or thrash someone.


three-name

three-name (third-person singular simple present three-names, present participle three-naming, simple past and past participle three-named)

three-names (present singular third-person)
three-naming (participle present)
three-named (participle past)
three-named (past)

Mom got super mad: she three-named my little brother as he made eye contact and dumped his noodles on the floor. "John Paul Smith, don't you dare dump those noodles on the floor!"

(US, slang) The act of vocatively referring to someone (usually a child in one's family) using their full legal name (first, middle, and last) in order to emphasize a scolding.


muscle mommy

By analogy with daddy in its slang sense.

(Canada, US, slang) A woman with well-developed muscles, who is seen as a protective figure and hence sexually attractive.


working papers

Already in established use by 1909 for the sense concerning the regulated employment of minors.

If the child is of a working age it may be taken for granted that his relatives are desirous of putting him to work at once, to add to the family income. The institution should be charged with the duty of procuring the working papers of every boy of working age discharged, as this is a parent's duty and the institution stands in loco parentis to its charges. If the child has not been in school the required number of days, or if he has not attained the standard of proficiency required by the department of education, and is consequently ineligible for a working certificate, it is a wrong to him, and to the community, and to the reputation of the institution to discharge him into the ordinary home, as we know it, until he is fully equipped for work.

1909, Tenth New York State Conference of Charities and Correction: Proceedings. Albany, New York, November 16-18, 1909, Albany, New York: J.B. Lyon Company, State Printers, page 140:

Exemption n.—By special permit issued for particular cases by some specially authorized person, as a judge of juvenile court. This permit is distinct from the papers spoken of as working papers or employment certificates. […] Chapter VI: Working papers. Classes of working papers defined. / The presentation of the data and results on the working-paper requirements of the child-labor laws follows the same method which was used in presenting the information on educational requirements inasmuch as the essential results shown in regard to educational requirements are of the same character as those shown in regard to working papers. […] Working papers usually either tell the age of the child or give evidence of its schooling or both. Other items are sometimes included. Important among these is the statement by a physician of the child's physical fitness for labor. The working papers first adopted were simple in their content; now, however, the more advanced states demand rather full and detailed statements. They require a description of the physical features of each child, such as color of hair, color of eyes, complexion, height, etc. Furthermore, the statement regarding age must be based upon authoritative evidence such as baptismal records and the like. A statement of the child's birth place, place of residence, and the names of parents is also required. Most laws require adequate working papers prior to and during employment and provide that they be placed on an accessible file.

1912, William F. Ogburn, “Progress and Uniformity in Child-labor Legislation: A Study in Statistical Measurement”, in Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, volume 48, number 2, Columbia University, pages 66[340], 144[418]:

(US) A set of documents or a certificate serving as a permit that grants state permission for a minor (child or adolescent) to work, with restrictions on the amount and type of work.


gotaway

Under Biden in 2021, gotaways leaped to almost 390,000 (a 465 percent increase over Trump's last year).

2024, Troy E. Nehls, Borderless by Design:

(US, law enforcement) An illegal immigrant who has successfully entered the country without being apprehended.


juice badge

(US, historical, law enforcement) An unofficial police badge issued in the 1930s by the LAPD chief and given to his supporters.


HSED

(US, education) Initialism of high school equivalency diploma.


how the cow ate the cabbage

(US, countrified, uncommon) The unvarnished truth about something or someone, especially when stated to a person who does not want to hear or acknowledge it.

(US, countrified, uncommon) A lesson or instruction about the correct way in which things should be performed, especially when demonstrated through discipline.


spring ahead, fall behind

spring forward, fall back
spring forward, fall back#English

(US, mnemonic) Synonym of spring forward, fall back


center-left

All in all, Harris staked out a moderately center-left position, not too different from President Biden’s original Build Back Better agenda, which he was able to implement only in part because in an evenly divided Senate, Joe Manchin had an effective veto.

2024 August 19, Paul Krugman, “Kamalanomics, Revealed: A Solid Center-Left Agenda”, in The New York Times:

(US) Alternative spelling of centre-left


alternative minimum tax

en-noun

alternative minimum tax (countable and uncountable, plural alternative minimum taxes)

(US, finance) A tax imposed by the United States federal government in addition to the regular income tax for certain individuals, estates, and trusts, originally designed to tax high-income taxpayers who used the regular tax system to pay little or no tax.


AMTI

alternative minimum tax
alternative minimum tax#English

(US, finance) Initialism of alternative minimum taxable income.


health maintenance organization

health maintenance organization (plural health maintenance organizations)

health maintenance organizations (plural)

(US, medicine) A medical insurance group that provides health services for a fixed annual fee.


come on vacation, leave on probation

(US, humorous) A satirical statement implying that travelers in the United States who visit vacation hotspots that are known for their largely permissive atmosphere will usually run into legal trouble.


devil's footstep

devil's footstep (plural devil's footsteps)


irreconcilable differences

irreconcilable differences pl (normally plural, singular irreconcilable difference)

According to the website TMZ.com, which first reported the story, the actor and director cited irreconcilable differences as the cause for the split. The couple have been together since 2005 and married in 2014.

2016 September 21, Benjamin Lee, “Angelina Jolie files for divorce from Brad Pitt citing irreconcilable differences”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(law, chiefly US) Grounds for a no-fault divorce comprising a difference between the two parties that cannot or will not be changed.


hold with

en-verb

hold with (third-person singular simple present holds with, present participle holding with, simple past and past participle held with)

holds with (present singular third-person)
holding with (participle present)
held with (participle past)
held with (past)

I hold with Aristotle on ethics.

It is clear that Rabh holds with the first teacher and Samuel holds with R. Simeon b. Gamaliel, but whom does R. Assi's opinion agree with?

1903, Michael L. Rodkinson, chapter IV, in Tractate Shabbat, a modern English translation from the 5th century Mishanic Hebrew:

[Psychologist Bill Richards came to believe] that consciousness is a property of the universe, not brains. On this question, he holds with Henri Bergson, the French philosopher, who conceived of the human mind as a kind of radio receiver

2018, Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind:

(US) To agree with someone (to be in harmony about an opinion or perspective).


diaper changer

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Penncrest Portable washing machine, like new. Best ofter, Also baby crib, play pen, and diaper changer, 467-9405, after 6.

1973 May 11, “For Sale Miscellaneous”, in The News and Observer, page WA-3:

Accessories for a new baby; above – a layette with bassinet, towel and sheets; painted baskets for cotton wool and creams; a Beatrix Potter fabric traveling basket with a diaper changer that zips up into a bag; a contemporary English willow bassinet.

1989, Annie Sloan, Felicity Bryan, Nursery Style: Creating Beautiful Rooms for Children, Contemporary Books, →ISBN, page 14:

The Royal Flush Comfort Station will be available featuring: Men's Side: 2 flushing toilets, 6 ft. urinal, sink, soap, towels, mirror, diaper changer and trash receptacle.

2002 July 24, “We treat you like Royalty!”, in The Des Moines Register, page 6CA:

(Canada, US, rare) A changing pad (mat) or changing table.


donut bumping

(Canada, US, gay slang) Synonym of tribadism


mama pad

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(Canada, US, slang) A reusable menstrual pad; a cloth pad.


Mortuary Beach

A pun with mortuary for the similar-sounding monastery, in reference to numerous fatalities resulting from the strong waves and currents there.

(US, slang) Monastery Beach, part of the Carmel River State Beach in California, United States.


CPL

(US) Initialism of concealed pistol license.


one-size diaper

en-noun

one-size diaper (plural one-size diapers)

one-size diapers (plural)
one size diaper (alternative)

From the notion that the diaper is intended to fit the baby from, or near, birth until they are toilet-trained, thus coming in only one size; compare one-size-fits-all.

Yes, now there is a one-size diaper for all age babies—the famous Dexter Diaper. Mothers everywhere are enthusiastic about the way they fit! their neatness and comfort to baby.

1954, “A One-Size Diaper”, in Today's Health, volume 32, American Medical Association, page 72:

This one-size diaper was one of the testers' favorite. It's made out organic-cotton velour and has a cotton and hemp pad, which can be placed inside the diaper's pocket or on top of the velour.

2009 February 5, Willa Plank, “Can We Swap Our Pampers?”, in The Wall Street Journal:

The one size diaper (OS) is the most available cloth diaper on the market. The OS diaper is marketed for kids 8-35lbs (sometimes 10-40lbs), or birth to potty training. One size diapers fit most kids. There is always an exception. Some kids are small and some kids are big.

2021, Bailey Bouwman, Cloth Diapers: The Ultimate Guide to Textiles, Washing & More, Simply Bailey Social Marketing, →ISBN, page 21:

(Canada, US) A type of cloth diaper which can be adjusted and lengthened to match the baby's growth, thus allowing the diaper to be worn from around birth (by a newborn) to potty-training age.


birth-to-potty diaper

birth-to-potty diaper (plural birth-to-potty diapers)

birth-to-potty diapers (plural)
birth to potty diaper (alternative)

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It was a "birth to potty" diaper^([sic]) that saw immediate success. The first reviews appear in January, 2006 and all refer to buying the diaper in December 2005. It is unclear if the first reviewers were testers, though that is likely the case.

2005 June 1, Kim Rosas, “BumGenius”, in Dirty Diaper Laundry (Review), archived from the original on 2024-04-01:

BabyKicks One-Size pocket diaper is both a birth-to-potty diaper and a training pant. It’s made of organic cotton and bamboo, complete with fleece around the legs for durability and softness, as well as a soft waterproof outer.

2010 September 28, “Potty Training: Cloth Trainers”, in New & Green Baby Co.:

This diaper is marketed as a birth to potty diaper though it could look a little bulky for newborns/very lean babies.

2016 February 20, Shahira, “Review – Popolini One Size Fitted cloth diapers”, in Dr. Shahira:

(Canada, US, rare) Synonym of one-size diaper (“a type of cloth diaper which can be adjusted and lengthened to match the baby's growth, thus allowing the diaper to be worn from around birth (by a newborn) to potty-training age”).


flat diaper

From the shape of the fabric before being folded into a diaper.

Equally favored by modern mothers is the rectangular flat diaper made of two-layer cotton gauze and foldable into four-cornered pants. Other less common fabrics found on the American market include the once popular (but now rather rare) cotton flannel and England's favourite, ferry towelling.

1965 August 25, “Diapers”, in Consumer Reports, volume 30, number 8, Consumers Union, page 402:

In the old days flour came in soft cotton sacks that were converted into all manner of useful items, like dresses and diapers. The descendant of the flour sack diaper is the flat diaper, made of gauze-that soft, thin, quick-drying, loosely-woven fabric that some baby-boomers might remember their mothers using on them.

2003, Theresa Rodriguez Farrisi, Diaper Changes: The Complete Diapering Book and Resource Guide, 3 edition, M. Evans, →ISBN, page 10:

Cheap fitted diapers can result in poor cloth diaper experiences (shrink, poor fit, lack of absorbency). I recommend trying a prefold or flat diaper for a comparable absorbency for a lower cost, easier to wash, more accessible cloth diaper choice.

2021, Bailey Bouwman, Cloth Diapers: The Ultimate Guidelines to Textiles, Washing & More, Simply Bailey Social Marketing, →ISBN, page 228:

(Canada, US) A makeshift cloth diaper folded from a large piece of (usually square or rectangular) absorbent fabric, such as terry (coarse cotton), which is held in place by a diaper pin or other fastener.


po po

po pos (plural)
po-po (alternative)
Po Po (alternative)

Borrowed from Mandarin 婆婆 (pópo, “husband's mother”), Cantonese 婆婆 (po⁴ po⁴⁻², “maternal grandmother”).

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And Stephanie has, since birth, lived with her grandmother – her Po-po – in this house.

1995, Mei Zhou, Elizabeth Choy: More Than a War Heroine, page 154:

His fingers curled into fists. “Listen, you old bat—”
Po Po whipped out her pepper spray and blasted him.

2015, Anne R. Tan, Gusty Lovers and Cadavers, page 21:

“Rose keep blouse. She put it on shrine with baby clothes. Maybe Chi Lung see her blouse in his dream, know Rose his po po—and come back.”

2019, Virginia King, The Fourth Door, page 69:

“Mel!” Po Po called from the other room.
He went to the doorway of the kitchen so he could see his po po, sitting in the armchair, as well as Ruby running around with the xylophone and screaming “Good doggie!” or similar.

2022, Jackie Lau, The Stand-Up Groomsman, page 138:

(informal, US) Grandmother, (especially) one's maternal grandmother.


snap-in-one diaper

en-noun

snap-in-one diaper (plural snap-in-one diapers)

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all-in-two diaper
all-in-two diaper#English

(Canada, US) Synonym of all-in-two diaper (“a type of cloth diaper, similar to a pocket diaper, that has a waterproof exterior and absorbent pad which is snapped inside of it, thereby consisting of two pieces”).


diaper flat

(Canada, US) The fabric from which a flat diaper is folded; a prefold or fold.


animal house

The term pre-dates the 1978 film Animal House.

The fraternity was expelled from campus three years ago because a road trip, one of the time-honored pranks of an animal house, went terribly wrong.

2003, Atlanta (volume 43, number 8, page 349)


gweeb

"Why? What's wrong with him?"
"Spence, come on! He's a gweeb." Subtlety was not Jill's strongest suit.


fifty-leven

(US, informal) Very many; too many to count; quite a lot.


Free caller ID blocking. […] The new feature will enable customers to hide their identification from […] caller ID by punching "*67" on push-button phones or dialing "1167" on rotary phones.

1990 September 17, “Briefs”, in Network World:

Callers can block their Caller ID information on a per-call basis by dialling *67 before a call is made.

2010, House of Representatives, Truth in Caller ID Act of 2010:

A *67 blocked call is reported to the receiving party's caller ID as a "private call".

2013, Steven Kerry Brown, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Private Investigating, 3 edition:

(Canada, US, telephony) The telephone number used to block caller ID.


en-verb

*67 (third-person singular simple present *67s, present participle *67ing, simple past and past participle *67ed)

I seem to recall that a Rochecter Tel sub called the 800-stopper ANI #, and got readback, then "*67"ed, and called again - this time NOT getting one.

1993 September 20, David Lesher, “Caller ID/ANI Thread”, in comp.society.privacy (Usenet):

[The NSA has] this dude who […] writes down all the numbers that pop up on the caller-id display. Don't forget to *67!!!

1994 March, Hackle-b3rry phin, “Keeping a low profile on UNIX systems”, in Brotherhood of Warez, volume 3:

[H]ow about *67ing him? That's what [she] does when she likes someone.

2010, Robin Palmer, Yours Truly, Lucy B. Parker:

(Canada, US, telephony) To use the telephone number prefix to block caller ID.


OS diaper

(Canada, US) Abbreviation of one-size diaper (“a type of cloth diaper which can be adjusted and lengthened to match the baby's growth, thus allowing the diaper to be worn from around birth (by a newborn) to potty-training age”).