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attrib. indicating a situation in which livestock are deceitfully used to make a residential or commercial property qualify as a working farm or ranch in order to benefit from an agricultural tax provision or subsidy. (posted Sep. 14, 2007) [full entry…]
n. an entrepreneur. (posted Sep. 13, 2007) [full entry…]
v. to extend a spur of unprotected non-wilderness land, especially a dead-end road or trail, through a protected wilderness area. Also as a noun and as the form cherrystem. (posted Sep. 12, 2007) [full entry…]
n. generally, a weak, worthless, unworthy, or ignorant person. Also poop butt, pooh butt, and as a single word. Often used attributively and adjectivally. (posted Sep. 11, 2007) [full entry…]
n. unskilled, cheap, and plentiful workers used at an archaeological site. (posted Sep. 10, 2007) [full entry…]
n. a command or request phrased as a polite or indirect question. Also wh- imperative. (posted Sep. 7, 2007) [full entry…]
n. a woman’s genitals. (posted Sep. 6, 2007) [full entry…]
n.pl. fans of a sports team from a school or college they never attended or have no direct ties to. (posted Sep. 5, 2007) [full entry…]
n. a walking path or track worn into the ground by habitual human passage rather than by design. (posted Sep. 4, 2007) [full entry…]
n. a dark-skinned person among a crowd of light-skinned people. (posted Sep. 3, 2007) [full entry…]
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