Double-Tongued Dictionary Recent Citations

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broccoli journalism n. Collective responsibility. Socialized journalism. This is the ultimate in broccoli journalism: You are not only forced to read what journalists say is good for you but you are now forced to pay for it through taxation. (Oct. 19, 2009) [full citation…]

strap hanging n. Usually the truck drivers wait at the opening of the valley for a U.S. Army patrol to pass and then they follow it, a practice soldiers have dubbed “strap hanging.” Lining the sides of the road are the remains of scorched trucks belonging to drivers too impatient to wait for an informal escort. (Oct. 8, 2009) [full citation…]

parclo n. The Ontario Ministry of Transportation designed a modification to the original cloverleaf to address its shortcomings for the 400-series highways. The redesign creates more room for acceleration and deceleration and avoids the notoriously dangerous weaving lane. The Parclo has been embraced throughout the world as one of the most popular freeway-to-arterial interchange designs. (Oct. 8, 2009) [full citation…]

Dipper n. My exquisite pleasure as a Liberal party man who barely knew a Tory or “Dipper” (as we called NDPers) was to work with people from organized labour, Liberals, Conservatives, ad people and NDPers all in a glorious coalition united in our desire to sweep city hall clean of the remnants of the Mel Lastman regime and restore pride to our city. (Oct. 8, 2009) [full citation…]

jeggings n. “What’s so great this year,” she says, “is that they’re making jeans that are great for boots.” They’re slim, soft, light and tight, fitting almost like leggings. In fact, At the store they like to call them “jeggings.” (Oct. 5, 2009) [full citation…]

dittoism n. There is a tendency in favour of what is called “dittoism,” i.e., everyone thinking the same thought without a healthy tendency to break the uniformity of thought. (Oct. 5, 2009) [full citation…]

crop n. On Friday, Oct. 2 and Saturday, Oct. 3, the business is hosting a “crop,” or scrapbooking event, at Calvary Baptist. (Oct. 3, 2009) [full citation…]

sliming n. Under Field’s supervision, FGS agents allegedly used a deceptive practice known as “sliming” to sell Coastal auto policies. They would alter the accident records of questionable drivers and falsify information about car values and commute mileage so applicants could qualify for insurance. (Oct. 3, 2009) [full citation…]

protestival n. Somewhere around 300,000 people converged on the Seattle waterfront Saturday and Sunday to attend the 19th annual Seattle Hempfest, the world’s largest marijuana “protestival,” as organizers like to call it. While organizers and drug reform advocates were out in force to encourage attendees to get involved in changing the marijuana laws, for most of the crowd, Hempfest was one big pot party. (Oct. 3, 2009) [full citation…]

excessing n. At the end of the school year, a committee led by one of Warley’s alleged protégés met to discuss moving some of its employees to other schools—a process called “excessing’ —because J.O. Wilson was over its budget. (Oct. 3, 2009) [full citation…]

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