probe n. A bonus for those interested in linguistics is a glossary comparing the region’s Spanish to “standard” Spanish. Garcia compares the usage of such words as murre/muy (very), probe/pobre (poor) as well as the many words in the regional dialect that cut out a consonant as in Colorao for Colorado. (Jul. 25, 2004) [full citation…]
murre n. A bonus for those interested in linguistics is a glossary comparing the region’s Spanish to “standard” Spanish. Garcia compares the usage of such words as murre/muy (very), probe/pobre (poor) as well as the many words in the regional dialect that cut out a consonant as in Colorao for Colorado. (Jul. 25, 2004) [full citation…]
bundler n. Those fundraisers who raised at least $100,000 for the campaign were given the title “vice chairs."…The Kerry campaign has periodically released the names and home towns of these vice chairs, also known as “bundlers.” (Jul. 24, 2004) [full citation…]
veepicide n. The subject of the piece was whether President Bush would dump Vice President Cheney from the ticket.Hellip;In order to qualify as news, veepicide stories should be anchored to something real. (Jul. 24, 2004) [full citation…]
returning the butter n. For a man to marry, he had to have land to grow bananas. Even the gifts he took to the bride’s parents had to include matooke. After the marriage, when the bride did what came to be called ‘returning the butter’, she took to her parents’ home a number of gift items, including matooke. (Jul. 24, 2004) [full citation…]
take a drink n. “If you take a drink"—river parlance for going overboard—"float feet first downriver and we’ll get you out.” (Jul. 24, 2004) [full citation…]
freecycling n. Freecycling. It’s uniting people who have things to give away with people who want them on the Internet. (Jul. 24, 2004) [full citation…]
impire n. The European Union is too weak, too diverse, too inward-looking; in a rather ugly neologism, [Niall Ferguson] dubs the EU an “impire” rather than a potential “empire.” (Jul. 24, 2004) [full citation…]
isolette n. As all 11 students gathered around the incubator, or isolette as it is also known, the campers got a crash course in medical terminology that was not part of their vernacular. (Jul. 24, 2004) [full citation…]
unhappy meal n. Some police departments contract with McDonald’s to provide meals for prisoners in the city jail. Cops often call these meals “Unhappy Meals.” (Jul. 24, 2004) [full citation…]
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