The Lexicographer's Rules

Recent interesting catchwords from the Double-Tongued Dictionary are:

cold smoke n. very fine, very dry snow.

gigaliner n. in Germany, a multi-segmented tractor-trailer truck.

Recent interesting catchwords from the Double-Tongued Dictionary are:

purple water n. waste water that has been sufficiently treated so that it can be used safely used for tasks such as irrigation but not for drinking.

zipper n. a long, narrow scar on the body, especially where stitches have been sewn.

My latest column for the Malaysian Star appeared today. This one is about words associated with hazing, especially the kind of hazing that sends newbies to go look for things that don’t exist: type lice, italic spaces, a left-handed monkey wrench, a left-handed hammer, buckets of steam, bags of electricity, wheelbarrow seed, and fifty feet of shoreline.

Recent interesting catchwords from the Double-Tongued Dictionary are:

dehorse v. of a car dealer, to deprive a car-buyer of both a trade-in car and a new car.

Pittsburghed adj. of a steak, burnt black on the outside, left pink on the inside.

Recent interesting catchwords from the Double-Tongued Dictionary are:

sugging n. marketing or promoting a product or service to someone during what is purported to be a survey. From Soliciting Under the Guise of interviewing.

stakehorse n. in billiards played for money, a financial backer.