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qms commented on the word shamefast
Demure to ensure there’s no blame cast
The coy maid is cautiously shamefast.
By blushes and sighs
She cleverly tries
How long she can make the old game last.
September 23, 2018
qms commented on the word Skein
See skein.
September 23, 2018
Sim427 commented on the word Skein
Skein
1 or less commonly skean or skeane \ˈskān \ : a loosely coiled length of yarn or thread wound on a reel
2 : something suggesting the twists or coils of a skein : TANGLE
3 : a flock of wildfowl (such as geese or ducks) in flight
Definition of Skein (Entry 2 of 2)
transitive verb
: to wind into skeins
skein yarn
September 23, 2018
alexz commented on the word UAC
Windows term for User Account Control
the computer protection based on approval popups which you get when you try to run an unknown executable in Windows.
September 22, 2018
Sim427 commented on the word sporades
The certainty of space, increase, freedom, futurity,
In space, the sporades, the scatter’d islands, the stars—on the firm earth, the
lands, my
lands;
Walt Whitman - American Feuillage
September 22, 2018
Sim427 commented on the word windlass
The
States,
each for itself—the money-makers;
Factories, machinery, the mechanical forces—the windlass, lever, pulley—All
certainties,
The certainty of space, increase, freedom, futurity,
In space, the sporades, the scatter’d islands, the stars—on the firm earth, the
lands, my
lands;
Walt Whitman - American Feuillage
September 22, 2018
Sim427 commented on the word windlass
I love the 'oblique approach' definition of this word! That's a fantastic connotation and one I plan on using in my own writing!!
September 22, 2018
Sim427 commented on the word sachem
The sachem blowing the smoke first toward the sun and then toward the earth,
The drama of the scalp-dance enacted with painted faces and guttural exclamations,
The setting out of the war-party—the long and stealthy march,
The single-file—the swinging hatchets—the surprise and slaughter of enemies;
Walt Whitman - American Feuillage
September 22, 2018
Sim427 commented on the word capstan
The departing ships, when the sailors heave at the capstan;
—Evening—me in my room—the setting sun,
The setting summer sun shining in my open window, showing the swarm of flies, suspended,
balancing
in the air in the centre of the room, darting athwart, up and down, casting swift shadows
in
specks
on the opposite wall, where the shine is;
Walt Whitman - American Feuillage
September 22, 2018
Sim427 commented on the word feuillage
feuillage
nm foliage, leaves pl
https://mobile-dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/feuillage
AMERICA always!
Always our own feuillage!
Always Florida’s green peninsula! Always the priceless delta of Louisiana!
Walt Whitman - American Feuillage
September 22, 2018
qms commented on the word biggin
There once was a zealot named Wiggin
Who practiced outlandish religion.
Despite vulgar stares
He said morning prayers
Clad only in boots and a biggin.
September 22, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word expoodles
Twitter: Autocorrect just changed the word “explodes” to “expoodles”. Saw it do it with my own eyes. Is that even a WORD??
September 22, 2018
Sim427 commented on the word synecdoche
Nevertheless, historical priority does not seem to me a sufficient reason to explain why the word fascism became a synecdoche, that is, a word that could be used for different totalitarian movements.
-Umberto Eco
September 21, 2018
Sim427 commented on the word appellation
“True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.”
― George Washington
September 21, 2018
qms commented on the word etalon
A beam of bright light was once set upon
By ambushers with a sly etalon,
Their ingenious aim -
To make the beam lame
And harness the hitch in its get along.
September 21, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word adynaton
For ruzuzu:
Kad pūcei aste ziedēs ("When an owl's tail blooms")
September 21, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word ponies
The Popular Theatre by George Jean Nathan (1918)
"I drank two cocktails, three glasses of sherry, a quart of champagne and several ponies of Cointreau. The show seemed to get better and better as it went ...
September 21, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word cointer
British verb (transitive) to bury together
September 21, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word twinter
dialectal, British
: a sheep, ox, or horse that has lived through two winters.
September 21, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word tripple
chiefly southern Africa
: a gait in which the horse moves both near and both off legs alternately and which somewhat resembles the amble
September 21, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word dumbsize
To reduce the staff numbers of a company to such low levels that work can no longer be carried out effectively.
September 21, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word psychogeography
"The term psychogeography was invented by the Marxist theorist Guy Debord in 1955. Inspired by the French nineteenth-century poet and writer Charles Baudelaire’s concept of the flâneur – an urban wanderer – Debord suggested playful and inventive ways of navigating the urban environment in order to examine its architecture and spaces.
Psychogeography gained popularity in the 1990s when artists, writers, and filmmakers such as Iain Sinclair and Patrick Keiller began using the idea to create works based on exploring locations by walking."
-https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/p/psychogeography
September 21, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word Kripos
An elite unit of the Norwegian police that investigates organized crime and missing persons, for example. They have specialized technical and forensic expertise. They are currently investigating the disappearance of Arjen Kamphuis, a Dutch cybersecurity expert for Wikileaks. "Arjen Kamphuis is a Digital Self Defence professional. Every day he helps people keep their secrets safe in the digital world. He has seen firsthand how government-funded spying, hacking and security programs fall into the wrong hands and cause more harm than good. He argues that it is time we all start keeping ourselves safe by taking responsibility for our own digital defenses and letting go of the idea that we’re just not smart enough to adapt."
September 20, 2018
squisch commented on the word Brian
¢¢
September 20, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word pointlessly gendered products
https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2014/03/15/new-in-pointlessly-gendered-products/
Men's Bread, Fairy Hearts Turkey Pork Sausage, boys walking rein and harness (blue), girls walking rein and harness (pink), pet shampoo (for him, for her).
Pinterest collection: https://www.pinterest.com/socimages/pointlessly-gendered-products/
lip balm engineered for men, water for men, etc.
September 20, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word cultural tropes
cultural tropes (like pointlessly gendered products)
September 20, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word civil religion
"In 1966, the late sociologist Robert Bellah presented a now-classic essay, “Civil Religion in America.” The essay is about religion in public life, and how American politicians created a sense of shared national identity around general religious claims. Since then, sociologists and political theorists have argued about how inclusive civil religion really is (Does it include atheists or other minority groups who aren’t Christian? Lots of Americans don’t seem to think so.), but the theory is useful for highlighting how much of American political life takes on a religious tone."
--https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2018/07/
September 20, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word selfish technology
"The ad blocker should not be seen as a selfish technology. It is a socialist cudgel—something that forces otherwise lazy capitalists to find new and inventive ways to make their creations sustainable. Ad blockers are one of the few tools users have to fight against the need to monetize fast and big because it troubles the predictability of readily traceable attention."
--https://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2015/09/23/full-communism-is-the-ultimate-ad-blocker/
September 20, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word cultural capital
"Based on observations of three technology-rich Bay Area middle schools, Rafalow examined whether the skills students develop through digital play are considered cultural capital — skills, habits, and dispositions that that can be traded for success in school and work."
--https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2018/09/12/schools-selective-screening/
September 20, 2018
qms commented on the word finings
Good beer is one of life’s fine things,
Consoling our dry stomach linings;
So God bless the brewer!
Let’s never have fewer
Of vats and of casks and of finings.
September 20, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word memory politics
Jenny Edkins (Trauma and memory politics) explores how we remember traumatic events such as wars, famines, genocides and terrorism. She argues that remembrance does not have to be nationalistic but can instead challenge the political systems that produced the violence. Using examples from the World Wars, Vietnam, the Holocaust, Kosovo and September 11th, Edkins analyzes the practices of memory rituals through memorials, museums and remembrance ceremonies. This wide-ranging study embraces literature, history, politics and international relations, in an original contribution to the study of memory.
September 20, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word memory politics
"Ukraine’s memory politics do not exclude women entirely. In 2016, the UINM chose to focus on women when commemorating the anniversary of the end of the Second World War. The title of the institute’s project was “War makes no exceptions. Female history of the Second World War”. The intention to focus on women’s experiences in order to “reveal the criminal nature of war” seems admirable. But the 12 stories of both military and civilian women chosen by the UINM simply replicate a male pantheon rather than challenge the very tradition of glorifying the war through its heroes. The difference is that the male heroes are celebrated every year, whereas the female figures only once in a while, as part of a special project."
--What place for women in Ukraine's memory politics? https://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia/olesya-khromeychuk/what-place-for-women-in-ukraine-s-memory-politics
September 20, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word corrective rape
Such laws, however, do not have to pass to have a chilling effect. In 2014, I met Kyrgyz LGBTQI organisation Labrys, who said that lesbians and trans men already faced corrective rape, and gay men and trans women were often beaten and sometimes killed. Such attacks have since intensified. Soon after I went back to London, Labrys shut down their Facebook page, and had to sell the house where I first met them after it was subjected to an arson attack in 2015. They resurfaced last year, and in March I returned to Bishkek to meet a new generation of activists who, amidst the confusion and hostility, are fighting to make Kyrgyzstan more open to diversity of gender and sexuality.
--https://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia/juliet-jacques/fear-and-loathing-in-kyrgyzstan
September 20, 2018
tommimod commented on the user tommimod
good sity
September 19, 2018
qms commented on the word kouros
Miss Grundy was quite at a loss
To find a light comment to toss,
So breathlessly viewed
That arrogant nude,
The fleshless, compelling kouros.
September 19, 2018
ruzuzu commented on the word erythrophyl
From The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia:
"n. A name given by Berzelius to the substance to which the red color of leaves in autumn is due."
September 18, 2018
qms commented on the word patache
‘Mongst hulking great vessels of war
That bristle with weapons galore
The humble patache
With nimble panache
Still flits between ship’s side and shore.
September 18, 2018
qms commented on the word palter
Thank you kindly, zuzu.
September 18, 2018
ruzuzu commented on the word Mangkhut
"'Mangkhut'" (Thai pronunciation: |māŋ.kʰút|) is the Thai name for the mangosteen."
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Typhoon_Mangkhut&oldid=860020566
September 17, 2018
ruzuzu commented on the word pataphysics
Also see comment on pataphysical.
September 17, 2018
ruzuzu commented on the word pataphysical
"|Paul| McCartney's wife Linda said that he had become interested in avant-garde theatre and had immersed himself in the writings of Alfred Jarry. This influence is reflected in the story and tone of "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", and also explains how McCartney came across Jarry's word "pataphysical", which occurs in the lyrics."
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maxwell%27s_Silver_Hammer&oldid=859775445
See pataphysics.
September 17, 2018
ruzuzu commented on the list words-meaning-nonsense
Excellent. You might also like these hogwash and humbug-and-bafflegab lists.
September 17, 2018
ruzuzu commented on the word accurate
Here's a nice bit from The Century:
"Synonyms Accurate, Correct, Exact, Precise, Nice, careful, particular, true, faithful, strict, painstaking, unerring. Of these words correct is the feeblest; it is barely more than not faulty, as tested by some standard or rule. Accurate implies careful and successful endeavor to be correct: as, an accurate accountant, and, by extension of the meaning, accurate accounts; an accurate likeness. Exact is stronger, carrying the accuracy down to minute details: as, an exact likeness. It is more commonly used of things, while precise is used of persons: as, the exact truth; he is very precise in his ways. Precise may represent an excess of nicety, but exact and accurate rarely do so: as, she is prim and precise. As applied more specifically to the processes and results of thought and investigation, exact means absolutely true; accurate, up to a limited standard of truth; precise, as closely true as the utmost care will secure. Thus, the exact ratio of the circumference to the diameter cannot be stated, but the value 3.14159265 is accurate to eight places of decimals, which is sufficiently precise for the most refined measurements. Nice emphasizes the attention paid to minute and delicate points, often in a disparaging sense: as, he is more nice than wise."
September 17, 2018
ruzuzu commented on the word palter
Well done, qms!
September 17, 2018
ruzuzu commented on the word cloud cuckoo land
See cloud-cuckoo-land.
September 17, 2018
ruzuzu commented on the word cloud cuckoo
See cloud cuckoo land.
September 17, 2018
qms commented on the word winebibber
The curse of the bashful winebibber
Is drink at the first makes him glibber
But eloquence fades,
The right word evades
And soon he’ll do no more than gibber.
September 17, 2018
alexz commented on the word OK
Vox did an article on this word.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UnIDL-eHOs
How it started from Boston and spread through the Telegraphs.
September 17, 2018
qms commented on the word palter
Blasphemers will profane the altar
And read from a mischievous psalter.
Some, without qualms
Will distort the psalms;
Instead of true preaching they palter.
September 16, 2018
biocon commented on the word avell
avell = 1. to tear away, pull away; 2. pull up.
September 16, 2018
qms commented on the word empuse
Her enemies cruelly abuse her
And call her a heartless Medusa.
Such charges are wild;
She’s really quite mild,
No more than a creepy empuse.
September 15, 2018
alexz commented on the word Elders of the Internet
https://books.google.ca/books?id=BjsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46&dq=elders+internet
March 14 1994 , Info World
I don't think this is the actual root of this term.
E. of The Internet spotted in Internet Engineering Task Force document https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-elders-social-media-apology-00 - July 2018
see also 'elder days' at the Jargon File. http://catb.org/jargon/html/E/elder-days.html This version of Jargon File is from the late 90's.
Version 2.1.1 had the first reference to 'elder'
"1. To attach a removable storage volume to a machine.
Version 2.8.2 had the first Lord Of the Rings based reference to elders.
March 23 1991
September 16, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov
At the Pasteur Institute in Paris Mechnikov was engaged in work associated with the establishment of his theory of cellular immunity, which, like many great advances in science, encountered considerable hostility. He published, during this period, several papers and two volumes on the comparative pathology of inflammation (1892), and his treatise entitled L’Immunité dans les Maladies Infectieuses (Immunity in infectious diseases, 1901). In 1908 he was awarded, together with Paul Ehrlich, the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
He coined the word gerontology in 1903.
September 15, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word gerontology
Gerontology is the study of the social, cultural, psychological, cognitive, and biological aspects of aging. The word was coined by Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov in 1903. The field is distinguished from geriatrics, which is the branch of medicine that specializes in the treatment of existing disease in older adults. Gerontologists include researchers and practitioners in the fields of biology, nursing, medicine, criminology, dentistry, social work, physical therapy, occupational therapy, psychology, psychiatry, sociology, economics, [political science, architecture, geography, pharmacy, public health, housing, and anthropology.
September 15, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word biogerontology
Biomedical gerontology, also known as experimental gerontology and life extension, is a sub-discipline of biogerontology that endeavors to slow, prevent, and even reverse aging in both humans and animals. Most "life extensionists" believe the human life span can be increased within the next century, if not sooner. biogerontologists vary in the degree to which they focus on the study of the aging process as a means of mitigating the diseases of aging or extending lifespan, although most agree that extension of lifespan will necessarily flow from reductions in age-related disease and frailty, although some argue that maximum life span cannot be altered or that it is undesirable to try. The area of geroscience is a recently formulated interdisciplinary field that embraces biomedical gerontology as the center of preventing diseases of aging through science emerging at the interface of the biology of aging and age-related disease.
September 14, 2018
ry commented on the word dunderfunk
a triple rhyme wotd limerick. what a time to be alive.
September 14, 2018
ruzuzu commented on the list ruzuzus-ideal-list
Found another. Check out write--2.
September 14, 2018
ruzuzu commented on the list write--2
Hm... pyrolytic, motor pool, Jonbar hinge, pariah dog and zopilote, contrail, gyrodyne, gum....
Yup. An ideal list.
September 14, 2018
ruzuzu commented on the word chicken eyeglasses
"Chicken eyeglasses, also known as chickens specs, chicken goggles, generically as pick guards and under other names, were small eyeglasses made for chickens intended to prevent feather pecking and cannibalism. They differ from blinders as they allowed the bird to see forward whereas blinders do not. One variety used rose-colored lenses as the coloring was thought to prevent a chicken wearing them from recognizing blood on other chickens which may increase the tendency for abnormal injurious behavior."
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chicken_eyeglasses&oldid=826144795
September 14, 2018
qms commented on the word dunderfunk
The pirates triumphant are plunder-drunk,
Their hardships for now all in wonder sunk,
Engorged with their loot
Of viands and fruit,
Forgetting their dinners of dunderfunk.
September 15, 2018
qms commented on the word morat
The Camelot ladies adore it
But knights of the table deplore it.
For questing you need
Some strong ale and mead.
You can’t hunt the Beast drinking morat.
September 13, 2018
qms commented on the word questing beast
See also Questing Beast.
September 13, 2018
qms commented on the word Questing Beast
The Questing Beast, or the Beast Glatisant (Barking Beast), is a monster from Arthurian legend. It is the subject of quests undertaken by famous knights such as King Pellinore, Sir Palamedes, and Sir Percival.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questing_Beast
September 13, 2018
alexz commented on the word trash panda
Despite the blog, this term pre-dates Reddit. https://books.google.ca/books?id=A5F5MRJl98YC&pg=PT79&dq="trash+panda";
2009 example.
September 13, 2018
georgema commented on the word millusion
mind + illusion + millusion
September 12, 2018
ruzuzu commented on the list ptolemys-gate
Arrived here after looking up motor. What a fun list!
September 12, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word sneaker waves
"...so-called sneaker waves sometimes claim lives of the unwary along the coast of the Pacific Northwest.
Tuba Ozkan-Haller, a wave researcher at Oregon State University, recommends that when people go to the beach in Northern California, Oregon and Washington state — which because of the nature of the coastline are susceptible to sneaker waves — they study the wave action and ensure escape routes aren’t blocked by rocks or cliffs."
September 12, 2018
qms commented on the word wist
OED
wist. - To have cognizance or knowledge of; to be aware of; to know (as a fact or an existing thing).
September 12, 2018
qms commented on the word dullardism
“Oh, mirror,” he asked, “Dost thou wist
If better than I could exist?”
The dun-colored prism
Of his dullardism
Showed only his face in the mist.
September 12, 2018
alexz commented on the word SIEM
"Security incident and event management"
- wikipedia
This is a computer security term. I keep seeing it and having to look it up.
September 12, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word involuntary suicide
= murder
September 11, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word wet diarrhea president
An odd insult found on Twitter:
"Wow #Uganda under the repulsive and primitive cow #Musevi is like a zoo...chei! Just like #Cameroon under our own piece of wet diarrhea president..."
Isn't diarrhea always wet? Is there such a thing as dry diarrhea?
September 11, 2018
MaryW commented on the word chopmeat
Betty Smith, Maggie-Now (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958), pp. 382-83. (The setting is Brooklyn shortly after World War I.)September 11, 2018
MaryW commented on the word toot
Betty Smith, Maggie-Now (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958), p. 381 (The setting is Brooklyn, a few years after World War I.)September 11, 2018
MaryW commented on the word yeomanette
Betty Smith, Maggie-Now (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958), p. 256 ("The war" is World War I.)September 11, 2018
MaryW commented on the word shape
Betty Smith, Maggie-Now (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958), p. 107 (The setting is Brooklyn, before World War I.)September 11, 2018
MaryW commented on the word poly-reader
Maddy Foley, How to Read More Than One Book at a Time, According to Reddit Users Who Do It, Bustle (Sept. 6, 2018)September 11, 2018
MaryW commented on the word polynarritivus
Maddy Foley, How to Read More Than One Book at a Time, According to Reddit Users Who Do It, Bustle (Sept. 6, 2018)September 11, 2018
MaryW commented on the word parallel reader
Maddy Foley, How to Read More Than One Book at a Time, According to Reddit Users Who Do It, Bustle (Sept. 6, 2018)September 11, 2018
MaryW commented on the word librocubicularist
Maddy Foley, How to Read More Than One Book at a Time, According to Reddit Users Who Do It, Bustle (Sept. 6, 2018)September 11, 2018
MaryW commented on the word bibliotaph
Maddy Foley, How to Read More Than One Book at a Time, According to Reddit Users Who Do It, Bustle (Sept. 6, 2018)September 11, 2018
MaryW commented on the word bibliophile
Maddy Foley, How to Read More Than One Book at a Time, According to Reddit Users Who Do It, Bustle (Sept. 6, 2018)September 11, 2018
qms commented on the word livor
Once crimes were resolved by MacGyver,
That endlessly clever contriver.
Now villains are caught
More often than not
By white-coated experts on livor.
September 11, 2018
ruzuzu commented on the word mattock
"In the eastern United States, the shafts of mattocks are often fitted with a screw below the head and parallel with it to secure the head from slipping down the shaft, but in the western United States, where tools are more commonly dismantled for transport, this is rarely done. When made to be dismantled, the shaft of a mattock fits into the oval eye of the head, and is fixed by striking the head end of the shaft against a solid surface, such as a tree stump, rock, or firm ground. The head end of the shaft is tapered outwards, and the oval opening of the iron head is similarly tapered so that the head will not fly off when used. The mattock head ought never be raised higher than the user's hands, so that it will not slide down and hit the user's hands."
--https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mattock&oldid=855853143
(I wonder whether lyron's father's mattock was actually from West Virginia.)
September 10, 2018
qms commented on the word Gello.
Gello in Greek mythology, is a female demon or revenant who threatens the reproductive cycle by causing infertility, spontaneous abortion, and infant mortality. By the Byzantine era, the gelloudes (γελλούδες) were considered a class of beings. Women believed to be under demonic possession by gelloudes might stand trial or be subjected to exorcism.
Gyllou, Gylou, Gillo, or Gelu are some of its alternate forms.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gello
September 10, 2018
qms commented on the word gelloudes
Plural of Gello.
September 10, 2018
alexz commented on the word EGOT
An acting achievement where tou win Emmy, Oscar, Tony, and Grammy
September 10, 2018
qms commented on the word brainge
A cowboy not home on the range
Is given to conduct that’s strange.
In search of romance
He’ll try hard to dance
But only can lollop and brainge.
September 10, 2018
raceway888 commented on the user raceway888
a
September 10, 2018
qms commented on the word stupe
The witch who was doc for the group
Would steep an old napkin in soup.
When spells went awry
A broth of newt’s eye
Would make a most excellent stupe.
September 9, 2018
alexz commented on the list on-the-lot
I sometimes wonder how 'real' the terms are when the terms are recycled in list compilation books.
https://books.google.ca/books?id=WipZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT289
September 9, 2018
tbtabby commented on the word lay down
A buyer who agrees to every extra proposed by the dealer, adding thousands to the price in the process.
September 9, 2018
tbtabby commented on the word mickey mouse
When a dealer has to finance even the down payment to sell a car.
September 9, 2018
tbtabby commented on the word candy store
A dealership with a large selection of cars.
September 9, 2018
tbtabby commented on the word gold balls
A customer with excellent credit who pays the hefty down payment in cash.
September 9, 2018
tbtabby commented on the word roach
A customer whose credit is so bad that they can't possibly qualify for a loan.
September 9, 2018
tbtabby commented on the word back door the trade
Not revealing that you have a trade-in vehicle until you've negotiated a low price on the car you want to buy.
September 8, 2018
tbtabby commented on the word flopper
A customer who agrees to the first pencil price, like a fish that jumps into a boat and flops around before the fisherman even puts their hook in the water.
September 8, 2018
tbtabby commented on the word first pencil
The first, and therefore highest, price that a dealer offers to a buyer.
September 8, 2018
tbtabby commented on the word grinder
Car-dealer term for a customer who, no matter how good a deal they're getting, tries to get a better one. Also known as a chiseler.
September 8, 2018