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in N.Y. Mag. 6 May 24: He’s sleeping in bed and I’m freezing my ass off on a one-arm post.at one-arm, adj.
in N.Y. Mag. 6 May 24: He’s sleeping in bed and I’m freezing my ass off on a one-arm post. N.Y. Mag. 1 July 58/1: Disappointingly, this hot-headed bad-mouth turns out to be nothing but the voice of Ellison’s own favorite [...] character, himself.at badmouth, n.
New York Mag. 1 68/1: He is, beyond argument, the great ball-crushing Mother of Us All.at ball-crusher (n.) under balls, n.
N.Y. Mag. 16 Sept. 6: The stakes are too high for prissy-pants.at prissy-pants, n.
New York Mag. 28 Apr. 66: Cabagehead? Whoya callin’ uh cabbagehead, yuh fogging . . . banana-nose!at banana nose (n.) under banana, n.
N.Y. 16 Nov. 6/2: Father ego-tripping on his children’s academic and other achievements.at ego trip, v.
N.Y. Mag. 25 May 61: A ripsnorting he-man war-adventure movie.at rip-snorting, adj.
New York Mag. 22 Mar. 3: [headline] The persistence of the Jewish American Princess [...] You don’t have to be Jewish or royal to be a Jewish Princess.at Jewish princess (n.) under Jewish, adj.
in N.Y. Mag. 6 Sept. 36: Buttonholing Lenny [...] they plead with him to forget this mishegaas, to release them from this mission impossible.at mishegaas, n.
N.Y. Mag. IV 48: He’s got that ugly, down-twisted mouth, like the old shtarka goyim when they’re trying to be friendly. He’s got their hearty har-har laugh.at schtarka, n.
New York Mag. 12 June 65: A pill-popping alcoholic weasel- faced paranoid who inhabits a cold-water pigsty.at pill-popping (n.) under pill, n.
New York mag. 27 Nov.82: So at least for starters we are not going to discuss how Britain's talented young Michael Winner has not survived a trans-Atlantic transplant.at starters, n.
N.Y. Mag. 30 Dec.-6 Jan. 11: Emmanuelle— Ho-hum soft-core French porn, based on a 1957 novel (supressed by DeGaulle's regime, but since surfaced).at ho-hum, adj.
N.Y. 4 Nov. 79: Bob Marley [...] says of the government, ‘Dem a jestering.’.at jester, v.
N.Y. Mag. 17 June 81: And before long, with the local sheriff ready to pin the rap on a peculiar janitor, with blackmail in the air, and [...] local hoodlums on the rampage and more corpses on hand [etc].at pin the rap on (v.) under rap, n.1
New York Mag. 23 June 71/1: The sappiness of the whole almost hides the professionalism of the stars.at sappiness (n.) under sappy, adj.
New York Mag. 27 June 13: ‘I’m not pressing the panic button,’ LaMorte insisted. ‘We’ll simply be going through an unpleasant interlude in a major economic expansion.’.at press the panic button (v.) under button, n.1
New York Mag. 16 May 45: The chicken soup was second only to the ‘Jewish penicillin’ made by our Grandma Molly. It was rich with chicken ‘schmaltz,’ filled with nuggets of fresh carrots and noodles.at Jewish penicillin (n.) under Jewish, adj.
N.Y. Mag. 12 Dec. 42/1: During the blackout, they really did a number on us. They took all our drugs. They ripped out our storefront. [...] Three weeks later, we were burglarized again.at do a number on (v.) under number, n.
New York mag. 28 Feb. 32: ‘Cops were making what we call “collars for dollars,”’ Merola explains — arrests that entailed the automatic overtime of appearing in court.at collars for dollars (n.) under collar, n.
N.Y. Mag. 5 Oct. 64: John Updike's imaginary basketball player from a drab burg in eastern Pennsylvania: Joe Six-Pack as a Durer drawing.at Joe Six-pack (n.) under joe, n.1
New York Mag. 1 Mar. 74/3: Miss Dennis started out as a seemingly normal actress years ago, but then switched to a kind of kookiness .at kookiness (n.) under kooky, adj.
N.Y. Mag. 2 May 43: ‘Gamblin’ Jack’ Richardson, [...] if memory serves, [...] was the first person allowed to run a tab there.at run a tab (v.) under tab, n.3
New York Mag. 19 Aug. 81/2: [He] always comes back, turning up at her room pissy-eyed and mumbly.at pissy-eyed (adj.) under pissy, adj.1
New York Mag. 9 June 64: I was the ultimate Jewish American princess from the word go [...] My two sisters and I wore handmade lace dresses. My father’s cab company was worth about $2 million.at Jewish princess (n.) under Jewish, adj.
N.Y. Mag. 24 Feb. 22: But the ‘sidewalk superintendent’ portholes that once allowed pedestrians to watch their city grow up are vanishing.at sidewalk superintendent (n.) under sidewalk, n.
New York mag. 23 Mar. 89/1: Angela’s Ralph is, at best, a dull stick.at stick, n.
New York Mag. 17 July 45/2: The trouble with Burton is that he isn’t very good at whap! bang! violence.at whap bang!, excl.
in N.Y. Mag. 11 Dec. 36: Getting customers is called ‘catchin’ or ‘clockin’.at clock, v.1
New York Mag. 6 Nov. 36/2: This homeless guy approached me. I thought he was gonna put the pinch on me, but he asked me who won the fight .at put the pinch on (v.) under pinch, n.
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