Slang

Take me out to the old ball game (Cleburne Times-Review)

7 Jul 2008

Cranks will be cheering the ballist on, encouraging him to leg it toward the dish and make an ace. Is this a foreign language?

'Swingtown' recap: Three-couple weekend (Entertainment Weekly)

6 Jul 2008

By Gary Susman Thanks to a plate of drugged desserts, the three couples manage to hash out their differences during a weekend getaway at Susan's cramped cabin

Words that made the dictionary (Chicago Sun-Times)

6 Jul 2008

Merriam-Webster Inc. has added more than 100 new entries to its new edition of the Collegiate Dictionary. Here are some, along with the year in which Merriam-Webster first found them used in an English-language publication: