n. the free exchange of information and gossip at the general toilet facilities. (See also grapevine; latrine rumor. This wireless alludes to the older term for a radio, not to modern wireless telephony.) : It came over the latrine wireless this morning. We're all shipping out.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Latrine wirelessis always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
