pork chopsAmerican slang for sideburns or side whiskers, from the similarity in shape to the cut of the meat. Saturday night specialAn inexpensive hand gun that is easily obtainable through a gun store or a mail order house. While the origin of this common expression is not documented, Robert...
Nicknames not only set a group apart from the outside world by creating a special language, they also foster a distinct identity for the group and its members. In religious rituals in which an initiate is inducted into a priesthood or order, they are often given a new name to signify thei...
Pete Maravich’s nickname worked on so many levels. He first was called Pistol for his low and to-the-side shooting motion, but it then came to embody his gunslinger’s mentality on the court. Maravich seemed to play without a care in the world, never hesitating to make the razzle-dazzl...