the thinker's definitions

nickel and dime

small-time; paltry

Nickel and dime dope dealers

by The Thinker June 21, 2003

chivato

A Spanish word for "informer." It could also mean "rat" or "stool pidgeon."

...he had chivatos like that working for him, his judgment stinks. (Alejandro Sosa, the Bolivian cocaine from the 1983 movie Scarface)

by The Thinker August 4, 2004

long rider

a person serving a life sentence in prison; lifer

Before Dahmer was killed, he was to be a long rider.

by The Thinker July 25, 2004

gauleiter

1. A party district leader in Nazi Germany who also was a provincial governor. 2. One who is likened to a gauleiter, especially someone who is dictatorial, overbearing, or intolerent of dissent or opposing views.

From the German words gau, meaning district, and leiter, meaning leader.

There are some leaders in a organization who are regular gauleiters.

by The Thinker September 25, 2006

Capo

A boss in an organized crime, typically La Cosa Nostra (Italian-American mob)
caporegime(lieutenant or captain)

by The Thinker June 21, 2003

chocolate city

Washington D.C.

by The Thinker June 21, 2003

soul brother

a black man

by The Thinker June 21, 2003