Definitions by Anthony Brancato
Pam
Valium has become known as "pam" in some circles because its generic name is diazepam; many other drugs in the same chemical class also have generic names ending with those same three letters (Dalmane = flurazepam, Ativan = lorazepam, etc.).
Pam by Anthony Brancato January 21, 2006
Negadelphian
Originally, a fan or follower of the Philadelphia-based professional sports teams who refused to celebrate the two Stanley Cup championships won by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1974 and 1975 on the grounds that hockey should not be considered a "major" sport; today, a Philadelphia sports fan who is either unduly pessimistic about one or more of the local teams' immediate prospects, or one who strenuously disagrees with the policies, player-personnel decisions etc., made by said team or teams.
Many sports fans in Philadelphia regard the local sports-talk radio station, WIP, as nothing more than a vast sounding board for Negadelphians.
Negadelphian by Anthony Brancato September 7, 2005
Bauchet
O.J. Simpson spent more than 15 months in Bauchet for a crime for which he was ultimately acquitted.
Bauchet by Anthony Brancato March 28, 2005
felprost
Felony prostitution; the crime of prostitution treated legally as a felony rather than a misdemeanor because the person accused thereof is HIV-positive.
Gay rights groups object to the "felprost" laws on the books in many states because they believe such laws inordinately target male "hustlers" as opposed to female, heterosexual prostitutes.
felprost by Anthony Brancato March 20, 2005
Gentrefaction
Gentrification; i.e., the displacement of lower-class residents of a neighborhood (esp. one located in or near the center of a large city) by upper-class residents (a back-formation of "putrefaction;" used contemptuously by the phenomenon's detractors)
Some long-time residents of San Francisco's Mission District have taken to vandalizing the cars of "yuppies" to protest the ongoing "gentrefaction" of their neighborhood.
Gentrefaction by Anthony Brancato February 19, 2005
wrength
The state or fact of being wrong (as "length" denotes the state or fact of being long and "strength" the state or fact of being strong)
The word "wrength" appears to have been coined unintendedly, by users who actually believed it had existed all along; occasionally it would appear in such venues as letters to the editor in newspapers (from Wikipedia)
wrength by Anthony Brancato February 19, 2005
LCN
La Cosa Nostra; the Mafia (originally coined by federal law enforcement officials after U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell directed them to stop using the word "Mafia" in official correspondences, in 1970)
He was photographed coming out of a bar in Queens known to be frequented by LCN members and associates.
LCN by Anthony Brancato June 5, 2004