Definitions by Robert Allen
yard sale
People place used household items, clothes, etc. in their yard and offer them for sale. Usually held on a week end, a "yard sale" often involves one, or a few families who pool their unwanted items to sell, often very cheaply.
Parallel term: "Yard saliing." To drive about from yard sale to yard sale.
Parallel term: "Yard saliing." To drive about from yard sale to yard sale.
I bought this sweater at a yard sale for a dollar and a half.
The Jones family are having their yard sale next week/
The Jones family are having their yard sale next week/
yard sale by Robert Allen August 29, 2003
ham
ham by Robert Allen August 29, 2003
mutually assured destruction
A term from the Cold War: Because the Soviet Union and the US could destroy each other peace was maintained by theis "mutually assured destruction."
mutually assured destruction by Robert Allen August 29, 2003