Speaking of dogfish (see The Walrus above), "dogfish" is Maine lingo for summer tourist -- as they both (tourists and dogfish, a variety of small shark) show up in the summer and are destructive.

You don't see perforations on the sides of computer paper much any more, for easy removal of the pin feed section of the sheet, but there was a contest back in the early '90s to name what was removed to make the 8.5 x 11 sheet. I liked the term "snap" ("just pull the snap off and give me the invoice") but I think something else actually won.

Late yesterday while surfing copyediting websites I came across a WONDERFUL turn of phrase for an online moderator -- "troll whisperer" ; I've already passed it on to a couple people who can use it. It was in an article by Gerri Berendzen.

Linn