An avocado.
Short for the "Segway Human Transporter", a two-wheeled, motorized sidewalk 'scooter' that one can easily rent or buy in D.C.
Crayfish.
In the early 1900s, the nickname for a group of early skyscrapers at the intersection of 20th Street and 1st Ave.
A type of relish made primarily from peppers, beans and onions.
A local reference to a messy section of merges and interchanges on I-240 & 55 where a relatively high proportion of accidents occur as a result of the confused roadways.
A person so transfixed by gambling machines that he or she becomes virtually oblivious to the rest of the world.
Carry a heavy load or a bulky package for a distance: "The MTA is on strike every Christmas, so we schlep our packages from Macy's to Grand Central"