Term of the Week: "using an earlier contract"

"Using an earlier contract": When a department head in a theater fights to get paid for something that is clearly not in the present contract, the roadman might say sarcastically, "He's using an earlier contract."

Term of the Day: slapped on the pee-pee

Slapped on the pee-pee--to get in trouble, to be reprimanded in a condescending, childish way from management. "The men on the fly floor were slapped on the pee-pee for talking loud during the quiet scenes in the play."

Word of the Day: Shoe-man Capote

Shoe-man Capote--a stupid stagehand, a shoe, "He's a real Shoe-man Capote," making a rhyme out of the dead novelist's name. (from Tim Altman, Broadway electrician)