O.J.-by-the-Sea: The media center at the Santa Monica civil trial. Different from “Camp O.J.,” the center at the criminal trial.

Ito’d: To get bopped on the head, especially with a TV crew’s boom microphone

Scheck happens: General epithet used when things go awry (in honor of criminal defense lawyer Barry Scheck)

Media leaks center: The row of Porta Potties outside the courthouse

A.S.S. graduate: A long-winded person (who’s attended the “American Sidebartending School”)

Bronco bag: Tarp material used to protect well-coifed TV types from sun or rain

Get Funged: Epithet for when someone bungles an important task (in honor of criminalist Dennis Fung)

Slow-speed chaser: A celebratory drink after court is adjourned