Man 1: "Oh, look, a water highdrant."
Man 2: "He looks high."
Man 1: "Yeah, that's why he's called a "water highdrant"."
A subalternative is an alternative to an alternative.
I don't like this alternative, I will use the subalternative.
A male dictionary.
"Hey, man what are you reading there?"
"I'm reading a dicktionary."