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dead pick

Posted by Grant Barrett on December 8, 2004 · Add Comment

dead pick n.— «I’ve been trying to explain that theatre guys are also responsible for the volume of work done by arena riggers. That in some ways, even arena type point ever set is just a “dead pick” in my world, and that the arena guys would only have to pick up a very little bit [...]

gayhawk

Posted by Grant Barrett on December 8, 2004 · Add Comment

gayhawk n.— «Gayhawk—a hairstyle wherein the hair is grown out to about 2 inches long on top, and either equal or lesser length on the sides of the cranium. hair is combed from the left and thr right to the center, so that it meets and is swept up into a mohawk-like crest, as Ferris Beuler [...]

sleeve

Posted by Grant Barrett on November 1, 2004 · Add Comment

sleeve v.— «Aficionados prefer murals. They’ll get “sleeved”—an entire arm’s length of tattoos—or go for a chest panel or backpiece» —“Tattoos are no longer just for bikers and felons as they become a fashion accessory” by Tom Berg Orange County Register (California) Nov. 26, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

trapo

Posted by Grant Barrett on June 5, 2004 · Add Comment

trapo n.— «In theory, at least, Mrs Aquino has declared her political debts either paid or cancelled: Kabisig can now provide a platform for cleaner forms of political ambition than those of the trapos.» —“Philippines; At arm’s length” in Manila Economist (U.K.) June 16, 1990. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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