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downwinder

downwinder  n.— «Downwinder is a term used to describe people who lived downwind from hundreds of nuclear tests conducted by the federal government between 1951 and 1992 at the Nevada Test Site.» —“‘Divine Strake’ test fuels Dixie...

phoneslaughter

phoneslaughter
 n.— «Phoneslaughter? Felony Charges in Distracted Driving Case.» —“Nevada: Landmark ‘Phone Slaughter’ Case” by Slimpickins Usenet: alt.true-crime Apr. 16, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

torpedo

torpedo  n.— «The I-80 in Nevada has become known as the “pee bottle corridor.” In North Dakota, one official estimates road crews are covered in a golden shower 20 to 40 times a year by the containers—also dubbed...

guzzler

guzzler  n.— «Water development projects, also known as guzzlers, are artificial water sources placed in remote mountain ranges of Southern Nevada.» —“Banquet Scheduled” Nevada Department of Wildlife July 6, 2004...

make shishi

make shishi  n.— «Long about Silver City I realized I had to, “make shishi,” as they say in the Islands, so I shouted through an open window to the driver, “Yoo-hoo, excuse me, but I think I have to go shi-shi...

hemadrone

hemadrone  n.— «Scott Krause’s defense will argue that the defendant believed he was trying to escape man-eating subterranean beings…. In three court-ordered evaluations, the defendant stated he was fleeing subterranean beings he...