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run

run  v.— «“Run me your wallet,” the victim, identified as Andy Orellana, was told, street parlance for hand it over, an investigator said.» —“Man Who Fled Bias Attack Is Arrested in Robbery” by Robert D. Mcfadden...

winker

winker  n.— «We’ve been bleaching lots of Texan winkers.…Anal bleaching is based on the idea that there is one perfect shade of ass. » —“Britesmile for Bungholes” by Tristan Taormino Village Voice (New York...

smirting

smirting  n.— «From flash picnics to psychedelic mushrooms, raunchy fashion to “smirting” (smoking and flirting) on sidewalks, we see the quest for personal pleasure moving toward the extremes, where the fun and feeling are...

switching spit

switching spit  n.— «This distinctive hybrid of sound has the ability to dazzle spectators with their “switching spit” lingo (rapping in English, French, Twi and Pidgin) while commanding the credibility from the hip-hop elite...

Canada point

Canada point n. a place away from a city’s center where newspapers are distributed to newsboys and news agents. Editorial Note: Now historical. This term appears to have been used only in Boston and New York City. Etymological Note: Probably by...

Saint’s Disease

Saint’s Disease  n.— «Also in 1980, a mysterious disease began appearing among men in the city and on Fire Island. “Saint’s Disease,” as it was known in its very beginnings, would spell the final end of the dream, along with so...

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