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cagatinta

cagatinta  n.— «He directs the reputed cultural magazine of the institution and with 84 years of age he goes every day to the bank, from which he retired after 37 years of work. But these are things that the miserable cagatintas...

turkey

turkey  n.— «While generally pleased with the budget, Bush acknowledged that it does contain several special projects known in legislative parlance as “turkeys.”» —“Late-night flurry of bills breaks Florida House...

double-f school

double-f school  n.— «Schools in “certain” neighborhoods still have fewer advanced classes, more broken equipment, older facilities and less community involvement. They tend, in the parlance of modern education, to be Double-F...

botnet

botnet  n.— «In February German magazine c’t reported how it was able to buy access to infected machines—commonly described in the parlance of spammers as “BotNets”—from virus writers.» —“The illicit trade in compromised...

shoot

shoot  v.— «Lunch shooters took lunch orders for other brewery workers. Nobody knows how the term originated exactly. The term “shoot me a beer” was also used by beer bottlers. “Shoot” in brewery parlance is...

maconha

maconha  n.— «Amidst the fray, no one dared whisper an obvious option: complete legalization of pot (maconha, in local parlance) and cocaine.» —“Brazil, Legalize Drugs, Now!” Love in Rio (Brazil) Apr. 25, 2004...

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