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AMW

AMW
 n.— «We stopped to let some AMWs (actress-model-whatevers) cross the street from SkyBar toward Chateau Marmont.» —by Xeni Jardin BoingBoing May 5, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

dub

dub  n.— «Dub, a niche car magazine,…took its name from street slang for 20—as in a double-dime bag of marijuana—because when it was founded most oversize wheels were 20 inches in diameter… G.M. became the first big carmaker...

spinner

spinner  n.— «It’s Dub, a niche car magazine with a tiny paid circulation that has nevertheless become the bible of the urban automotive subculture devoted to 20-inch-plus spinners—the outrageously flashy oversize wheels that pop up in...

whip

whip  n.— «“It has some of the hottest whips on the planet,” she added, using the current East Coast slang for car.» —“The Dub Generation: Gearheads Go Hip-Hop” by Denny Lee New York Times Apr. 23, 2004...

dry drunk

dry drunk  n.— «Dry drunk is a slang term used by members and supporters of Alcoholics Anonymous and substance abuse counselors to describe the recovering alcoholic who is no longer drinking, one who is dry, but whose thinking is clouded...

DNF

DNF  adj.— «There is—or was—a cache there called “Valley View Too” which hadn’t been found since last May, though with only one “Did Not Find” logged since then. (Curiously, the caching slang for a failed search...