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Suoods Upside Down

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Slide in on a Shrimp Sandwich

Posted by grantbarrett on February 20, 2015 · Add Comment

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spoon

Posted by Grant Barrett on June 1, 2007 · Add Comment

spoon n.— «Police have their hands full on the Gold Coast, not only with violent youths, domestic violence and drug dealers, but with the mentally ill. They have their own patois, referring to deranged people as “spoons’ because giving them a knife or fork would provide them with a deadly weapon.» —“Crims push limits of tolerance” Gold Coast [...]
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pant load

Posted by Grant Barrett on December 6, 2006 · Add Comment

pant load n.— «No wonder these “newbies” can be a pant load. The media has spoon fed them frosted covered cheerios when the real world is shredded wheat.» —“Newbie hackers have it rougher” by VSenses Usenet: alt.hacker Feb. 17, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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dump cake

Posted by Grant Barrett on May 16, 2006 · 3 Comments

dump cake n.— «A chocolate “dump” cake promises joy in an hour. Also known as a one-bowl cake, the procedure lets you plop all the ingredients into one mixing bowl, give them an unceremonious twirl and scrape the batter into the baking pan. An extreme version skips all gewgaws and is mixed with a wooden spoon [...]
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cupping

Posted by Grant Barrett on May 12, 2006 · Add Comment

cupping n.— «Terry Sullivan, a certified grader, sits at a round cupping table that rotates with the push of his hand. As each cup of coffee passes his nose, he takes a spoon from the bottom to the top of the cup. This brings out the aroma. Dedicating a few seconds to each cup, he samples [...]
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