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gassing

gassing  n.— «Officers endure bites, kicks, punches, and being doused by a brew of toilet waste that is tossed through cell door openings. Officers call it “gassing.”» —“This is the gaping maw, the jaws through which...

hogger

hogger n. a machine used to compact or shred waste materials. Editorial Note: Despite the use in the name of some industrial shredding machines, this term does not appear to be brand- or manufacturer-specific, nor does it appear to be trademarked...

blue ice

blue ice  n.— «Stan Walchesky and neighbors on Neupert Road in Jefferson began noticing the stuff last week and speculated that it was “blue ice,” the euphemism for the chemically treated lavatory waste that sometimes falls...

fleecing menu

fleecing menu  n.— «Irreverent souls these days dub it “fleecing” menu, especially since it can be quite a moneyspinner for restaurants making use of smaller cuts and “extras” that would otherwise go waste.» —“How to get through a...

regurgitalite

regurgitalite  n.— «There’s also fossil vomit.…I’ve coined those regurgitalites. And sometimes digested food stays in the intestines when an animal dies, and we call those cololites. Those two and coprolites make up the larger field...

bromalite

bromalite  n.— «There’s also fossil vomit.…I’ve coined those regurgitalites. And sometimes digested food stays in the intestines when an animal dies, and we call those cololites. Those two and coprolites make up the larger field of...

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