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Catchword for “haltura”
Catchword: haltura
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Part of Speech: n.
The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.
Quotation: Haltura is when you are pretending to do a good job, pretending to be a professional, expert with a diploma and you are supposed to know what to do but you know you are just fucking around and you are flying by the seat of your pants and you are not going to admit that you are fucking up cause you are a nice person and you have finished the right schools and have the diploma to show that you are nice person.
Article or Document Title:
“Time Persons of the Year. What the fuck?” (URL)
Author:
“BadaBing!”
(This author is either a pseudonym or is not clearly named in the original source.)
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Gonzo Engaged
Date of Publication:
Dec. 23, 2002
This cite belongs to a full entry for haltura.
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