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–bagger suffix One-bagger—one alarm fire. Two-bagger—two alarm fire. Three-bagger—Three alarm fire. Four-bagger—four alarm fire. [ ] [full cite] (May. 13, 2005)
1-800 car n. Eventually, hot rods became street rods, what the unkind call “1-800” cars—assembled out of purpose-built, pre-engineered parts. With sparkling chrome and glistening paint, street rods tend to be a lot more show than go. [ ] [full cite] (Feb. 25, 2008)
100-mile-an-hour tape n. To compensate for the darkness we attached chemical glow sticks to the stakes contained in the pit. We used duck tape, also known as “100 Mile an Hour Tape,” to secure the glow sticks. I guess you can chalk that up as another use for the versatile product. [ ] [full cite] (Jan. 29, 2007)
100-mile-an-hour tape n. HIPKE: Yeah, we had 100-mile-an-hour tape and a little foam. And it’s just really—it’s rock solid on there. FLOCK: What’s 100-mile-an-hour tape? HIPKE: It’s supposed to last up to 100 miles an hour I guess before it starts peeling off the plane. [ ] [full cite] (Jan. 30, 2007)
128-er n. Tori, a West London-raised computer software engineer, dubs herself a “128-er,” because she spends 128 hours per week dressed as a woman and looks like a guy only at her nine-to-five. [ ] [full cite] (Oct. 17, 2005)
12th of never n. The Biplane supposedly has a V-4, but the show bike is most likely a make-believe mockup. Looks to be straight out of a video game. When will either Suzuki be produced? Right after the 12th of Never. [ ] [full cite] (Oct. 30, 2007)
1661 n. The technical term for this—where you look pullable from behind, with your slashed mini, straggly Joss Stone hair and macrame ankle bracelet, but when swivelled around, look more like someone eligible to collect a pension—is 1661. (Get it? Sixteen from the back, 61 from the front.) Oh, dear. Perhaps that’s what I am: the ultimate 1661. Yet isn’t a certain amount of self-delusion necessary in order to cope with the horrible, galloping inevitability of old age? [ ] [full cite] (Jul. 20, 2007)
1661 n. I’ve always detested the expression “mutton dressed as lamb.” It’s misogynist, mean and women are not meat; even Sam Kekovich would concur with that. But there’s a new version of it that describes women who retain hairstyles or wardrobes suited to a different life stage—women such as Melanie Griffith and Faye Dunaway. The term is “1661”—a woman who looks 16 from behind, 61 from the front. [ ] [full cite] (Jul. 20, 2007)
1661 n. Great i am now a 1661 and that is only a compliment from behind. [ ] [full cite] (Jul. 20, 2007)
1661 n. I’m a 1661 woman—sixteen from behind, sixty one from the front. [ ] [full cite] (Jul. 20, 2007)

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