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upslop n. Unlike the supercells of the central plains, which are elements in large systems, the upslope supercells near the mountains (in this case, the Rockies) exhibit what appears to be random behavior. Justin: “Some people refer to it as ‘upslop’ because it’s messy.” Gabe: “It’s more chaotic and much more limited to what’s happening on a local scale…You don’t know where the best storms are going to be, it’s the proverbial needle in a haystack.” [English Environment Slang] [full cite] (May. 24, 2008)

Utah claw n. “She had the Utah claw,” Mr. Simington explained, describing bangs that shot up toward the heavens. [English United States Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 22, 2004)

Utah claw n. Actually, it was a “Utah Claw” that led to Roy Horn’s injury. According to the owner of the Mirage, the tiger became distracted by a woman with big hair in the front row. (I can sympathize; I also can’t help but stare at a white-trash woman with a hairdo that she hasn’t changed in 20 years.) [English United States Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 22, 2004)

Utah claw n. “We have great theme parties. The last one was the white trash party. I had my hair like this,” she says, as she forces her bangs into a four-inch clump off her forehead. “The Utah claw!” exclaims Nicole in recognition. You could practically smell the hairspray. [English United States Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 22, 2004)

Utah claw n. I never did perfect the “Utah Claw” it always fell over by 2nd period—but oh, I tried. Me and Aqua Net, we tried! [English United States Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 22, 2004)

Utah claw n. “It was often used in reference to something I came to refer to as the “stiffened frontal bang facade,” a hair tierra set in place with blow drier, hair spray and teasing comb. The heights these can sometimes reach is quite ridiculous.”…“I grew up in an area of West Virginia where such hairstyles are quite popular. We always used to refer to the tall, teased bangs as ‘joke-catchers’ (kept the joke from going over one’s head). A friend from Idaho whom I met in college informed me that her circle of high school friends had dubbed the style of bangs the ‘Utah Claw.’” [English United States Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 22, 2004)

Utah claw n. “Very proud to say she has never had a spiral perm nor big, crunchy bangs.”…“Around here we call it the Utah Claw.” [English United States Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 22, 2004)

Utah claw n. Do you have the equivalent of what we know here as the Utah Claw. Long straight hair styled down with the bangs flipped up defying gravity and lacquered with hair spray to withstand hurricane winds? [English United States Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 22, 2004)

v-jay-jay n. Now tell me why you’re not watching “Grey’s Anatomy”? Because any show that makes me cry four times, call Katie three times, and drops a “v-jay-jay” is so worth it. [English Sex & Sexuality Slang] [full cite] (Feb. 14, 2006)

va-j-j n. Lady, one more complaint and I’ll shove a rape whistle up the Mrs. Va-J-J. [English Body Sex & Sexuality Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 1, 2007)

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