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10/90 gap n. This disparity has been called the “10/90 gap,” a term coined after a commission in 1990 provided research showing that only approximately 10 percent of the resources spent on health research go to the problems afflicting 90 percent of the world’s population. [English Health Politics Jargon] [full cite] (Nov. 15, 2004)

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. [English Slang] [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. [English Aviation Slang] [full cite] (Jan. 30, 2007)

1090 n. A 1090, for those not of the Southern persuasion, is another name for a mullet, the beloved haircut being roughly 10 percent in front, 90 percent in the back. [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Slang] [full cite] (Dec. 6, 2008)

11 p.m. player n. That is what happens when you chase 11 p.m. players, also known as past-prime-time players, something the Mets do often. [English United States Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Nov. 30, 2004)

12-9 n. Based on the dozens of cases of people struck by subway trains each year—events known in transit parlance by the code 12-9—it is easy to speculate on what their last week must have been like. [ Language English Register Jargon] [full cite] (Dec. 4, 2005)

124-man n. The estimable dean was a lifelong crime reporter from the old Herald Tribune, a gentle sage who taught the pick-pocket art of massaging vivid details from a precinct’s “124-man,” the clerk who controlled “good stuff” filed by cops from the beat. [New York City English Police] [full cite] (Apr. 27, 2009)

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. [ Language English Register Slang Subject Sex & Sexuality] [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. [English Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 30, 2007)

14-er n. As a man in his 70s, Dr. Reed started climbing the “14-ers,” as they are called: the dozens of mountains in Colorado that rise to 14,000 feet or higher. Friends said that on those steep mountains, where the air grows thin, he outclimbed friends two to three decades younger. [Colorado English Environment] [full cite] (Apr. 14, 2007)

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