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n. a cellular telephone tower camouflaged to look like a pine tree. (posted Aug. 16, 2007) [full entry…]
n. a female member of an organized white racist gang, or a white woman who has a relationship with a man who is a member of such a gang. (posted Aug. 15, 2007) [full entry…]
adj. of communication or technology, connected by cable or wire; the opposite of wireless. (posted Aug. 14, 2007) [full entry…]
n. a sudden widespread selling of investments, or their rapid conversion from illiquid to liquid, in anticipation or belief of an unfavorable or unsafe market; a sudden widespread withdrawal of bank deposits. (posted Aug. 13, 2007) [full entry…]
n. generally, an intentional, accidental, or naturally occurring spot, line, groove, or other contrasting area that serves as an indicator of certain facts; in geography and surveying, a blaze, cut, hole, paint splash, or message written on a post, tree, rock or other guide to indicate a boundary, feature, or significant point on land, especially on a witness post; in construction and manufacturing, a line, groove, score, notch, cut, or written indicator made on the surface of material to impart information, such as where to cut or join; in forensic investigation, a surface groove, smear, stain, abrasion or other feature that can serve as evidence. (posted Aug. 9, 2007) [full entry…]
v. to carry contraband in one’s rectum. (posted Aug. 8, 2007) [full entry…]
n. the slope at which an automobile’s sides or windows angle to meets its roof. (posted Aug. 7, 2007) [full entry…]
v. in baseball, to not play well or to be in a slump. (posted Aug. 3, 2007) [full entry…]
n. the attitude of not caring about religion or whether there is a God. (posted Aug. 2, 2007) [full entry…]
v. in baseball, to run in an unhurried, showy way; generally, to perform or operate lackadaisically, carelessly, or without worry. (posted Aug. 1, 2007) [full entry…]

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