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boojack n. a newspaper boy who attracts customers with shouts. (posted May. 31, 2005) [full entry…]
boondocking n. living without conveniences such as municipal electricity or water, indoor plumbing, or grocery stores, especially when camping with a recreational vehicle;roughing it. (posted May. 23, 2005) [full entry…]
booster bag n. a bag, sack, pouch, purse, or box used by a shoplifter to conceal or disguise merchandise. (posted Dec. 2, 2004) [full entry…]
boot party n. the kicking and stomping of a person by a group of attackers. (posted Jan. 11, 2006) [full entry…]
booth capturing n. the act of seizing and controlling a polling station so that many fraudulent votes may be cast there. (posted May. 11, 2004) [full entry…]
bootleg adj. inferior, unappealing, worthless. (posted Sep. 21, 2004) [full entry…]
bootleg trail n. a walking path or track worn into the ground by habitual human passage rather than by design. (posted Sep. 4, 2007) [full entry…]
boots on the ground n.pl. personnel deployed under military command. (posted Dec. 3, 2004) [full entry…]
borrow leg v. phr. to flee. (posted Feb. 2, 2007) [full entry…]
botnet n. a collection of automated scripts or bots which create a small chat-based network; (hence) such a collection intended for malicious or surreptitious uses. (posted Apr. 30, 2004) [full entry…]
bottle show n. an installment of a television series that is set in a single location or is filmed on pre-existing stage sets. Also bottle episode. (posted Dec. 19, 2006) [full entry…]
bouma shape n. a word’s silhouette, recognizable form, or visual impression. (posted Sep. 3, 2004) [full entry…]
bounce box n. a container of supplies sent ahead to a series of stops by a cross-country hiker. (posted Jun. 14, 2007) [full entry…]
box office n. jocularly, the cockpit of an airplane piloted by a woman. (posted Jun. 27, 2007) [full entry…]
boy beater n. a ribbed white cotton tank top; a wife beater. (posted May. 11, 2004) [full entry…]
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