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crotchfruit n. a child; children. (posted Nov. 11, 2005) [full entry…]
crunk adj. good, fine, phat. (posted May. 13, 2004) [full entry…]
cuddie n. used vocatively, friend or pal; homie, cuz. (posted Nov. 11, 2004) [full entry…]
cupcake v. to compete or win with little effort. (posted Apr. 4, 2006) [full entry…]
dance of the lemons n. the repeated reassignment of bad teachers to different classes or schools. (posted Oct. 7, 2005) [full entry…]
data Valdez n. an accidental release of a large quantity of private or privileged information. (posted Aug. 15, 2006) [full entry…]
DATY n. dining at the Y; cunnilingus. (posted Sep. 22, 2005) [full entry…]
dead man’s switch n. especially in railroad usage, a safety device meant to stop or slow a vehicle or machine if its operator releases the controls. Also dead man’s handle, dead man’s brake, dead man’s lever, dead man’s pedal. (posted Jul. 5, 2007) [full entry…]
death cookie n. especially in skiing, a chunk or clump of ice that makes a sport difficult. (posted Oct. 19, 2006) [full entry…]
deve n. a coerced payment; “protection” money. (posted Jun. 8, 2004) [full entry…]
diesel therapy n. the continuous or unnecessary transport of a prisoner from place to place, especially as a form of reprimand or punishment, but also as a result of bureaucratic mistakes. (posted Oct. 20, 2005) [full entry…]
digiroid n. a test photograph taken with a cheap digital camera before a more expensive or complicated one is used. (posted Nov. 7, 2006) [full entry…]
dinosaur wine n. petroleum or its derivatives. (posted Aug. 1, 2006) [full entry…]
do-me queen n. a selfish, submissive sexual partner, especially in a male homosexual relationship. (posted Mar. 8, 2005) [full entry…]
doosra n. a cricket delivery bowled in such as way as to spin away from right-handed batsmen. (posted Jun. 3, 2004) [full entry…]

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