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hierarchical dualism n. While English teachers regularly deal with disadvantaged groups in the classroom, homosexuality and AIDS were largely ignored. To remedy this situation, she said (in the jargon much loved by educrats): “I am proposing that this new form of hierarchical dualism can and should be resisted and challenged.” (Jun. 7, 2004) [full citation…]

hash n. I served as a boatswains mate aboard the USS Yorktown from 1964-68. We called our underwear “skivvies” and the hard to wash out parts on laundry day were called “hash marks” (After the stripes on uniform sleeves denoting time in service, which are also called this.) (Jun. 7, 2004) [full citation…]

hash n. They asked me for cum-stained sheets, bloody or hash stained underwear, whips or paddles with his DNA still attached. (Jun. 7, 2004) [full citation…]

bishojo n. Sadly, in these sims—also known as bishojo (Japanese for “pretty girl”) games—the balance between tedium and delight is firmly tilted toward boredom. (Jun. 7, 2004) [full citation…]

chop sticks v. The practice is called “chopping sticks.”…Once a week policemen head out to a construction site, round up 15 or 20 people for possession of false documents, and—presto!—he has chopped enough sticks to meet his quota. (Jun. 5, 2004) [full citation…]

procrastiner v. Il y a des néologismes que j’utilise tout le temps dans mon idiolecte aliéné par l’impérialisme de notre nouvelle Koiné anglo-normande, notamment du franglais (“procrastiner” est mon favori, je peux le dire trois fois par jour). (Jun. 5, 2004) [full citation…]

yawncounter n. His subordinates happen to be a trigger-happy yawncounter specialist (Suniel Shetty often mumbling a dialect that needs subtitles), an overaged dialogue baazigar (Shatrughan Sinha, yelling his trademark “Khamosh!” just in case you’ve forgotten). (Jun. 5, 2004) [full citation…]

option three n. Since leaving Oxford, Hamilton-Paterson had continued to write poetry, and in 1974 he published Option Three (former White House jargon for “compromise”). (Jun. 4, 2004) [full citation…]

strawberry n. Sounding like Sybil, she says has a lot of “different characters who live within” her. “The most sexual [and] wildest” she’s nicknamed “Strawberry,” the street term for a prostitute who sleeps with pimps. “She likes it rough.” (Jun. 4, 2004) [full citation…]

zafu n. The bathroom is our meditation place. It acts as a Dojo (Japanese word for the place where Zen meditation is done) and the toilet is our Zafu (Japanese for the black cotton cushion used in Zen meditation). (Jun. 4, 2004) [full citation…]

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