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postage n. Deloe said she heard a voice she believed was that of Benintend, known to her as “White Mike,” talking on the phone, demanding “postage”a street term for drugs or money. (Jun. 4, 2004) [full citation…]

rock v. Rauls testified that mentions of “rocking” and white powder referred to converting cocaine into its rock form of crack. (Jun. 4, 2004) [full citation…]

ras klaat n. “Ras clat” is actually “arse cloth” or “ass cloth,” i.e. early toilet paper. The “clat” in “bumba,” “blood,” or “p*ssy” “clat” is cloth also, it doesn’t necessarily mean a used one, it just means the cloth that woman used (and some still do) as a pad before disposable things were available. (Jun. 3, 2004) [full citation…]

Lisbonize n. Nothing daunted, Mario Monti, Romano Prodi and representatives of the social partners—business groups and trades unions—are calling for action on the Lisbon agenda. Most of the action is to be on the budget or as it is known in Brussels parlance financial perspectives, which according to Monti, must be “Lisbonized.” (To be fair, he did admit this was an ugly word.) (Jun. 3, 2004) [full citation…]

TOK n. Originalmente el acrónimo TOK se tomó de la frase “Touch of Klass,” pero años más tarde tomó diferentes significados como “Taking Over Kingston” (Arrasando Kingston), o “To Klaat” (algo así como de p… madre en argot jamaicano) o cualquier significado que las creativas mentes de estos muchachos le puedan dar. (Jun. 3, 2004) [full citation…]

encajuelados n. Cadavers found wrapped in blankets are “encobijados,” the stuffed-into-blanket ones; “enteipados” are the taped-up ones; those stuffed into trunks are “encajuelados”; or if no prints can be tolerated, the victim is “incinerado” in the interior of a car. (Jun. 3, 2004) [full citation…]

enteipados n. Cadavers found wrapped in blankets are “encobijados,” the stuffed-into-blanket ones; “enteipados” are the taped-up ones; those stuffed into trunks are “encajuelados”; or if no prints can be tolerated, the victim is “incinerado” in the interior of a car. (Jun. 3, 2004) [full citation…]

water boarding n. There’s what I call the WaterHood, also known as “water boarding’ or the “watercure,” where interrogators shove a prisoner’s head in abarrel of water and make him think he’s drowning. Actually, heis drowning; they just save him from death at the lastsecond (if all goes well). (Jun. 3, 2004) [full citation…]

A-story n. The A-story, as they call it in the TV biz, concerns Tom’s efforts to interview and then assist Crazy Benny, the tire guy, who insanely slashes prices to the bone. (Jun. 3, 2004) [full citation…]

cope up v. So the desiway of saying “cope with’ is “cope up with,” something that phorenstudents now take as a given. (Jun. 3, 2004) [full citation…]

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