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abbaco n. In marked contrast to the Jesuits, Piarists taught in the vernacular, not Latin, and over philosophical mathematics they favoured “abbaco”, or mercantile arithmetic. (May. 23, 2004) [full citation…]

soapland n. It is the night life of Tokyo and Osaka that seems to propel Mr. Mezrich—the hostess clubs, “soaplands” and “sexual harassment clubs” in which Malcolm’s colleagues conduct so much of their business. Harassment clubs, one learns from the book, are stage sets of sorts—mock subway cars filled with young women dressed to look like schoolgirls where men pay for the right to chat and fondle. (May. 23, 2004) [full citation…]

harassment club n. It is the night life of Tokyo and Osaka that seems to propel Mr. Mezrich—the hostess clubs, “soaplands” and “sexual harassment clubs” in which Malcolm’s colleagues conduct so much of their business. Harassment clubs, one learns from the book, are stage sets of sorts—mock subway cars filled with young women dressed to look like schoolgirls where men pay for the right to chat and fondle. (May. 23, 2004) [full citation…]

funkdified adj. it was sorry..hopefully the no referrel party tomorro is better…after the gh-funkdified (GUH ~ FUNK ~ de ~ fied) which is ghetto + funkdified. (May. 21, 2004) [full citation…]

pink dollar n. The term “pink dollar” was coined in the 1990s to describe the affluence of many gay couples. (May. 21, 2004) [full citation…]

third-force marketing n. Essentially, what this “third-force marketing” does is encourage subscribers to spend more on their contracts by paying for calls made by third parties, who might not be able to afford them. (May. 21, 2004) [full citation…]

beng n. Last night saw a departure from the usual visits to our regular Wednesday night bengs (beng = colloquialism for a curry house). (May. 21, 2004) [full citation…]

spekky n. It’s graceful at times and something rather awesome about watching skills of the very top level of athlete—to watch Sampi soaring twice as high as any others of the giants on the ground to take a mark (spekky, in the local parlance) is somehow a wonder to behold (we were sitting just above Sampi’s head, right behind him in the photo!). (May. 21, 2004) [full citation…]

ABD adj. I managed to pass my oral qualifying exam, essentially the final hurdle before writing the actual dissertation. In the parlance of academia, this makes me “ABD” (All-But-Dissertation), which also puts me squarely in the position of looking for a full time job as most colleges and universities consider that final step of writing the dissertation as merely an afterthought. (May. 21, 2004) [full citation…]

pep n. The introduction of live vocals to the sound systems—which began innocently as just another way to top Dodd?s competition—started in 1956 when Downbeat’s Winston “Count” Machuki stepped out from behind his turntable and cracked jokes, recited slang and American jive, and peppered the records with vocal tics (called “peps”) that shared elements with beatboxing. (May. 21, 2004) [full citation…]

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