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Redneck Riviera n. But even the patience of this good-natured woman grew thin during her honeymoon on Florida’s Emerald Coast, also known as the “Redneck Riviera.” (Jun. 11, 2006) [full citation…]

celebrity colonialism n. This Western security force is not a US or European army plundering Namibia’s natural resources or threatening to topple its government. It is the security entourage of one Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, the celebrity couple better known for living it up in LA than slumming it in Namibia. They reportedly wanted their first child to be born in Namibia because the country is “the cradle of human kind” and it would be a “special” experience…. And it seems that no security measure is too stringent in the name of making Ms Jolie feel special. Welcome to the new celebrity colonialism. (Jun. 11, 2006) [full citation…]

swan n. Jemerson also said that Thompkins made black women work longer hours, referring to them as “ducks” because they did not make as much money as white hookers, who were called “swans.” Jemerson, who grew up in Paterson, said sometimes she would work the streets for 18 hours a day while others worked for 12 hours. (Jun. 10, 2006) [full citation…]

duck n. Jemerson also said that Thompkins made black women work longer hours, referring to them as “ducks” because they did not make as much money as white hookers, who were called “swans.” Jemerson, who grew up in Paterson, said sometimes she would work the streets for 18 hours a day while others worked for 12 hours. (Jun. 10, 2006) [full citation…]

hool n. South Africa has no laws similar to Germany’s outlawing the display of racist symbols such as the swastika, but Fifa president Sepp Blatter has held the ultimate threat over the heads of the “hools,” as they call themselves: if your country’s fans engage in racist displays or attacks, your national team could be disqualified. (Jun. 10, 2006) [full citation…]

SOM n. African-American gang members, police say, have been robbing and beating Latino residents in the streets, usually as they make their way home from work late at night. “They refer to it as “sock on Mexicans,’” Perez said. “They’ll say, ‘Hey, let’s go do an S.O.M.’” (Jun. 10, 2006) [full citation…]

BOG n. That group which included Ressam became known in the halls of CSIS as B.O.G., an acronym for “Bunch of Guys”—a group of seemingly hapless petty criminals full of bravado and anti-Western views, but not much else. (Jun. 10, 2006) [full citation…]

band fiction n. Like any other literary art form, band fiction is not limited to one “type” of story. You will, however, commonly hear stories referred to as “het” or “slash,” terms borrowed from the world of media-based fan fiction. In het stories, the rock star falls in love with (or just has lusty sex with) an original female character—or his real-life wife or girlfriend. The term “slash’ applies to stories where a canonically straight character is paired off with a member of the same sex—homoerotic stories, in other words, or at least stories with homoerotic tensions running through them. (Jun. 10, 2006) [full citation…]

crack n. He is, though, the best hope to become what Argentines refer to as un crack. This is slang for the type of player able to chance the course of a game with a stylish incision, or produce a goal from nothing. Some contend they have not had this type of player since Diego Maradona’s last fling in the 1994 World Cup. (Jun. 10, 2006) [full citation…]

twobicle n. The £1m Priory has opened in the centre of St Neots and comes complete with Cambridgeshire’s first ever “twobicle.” The “twobicle or “dubicle” is a cubicle designed for two women “so that they can continue their conversations while answering the call of nature.” (Jun. 9, 2006) [full citation…]

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