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tampon n. Grube found a message from the kid’s girlfriend that read “I need a tampon!” Since “tampon” is also slang for a big, fat joint, Grube immediately deduced that the kid was possibly a secret drug dealer! (May. 4, 2004) [full citation…]

fi n. Also, maybe I should keep a slang dictionary on hand for words like “crunk” and “fi.” (May. 4, 2004) [full citation…]

sorted adj. What was even worse was witnessing the constant denial by single gay men that their lives were anything other than FAB, GREAT, and in today’s kiddie parlance, HAPPY, SANE and SORTED. (May. 4, 2004) [full citation…]

igobe n. He has coined another phrase comparing what is happening within the Parliamentary Advocacy Forum (PAFO) to igobe (Runyankore-Rukiga for dogs on heat). “You see when dogs are in igobe, they cease reasoning. They sometimes move into the road, totally oblivious of traffic. These people are busy pulling each other into the road and the Movement bus is coming hooting. If they do not move out, it will obviously crush them. (May. 4, 2004) [full citation…]

kroni n. This does not explain why the government itself introduced new words like Bajet, for “Budget,” into the Malay language, when the word Belanjawan was once commonly used. And thanks to political developments in the region, a host of other borrowed words like kroni (crony), nepotisme (nepotism) and even konsentrasi (concentration) have also been introduced. (May. 4, 2004) [full citation…]

konsentrasi n. This does not explain why the government itself introduced new words like Bajet, for ‘Budget’, into the Malay language, when the word Belanjawan was once commonly used. And thanks to political developments in the region, a host of other borrowed words like kroni (crony), nepotisme (nepotism) and even konsentrasi (concentration) have also been introduced. (May. 4, 2004) [full citation…]

riggidy adj. slang help needed: i’m looking for the correct spelling and pronounciation of a word my friend called me. it’s bay area slang and means something like a person who’s kind of spiritual and down to earth yet also really likes america and is grateful for our freedoms. he says it’s “riggidy” or something like that, but he’s only ever heard it aurally. i think it must be “riginy,"or something similar, and be some type of derivitive of aboriginy or original or something like that. (May. 2, 2004) [full citation…]

riginy adj. slang help needed: i’m looking for the correct spelling and pronounciation of a word my friend called me. it’s bay area slang and means something like a person who’s kind of spiritual and down to earth yet also really likes america and is grateful for our freedoms. he says it’s “riggidy” or something like that, but he’s only ever heard it aurally. i think it must be “riginy,"or something similar, and be some type of derivitive of aboriginy or original or something like that. (May. 2, 2004) [full citation…]

riggidy adj. Chet stopped writing on his form. “What? I don’t bet in God’s house, Bela. He plays a rigged game anyways. Bingo, my ass—that’s for them old fools in Miami dyin’ in the homes. Shit, I ain’t that riggidy yet, Bels. Sixty-odd maybe, but I ain’t no riggidy!” (May. 2, 2004) [full citation…]

de facto n. One’s unmarried partner is referred to as the de facto husband or wife by some authorities. This has passed into Australian casual usage, in contrast to other English-speaking countries, as the slang term defacto to refer to one’s significant other. e.g. “This is my defacto, Rachael”. This is equivalent to the term common-law husband or wife in other countries of the British Commonwealth and in the U.S. (May. 2, 2004) [full citation…]

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