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emailear v. In the firing line are such phrases as lonche (lunch), muy nice, el bus stop, emailear (to e-mail) and even el zip code. (Oct. 15, 2004) [full citation…]

lonche n. In the firing line are such phrases as lonche (lunch), muy nice, el bus stop, emailear (to e-mail) and even el zip code. (Oct. 15, 2004) [full citation…]

El carrito de San Fernando n. El carrito de San Fernando, un ratico a pie y otro caminando. (San Fernando’s car, a little bit on foot and a little bit walking.) A popular way of saying that you got someplace by walkin (Oct. 15, 2004) [full citation…]

joning n. When you making fun of somebody my part of MS (The Delta) we’d say that cutting somebody up, but in other parts they say Joning. (Oct. 14, 2004) [full citation…]

get up v. Got up with…To meet with rendevous. (Oct. 14, 2004) [full citation…]

lump n. There’s a cult out there that claims that some babies are just far more demanding than others. That randomly people get babies who refuse to sleep, refuse to go out in public, refuse to try new food, and refuse to ride in the car. These children spend their days and nights screaming their heads off unless they are getting 1 on 1 attention at all times. Mothers of these kids have organized blogs and support groups on the net, where they get together and comiserate. They even developed slang, where they refer to “normal” babies, as “lumps.“ You know… they’re just a lump. You can carry them around anywhere. (Oct. 14, 2004) [full citation…]

Lysenkoism n. When politicians dictate science, government becomes entangled in its own deceptions, and eventually the social order decays in a compost of lies. Society, having abandoned the scientific method, loses its empirical referent, and truth becomes relative. This is a serious affliction known as Lysenkoism. Trofim Lysenko was Joseph Stalin’s top stooge in Soviet agricultural science, a field that was mercilessly politicized by fanatics. (Oct. 12, 2004) [full citation…]

QSQT n. “After the economic reforms, the com[p]etition is far greater, and like the west, there is pressure for every quarter’s results…“ “The QSQT phenomena as they call it, quarter se, quarter tak.“ “Absolutely. Without profits we have no right to exist, so I’m not against profits. But that’s not the only thing.“ (Oct. 12, 2004) [full citation…]

quarter se, quarter tak n. “After the economic reforms, the com[p]etition is far greater, and like the west, there is pressure for every quarter’s results…“ “The QSQT phenomena as they call it, quarter se, quarter tak.“ “Absolutely. Without profits we have no right to exist, so I’m not against profits. But that’s not the only thing.“ (Oct. 12, 2004) [full citation…]

bones n. We tried to walk to find some place to eat with no luck, but someone did try to sell us pot or “bones” as they called it. (Oct. 10, 2004) [full citation…]

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