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royal adj. In Westmoreland where I was born, the word “royal” was used to describe mixed-race people, equating the African heritage with royalty. Thus there were Indian-Royals and Chinese-Royals. Though I didn’t hear anyone being referred to as White-Royal, a brown person’s wavy hair was described as “royal hair.”…If “royal” was synonymous to “African”, it is no wonder then that previous generations carried themselves with so much dignity. (Feb. 28, 2005) [full citation…]

rondo n. Rondos are condominium units, typically in higher-end buildings, that have been converted from rental apartments. (Feb. 27, 2005) [full citation…]

swole n. I just got finished with my second workout for the day. I’m on my path to “swole.” That’s the slang for getting muscular and cut. (Feb. 27, 2005) [full citation…]

Red P n. “The tweakers, they’re doing a red P cook,” said a local NMSP undercover agent in advance of the raid. “Tweaker” is slang for meth user. “Red P” is slang for red phosphorous, one of the precursors of a homemade brand of methamphetamine. (Feb. 27, 2005) [full citation…]

sponge n. A bodyboard, known in surfing slang as a “sponge,” is a form of surfboard consisting of a small roughly rectangular piece of foam, shaped to a hydrodynamic form. (Feb. 27, 2005) [full citation…]

rondo n. Mudd’s latest real estate entry discusses the merits and rising popularity of “rondos”—industry slang for rental apartments that are being converted to condos. (Feb. 27, 2005) [full citation…]

kick v. On Aug. 9, Jordan returned from class to find that someone had broken into his locker and stolen about $50 worth of food, cigarettes and personal hygiene items. He had had his locker “kicked”—broken into—before, but usually managed to retrieve his possessions by appealing to gang members’ OGs, the older “Original Gangsters” who supervise the criminal conduct of their young disciples. (Feb. 27, 2005) [full citation…]

OG n. He had had his locker “kicked”—broken into—before, but usually managed to retrieve his possessions by appealing to gang members’ OGs, the older “Original Gangsters” who supervise the criminal conduct of their young disciples.…“The proper procedure in prison is when you have a problem with a gangbanger, you talk to their OG,” he testified. “I’m trying to reason with the OGs…because I’m just one person. They just want to beat somebody up.” (Feb. 27, 2005) [full citation…]

yard dog n. The yard dogs—prison vernacular for guards—were already baying. Someone had issued a Signal 3, a man-down alert, and guards descended from all directions. (Feb. 27, 2005) [full citation…]

slush n. Nouveau mot à la mode dans le milieu automobile, certains matériaux sont slush dans la 159. Cela signifie que la finition est opaque et la sensation tactile agréable. Cette technologie de pointe de « slush moulding » offrira donc un aspect agréable au plastique de la planche de bord. (Feb. 27, 2005) [full citation…]

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