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slam draft n. It’s called “slam drafting,” and it has nothing to do with slamming draft beers every time Dale Earnhardt Jr. crosses the start-finish line. A slam draft is a more violent variation of the bump draft drivers use to give the car in front of them an aerodynamic push. Gordon said he was hit so hard during Saturday’s Budweiser Shootout that he started leaning his head back against the seat to avoid whiplash. (Feb. 17, 2005) [full citation…]

bossela n. Billy-boy had come across the song Mary Muir’s gettin’ a man’s bossela (sung on hen nights) while doing research on the mill workers of Stewarton for his series The Blue Bonnets for Radio Scotland.…“Yes, the Concise Scots Dictionary defines the word ‘boss’ as ‘a rounded prominence, a rounded mass, a tussock’. As I say, I do hope you can explain ‘bossela’ in a way more acceptable to mim-moothed modern urbanites, bit a doot it.” (Feb. 17, 2005) [full citation…]

widow n. Every senior official at the Holy See has a close group of collaborators whom he tries to take care of as best possible before he takes his leave. In common parlance, these are referred to as “widows.” The most famous, of course, are the gang of four aides to Giovanni Benelli who were quickly moved up the rungs before the Great Sostituto’s departure for Florence in 1974, a group known collectively as “the widows of Benelli. (Feb. 16, 2005) [full citation…]

brashwear n. Now that digital cameras and reality TV are making anyone famous for 15 seconds, there is an exploding market for “brashwear”—a new category that [Jennifer] Lopez personified—in this Sweetface collection that was a luxe version of her existing line. (Feb. 16, 2005) [full citation…]

cake n. J’apprends grâce à l’émission tracks que “cake’ veut dire “chatte’ en argot britannique, merci tracks d’enrichir mon vocabulaire; à la rentrée je vais me promener avec un t-shirt EAT MY CAKE, et dandiner de l’arrière-train devant michael, parce que oui je l’avoue malgré l’accent über-sexy de nick, je préfère michael, son cul est plus mignon. (Feb. 15, 2005) [full citation…]

sergebutt n.

Well, I have to admit, that during my stay at A&M, we were much like the
sips now, we were estactic to get a win over the bovines. It made our year!
We beat them during my sergebutt year.

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pisshead n. Pissheads—Pissheads are the sophomores. Their main function is to train the Fish. Again, I don’t know where the name came from. As the enforcers, Pissheads are generally disliked by the Fish. (Feb. 15, 2005) [full citation…]

sergebutt n. Sergebutts—Sergebutts, or just “butts,” are the Juniors. The name came from their uniforms. In the past, although it is no longer true, the uniforms worn by the underclasses were different than those worn by the upperclasses. When one became a junior, one first began to wear a uniform where the pants had extra material above the belt in the back. As with every Aggie tradition, I’m sure that there are conflicting histories as to their source, but this is the one that I heard. (Feb. 15, 2005) [full citation…]

duggy adj. Five years ago, he heard the word “duggy” (rhymes with buggy), used to describe someone who was very cool and well-dressed. He told the boy using the word he had never heard it. “That’s because you’re not from the West Side,” the boy told him. This year the word came up again, spelled “Doug E,” defined as someone who is very clean and crisp, but this time no one could pin it down geographically. (Feb. 15, 2005) [full citation…]

Doug E. adj. Five years ago, he heard the word “duggy” (rhymes with buggy), used to describe someone who was very cool and well-dressed. He told the boy using the word he had never heard it. “That’s because you’re not from the West Side,” the boy told him. This year the word came up again, spelled “Doug E,” defined as someone who is very clean and crisp, but this time no one could pin it down geographically. (Feb. 15, 2005) [full citation…]

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