Double-Tongued Dictionary Recent Citations

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green n. He said he had some “green,” vernacular for marijuana, and 8.2 grams were found in his pocket. (Feb. 6, 2005) [full citation…]

QP n. “Yo, yo, can you get me a QP [quarter-pound]?” the deputy replies. In his excitement, the undercover officer has made an outlandish request. Not a dime bag, not an ounce. A quarter-pound. Detectives keeping watch over him start laughing. Now they’re sure his cover is blown. (Feb. 6, 2005) [full citation…]

trees n. The kid wants marijuana. “You wanna get some trees, yo?” the kid asks. (Feb. 6, 2005) [full citation…]

coy dog n. The predator may be a coy dog, which is a mix between a coyote and a larger dog. (Feb. 4, 2005) [full citation…]

heck of n. He’d be heck of drunk and hung over and just cold pass out without even hanging the phone up. (Feb. 4, 2005) [full citation…]

slash v. Who on LJ would you ship me with? Who on LJ would you slash me with? What celebrity would you ship me with? What celebrity would you slash me with? What real life friend would you ship me with (if you know any names)? What real life friend would you slash me with (if you know any names)? If you were slang impaired like I was Ship=Pairing me up romantically Slash=same thing but gay like same sex yeah (Feb. 4, 2005) [full citation…]

ship v. Who on LJ would you ship me with? Who on LJ would you slash me with? What celebrity would you ship me with? What celebrity would you slash me with? What real life friend would you ship me with (if you know any names)? What real life friend would you slash me with (if you know any names)? If you were slang impaired like I was Ship=Pairing me up romantically Slash=same thing but gay like same sex yeah (Feb. 4, 2005) [full citation…]

nagivator n. After digging around the Amazing Race web site, I discovered that the crew calls the person who sits in the backseat with the map the “nagivator” because they’re constantly nagging the driver. Heh. (Feb. 4, 2005) [full citation…]

yalla n. “Yalla, yalla!” (-Term in arabic. Meaning: “Come on! Let’s go! Hurry!” -In local slang: “Yalla” = “bling,” “foreign-ness,” often assigned to an area with special “yalla”-characteristics, or used about those areas’ (the eastside’s) teenage gangs, like in: “…man, did you meet that fuckin yalla-gang over there? they stole my mobile,man!”-The word can also have positive connotations, as something with attitude, cool, quirky in a foreign way…I think this vignette has got “yalla”!:) (Feb. 4, 2005) [full citation…]

Lenny Skutnik n. Every president since has used the device—planting people in the audience to illustrate a key point in the speech—to the extent that speechwriters now use the term “Lenny Skutniks” as slang for any such person used to make a predetermined point. (Feb. 4, 2005) [full citation…]

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