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crash v. The senior resident yelled that we would have to “crash” her—medical parlance for an emergency caesarean section. (Jan. 24, 2005) [full citation…]

turn blue v. I got caught playing the expectations game on two fronts the past week…one of them was work where I decided (some geek friends of mine will shudder) …to apply for a full time Microsoft position…since my boss wanted me to convert from a contractor…or in MSFT geek parlance…turn blue…I wonder…is that what color you take on when the oxygen gets sucked out of your body? (Jan. 24, 2005) [full citation…]

kosh n. He was put on all kinds of tranquillisers—“liquid kosh,” in Deborah’s words. (Jan. 24, 2005) [full citation…]

helicopter parents n.pl. When their babies go off to college, some parents are unable to deal with the empty nest. One of the names applied to them is “helicopter parents,” who hover over campus and their children—mostly during their freshman year. (Jan. 23, 2005) [full citation…]

vamping n. COWBOY—A quick bath using little water. Based on the premise that cowboys hardly bathed and did so sparingly. To “sponge” off. Ah know some of you all take this while running late for a class. Ah hope yuh doh still be VAMPIN’(smelly)! (Jan. 23, 2005) [full citation…]

scrunting n. SCRUNTIN’—Penniless, BROKES. (Jan. 23, 2005) [full citation…]

cowboy n. COWBOY—A quick bath using little water. Based on the premise that cowboys hardly bathed and did so sparingly. To “sponge” off. Ah know some of you all take this while running late for a class. Ah hope yuh doh still be VAMPIN’(smelly)! (Jan. 23, 2005) [full citation…]

phfod n. You have new words such as “Phfod,” “nutraceuticals” and the ultimate, “nutrigenomics” scientists are saying that if you can identify a person’s DNA, you can develop a diet that is unique to that person’s DNA. (Jan. 23, 2005) [full citation…]

Plumb Country n. Young George Bush grew up in the dusty streets of West Texas [ Plumb Country ] as they say in West Texas. (Jan. 23, 2005) [full citation…]

peanut pill n. A controversial euthanasia campaigner nicknamed Dr Death is to run suicide seminars in Australia where people will learn how to make their own “death tablet.” Dr Philip Nitschke says that the so-called Peanut Pill—named after a slang term for barbiturates—will be “more reliable and far more effective” than other methods of suicide. (Jan. 23, 2005) [full citation…]

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