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tajaki n. Graziano has been praised for working to bring together the school and community with local partnerships and areawide events. Three years ago, he introduced a concept called Tajaki, which is a Swahili word that means “education, community, village.” Out of that, Graziano began a program that has every student write a personal interest plan, or PIP, at the beginning of each year outlining what they see as their strengths, weaknesses and goals. (Jan. 27, 2005) [full citation…]

thrash v. British soldiers were ordered by their commanding officer to “thrash” Iraqi civilians rounded up in an anti-looting operation, a court martial in Germany was told yesterday. In military slang, thrash means strenuous physical exercise or putting someone through their paces. (Jan. 27, 2005) [full citation…]

lizzie mooching n. Of late some of the wandering fraternity have take to “lizzie mooching,” a phrase used to describe the technique of the erstwhile ‘bo who travels in a dilapidated car, panhandling food and gas along the road. (Jan. 26, 2005) [full citation…]

ding n. Ding is slang among law school applicants for a rejection. I just got a half-ding from University of Pittsburgh. I got put on hold, which basically means that I’m not a complete reject but i’m not a shoe-in either. (Jan. 25, 2005) [full citation…]

hogi n. Some of the Hogi shops (hogi being slang for indian/kuwaitian) here have some kewl items. (Jan. 25, 2005) [full citation…]

saddenly n. Saddenly, the guy who played Tackleberry, David Graff, wont be in it. He died last year. (Jan. 25, 2005) [full citation…]

quarterbaked adj. “Quarterbaked” was coined after the horrendous tan i picked up during my stint in Rajkot and Ahmedabad. 2004 saw a cat n mouse game between my real complexion and my quarterbaked self, as i travelled from venue to venue. The final result is now a mixture of what i call “Quarterbaked.” (Jan. 25, 2005) [full citation…]

SK n. Then there’s the name. “Sauerkraut,” which literally means “sour cabbage,” just doesn’t sound seductive. When it comes to foul-sounding food names, perhaps only “liverwurst” comes close. Lindsay Kahn of BIGfrontier Communications, which is handling the National Sexy Sauerkraut Campaign for the Fremont company, admits this defect. “That’s why we in the office call it SK,” she says. (Jan. 25, 2005) [full citation…]

railbelt n. The railbelt grid serves about 75 percent of Alaska’s population and is responsible for about 85 percent of the electricity generated in the state, according to a 2003 report by a task force commissioned by the Legislature. (Jan. 24, 2005) [full citation…]

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…]

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