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Thursday, October 18, 2007

Paycheck game, pull, deconstruction

Recent interesting catchwords from the Double-Tongued Dictionary are:

paycheck game n. in American college football, a sporting competition between a strong, favored team and a lower-caliber team (usually from another conference), for which the favored team pays the underdog a substantial fee. Also called a bodybag game or a cupcake game.

pull v. to participate in an arm-wrestling contest.

deconstruction n. the re-use of discarded or dismantled building materials in home construction.

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