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[jessie] {n.} An effeminate man or one that is weak or […]

[ned] {n.} (Scottish) a lout, a drunken brawling fellow, a tough. […]

[spawny] {adj.} Lucky (possibly from the Scottish game, Spawnie).

[tube] {n.} 1. The London Underground (19th C. Originally 'Tuppeny tube'). […]

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(1876-1958) U.S. inventorindustrialist You can be sincere and still be stupid.

[rgr] "Roger" aka "affirmative" or "10-4", radio talk; "Roger that", meaning "message acknowledged".

[banana oil] {n.}, {slang} Flattery that is an obvious exaggeration; statements that are obviously made with an ulterior […]

[over the top] {adv. phr.} 1. Out of the trenches and against the enemy. * /The plan was to spend the night in the trenches […]

Beat your child once a day. If you don't know why, the child does.

[to foul one's own nest] {v. phr.} To compromise unintentionally one's own interests by sharing private information […]

[slap-head] {n.} {adj.} A bald man.

[Generica] Fast food joints, strip malls, sub-divisions as in "we were so lost in generica that I couldn't remember what city […]