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  2. List of disability-related terms with negative connotations

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    Lame: In reference to difficulty walking or moving. The term has since been adopted into urban slang to generally refer to something or someone as "meaningless" or "without worth", e.g. "He told us a lame excuse for why he had not done the work." [6] [21] [22] Losing one's mind [25] Losing / Lost one's marbles [citation needed]

  3. The dog ate my homework - Wikipedia

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    The excuse for the brevity of the document did not become the punchline for another 18 years. The first use of the phrase recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary was in 1929, in an essay in the British newspaper The Guardian: "It is a long time since I have had the excuse about the dog tearing up the arithmetic homework." This suggests it had ...

  4. Glossary of Generation Z slang - Wikipedia

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    Believed to be a variation of another word such as "jeez", "Jesus", or "shit". First used in 1955 as a word to express "disappointment, annoyance or surprise". [30] [135] [136] shook To be shocked, surprised, or bothered. Became prominent in hip-hop starting in the 1990s, when it began to be used as a standalone adjective for uncontrollable ...

  5. Randolph calls reasons for losing STA hockey job 'lame excuses'

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    Mike Randolph, a state champion as a boys hockey coach and a coaching Hall of Famer, is between jobs after St. Thomas Academy chose not to renew his one-year contract for the 2024-25 season. "I'll ...

  6. Kamala Harris roasted for ‘word salad’ advice to LA fire ...

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    Kamala Harris roasted for ‘word salad’ advice to LA fire victims as lame-duck VP winds down term: ‘Classic Kamala’

  7. Kamala Harris adviser Keisha Lance Bottoms offers lame excuse ...

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    Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms argued Friday that the reason Vice President Kamala Harris has done so few media interviews is because she’s “very busy.”. Harris, 59, is on pace to ...

  8. Lame duck (politics) - Wikipedia

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    Lame duck politicians result from term limits, planned retirement, or electoral losses, and are especially noticeable where political systems build in a delay between the announcement of results and the taking of office by election winners. Even at the local level, politicians who do not seek re-election can lose credibility and influence.

  9. One in Five Late to Work Every Week, Lame Excuses Given - AOL

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