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Redemption for cash of gambling counters at the end of a game. Catching the bus [6] To commit suicide. Slang. Originated from the Usenet newsgroup alt.suicide.holiday. Charon. Ferryman of Hades. Neutral. Crosses the rivers Styx and Acheron which divide the world of the living from the world of the dead.
bottle of spirits ("a fifth of bourbon"), traditionally 1/5 of a US gallon, now the metric near-equivalent of 750 mL. to "plead the Fifth (Amendment)", i.e. refuse to testify against oneself in an incriminating manner. filth. (the filth) the police (derogatory slang) dirt, disgusting substance. obscene material.
The law includes an exception for commercial purposes. The term commercial purpose is defined to mean any use other than for the production of consumer products containing volatile alkyl nitrites meant for inhaling or otherwise introducing volatile alkyl nitrites into the human body for euphoric or physical effects. [16]
The following is a list of slang that is used or popularized by Generation Z (Gen Z), generally those born between the late 1990s and early 2010s in the Western world. Generation Z slang differs from slang of prior generations. [1] [2] Ease of communication with the Internet facilitated the rapid proliferation of Gen Z slang. [2] [3] [4]
Remote Control. Your TV remote is likely packed with more nasties than you'd expect and 20 times dirtier than your toilet, according to a study that analyzed bacteria, yeast, and mold on household ...
Iron-on sheets, chalkboard stickers, colorful pens and markers are just $.50 each. Grab bags of assorted stickers, decorative paper, stencils, coloring books, cling decals, and more to provide ...
Other slang dictionaries confirm this definition. [7] [8] [6] The address of Chumley's—86 Bedford Street, West Village—is one of several origin stories of the term. There are many theories about the origin of the term but none is certain. It seems to have originated in the 1920s or 1930s. [citation needed] Possible origins include: Rhyming ...
It was the No. 1 slang word used by teens in 2023, according to a survey of more than 600 parents by the language learning platform Preply. In the survey, 62% of parents said "sus" is the most ...