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  2. Shoobie - Wikipedia

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    Shoobie is a New Jersey, Delaware, and Southern California [citation needed] slang term for a tourist who visits the seashore for a day (a daytripper) or summer-only residents. Shoobie is used in the Southern New Jersey coast (along with other parts of the east coast), and resort towns in California.

  3. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    Water [4] african golf The game of craps or dice [4] air tight Very attractive [6] airedale Unattractive man [6] alarm clock Chaperone [6] alderman Man's pot-belly or simply a prominent belly of a man; see bay window [8] alibi Box of flowers or candy [6] alibi Ike One who excuses all his faults [4] all in Exhausted [4] all to the good ...

  4. Urban Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Urban Dictionary is a crowdsourced English-language online dictionary for slang words and phrases. The website was founded in 1999 by Aaron Peckham. Originally, Urban Dictionary was intended as a dictionary of slang or cultural words and phrases, not typically found in standard English dictionaries, but it is now used to define any word, event, or phrase (including sexually explicit content).

  5. Wright points to the Urban Dictionary definition of “giving life”: “To give something or someone life means to give it or them energy, validity or significance.”

  6. Glossary of Generation Z slang - Wikipedia

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    Dictionary.com implies that the origins for the two meanings had little to do with each other. [116] out of pocket To be crazy, wild, or extreme, sometimes to an extent that is considered too far. [3] [117] owned Used to refer to defeat in a video game, or domination of an opposition. Also less commonly used to describe defeat in sports.

  7. American English regional vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    Historically, a number of everyday words and expressions used to be characteristic of different dialect areas of the United States, especially the North, the Midland, and the South; many of these terms spread from their area of origin and came to be used throughout the nation. Today many people use these different words for the same object ...

  8. List of urban legends - Wikipedia

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    An urban legend, myth, or tale is a modern genre of folklore. It often consists of fictional stories associated with the macabre, superstitions, ghosts, demons, cryptids, extraterrestrials, creepypasta, and other fear generating narrative elements. Urban legends are often rooted in local history and popular culture

  9. What is pebbling? All about the love language inspired by ...

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    For some people — and penguins — love is all about the little things. If you demonstrate affection by sending memes, TikTok videos or trinkets, pebbling might be your love language ...