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  2. Duck and cover - Wikipedia

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    "Duck and cover" is a method of personal protection against the effects of a nuclear explosion. Ducking and covering is useful in offering a degree of protection to personnel located outside the radius of the nuclear fireball but still within sufficient range of the nuclear explosion that standing upright and uncovered is likely to cause ...

  3. Template:POTD/2025-01-02 - Wikipedia

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    Duck and Cover is a 1951 American civil-defense animated and live-action social guidance film, directed by Anthony Rizzo. Often characterized as propaganda , it has similar themes to more adult-oriented civil-defense training films.

  4. Urban Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Urban Dictionary Screenshot Screenshot of Urban Dictionary front page (2018) Type of site Dictionary Available in English Owner Aaron Peckham Created by Aaron Peckham URL urbandictionary.com Launched December 9, 1999 ; 25 years ago (1999-12-09) Current status Active Urban Dictionary is a crowdsourced English-language online dictionary for slang words and phrases. The website was founded in ...

  5. 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. [110] out of pocket To be crazy, wild, or extreme, sometimes to an extent that is considered too far. [3] [111] owned Used to refer to defeat in a video game, or domination of an opposition. Also less commonly used to describe defeat in sports.

  6. List of CB slang - Wikipedia

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    Police needed at _____. (In the trucking-themed movie Smokey and the Bandit, a character jokingly plays off this usage, saying that 10-100 is better than 10-200, meaning that 10-100 was peeing and 10-200 was doing a #2). 20 Abbreviation of "10-20." Affirmative Yes. [6] Alabama chrome Duct tape. Alligator station

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

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    Notes Works cited References External links 0-9 S.S. Kresge Lunch Counter and Soda Fountain, about 1920 86 Main article: 86 1. Soda-counter term meaning an item was no longer available 2. "Eighty-six" means to discard, eliminate, or deny service A abe's cabe 1. Five dollar bill 2. See fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck absent treatment Engaging in dance with a cautious partner ab-so-lute-ly ...

  8. File:Duck And Cover (1951) Bert The Turtle.webm - Wikipedia

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    English: Duck and Cover is a famous civil defense film for children in which Bert the Turtle shows what to do in case of atomic attack. Français : Duck and Cover (Plonge et couvre-toi !) est un court métrage de propagande américain de 1951 destiné aux enfants en leur apprenant ce qu'il fallait faire en cas d'attaque nucléaire.

  9. File:Duck and Cover (1951).webm - Wikipedia

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    This work is based on a work in the public domain.It has been digitally enhanced and/or modified. This derivative work has been (or is hereby) released into the public domain by its author, hinnk.