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  2. Ten-code - Wikipedia

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    Ten-codes, especially "10-4" (meaning "understood") first reached public recognition in the mid- to late-1950s through the television series Highway Patrol, with Broderick Crawford.

  3. Origin story - Wikipedia

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    In fiction, an origin story is an account or backstory revealing how a character or group of people become a protagonist or antagonist. In American comic books , it also refers to how characters gained their superpowers and/or the circumstances under which they became superheroes or supervillains .

  4. 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

  5. List of common false etymologies of English words - Wikipedia

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    [9] [10] [11] Shit: The word "shit" did not originate as an acronym for "Ship High in Transit", a label falsely said to have been used on shipments of manure to prevent them from becoming waterlogged and releasing explosive methane gas. [8] [12] The word comes from Old English scitte, and is of Proto-Germanic origin. [13] [14]

  6. 25 or 6 to 4 - Wikipedia

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    "25 or 6 to 4" is a song written by American musician Robert Lamm, one of the founding members of the band Chicago. It was recorded in August 1969 for their second album, Chicago , with Peter Cetera on lead vocals, [ 1 ] and released as a single in June 1970.

  7. What does 4/20 mean? Origin, celebrations, and ... - AOL

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    While 4/20 is widely used in common vernacular in reference to the date of the event, it also relates to the origin of the observance, the history of which can be traced back to the early 1970s in ...

  8. Origin myth - Wikipedia

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    An origin myth is a type of myth that explains the beginnings of a natural or social aspect of the world. Creation myths are a type of origin myth narrating the formation of the universe. However, numerous cultures have stories that take place after the initial origin.

  9. What's the Elf on the Shelf story? Here's how the beloved ...

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    Elf on the Shelf today . In what is likely one of the most successful self-publishing stories of all time, more than 17.5 million Scout Elves have been adopted around the world since their debut.