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

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    A member of a crew responsible for attaching rails to ties, often called a section hand or track laborer [187] gashouse rough [20] gas station. Main article: Filling station. Place that sells gasoline; term was coined in 1925 [188] gasper. Main article: Cigarette. Cigarette [20] gat. Main article: Firearm. Pistol, Hand gun; see roscoe [48 ...

  3. Glossary of American terms not widely used in the United ...

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    a Spanish term for a ... [203] any group of people with members from both genders (e.g., "My ... first-year student in college or high school (fresher in UK ...

  4. Old-School Slang Words That Really Deserve a Comeback

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    6. Hoosegow. Used to describe: Jail or prison Coming from the Spanish word "juzgado" which means court of justice, hoosegow was a term used around the turn of the last century to describe a place ...

  5. Board of education - Wikipedia

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    A Meeting of the School Trustees by Robert Harris. A board of education, school committee or school board is the board of directors or board of trustees of a school, local school district or an equivalent institution. [1] [2] [3] The elected council determines the educational policy in a small regional area, such as a city, county, state, or ...

  6. No 'rizz': School accused of banning Gen Alpha slang

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    A teacher in a school district near the Nebraska border is being accused of banning the word short for charisma along with over two dozen slang words popular among Gen Alpha — kids born after 2009.

  7. National School Boards Association - Wikipedia

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    The National School Boards Association (NSBA) is a nonprofit educational organization operating as a federation of state associations of school boards across the United States. Founded in 1940, NSBA represents state school boards associations and their more than 90,000 local school board members.

  8. Washington D.C. Slang - AOL

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    Getty Images It's no wonder that much of Washington, D.C. and its slang have roots in the world of politics. While some of D.C.'s local lingo has made it to citizens "outside the Beltway" via ...

  9. Category:School board members - Wikipedia

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    Members of school boards — elected local, regional, or state/province-wide school board members. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.