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adjective
- uptight, stingy, conservative; "by the book".
Quit being so anal retentive!
Last edited on Jan 03 2013. Submitted by Tom from Carlsbad, CA 92008, USA
on Mar 08 2003.
- uncompromising, strict.
The professor is so anal about the rules.
Last edited on Jan 03 2013. Submitted by James W. from Waterloo, ON, Canada
on May 11 2003.
- compulsive or very picky about doing things a certain way.
My boyfriend is really anal about his car.
She's anal about her clothes.
Last edited on Jan 03 2013. Submitted by Anabel L. from West Covina, CA, USA
on Mar 10 2006.
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intensifier
- used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount. Can also be used by itself or in response to someone. Also and a quarter.
Man, I've got a cold and a half.
Speaker: You got some beer?
Response: And a half!
You are a jerk and a quarter!
Last edited on Nov 24 2011. Submitted by Emily M. from UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
on Jan 13 1998.
intensifier
- used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount. Can also be used by itself or in response to someone. Also and a half.
You are a jerk and a quarter!
Last edited on Nov 24 2011. Submitted by Mik B. from Town, Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965, USA
on Oct 28 2001.
noun
- rhyming term for a very large penis.
Everybody gasped in shock when he hauled out his Andhra Black Cobra!
Citation from Bhangra Girl, http://boredatuni.com/words.php?letter=A. blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
I like to call my penis an Andhra Black Cobra because that name rhymes nicely.
Last edited on Mar 26 2013. Submitted by Oliver Spencer Dickenson from Westminster, London, UK
on Mar 07 2012.
- member of any of several feared South Indian gangs, militias, sports teams, or groups, Andhra representing all of South India. -- plural. Andhra Black Cobras.
That muscular Andhra Black Cobra is very intimidating!
Citation from 'Andhra's Secret Wars: The Cobra Fields' PC Vinoj Kumar. Tehelka.com (4 Mar 2006). blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from 'Andhra Pradesh (Ongole): Black Cobras blast Kala Mandali activist's house' The Hindu, Sat 6 May 2006 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from JustDial.com blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Last edited on Mar 26 2013. Submitted by Oliver Spencer Dickenson from Westminster, London, UK
on Mar 07 2012.
- common name for any of several large and highly venomous black cobra sub-species inhabiting the swamps and jungles of South India, esp. Naja naja madrasiensis (South Indian Black Cobra), Naja ceylonicus (Sri Lankan Cobra), Naja naja sagittifera (Andaman Cobra or South Indian Cobra) or Naja nigra (Black Cobra).
When walking through a field in South India I was bitten by an Andhra Black Cobra.
Citation from 'Isolation, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic studies of sagitoxin, an oligomeric cardiotoxin from the venom of Naja naja saggitifera' Rafia Mir et al. Acta Crystallogr Sec F 64.6 (1 Jun 2008) 545-547 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Last edited on Mar 26 2013. Submitted by Oliver Spencer Dickenson from Westminster, London, UK
on Mar 07 2012.
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