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ISTR
- acronym for "I seem to recall".
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Last edited on Feb 04 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 04 2010.
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Pluto
verb - transitive
- to downgrade; to demote. Origin: Pluto used to be labeled a planet, but was then demoted by astronomers to a planetoid. The resulting change from 9 to 8 planets in the Solar System was not unnoticed by the laypeople.
Dude. The MVP was just plutoed.
Last edited on Nov 05 2011. Submitted by Troodon on Feb 04 2010.
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shadetree mechanic
- a hobbyist mechanic who works on their own vehicles, often in their driveway. (Perhaps underneath a tree providing shade.)
Citation from "No shade needed", McCook Daily Gazette, January 18 2010 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Feb 04 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 04 2010.
- a hobbyist mechanic who works on their own vehicles, often in their driveway, and often causing more harm than they repair.
Last edited on Feb 04 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 04 2010.
- the title of a 1990s television series on TNN.
Last edited on Feb 04 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 04 2010.
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wrench 
noun
- a mechanic, originally on motorcycles, but now any kind of repairman.
Toad is a shitty wrench.
Citation from "What Being a Handyman Has Taught Me About Male Insecurity", The Atlantic, Andy Hinds, Mar 28 2013 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: professions (list of).
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Last edited on Mar 28 2013. Submitted by J. Rogers from Birmingham, AL, USA on Apr 12 1998.
verb - intransitive
- to work as a mechanic.
I wrenched for four years.
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Last edited on Mar 28 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 04 2010.
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