Browsing page 3 of new words for March 24, 2010

noun

• the ability to detect something specific. See, for example, gaydar.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
  
  Citation from "Dumped, But Not Down", Psychology Today, Carlin Flora, July 01 2007 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
  
  Citation from "Dumped, But Not Down", Psychology Today, Carlin Flora, July 01 2007 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Aug 06 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 24 2010.

notes

• see up (one's) alley.

  Last edited on Mar 24 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 24 2010.

verb

• to quickly achieve a position in rankings or ratings.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
  
  Citation from "No One Admits To Singing, Writing, Producing Nation's No. 1 Song", The Onion, July 18 2007 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Mar 24 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 24 2010.

adjective

• bad.

                                                                                                                                              
  
  Citation from "Alienated", Eureka (TV), Season 1 Episode 4 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Dec 12 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 24 2010.

• Short for "spoiled rotten", used by Southern people a lot and often used to describe babies and pets.

  Person 1: Ooooh, she is darling! I bet she's rotten!
  
  Person 2: Oh yeah, she's real rotten. Nana got her real rotten, too.

  Last edited on Sep 09 2019. Submitted by Anonymous on Aug 18 2019.

verb

• to be related (in some way) to.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
  
  Citation from "Dumped, But Not Down", Psychology Today, Carlin Flora, July 01 2007 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Mar 24 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 24 2010.

verb - transitive

• meet a new person, or encounter a new experience, as in "you will rub against some shady characters when you go there."

  Last edited on Aug 10 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Aug 10 2010.

noun

• a mistake. (Usually written either slip-up or slipup.)

                                                                                                                                   
  
  Citation from "Dumped, But Not Down", Psychology Today, Carlin Flora, July 01 2007 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Mar 24 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 24 2010.

verb

• to make a mistake.

  Last edited on Mar 24 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 14 2009.