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noun

• "grandfather."

  Did you hear that gramps beat the shit out of granma?

  Gramps fought in World War II. Can you imagine being brought up during that time period? When the Germans were taking over the world?

  • See more words with the same meaning: parent.

  Last edited on Oct 06 2015. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 02 2015.

adjective

• "eyes are open but the person isn't responding to stimuli."

  Person 1: Since he came back from the war, he's been having fugue states.
  
  Person 2: What are fugue states?
  
  Person 1: Well, I'm not sure how they work, but basically his eyes are open but he doesn't respond to anything. Lights on but nobody's home.

  Last edited on Oct 02 2015. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 02 2015.

noun - uncountable

• inability to sleep due to pain. From "pain" + "insomnia".

  Are you unable to sleep due to pain? If so, you are most likely suffering from painsomnia.

  • See more words with the same meaning: contractions (list of).

  Last edited on Oct 05 2015. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 02 2015.

interjection

• used to point out an instance of cleverness or subtle humor.

                                                       
  
     
  
                                                                                 
  
                                
  
  Citation from radio commercial censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Oct 02 2015. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 02 2015.

• overly formal, conservative, repressed, rigid.

  Last edited on Sep 21 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.

adjective

• In the 60s, "uptight" meant "great," "fantastic," "excellent." This usage was popular among African Americans, particularly musicians. Refer to Stevie Wonder's "Baby, Everything is Alright, Uptight, Out of Sight."

  Last edited on Oct 02 2015. Submitted by Pete W on Oct 02 2015.