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beak 
noun
- nose.
Citation from "Family Ties", Arrested Development (TV, 2006), Season 3 Episode 11 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: a nose.
Last edited on Dec 08 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 08 2010.
- a judge or magistrate. British slang.
Citation from "Judgment day beckons for our well-paid, elitist beaks", Independent.ie, John Drennan, July 10 2011 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Somerset skipper Marcus Trescothick faces ECB ban", Bristol Evening Post, July 15 2011 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: British, UK slang (list of).
- See more words with the same meaning: the law (related to).
Last edited on Jul 19 2011. Submitted by Dick Wright-Upham from Wellington, New Zealand on Dec 08 2010.
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culture vulture
noun
- a person excessively interested in culture.
In the following citation, the term is used sarcastically:
Citation from "Acid Queen", Reaper (TV), Season 1 Episode 13 (2008) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to follow the crowd.
Last edited on Jul 06 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 30 2010.
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bologna
noun - uncountable
- nonsense.
Bologna!
Citation from "Acid Queen", Reaper (TV), Season 1 Episode 13 (2008) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Baby Monitor", Raising Hope (TV), Season 1 Episode 21 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Oct 09 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 31 2010.
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global weirding
noun - uncountable
- weather out of the norm. From the term "global warming".
Citation from "Researcher says climate change may be cooling California", The Sacramento Bee, Matt Weiser, June 4 2011 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: weather (related to).
Last edited on Jun 07 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 07 2011.
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Joe Schmoe
noun
- a stand-in name used to represent the everyman.
Citation from "Jackson's funeral too over the top", Times Record News, Lana Sweeten-Shults, July 12, 2009 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: dude, person of unspecified gender.
Last edited on Jun 07 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 30 2009.
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call up to the majors
verb - transitive
- to offer a promotion in a job or position in life.
Citation from "Open up Your Yenta Mouth and Say Ah", Royal Pains (TV, 2010), Season 2 Episode 12 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
Last edited on May 04 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 17 2010.
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secret sauce
noun
- the essential (but perhaps largely unknown) ingredient required for success.
Citation from "Gawker figures out secret sauce of media", MarketWatch, Larry Kramer, Nov 16 2010 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Ex-Goldman Programmer Is Arrested Again", The New York Times DealBook, Peter Lattman, August 9 2012 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Aug 10 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 18 2010.
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cowboy up
verb
- to face a daunting task, as a brave cowboy would.
Citation from "Charged", Reaper (TV, 2007), Season 1 Episode 2 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: brave.
Last edited on Apr 29 2011. Submitted by Mary K. from Lockport, IL, USA on Feb 25 2003.
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mulligan
noun
- in anything, a second chance; "do over".
Citation from episode title, Royal Pains (TV), Season 2 Episode 13 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Jan 22 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.
- in golf, another shot taken after a failed shot. Does not count towards one's strokes.
- See more words with the same meaning: sports (related to).
Last edited on Jan 22 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.
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smoke on that
interjection
- dismissive retort.
Citation from "Burt Rocks", Raising Hope (TV, 2010), Season 1 Episode 10 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: retorts and taunts (list of).
Last edited on Dec 04 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 04 2010.
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