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vacay
- vacation.
Citation from "Tyrese's Birthday Bash Brings Out Rihanna, Diddy...and the Cops!", E! Online Blog, Cristina Gibson, Jan 11 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Jan 21 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 21 2010.
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boreout
noun - uncountable
- extreme boredom with one's job, leading to reduced performance and life satisfaction. Compare with burnout.
Citation from "Forget burnout, boreout is the new office disease", Times Online, Roger Boyes, September 15, 2007 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Jan 03 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 29 2009.
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- For more information, see the Wikipedia article for boreout.
Last edited on Jan 03 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 20 2010.
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go pear-shaped
verb - intransitive
- to deteriorate.
Citation from "Bankers still don't get it on bonuses", Gapper Blog at The Financial Times, Tony Tassell, February 24 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to be bad, poor, to suck.
Last edited on Feb 25 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 02 2009.
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vidiot
noun
- a person who plays video games to excess.
That vidiot is always playing Final Fantasy.
Last edited on Feb 24 2010. Submitted by Rachel from Missouri, USA on Apr 30 2002.
- a person whose intelligence has decreased due to exposure to television. From "video" + "idiot".
Citation from "Disney Admits "Baby Einstein" Turns Kids Into Vidiots", Business Insider, Henry Blodget, Oct. 23, 2009 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Feb 24 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 25 2009.
- A person who films themselves doing stupid and dangerous stunts, just to post it on the internet.
"I saw a guy on YouTube who rode down a steep hill sitting in a shopping trolley. He's just a complete vidiot."Last edited on Nov 22 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Nov 22 2011.
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Executive Excedrin
noun
- diazepam (Valium.)
Citation from "'Mother's Little Helper' turns 40", Associated Press, July 16 2003 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Dec 08 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 03 2009.
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helicopter parent
noun
- an over-attentive parent. One who hovers over their child as a helicopter hovers.
Citation from "The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting", Time, Nancy Gibbs, Nov. 20, 2009 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: father, dad, daddy, dada, dadda.
Last edited on Aug 07 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 18 2010.
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presser
noun
- press conference.
Citation from "Love the Calhoun Pressers", Beyond the ARC at NBC Sports, Mike Miller, February 15 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: a party, event, gathering, meeting.
- See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
Last edited on Feb 18 2010. Submitted by Marian K. from Loveland, OH, USA on Aug 14 2005.
- a press release.
Our earnings came in way below the forecasts, so we're going to release the presser late Friday afternoon.
- See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
Last edited on Apr 03 2015. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 03 2015.
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small beer
noun
- a trifling matter.
Citation from "Inventor's 2020 vision: to help 1bn of the world's poorest see better", The Guardian, 22 December 2008 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Nov 16 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 16 2009.
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Snowpocalypse
- the blizzard that struck the US east coast in early 2010.
Citation from "Washington, D.C., is clobbered with snow again", Los Angeles Times, Bob Drogin, February 10 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Feb 11 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 10 2010.
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Snowmageddon
- the blizzard that struck the US east coast in early 2010.
Citation from "US east coast still paralysed by 'Snowmageddon'", Irish Times, Lara Marlowe, February 11 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Washington, D.C., is clobbered with snow again", Los Angeles Times, Bob Drogin, February 10 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Feb 11 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 10 2010.
- any blizzard or period of excessive snow buildup.
Last edited on Feb 11 2010. Submitted by JargonTalk from Bensalem, PA 19020, USA on Feb 11 2010.
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