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After a merciless bombardment by American dive bombers, the Japanese superbattleship "Yamato" turned turtle and sank, taking nearly her entire crew to the bottom.
by speedog July 27, 2010
Get the turtle mug.Person: nickname of American film actress Lauren Bacall, given by her (then) boyfriend, actor Humphrey Bogart, in recognition of her youth in relation to his own age.
by speedog May 27, 2010
Get the Baby mug.Name: alter-ego of American cartoon character 'Quick Draw McGraw', a masked avenger styled in the manner of 'Zorro' (q.v.), wielding a guitar with which he would subdue evildoers with the exclamation "Ka-Bong!". Created in 1959 by Hanna-Barbera Productions.
The people living near the hacienda were repeatedly harassed by a gang of bandits, until the arrival of the mysterious El Kabong.
by speedog June 14, 2010
Get the El Kabong mug.Noun: an alleged, but unsubstantiated, covert operation of the United States of America; with authorization to investigate the possibility of extraterrestrial alien intrusion onto American territory. Purportedly created by executive directive in 1947.
Although many documents have been circulated referencing "Operation Majestic 12", non have to date been officially verified as authentic.
by speedog June 20, 2010
Get the Majestic 12 mug.Noun: a brand of hair care products trademarked and patented in 1955 by The Alberto Company (now Alberto-Culver), and famously employed by such celebrities as Lucille Ball and Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis.
by speedog May 28, 2010
Get the Alberto VO5 mug.Verb (from ancient Spartan social terrminology): To reduce a population of formerly free peoples to serfdom, usually by means of military force, invasion, occupation, or annexation under political duress.
"Although not overtly stated in public, from the beginning the Nazi policy for the Eastern Occupied Territories was to helotize all Slavic peoples who were not immediately selected for extermination."
by Speedog December 28, 2009
Get the helotize mug.Noun: a manner of military salutation allegedly peculiar to ancient Rome, in which the right arm and hand are extended and elevated in the direction of any superior officer, or in the absence of any such superior, in the geographical direction of Rome itself, accompanied by the Latin phrase "Ave Caesar" ("Hail Caesar").
"Immediately upon taking command of the Antonia fortress, the tribune Messala executed the Roman salute to the former fortress commandant."
by speedog May 2, 2010
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