colored

African-American. The former "polite" term, replaced by "Negro," then by "black," now by "African-American."
White folks in Washington
They sure know how
To call a colored man a nigger,
Just to see him bow.
-- Lead Belly, "Bourgeois Blues"
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phone it in

Perform an act in a perfunctory, uncommitted fashion, as if it didn't matter.
She sang the National Anthem, but she was just phoning it in as far as I could tell.
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no-goodnik

That Lord Macbeth? A real no-goodnik, lemme tell ya!
by Octopod November 10, 2003
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Jewess

An adult female of Jewish persuasion or background. Very old-fashioned.
She's the Jewess in Jewess jeans.
-- Gilda Rader, Saturday Night Live
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your father's moustache

Ancient, retro semi-insult, used either in annoyance or to contradict an assertion.
John Kerry does NOT look French! Ahh, ya fadda's moustache!
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pig out

Went to the garlic festival and pigged out. Vampires beware!
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poodle

One who cravenly does another's bidding, a metaphorical butt boy.
by octopod November 24, 2003
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