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in-out-in-out

We went down to the derelict casino where we came across Billyboy and his four droogs (friends); they were getting ready to perform a bit of the old in-out-in-out on a weepy young devotchka (girl) they had there - from the 1971 film "A Clockwork Orange"
by Anthony Brancato April 21, 2003
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baby bust

A sharp or prolonged decline in the birth rate, such as that which occurred in the United States from 1958 through 1968.
After 1957, the U.S. birth rate (per 1,000 population) declined for eleven consecutive years - the longest baby bust on record.
by Anthony Brancato April 19, 2003
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Guidoville

A neighborhood where many Guidos live or are thought to live, such as the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn in New York City.
Shortly after the death of Yusuf Hawkins in Bensonhurst in 1989, columnist Pete Hamill wrote a highly controversial column in the New York Post entitled, "The Lesson of Howard Beach Was Lost on the Punks of Guidoville."
by Anthony Brancato April 20, 2003
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Big Stagecoach

(usually preceded by "the") Fargo, North Dakota (due to its being the state's largest city).
It was during the peak popularity of Fargo-born singer Bobby Vee that a local disc jockey came up with the nickname "The Big Stagecoach."
by Anthony Brancato August 31, 2003
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Gentrefaction

Gentrification; i.e., the displacement of lower-class residents of a neighborhood (esp. one located in or near the center of a large city) by upper-class residents (a back-formation of "putrefaction;" used contemptuously by the phenomenon's detractors)
Some long-time residents of San Francisco's Mission District have taken to vandalizing the cars of "yuppies" to protest the ongoing "gentrefaction" of their neighborhood.
by Anthony Brancato February 19, 2005
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Hymietown

While seeking the Democratic Presidential nomination in 1988 Jesse Jackson referred to New York City as "Hymietown," a remark for which he later apologized.
by Anthony Brancato April 21, 2003
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Generasian X

A member of wordGeneration X/word who is of Asian, especially Oriental ethnicity.
The low-budget film "Shopping For Fangs" hilariously chronicles the life experiences of "Generasian X" in a generic Southern California suburb.
by Anthony Brancato August 22, 2003
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