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Term used by Vietnam War GI's to describe the unfortunant and frequent practice of torching (via Zippo lighters) of straw huts (hooches) in villages (villes) suspected of harboring or abetting Vietcong soldiers. The term has since come to mean arson of any kind.
by Bill Peters October 7, 2006
Get the zippo raid mug.An actual test, along with the so-called ruler test in common use in the the early 1900s among upper class Black American societies and families to determine if a Black person was sufficiently white to gain admittance or acceptance. If your skin was darker than a brown paper bag, you did not merit inclusion. Thousands of Black institutions including the nation's most eminent Black fraternity -- Phi Alpha Phi, Howard Univiersity, and numerous church and civic groups all practiced this discriminiation. The practice has 19th Century antecedants with the Blue Blood Society and has not totally died out.
Zora Neal Hurston was the first well known writer to air this strange practice in a public. The practice is now nearly universally condemned (at least in public) as being an example of "colorism". Particularly cogent modern day critiques can be found in Kathy Russell's "The Color Complex", Tony Morrion's "The Bluest Eye" (an Ophrey Book Club choice) and Marita Golden's "Don't Play in the Sun." The best known send-up of the pactice, however, is Spike Lee's scathing and hilarious 1988 movie, "School Daze."
Zora Neal Hurston was the first well known writer to air this strange practice in a public. The practice is now nearly universally condemned (at least in public) as being an example of "colorism". Particularly cogent modern day critiques can be found in Kathy Russell's "The Color Complex", Tony Morrion's "The Bluest Eye" (an Ophrey Book Club choice) and Marita Golden's "Don't Play in the Sun." The best known send-up of the pactice, however, is Spike Lee's scathing and hilarious 1988 movie, "School Daze."
"Though the brown paper bag test is antiquated and frowned upon as a shameful moment in African-American history, the ideals behind the practice still lingers in the African-American community" -- Rivea Ruff, BlackCollegeView.Com
by Bill Peters August 19, 2006
Get the brown paper bag test mug.Medicine -- legal, illicit (usually pot), traditional or otherwise. This word appears in many Nigerian languages and means variously, an amulet, a treatment, and yes -- medicine. Juju is also the name of Nigeria's most popular musical genre.
by Bill Peters August 10, 2006
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Get the panty mug.(1) To one-up someone in an argument or in a put down
(2) To illegally scam by adding charges to a person’s phone bill without their permission (Slamming senior citizens is a big business in Florida)
(3) Poetry slams are highly charged get-togethers or contests in which poets and rappers exchange their works with inspired verbal presentations.
(4) Slam dancing involves wild dancing (slamming bodies and thrashing limbs) among a large group of tightly packed participants
(2) To illegally scam by adding charges to a person’s phone bill without their permission (Slamming senior citizens is a big business in Florida)
(3) Poetry slams are highly charged get-togethers or contests in which poets and rappers exchange their works with inspired verbal presentations.
(4) Slam dancing involves wild dancing (slamming bodies and thrashing limbs) among a large group of tightly packed participants
(1) Every night John Stewart manages to slam someone in the White House
(2) Dan Snyder, owner of the Washington Redskins, made millions of dollars slamming senior citizens on the East Coast.
(3) Poetry slams attended by young people, have been a boon for the petry market.
(4) My 14-year-old daughter has been forbidden to enter mosh pits at concerts for fear that either she will get hurt by all the slamming or even ber groped.
(2) Dan Snyder, owner of the Washington Redskins, made millions of dollars slamming senior citizens on the East Coast.
(3) Poetry slams attended by young people, have been a boon for the petry market.
(4) My 14-year-old daughter has been forbidden to enter mosh pits at concerts for fear that either she will get hurt by all the slamming or even ber groped.
by Bill Peters October 11, 2006
Get the slam mug.Sideline that brings in cash; something other than your main job. Maybe playing weekend gigs or life coaching. SELLING AMWAY IS NOT A SIDE HUSTLE -- it's just a stupid way to alienate your friends.
When start up your own business you probably want to get some side hustle going. Maybe a small low stress consulting job on how to get a side hustle going.
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