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(n) (1) A same general vicinity or idea as something else; an estimate of the scope and range of something.
(vb) (2) To estimate or approximate.
(vb) (2) To estimate or approximate.
(1) He's looking for a used car in the $5000 ballpark.
(2) I'd ballpark Derek Jeter's life earnings to be about $200 million.
(2) I'd ballpark Derek Jeter's life earnings to be about $200 million.
by Bill Peters November 24, 2006
Get the ballpark mug.(n) A wide-spread and long-lived ridiculous scare during the 1980s and 1990s about LSD laced tattoos using a blue star design. Supposedly temporary tattoos were handed out to unsuspecting middle school students during recess. The tattoos were said to leach LSD through the skin. Dozens of law enforcement agencies and health departments, starting with the New Jersey Police Department Narcotics Bureau in 1980, have issued warnings about this “blotter acid” -- none of which is remotely true. Over the years scores of different flyers have been handed out to local PTAs throughout the country, often produced at home by scared but well-meaning and clueless parents, asserting that LSD tattoos bearing the designs of Mickey Mouse (as Sorcerers Apprentice), butterflies, clowns, red pyramids, colored microdots, and even Bart Simpson, were making the rounds of local school yards. Law enforcement and health agencies now know the information was untrue, but the hoax still is recycled on use-net groups.
Ironic blow-back:
Many professional tatoo artists report that a favorite request is for blue star tattoos.
Many professional tatoo artists report that a favorite request is for blue star tattoos.
by Bill Peters November 11, 2006
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A person who thinks they are “all that” believes they people should buy them lunch and open doors for them. They think they are so hot and sophisicated that they can attract anybody.
A person who thinks they are “all that” believes they people should buy them lunch and open doors for them. They think they are so hot and sophisicated that they can attract anybody.
In the old days we'd have a saying for women who thought they were "all that" -------- Miss Fine Thang. The whole block would be in on it -- little kids would follow her down the street ridiculing her "Oh my, you walk SO FINE".
And people would be calling her that all her life.
And people would be calling her that all her life.
by Bill Peters November 6, 2006
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His Math SAT is just 520. He better amp up 30 decibels to get into M.I.T.
Can't hear you dog. Amp it up, will you?
His Math SAT is just 520. He better amp up 30 decibels to get into M.I.T.
Can't hear you dog. Amp it up, will you?
by Bill Peters October 9, 2006
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AMAZING -- A definition that isn't racist !
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(n) Appellation many Puerto Ricans prefer as a matter of ethnic pride. “Boricua” was the name Puerto Rico’s indigenous Indians, the Taino, gave to their island. The term means “valiant people.” (The Puerto Rican national anthem is "La Borinqueña." Other spellings are: Boriquén, Borinquen, or Borinquén).
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(n) Appellation many Puerto Ricans prefer as a matter of ethnic pride. “Boricua” was the name Puerto Rico’s indigenous Indians, the Taino, gave to their island. The term means “valiant people.” (The Puerto Rican national anthem is "La Borinqueña." Other spellings are: Boriquén, Borinquen, or Borinquén).
Boricua College is a non-traditional four year institution started in New York in 1973. The college has 1200 mostly low income students on its campuses in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
by Bill Peters November 30, 2006
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by Bill Peters October 9, 2006
Get the Ali Baba mug.GIs often don't want to wear turtle suits because it restricts their moblity and range of motion, but it has proven to have saved hundreds of lives.
by Bill Peters October 12, 2006
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