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dead tree media

Newspapers and magazines, as opposed to talk radio and the Blogosphere.
I picked up the Times in the bus station the other day. Nothing in that dead tree media!
by octopod April 20, 2006
mugGet the dead tree mediamug.

juvie

Juvenile hall; children's prison
He was driving a Porsche, not his own, with three joints in his pocket. Guess what? They sent him to juvie for six months.
by Octopod November 9, 2003
mugGet the juviemug.

mulatress

Female offspring of a white and a black. Fem. of mulatto
The late Sen. Strom Thurmond's daughter (by the family maid) is a mulatress.
by octopod July 5, 2004
mugGet the mulatressmug.

fiat money

Money that is only money because some government says that it is.
There's no gold or silver backing greenbacks.
by octopod January 16, 2004
mugGet the fiat moneymug.

not enough popcorn

I don't have time to tell the story--it's too long, say, movie length.
"So how come you got divorced?"
"Not enough popcorn."
by octopod October 18, 2008
mugGet the not enough popcornmug.

highbrow

Pretentious, snobbish, intellectual or pseudo-int. See lowbrow.
"Your best girl friend
She might be a highbrow,
Changing clothes three times a day . . ."
-- Sippie Wallace
by Octopod November 4, 2003
mugGet the highbrowmug.

ashes hauled

Mandy, I need to get my ashes hauled. Can you help me?
by Octopod November 8, 2003
mugGet the ashes hauledmug.

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