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licorice stick

Old jazz musicians' term for the clarinet.
Benny Goodman and Pete Fountain were two great musicians that helped the licorice stick earn top rank in the world of jazz.
by pentozali October 10, 2011
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jerxtaposition

What occurs when a buttinsky feels he has to throw his two cents in about something that has just been said.
Mr. O'Reilly is a classical case of jerxtaposition. He always interrupts when everyone else is talking!
by pentozali March 11, 2010
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bridle bake

The practice of trying to extend one's horseback riding time, and therefore more time spent in the sun, by choosing more than one horse per day in order to get a tan while riding.
Everybody tells me I look too pale, so I'm going to try to have a bridle bake today.
by pentozali June 26, 2008
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genatsvale

"Cheers!", said when making, or participating in, a toast, in the Georgian language. "Geh (hard "g")-nahts-VAH-leh".
"Genatsvale!", the toastmaster yelled across the big dining table, and everyone raised his drinking horn and swallowed his drink in one fell swoop.
by pentozali September 4, 2012
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sigma science

Science so complicated one needs to use calculus most of the time to express concepts. From the "sigma" letter in calculus, the symbol that is used to express summation.
by pentozali May 1, 2008
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boomerang

The trick of waiting for a green traffic light to start flashing "Don't Walk" so that a driver can catch the traffic light on an adjacent corner just as it's changing from red to green.
Whooooeeee! Life is good! I just did a boomerang on Cavanaugh St!
by pentozali August 28, 2006
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NCC-1701

The USS Enterprise, starship from the classic Star Trek TV series, ya numnuts!
Just give me NCC-1701. No A, B, C, D, or E!
by pentozali August 25, 2013
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