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Betty Paraskevas 

a New York-based writer and lyricist best known for her work on Maggie and the Ferocious Beast, but adapted into a animated television series
TV writer Betty Paraskevas dies, 80
Betty Paraskevas by Wendysfg June 23, 2023

Betty Paraskevas 

New York-based writer and lyricist best known for her work on Maggie and the Ferocious Beast, but adapted into a animated television series and produced by the Canadian studio Nelvana.
Betty Paraskevas, who created and wrote for several children's television shows, including "Maggie and the Ferocious Beast," died at her Southampton home on April 7, a day before her 81st birthday. The cause was pancreatic cancer.

Paraskevas was born in Linden, N.J., on April 8, 1929. She attended Douglass College in New Jersey, where the future writer had a most unlikely major: chemistry.
Betty Paraskevas by SPrice1980 June 25, 2023
Cigarette: Northern slang for a cigarette, used oft by mashed up mancunian ravers becasue of the resemblance of a hot(electric)stove to the end of a lit cigarette. Originated circa 1991 in the early halcyon days of the rave culture; we speculate during a drug fuelled hallucination by said manc.
'fuck me noel, i am bolloxed, is that a ciggy in your mouth, or the stove from me 'nans kitchen'/
General use: 'Give us a stove you cunt'
stove by anthony willison March 18, 2004
Word of the Day on August 4, 2026

Walky-Talky 

A derogatory term for able bodied people or people that can walk. This definition was coined by disabled influencer Valerie Weber
Person in wheelchair: “look at that walky-talky over there.”

Friend in wheelchair: *looking at person who is walking* “yeah haha
Walky-Talky by odd muffin October 5, 2021
Word of the Day on August 3, 2026

Scrapnel 

(N) :
All pieces left over after an art project or home improvement.
"After we made the decorations for the party, there was 'scrapnel' all over the floor"
Scrapnel by IceSniper February 22, 2025
Word of the Day on August 2, 2026
A hardo is a person who tries extremely hard at everything. Most times a hardo will try very hard at things that do not require excessive effort. For example, sports practices, gym class, etc.
Wow did you see Jack at practice today? What a hardo!
Hardo by Thuhkilluh September 4, 2014
Word of the Day on August 1, 2026