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dropping paper 

When someone is submitting their resume to employers, particularly when trying desparately to escape a sinking ship.
The entire dev team at Living.com started dropping paper the day after it showed up on the FC.
dropping paper by Cabron Mejor March 19, 2006
Word of the Day on April 29, 2006
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dropping paper 

Taking LSD - reference to it's paper form and the common phrase "dropping acid".
dropping paper by Bill_Z_Bub May 11, 2006

dropping paper 

Police Officer writing somone a ticket or filing a warrant for someone's arrest. Once a person has a warrant out for their arrest they are considered "on paper."
Johnny Law spent all day on the freeway dropping paper on people speeding. Johnny Law is at the D.A.'s office now dropping paper on that murder suspect.
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Concrete cowboy 

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.
Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.
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hey let's get a drink of that?

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God Shot 

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".
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city chicken 

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.
Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?
city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006
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