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Ethnically Challenged 

When a person is having trouble in different areas of life due to their ethnicity.
Yes my penis happens to be small but it's not my fault, i'm just ethnically challenged.

Ethnically Challenged 

He's not Mexican, he's ethnically challenged

Ethnically Challenged 

Someone who is one race but thinks they are another
White Guy: What up my N!&&@!
Black Guy: IMMA F*** YO ETHNICALLY CHALLENGED ASS UP!

Ethnically Challenged 

The pc word for anyone who isn't White aka non-whites
Person 1: "Damn, man my bike got stolen yesterday."

Person 2: "it must have been one of those ethnically challenged people."

Ethnically-challenged 

QUASI-POLITICALLY CORRECT TERM FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNABLE TO CONFORM TO A HOST COUNTRY’S NORMS -- I.E. UNABLE TO LEARN THE LANGUAGE, THE SOCIAL CUSTOMS/MANNERS, OR OBSERVE THE LAWS OF THE LAND -- THIS CAN BE EXTREMELY PREVALENT IN ‘HYPHENATED-AMERICANS’ WHO AS EITHER ETHNIC OR CULTURAL MINORITY GROUPS FEEL THAT THERE PRIVILEGED STATUS MAKES THEM EXEMPT FROM FITTING IN -- AS OPPOSED TO THE ‘MELTING POT’ THEORY TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS UP TO THE 1980s (WHERE EACH PART OF OUR SOCIETIES MAKE UP BROUGHT SOME FLAVOR TOGETHER TO THE STEW) WE ARE NOW IN A CLIMATE OF ‘RAINBOW DIVERSITY’ WHERE EACH COLOR IS BESIDE EACH OTHER BUT DISTINCT AND SEPERATE.
CAN INCLUDE THE ‘UGLY AMERICAN’ WHO OUTSIDE THE U.S. CANNOT UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS ARE DIFFERENT ELSEWHERE AND THAT THOSE COUNTRIES HAVE THE DISTINCT CHOICE TO DECIDE HOW THEY WISH TO LIVE, AND DON’T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE WELCOMING TO OUTSIDERS WHO DO NOT WISH TO LEARN TO CONFORM TO THEIR SOCIETAL NORMS.
USAGE: "HE GOT OUT OF THE CHARGE FOR SLAPPING HIS WIFE BECAUSE HE IS ETHNICALLY-CHALLENGED AND THE COURT RULED HE COULDN'T READ THE LAWS"
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trucker's tan 

A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
According to the boffins downstairs, the murderer used a serrated blade.
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Pee Calculus

When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.
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Literally "dirty" pronounced with a West Indian accent. Can also have a positive connotation, for example Sean Paul's album title "Dutty Rock".
"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

or, in a positive usage:

"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
Dutty by J Hall April 3, 2003
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Ajumma wait a moment
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