passed over

"Passed over" means that someone has been denied a well-deserved promotion or bonus.
Professor Smith, who has been with the university for 26 years, was passed over for tenure; the blonde woman professor with the long legs and big boobs got tenure though, despite working at the university for only 2 years.
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persona non grata

(adjective): a person who is not liked and is therefore unwelcome or unacceptable.
(1) After I drank all the beer and wine at the first frat party in September I was persona non grata among the party crowd for the rest of my college days.

(2) After his public sex scandal Tiger Woods was persona non grata at his wife's parent's house.
by Johnny Z. Styles June 17, 2010
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recurving

Leaving one job to take another that pays less but places one back on the learning curve.
Bill quit his job at Garvo Industries and took a new job with Oigle Tech so he could learn about the newest software programming applications. He justified this job move on the grounds of recurving.
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HMB

I dated this girl for 6 weeks and out of nowhere she asked me to buy her a $700 gold necklace. I dumped the HMB right there and then.
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cop killers

"Cop killers" are a type of bullet that can penetrate a police officer's body armor -- for example, a Kevlar vest. Cop-killer bullets have a stronger casing and a smaller bursting charge than regular bullets. Regular bullets are made of lead, which is considered a soft metal. Cop-killer bullets are made from stronger metals such as brass, steel, beryllium copper and iron. Cop-killer bullets are illegal for civilians to own, use or sell in most countries, including the United States and Canada.
The 38-year-old police officer was shot and killed with cop-killer bullets, better known on the street as cop killers. Authorities do not know how the suspect in the murder obtained the illegal ammunition.
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ducats

In the video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" (released in October 2004), the main character, Carl Johnson, says "Give me those ducats!" when he picks up the paper money he takes from the people he beats up or kills.
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historical stasis

To live in a time when nothing of importance or significance seems to happen. Symptoms of living in a historical stasis include addiction to the Internet, magazines, and television news programs.
Compared to the exciting and sometimes volatile 1960s, the 1970s was a period of historical stasis.
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