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Shtetl

old world view - where Ashkenazim lived in walled cities and swarmed all over each other for a few millenia. Russians, Poles and other hosts kept the Ashkenazim segregated in the shtetl.

new world view - any settlement with a high concentration of people of the Hebrew persuasion. Identifiable in any large metropolitan area in North America.

See also the Pale of Settlement and Lower East Side
My ancestors lived in the Lodz shtetl. My wife's ancestors were Litwaks and Galicianers, although every family had some Cossack or Tartar DNA.

We cooked a great brisket in the shtetl, and a pretty good borscht, too. You could hear the violins every night.

Your neighbors know everything about you and your entire family and lineage in the shtetl.

Many find a bizarre comfort in the shtetl, at once claustrophobic and comforting, as opposed to the terrifying life outside the walls.

When you go to an event at the shtetl, you can get a free lucky number pogrom, but the prizes aren't what you would expect.
by adam_before_eve June 12, 2006
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School

n. School is a place to receive a type of education.
Often derided by lower achievers and mouth-breathing droolers.
Necessary preparation for a life beyond the subsistence level.
Can be a very entertaining place where you learn about social interaction, cooperation, achievement and self-discipline.
May be public or private in US, or private or public in UK.
v. to instruct
People who don't like school often end up working for people who do.
He dropped out of school and couldn't even get a job flipping burgers.
She had to leave school after she got knocked up.
He flunked out of school, which is pretty hard to do these days.
She was schooled in the ways of Hogwarts.
by adam_before_eve April 27, 2006
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C and E

C and E is casino slang for a bet on "Craps and Eleven". Observable at any casino where there is a Craps table.
Give me C and E for 100 and put the rest on a hard ten
by adam_before_eve May 4, 2006
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NUCLEAR

how you spell nuclear
dealing with the nucleus
typically used with power, bomb or submarine, and sometimes with family
we want NUCLEAR power
but the question remains: R-U-CLEAN?
the answer appears to be: UNCLEAR
by adam_before_eve June 25, 2006
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Rob Schneider

washed-up ex-SNL actor whose apogee was doing the 'making copies' skits about a hundred years ago. The rest of his oeuvre is forgettable, or better yet, unwatched.
Rob Schneider was a 90's concept that should have been left on the cutting room floor.
Rob Schneider obviously had 8x10 glossies of Lorne Michaels in a compromising position, otherwise he never would have gotten on SNL, let alone into any of those ridiculous movies.
by adam_before_eve January 12, 2006
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Irish seven-course dinner

a six pack and a potato, also known as an Irish seven-course meal or an Irishman's gourmet delight
His idea of a hot date is an Irish seven-course dinner before hangin' at the 7-11.
We had an Irish gourmet delight with some ketchup for dessert.
by adam_before_eve September 24, 2005
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Tommy Trojan

Mascot for the University of Spoiled Children, often seen mincing and prancing along the sidelines bow-legged at the LA Coliseum after having been reamed by some alumnus.
Tommy Trojan enjoys taking it up the ass from anyone, especially alumni that have USC bumper stickers.
by adam_before_eve July 29, 2006
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