Monday, June 3, 2019
yank-cheating, n. The illegal practice of inserting paper money into a vending machine, then pulling the money out again after the machine has recognized it, thereby retaining the cash and unlawfully obtaining merchandise.
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E.g. "Yo bro, I have to do 40 hours of community service because I totally got caught yank-cheating some Funyuns"
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Friday, May 31, 2019
xylon (zI-lon), n. [fr. Greek xulon "wood"] Archaic. A Greek punishment apparatus similar to stocks.
"Black's Law Dictionary, 8th edition" by Bryan A. Garner
E.g. "Yo bro, I accidentally said now instead of know once and this crazy lady totally strapped me to a xylon over it"
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Thursday, May 30, 2019
witchcraft. The practices of a witch, esp. in black magic; sorcery. ● Under the Witchcraft Act of 1541 (33 Hen. 8, ch. 8) and the Witchcraft Act of 1603 (1 Jac. ch. 12), witchcraft was a felony punishable by death without benefit of clergy. These acts were repealed in 1736, and the last execution in England for witchcraft occurred in 1716. In the United States, the most conspicuous (and nearly the last) persecution for witchcraft occurred in Salem, Massachusetts, where 20 people were hanged for this offense in 1692.
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Wednesday, May 29, 2019
vulgo quaesiti (vəl-goh kwi-sI-tI), n. [Latin] Hist. Spurious children; the offspring of promiscuity, so that the true fathers are unknowable.
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E.g. "Yo bro, I wish I knew my dad, but I'm totally vulgo quaesiti."
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Tuesday, May 28, 2019
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uncore prist (
ən[
g]-kor
prist). [Law French "still ready"]
Hist. A plea by which a party alleges readiness to pay or perform what is justly demanded.
"Yet sometimes, after tender and refusal of a debt, if the creditor harasses his debtor with an action, it then becomes necessary for the defendant to acknowledge the debt, and plead the tender; adding, that ... he is still ready, uncore prist, to discharge it ...." 3 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 303 (1768).
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E.g. "Yo bro, only a complete jabroni would accuse me of defaulting on my debt when I'm totally uncore prist!"
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