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fellulina-a loser in everything(including
weight)

googelise-use the most mordern reference
known to man to alienate sth,usually people's minds,e.g.-ads on google

gamesitis-a modern disease that usually affects adoloscent boys.

corrupttitis-a common disease in Asia,
which spreads through contact.

fakevertisement-a running show on the
tv which usually deceives people(especially the naive ones).Soap operas
occur between the intervals.

godiva

giraffiti - graffiti painted very high
ignoranus - one who is both stupid and an ass*@#$
hipatitis - terminal coolness

Angela

MEETINGITIS - a pandemic in lots of corporations, afflicting mostly (but not exclusive to) management level executives.

DANCEROUS - an illness characterized by sporadic rhythmic seizure induced by lively music, e.g. hip-hop, salsa, etc.

Retirees in Singapore are most vulnerable to this. For treatment they gather every saturday evening for a neighborhood line dancing session.

Angela

Most common treatment (in sin city) for the above is Billy Ray Cyrus' Achy Breaky Heart playing full volume on loud speakers

Freda G.

Hudson (n.)

Remember the Hudson river plane landing? This word can be used to describe a brave act done by a clear-minded person.

"He did a Hudson again! Brilliant!"

sej

Deaf: Listened to the wife too much.

sej

Oopss... that was supposed to be...

Deaph: Listened to the wife too much.

Heather Pedersen

What is the word I am looking for ?

I wrote to complain that at my bus stop, which has no railing where the bus is supposed to stop - bus drivers are pulling forward, out of the bus stop, in front of the railings, and passengers have a choice of precariously balancing between the railing, walk alone the tiny curb, until finally reaching the safety of the pavement - or simply walking directly into on-coming traffic traffic in front of the bus. The reply when the civil servant went to investigate included this phrase:

"As many Citybuses had only one door, it was not uncommon to see that passengers were alighting from that front door. "

David V

To tarp : The american word for describing the act of stealing from the poor to give to the rich.

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