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  2. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    2. The intimate area of a woman e.g."You won't be seeing my berry patch tonight, pal." [18] bible belt. Main article: Bible Belt. Area in the south and midwest where fundamentalism flourishes [22] big cheese. Main article: Supervisor. Someone of importance and influence e.g. the big boss; [5] Lobby card for the 1930 movie – The Big House big ...

  3. Urban Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Urban Dictionary is a crowdsourced English-language online dictionary for slang words and phrases. The website was founded in 1999 by Aaron Peckham. Originally, Urban Dictionary was intended as a dictionary of slang or cultural words and phrases, not typically found in standard English dictionaries, but it is now used to define any word, event, or phrase (including sexually explicit content).

  4. Raw! Raw! Rooster! - Wikipedia

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    Rooster! is a 1956 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Robert McKimson. [1] The cartoon was released on August 25, 1956, and features Foghorn Leghorn . [ 2 ] The voices were performed by Mel Blanc and an uncredited Daws Butler .

  5. List of urban legends - Wikipedia

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    An urban legend, myth, or tale is a modern genre of folklore. It often consists of fictional stories associated with the macabre, superstitions, ghosts, demons, cryptids, extraterrestrials, creepypasta, and other fear generating narrative elements. Urban legends are often rooted in local history and popular culture.

  6. List of common false etymologies of English words - Wikipedia

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    The word may be related to the Dutch word nestig, or "dirty". [73] It predates Nast by several centuries, appearing in the most famous sentence of Thomas Hobbes 's Leviathan , that in the state of nature, the life of man is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short".

  7. The Surprising Origins of 'Break a Leg'—and Why Performers ...

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    Related: 'Time To Hit the Books!' 50 Common Idioms and What They Really Mean 'Break a Leg' Meaning. Despite sounding like something out of a medical drama, "break a leg" is actually a way to wish ...

  8. Rooster (song) - Wikipedia

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    The song was written by Alice in Chains guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell for his father, Jerry Cantrell Sr., who served with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. "Rooster" was a childhood nickname given to Cantrell Sr. by his great-grandfather, because of his perceived "cocky" attitude and his hair, which used to stick up on top of his head like a rooster's comb.

  9. English-language idioms - Wikipedia

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    An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).