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Blast fishing, fish bombing, dynamite fishing or grenade fishing is a destructive fishing practice using explosives to stun or kill schools of fish for easy collection. This often illegal practice is extremely destructive to the surrounding ecosystem , as the explosion often destroys the underlying habitat (such as coral reefs ) that supports ...
Urban Dictionary Screenshot Screenshot of Urban Dictionary front page (2018) Type of site Dictionary Available in English Owner Aaron Peckham Created by Aaron Peckham URL urbandictionary.com Launched December 9, 1999 ; 25 years ago (1999-12-09) Current status Active Urban Dictionary is a crowdsourced English-language online dictionary for slang words and phrases. The website was founded in ...
Slang used or popularized by Generation Z (Gen Z; generally those born between the late 1990s and late 2000s in the Western world) differs from slang of earlier generations; [1] [2] ease of communication via Internet social media has facilitated its rapid proliferation, creating "an unprecedented variety of linguistic variation".
Include reference to the saying "Fishing with dynamite" [ edit ] This page should include a reference to the common saying "Doing x is like fishing with dynamite" (Implying that x is so easy thats it is boring and doesn't demonstrate any skill) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.210.216.68 ( talk ) 22:51, 3 March 2010 (UTC) [ reply ]
the abbreviation "K2" (referring to Piraro's children Kaitlin and Killian), a crown (the Crown of Power), a stick of dynamite (the Dynamite of Unintended Consequences), a shoe (the Lost Loafer), an arrow (The Arrow of Vulnerability), a fish tail (The Fish of Humility) an upside down bird (the Inverted Bird)
Notes Works cited References External links 0-9 S.S. Kresge Lunch Counter and Soda Fountain, about 1920 86 Main article: 86 1. Soda-counter term meaning an item was no longer available 2. "Eighty-six" means to discard, eliminate, or deny service A A-1 First class abe's cabe 1. Five dollar bill 2. See fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck absent treatment Engaging in dance with a cautious partner ab-so ...
Early 20th century postcard depicting black children as "alligator bait" Depicting African-American children as alligator bait was a common trope in American popular culture in the 19th and 20th centuries. The motif was present in a wide array of media, including newspaper reports, songs, sheet music, and visual art.
The snipe hunt is a kind of fool's errand or wild-goose chase, meaning a fruitless errand or expedition, attested as early as the 1840s in the United States. [3] [4] It was the most common hazing ritual for boys in American summer camps during the early 20th century, and is a rite of passage [5] often associated with groups such as the Boy Scouts.