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  2. Californication (word) - Wikipedia

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    Californication (word) Californication is a portmanteau of California and fornication, appearing in Time on May 6, 1966 [1] and written about on August 21, 1972, additionally seen on bumper stickers in the U.S. states of Idaho, [2] Washington, [3] Colorado, Oregon, Oklahoma, [4] [5] and Texas. [6]

  3. List of CB slang - Wikipedia

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    Department of Transportation enforcement vehicle. Eaten by a bear. A truck driver caught by a police officer for speeding or some safety infraction. Evel Knievel. Police officer on a motorcycle (refers to the popular motorcycle stuntman ). Eye in The Sky. Police aircraft, airplane or helicopter. Flying doughnut.

  4. 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).

  5. Camp Fire (2018) - Wikipedia

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    Camp Fire (2018) /  39.81028°N 121.43722°W  / 39.81028; -121.43722. The Camp Fire was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California's history. The fire began on the morning of Thursday, November 8, 2018 in Butte County, California, near Camp Creek Road. A poorly maintained Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) transmission ...

  6. List of Generation Z slang - Wikipedia

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    List of Generation Z slang. The following is a list of slang that is used or popularized by Generation Z (Gen Z), generally those born between the late 1990s and early 2010s in the Western world. Generation Z slang differs from slang of prior generations. [ 1][ 2] Ease of communication with the Internet facilitated the rapid proliferation of ...

  7. Kumbaya - Wikipedia

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    The piece became a standard campfire song in Scouting and summer camps and enjoyed broader popularity during the folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s. In American politics, the song title gave rise to the phrase " sing Kumbaya ," denoting unrealistic, excessively optimistic attempts at compromise .

  8. Volleyball jargon - Wikipedia

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    Hybrid : A term describing serves in which the ball is hit with a spin not reflected in the toss, usually jumping. For example, a toss with topspin struck in a manner to induce float, or no spin, on the ball. This is often used in combination with another serve of the same toss, but a different spin.

  9. Camp Fire (organization) - Wikipedia

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    Camp Fire. Camp Fire, formerly Camp Fire USA and originally Camp Fire Girls of America, is a co-ed youth development organization. [ 1][ 2] Camp Fire was the first nonsectarian, multicultural organization for girls in America. [ 3] It is now gender-inclusive, and its programs emphasize camping and other outdoor activities.