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  2. Glossary of Mafia-related words - Wikipedia

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    through the eye: a message job through the eye to say "We're watching you!" through the mouth: a message job through the mouth to indicate that someone WAS a rat. underboss: the second in command to the boss. vig: Vigorish abbr. the house's or bookie's take in gambling or the interest paid to a loan shark for the loan; also see juice.

  3. Prison slang - Wikipedia

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    Definition Base Mattress Bomb Explosive or banned commodities Boma Prison Bongirlfaya Translates to the word "wildcat," means "peeping" (in reference to a cat's vision and sly behavior) Cash Money/bathing soap (due to soap being a commodity) Chitima Translates to the word "train," means "inmates who water the garden in a 'line' form" Chikepe

  4. Jobsworth - Wikipedia

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    A purple crocodile is now a metaphor for unhelpful officialdom in the Netherlands. A jobsworth is a person who uses the (typically small) authority of their job in a deliberately uncooperative way, or who seemingly delights in acting in an obstructive or unhelpful manner.

  5. 'No one's clean on this': Potential VP picks have been ... - AOL

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    Other potential running mates also have such moments in their past. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., who has become a die-hard Trump loyalist, once called him a “whack job” in a message obtained ...

  6. Glossary of graffiti - Wikipedia

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    A color-mixing technique done by spraying one color over another while it is still wet, then rubbing the two together. Sometimes an abrasive like sand is used to create different effects. The term is derived from "condom," as a reference to its synonym rubber and is sometimes called fingering, as it is commonly done with one's fingers. Dropsy A ...

  7. Dirty, dangerous and demeaning - Wikipedia

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    Oil rig drillers can be covered in oil and mud and they work beside dangerous machinery in harsh environments. "Dirty, dangerous and demeaning" (often "dirty, dangerous and demanding" or "dirty, dangerous and difficult"), also known as the 3Ds, is an American neologism derived from the Asian concept, and refers to certain kinds of labor often performed by unionized blue-collar workers.

  8. Dollar whacked as economic slowdown spreads to U.S. jobs data

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    The U.S. dollar index fell on Friday to its lowest since March 26 after the U.S. Department of Labor's employment report showed that job growth slowed sharply in May and wages rose less than expected.

  9. Wetwork - Wikipedia

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    Wetwork (Russian: мокрое дело, romanized: mokroye delo) [1] is a euphemism for murder or assassination that alludes to spilling blood. [2] The expression and the similar wet job, wet affair, or wet operation are all calques of Russian terms for such activities and can be traced to criminal slang from at least the 19th century [3] [4] and originally meant robbery that involved murder ...