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GD2: This acronym stands for "Great Depression #2." It's shorthand for the seemingly imminent collapse of the global economic system starting in late 2008 and continuing into 2009. Some professional economists, as well as ordinary working people, are fearful that the spiralling financial meltdown will lead to a decade-long repeat of the 1930s, complete with bread lines, soup kitchens, radical uprisings and the possibility of global violence. "Happy times are here again!"

Sarah Palin Effect: The principal that expertise on a certain subject can be gained through geographical proximity to it

mo': slang that means a lot or in an excessive amount.

Facebrag: To use Facebook as a platform to brag. Normally about a job, internship, trip, purchase or anything else that nobody really needs to know but you'd like to tell everyone because you're awesome.

Hand me up: Where the young generation in a family adopts and purchases new technology product at a fast rate, and old versions (that are in working order but are not up to current standards) of that technology product are given to the parents or older generations of family. Commonly occurs multiple times on commodity technology gadgets, leaving your parents with many gadgets to play with. Called 'hand me up' in contrast to 'hand me down'.

4OJ: 4OJ is a slang abbreviation for the "4th of July".

joke poach: when a joke is said quietly to a friend and that friend repeats it loud enough for the entire room to laugh.

running latte: showing up late to work because you stopped for coffee along the way.

mow the laundry: Doing a load of laundry after allowing clothes to pile up on your bedroom floor for weeks.

take a digger: 1. Commonly used to describe an ungraceful fall. 2. Fall forward or trip and land on one's face Derived from the volleyball slang- a Digshot is a desperation diving hit that results in a faceful of sand.

hotness hypnosis: When act of finding someone so physically attractive that you overlook serious flaws in their personality.

brain bleach: What one might use to erase a particulary nasty image or memory.

Hiking in Appalachia: To have an extramarrital affair. Stems from the disappearance and subsequent reappearance of South Carolina Governor, Mark Sanford(R). Gov. Sanford was thought to be hiking in Appalachia. In actuality, he was having an affair in the South American country of Argentina.

cha mon: A more animated way of proclaiming "c'mon" or "come on."

This guy knows what I'm talking about: An expression used to diffuse responsibility for an unpopular statement made in a public setting. Typically used to imply complicity or collusion on the part of an unwilling stranger.

brown chicken, brown cow: An onomatopaeic imitation of the guitar riff commonly heard in 1970's porn movies.

drop a dime: To snitch on someone. Often, to save their own ass. Comes from the old cost for a payphone call, ten cents.

keep it bowlin': According to Creed from "The Office", "Everyone likes bowling, so this is a phrase for when you want to tell someone to stay positive. For example, if someone tells you they lost their job, you can just tell them to keep it bowlin’ and that’ll cheer them up."

beauty booger: Small adornment worn on the side of the nose, attractive to some, not so attractive to others.

dick inches: Arbitrary (and usually incorrect) units of measurement used mostly by males. Derives from men overestimating their penis size. Dick inches are much shorter than actual inches. Hence a guy can claim to have a 9 inch penis when it is actually closer to 5-6 inches. The term "dick inches" is usually used when over-estimating non-penis measurements.

Fish bowl TV: Reality TV shows that depict familes and people in their daily routines, vacations, workplaces, homes etc. Same thing as Train wreck TV. Some families self-destruct for millions of people to watch. The Goselins (on Jon and Kate Plus Eight) and all their recent problems, for example. Families become famous, dysfunctional celebrities before our very eyes and ears.

Air Bowing: term referring to novice violin and chello players who pretend to play during musical performances in order to impress their parents.

elevator circles: Walking awkwardly around a large elevator lobby after you press the button, because you don't know which elevator door to stand by.

air quote: In conversation, the dual flexing of the index and middle finger of both hands, to signify the presence of scare quotes. Used ad nauseam by 'pretentious' and ostensibly 'intelligent' university students, to advertise their 'superior morals' and 'erudition'.

parking karma: The uncanny ability to find an open parking space in a desirable location of a busy parking lot.

Let you go: I want to get off the phone now because I hate talking to you, but I'll pretend that I'm being polite by letting you go back to whatever boring crap you would be doing if you weren't talking to me.

genpop: General Population. As in the open area in a prison. From Oz on HBO. A sucky area to be.

chronoptimist: A person who always under estimates the time necessary to do something or get somewhere.