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1. Abyssinia, int. View full entry 1932
...‘I'll be seeing you!’ (said on parting)....
2. ah so, int. View full entry 1927
...Used in representations or imitations of Japanese and (by misidentification) Chinese speech, esp. to express affirmation, acknowledgement, understanding, or realization: ‘Ah!’; ‘So!’; ‘I see!’...
3. ambiˈsextrous, adj. View full entry 1929
...= ambisexual...
4. autocide, n.2 View full entry 1923
...Death caused by or involving a motor vehicle, esp. a car; spec. suicide committed by deliberately crashing one's car; an instance of this....
5. backassward, adj. View full entry 1971
...= ass-backwards...
6. backasswards, adv. View full entry 1951
...= ass-backwards Cf. bass-ackwards...
7. bass-ackward, adj. View full entry 1949
...= ass-backwards...
8. bass-ackwards, adv. and adj. View full entry 1930
...= ass-backwards...
9. bionic, adj.2 View full entry 1961
...Of or relating to bionics; (in later use esp.) designating a (usually mechanical or electronic) system or device designed to resemble part of a living organism, esp. one used as...
10. bit bucket, n. View full entry 1964
...A notional location in which lost or discarded data is said to be collected....
11. blivit | blivet, n. View full entry 1967
...A pseudo-term for something useless, unnecessary, annoying, etc.; hence, = thingamajig (see quots.)....
12. bonkbuster, n. View full entry 1988
...A type of popular novel characterized by frequent explicit sexual encounters between the characters....
13. bonkbusting, adj. View full entry 1993
...Of, relating to, or of the nature of a bonkbuster; (of a writer) that writes in the style of a bonkbuster....
14. Bridezilla, n. View full entry 1995
...A woman thought to have become intolerably obsessive or overbearing in planning the details of her wedding....
15. bunker buster, n. View full entry 1930
...U.S.Golf (humorous). A golfer. rare....
16. card-carrying, adj. View full entry 1927
...Having a membership card of a specified organization, freq. a political party (esp. the Communist Party); (hence) designating a loyal, dedicated member of such an organization....
17. Chiantishire, n. View full entry 1986
...The region of Tuscany in Italy, esp. the area surrounding the Chianti Mountains, perceived in terms of its popularity as a holiday destination for British tourists and as a home for British...
18. columnist, n. View full entry 1920
...One who writes a ‘column’ in the newspaper press (see column4). In the U.S. sometimes with the jocular spelling colyumistˈkɒljəmɪst...
19. cowabunga, int. View full entry 1954
...Expressing astonishment, enthusiasm, or exuberance; ‘yahoo!’ ‘wow!’ Now freq. humorous....
20. cryophile, adj. and n. View full entry 1907
...= cryophilic...
