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1. affirm, adj. (and int.) View full entry 1960
...Esp. in radio communication: = affirmative1b. Also as ...
2. Aggie, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1871
...An agriculturalist, spec. a student at an agricultural college. Freq. (and in earliest use): a member of a sports team from such a college; (in pl.) the team...
3. Amerasian, adj. and n. View full entry 1932
...Of or relating to both America and Asia....
4. Amtrak, n. View full entry 1971
...A proprietary name for a Government-controlled railway service in the U.S., also called the National Railroad Passenger Corporation....
5. angle-park, v. View full entry 1937
...trans. To park (a vehicle) at an oblique angle to the kerb. Occas. in extended use....
6. angle shot, n. View full entry 1860
...Billiards and Pool (chiefly U.S.). A shot which causes the cue ball to drive the object ball off at an angle....
7. arugula, n. View full entry 1960
...= rocket...
8. automate, v. View full entry 1954
...trans. To convert (a process, system, or facility) to be operated by predominantly automatic equipment; to make automatic or automated (cf. earlier automated)....
9. automobiling, adj. View full entry 1903
...That automobiles; driving, motoring....
10. bad boy, n. View full entry 1860
...colloq. (orig. U.S.). A man who does not conform to expected or approved standards of conduct; a rebel. With of or genitive indicating the sphere in which...
11. bakeware, n. View full entry 1948
...Cooking vessels for baking, regarded collectively....
12. bazillion, adj. and n. View full entry 1939
...With an article, number, or other quantifier, and followed by a plural noun: amounting to a very large (but indefinite) number or quantity....
13. beat-box, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1983
...An electronic drum machine....
14. beat poetry, n. View full entry 1959
...Literary work produced by beat poets. Cf. beat poet...
15. beer pong, n. View full entry 1972
...Any of various drinking games in which players attempt to throw or hit table tennis balls into cups of beer, which must then be drunk by an opponent....
16. big guy, n. View full entry 1910
...As a familiar or affectionate form of address to a man or boy....
17. bippy, n. View full entry 1968
...you bet your (sweet) bippy and variants: be assured, certainly; cf. betc. Hence: the buttocks, the backside....
18. blue box, n. View full entry 1971
...Telecomm. An electronic device which generates the tones necessary to open long-distance telephone lines, enabling a user to make illegitimate free calls. Now hist....
19. bobskate, n. View full entry 1903
...An ice-skate for children, which has double runners in two sections and can easily be adjusted to fit the foot....
20. bootery, n. View full entry 1920
...A shop where boots and shoes are sold....
