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[SA] Big Issue (SA) 5-26 Feb. 11/2: Instructions not be be seen using the map in public like a dumbass.
at dumb-ass, n.
[SA] Big Issue (SA) 5-26 Feb. 11/1: Tourists will be issued with a Danger Zone Zone Map [...] [it] will highlight hijacking hotspots.
at hot spot, n.
[SA] Big Issue (SA) 15 Jan.-5 Feb. 15: [They] are absolutely knacked. Having partied hard at the Killers gig the day before.
at knacked, adj.
[SA] Big Issue (SA) 15 Jan.-5 Feb. 15: The number of ‘laaities’ at their gigs [...] know all their lyrics.
at lightie, n.
[SA] Big Issue (SA) 5-26 Feb. 11/1: Tourists will be issued with a Danger Zone Zone Map [...] [it] will highlight hijacking hotspots designated as mugging zones.
at mugging, n.1
[SA] Big Issue (SA) 15 Jan.-5 Feb. 9: [heading] Prostitution is a no-no during World Cup.
at no-no, n.
[SA] Big Issue (Cape Town) 10 Jan. 19/1: You talk about [...] moments. . . when you’re in front of a crowd and they’re going ballistic.
at go ballistic (v.) under ballistic, adj.
[SA] Big Issue (Cape Town) 10 Jan. 19/1: Does music piracy bum you out.
at bum (out), v.
[SA] Big Issue (Cape Town) 10 Jan. 8/1: Tattoo aficionados and the tattoo curious can get their ink fix at the third annual Southern Ink Exposure.
at fix, n.3
[SA] Big Issue (Cape Town) 10 Jan. 20/2: You must be pretty high to think it’s OK to cuff someone just for carrying a joint.
at joint, n.
[SA] Big Issue (Cape Town) 10 Jan. 20/1: Not having puffed the magic dragon for over a decade, it was a shock to dicover that cannabis is still illegal.
at puff the magic dragon (v.) under puff, v.
[SA] Big Issue (Cape Town) 10 Jan. 43/3: [heading] Shooting from the hip.
at shoot from the hip (v.) under shoot, v.
[SA] Big Issue (Cape Town) 10 Jan. 37/2: It’s focused on ‘skollie-rock’ folk music.
at skolly, n.
[SA] Big Issue (Cape Town) 10 Jan. 54/3: After a long day I unwind by watching soapies.
at soapie, n.
[SA] Big Issue (Cape Town) 10 Jan. 18/1: The one thing that really stokes me out is that in the past 15 years that’s changed. Music has become cool.
at stoke, v.1
[SA] Big Issue (Cape Town) 10 Jan. 20/3: People have been smoking the whacky weed for centuries.
at whacky baccy (n.) under whacky, adj.
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