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[US] R. Jacobs in San Jose Mercury News 11 May n.p.: Coasting (v) – Relaxing. We were coasting at Sara’s house until the party started.
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[US] R. Jacobs in San Jose Mercury News 11 May n.p.: Folks (n) – A group of buddies or friends who socialize together. I’m supposed to meet the folks after I finish my homework.
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[US] R. Jacobs in San Jose Mercury News 11 May n.p.: Grubbing (v) – Eating. I was grubbing when Laura called.
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[US] Rosemary Jacobs in San Jose Mercury News 11 May n.p.: Kickin’ it (v) – Hanging out; being with friends; having fun. Joey was kickin’ it at Monica’s house.
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[US] Rosemary Jacobs in San Jose Mercury News 11 May n.p.: Kick (adj) – Out of style. Those jackets are kick.
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[US] Rosemary Jacobs in San Jose Mercury News 11 May n.p.: Late (n) – A form of saying goodbye, derived from ‘later.’ After five rings, a voice said, ‘You have reached Michelle’s voice mail pager. Leave me a message after the beep. Much love, late.’.
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[US] R. Jacobs in San Jose Mercury News 11 May n.p.: Raw (adj) – Wonderful, awesome, great. (syn. cool, tight, dope, fly, phat). The special effects in the movie were raw.
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[US] R. Jacobs in San Jose Mercury News 11 May n.p.: Scrub (n) – A person who has no money or anything of value and lives off others; a guy who gets no respect or attention from females. No girl would go out with Jack because he was a scrub.
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[US] Rosemary Jacobs in San Jose Mercury News 11 May n.p.: […] She was beaten up for talking so much smack about Eve.
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[US] Rosemary Jacobs in San Jose Mercury News 11 May n.p.: Smack (n) – Hurtful gossip or rumors said about an individual, usually started by a jealous person. […].
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