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[US] T.A. Dorgan ‘Johnny Wise’ [comic strip] in Blackbeard & Williams Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics 23: John also ‘springs’ for an automobubble ride .
at automobubble, n.
[US] E. Wheelan Don. K. Haughty [comic strip] Give ’er the gas, ‘Pennyante’!!
at give (it) the gas (v.) under gas, n.1
[US] E. Wheelan Don. K. Haughty [comic strip] And so the dippy don and his saphead servant fared forth.
at sap-headed, adj.
[US] E. Wheelan Don. K. Haughty [comic strip] Methinks sometimes that my good master’s noodle hitteth not on all cylinders.
at hit on all cylinders (v.) under hit, v.
[US] E. Wheelan Don. K. Haughty [comic strip] All day I maka da shine.
at shine, n.4
[US] Smithsonian Nov. 48: Another customer has rejected a cake because the design is boring and the color red is ‘ooky’ [HDAS].
at ooky, adj.
[US] Smithsonian June 116: Etymological relics like ‘Cowabunga!’ and ‘hodad’ have been replaced [among surfers at Malibu] by essential phrases like ‘Awesome!’ and ‘clueless dweeb’.
at hodad, n.
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