2008 M. Hanif Case of Exploding Mangoes (2009) 38: Tell me that you don’t know why Obaid went AWOL.at A.W.O.L., adj.
2008 M. Hanif Case of Exploding Mangoes (2009) 19: ‘Buzz off,’ I say, regretting it immediately.at buzz off!, excl.
2008 M. Hanif Case of Exploding Mangoes (2009) 47: I can tell he is in his cool-dude phase, which normally entails lighting up a joint.at cool, adj.
2008 M. Hanif Case of Exploding Mangoes (2009) 16: I salute him, using all my silent drill practice to contain the inner cadence [...] ‘Fuck your mother too’.at go fuck your mother! (excl.) under fuck, v.
2008 M. Hanif Case of Exploding Mangoes (2009) 278: By jingo, let’s suck the national security.at jingo!, excl.
2008 M. Hanif Case of Exploding Mangoes (2009) 285: The whole bloody army is turning into pansy intellectuals.at pansy, adj.
2008 M. Hanif Case of Exploding Mangoes (2009) 21: These pansies sleep on nine-inch thick mattresses.at pansy, n.
2008 M. Hanif Case of Exploding Mangoes (2009) 289: The risk ratio might be that of an ant and an elephant squaring up to each other.at square up, v.1
2008 M. Hanif Case of Exploding Mangoes (2009) 38: ‘Shut your trap,’ he barks.at shut one’s trap (v.) under trap, n.1