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Jocks and Burnouts choose

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[US] P. Eckert Jocks and Burnouts 2: In other places and other times, the Burnouts may have been called ‘Hoods’ or ‘Greasers’.
at greaser, n.2
[US] P. Eckert Jocks and Burnouts 2: In other places and other times, the Burnouts may have been called ‘Hoods’ or ‘Greasers’.
at hood, n.1
[US] P. Eckert Jocks and Burnouts 70: When people go into classifying, you know, you got the Jocks and the Jells.
at jel, n.
[US] P. Eckert Jocks and Burnouts 3: Another name [...] for Burnouts is ‘Jells,’ shortened from ‘Jello Brains’ and alluding to the degenerative effects of drugs.
at jello-brain (n.) under jello, n.
[US] P. Eckert Jocks and Burnouts 2: Jocks may have been ‘Soc’s’ (short for ‘Socialites’ and pronounced soshes).
at soc, n.
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