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Improved Terms for Known Stuff
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Improved Terms for Known Stuff

As culture changes, language does, too.  So must lexicons. Dictionaries of the world, the following are offered for your delight and edification. machina vomitorum: Those "thrill" rides at amusement parks that inspire a terror which can quickly have digestive consequences. genetic freaks: That 0.00001% of the population whose greyhound torsos, giant eyes, and abyssal cheeks qualify them as super-models. the churchmice professions: Teaching or the humanities as careers. In and Out: fast-food-induced diarrhea (which, ironically, never happens at the CA burger chain In and Out). Chichis con Huevos: Hooters Restaurant. Also the answer to a Mexican joke: What do honeymooners have for breakfast? johnshock: One's natural reaction, while sitting in a Port-a-Potty, when a stranger...