assault weapon

Term coined by Violence Policy Center head Josh Sugarmann to describe cililian semiautomatic firearms with a military or fearsome appearance, yet no more lethality than lesser weapons. Derived from the term "assault rifle", which means a fully automatic, selective fire rate firearm used my military and police personnel.

"Assault weapons' menacing looks, coupled with the public's confusion over fully-automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons --anything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine gun-- can only increase the chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons."

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old and busted

Worn out, used up, overplayed, and/or cliched to the point of monotony. The opposite of new hotness.

Old and Busted: Britney sucking face with Madonna.
New Hotness: Janet Jackson flashing at the Super Bowl

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skiddies

1. Stains left in the seat undergarments. See also: "Skid Marks" and "Bacon Strip"

2. A contraction of "Script Kiddies". Script Kiddies are inexperienced young hackers that use programming scripts (Login, Visual Basic, et. al.) for malevolent ends.

1. Whoah! You scared the bejeezus out of me. Hold on. I gotta check my shorts for skiddies.

2. I can't believe a bunch of Skiddies got into my website and messed it up.

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tinfoil hat

1. A hat made from kitchen aluminum foil or other pliable metallic substance, with the supposed purpose of shielding the wearer's brain from mind control/surveillance by various supernatural or conspirital organizations.

2. Pertaining to various supernatural or conspirital phenomena.

Mike is still talking about space aliens? He must have left his tinfoil hat at home.

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burning daylight

Wasting time. Literally, losing valuable daylight hours (of which there never seem to be enough of).

C'mon! Get the lead out! We're burning daylight here!

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curveball

A particularly difficult issue, obstacle, or problem. Named after the equally tricky baseball pitch.

The professor really threw me a curve ball with that last exam test.

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zilla

Suffix added to any noun to describe the biggest/baddest/meanest/nastiest of its type. Dervied from Godzilla, Japan's national hero, 60's movie star, and general all around badass.

My kitty got the name "Catzilla" after he clawed up the Rottweiler from down the street.

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