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A condition of amazing wretchedness or unluckiness; to be used either to describe a person's status or to tell that person bad things have happened or are about to do so. Also SOL.
You're S.O.L., Old Man. My full house beat your two pairs.
A name-killer is a very strong association of a name with an unfortunate or disreputable person or character, with the consequence of the name becoming less popular than before.
Adolf, Elmer, and Cletus are all examples of once more common names that were affected by name-killer associations. It is still open whether Monica will suffer this same effect.
Something that cannot be overlooked because it is so much larger and more impressive than any of the others.
When it came to rock music groups, the Rolling Stones are the 400 pound gorilla: the quinitessinally best of them all.
Using a seismic method for exploring for oil that entails setting off explosions at measured intervals and recording the shock waves' passage through different strata.
Bill spent the summer doodlebugging with a seismic crew off the Great Barrier Reef.
The pleasure experienced when a member of an opposed political party is experiencing embarassment or disfunction.
The Lewinsky affair generated much political schadenfreude within the G.O.P.
A great beer produced by the Abita Brewery in Abita Springs, Louisiana that really kicks ass.
Jambalaya almost demands some Turbo Dog with it.