sweet Lolita

Sweet Lolita (or Ama Lolita) is a Japanese fashion type that is characterized by light-colored, modest, cute-appearing dress with a lot of lace and frills. This is typically limited to Japanese teen and young adult women, but rarely guys may adopt this style too. The true sweet Lolita (as contrasted with the Gothic Lolita) tends to favor white or pink base colors with floral embroidery and concentrate on looking as sweet and cute as possible. The fabric used may consist of not just solid colors but floral and fruit prints, resulting in an appearance that is extremely sweet and like Victorian little girls. The character Momoko in Kamikaze Girls (Shimotsuma Monogatari) is an example of someone who is the true sweet Lolita.

Sakura enjoyed modeling her sweet Lolita outfit in her promenade in town.

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pornish hen

A pornish hen is a woman (or girl) who posts risqué pictures of herself on Facebook or other personal pages; or who does so in internet communities. This is a play on the term Cornish hen.

Vickie posted that picture of herself losing her bikini top; she's become a real pornish hen.

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Acadienne

A polite term to refer to women or girls of Acadian (Cajun) ancestry. It refers to the origins of the population in Acadia, now Nova Scotia.

Heather could make a jambalaya or a gumbo with the best of the Acadiennes.

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Where ya at?

A common greeting used by New Orleanians, converying pleasure upon seeing a friend, especially one that has not been seen for a while, more than a request for location. It's an effusive hello.

When I see my friends in New Orleans, we often say, "Where ya at?"

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hohsalotal

A hohsalotal is an unkempt person, a slob.

It was an embarassment to be seen with Aynaud because he was such a hohsalotal -- he wore wrinkled clothing and rarely shaved.

Perky effect

The Perky effect, in psychology, refers to the process by which visual mental imagery is thought to interefere with visual perception. For example, if a person is instructed to project by imagination a tomato or a banana on a while screen, an a faint image of a tomato or banana is projected, the person may not be able to tell the difference between the real image and that which was imagined. Cheves W. Perky did the pioneering research on this back in 1910. This is the first meaning of the Perky effect.

There is another meaning: the Perky effect is what happens when you go braless on a cold day.

Thomasina loved cold days because of the perky effect.

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Mardi Gras bead flash

A custom which originated in New Orleans, but has traveled easily elsewhere, where a young woman displays her boobs (breasts) for Mardi Gras glass bead necklaces.

Tomorrow is Mardi Gras: I will give a Mardi Gras bead flash with my exquisite minatures to the Burbocam as is my custom; after all, I am proud to be a New Orleanian and keep to our historical rights. Blank Katrina!

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