mountbattened

blown up; exploded; detonated

The expression 'mountbattened' comes from Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, who was a British statesman and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He was assassinated in 1979 by the Provisional Irish Republican Army, who planted a bomb in his boat -- they mountbattened him.

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bombed

a special state of inebriation in which privileged members of society can go unbothered by the authorities

Police Officer: Do you realize you were going 100 in a 50 zone?

Rich Drunk: Sorry, officer, but I'm BOMBED!

Police Officer: Oh, okay sir. Drive carefully.

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925 silver

Sterling silver, 92.5% pure.

Sterling silver will often bear a stamp saying 925 silver.

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koan

a parable combined with a riddle, most commonly associated with the teaching of Zen buddhism. A koan confronts the student with a seemingly impenetrable question which is only resolved when through acheiving a deeper understanding of the philosophical point being taught.

One of the most famous koans is "What is the sound of one hand clapping?"

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Squidgy

James Gilbey's pet name for Diana, Princess of Wales.

In a surrepticiously recorded phone conversation between the pair on New Year's Eve of 1989, Gilbey called Di "Darling" 53 times and "Squidgy" 14.

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late twenties

The stage of life at which, no longer nice and open-minded and not yet kind and wise, a human female believes she is prettier and smarter than she really is and deserves more than she's got, and is at her most intolerable. A woman's late twenties are often marked by the beginning or ending of an unwise marriage and a tendency to inflict maximum harm on all around her.

Man: I hear you're seeing someone. How old is she?
Boy: Yes, she's twenty-eight.
Man: Late twenties! You poor SOB. Just remember, whatever happens, it's not your fault.

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3 dressed up as a 9

on a scale of one to ten, a woman who actually would rate a three presenting superficially as if she were a nine.

"Well you can say what you like
Be what you wanna be
You can suit yourself, baby
But you don't suit me

You're just a 3 dressed up as a 9,
you're only wasting my time."

-Trooper

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