save a dinosaur

A way of expressing one's desire to reduce the use of plastic items. This is an equivalent to 'save a tree,' based upon the premise that plastic is derived from oil, which of course is the result of decomposed prehistoric organic matter such as dinosaurs, just as paper is derived largely from trees and tree products.

Would you like me to put your six pack in a bag, sir?

Naw, that's okay, save a dinosaur.

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Slumpmonkey

(noun), pertaining to an individual employed for the express purpose of testing the physical properties of fresh concrete. This is a generally derogatory term, used in the construction industry to describe construction special inspectors, and implies a lack of sophistication and experience with such work.

Construction Superintendent: "We've got concrete to pour and the damned slumpmonkey is holding us up."

Experienced concrete inspector to trainee: "Don't talk back to me, you're just a damned slumpmonkey."

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