Robin Hood

In the state of Texas, USA (and possibly other states), a policy of applying a greater amount of taxes collected from public school districts to less affluent school districts, which pay a higher tax percentage.

Robin Hood is one of the state education policies most criticized by conservatives and Republicans, along with affirmative action and bilingual education.

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scurvy dog

Term used by sea pirates for insubordinates.

Avast, ye scurvy dogs!

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New York minute

A very brief period of time, presumably considerably less than an Omaha minute.

I'll be there in a New York minute.

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Fuhgeddaboutistan

A briefly-used moniker for New York City, USA, used around the time of the invasion of Taliban-run Afghanistan after 11 September 2001.

From "fuhgeddaboutit", meaning "no worries, mate", and "-istan", the ending for a certain Muslim states in Asia.

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klingon

An alien life form from the Star Trek books, television series and movies, origially the enemies of the Federation. Also the Klingon language, tlhIngan Hol, a constructed language (conlang) invented by Mark Okrand especially for the Star Trek movies of the 1980s and Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series.

Qapla' is how you say "goodbye" (literally "success!") in Klingon.

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wat

Ethiopian stew containing vegetables, berbere (a very hot mixture of spices) and sometimes meat and/or boiled egg. Traditionally eaten with a pancake-like bread called injera, without a spoon or fork.

Doro wat is chicken stew, sega wat is lamb stew, and yemiser wat is lentil stew.

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skata

Greek for "shit/feces". "Scatology" literally means "the study of shit".

Skata na fas! ("Eat shit" in Greek)

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