mellow-yellow

1. the putative use of the inside of a banana peel as a halucinagenic drug (a 1960's hoax that became connected with an urban legend about a song of a similar name after the debut of the said song, and susequently spawned more hoaxes, sense 2 is likely also linked to the song)

2. Lysergic acid diethylamide, a hallucinogenic drug

3. a five milligram tablet of valium (from the yellow color of the tablet)

I wouldn't waste my time with mellow-yellow if I were you.

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totus porcus

completely, totally ( from mock Latin for whole hog)

I heard them spill the beans, totus porcus.

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nag

1. to complain

2. an old, worn, and useless horse

3. a person who complains

Don't nag over stuff like that, it only makes me feel more like putting it off.

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low-key

1. quiet, modest, not very assertive

2. to treat with little emphasis

They rented a low-key dorm for their meetings.

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verbify

to derive a verb from an already existing noun

We don't need to verbify a word like bread.

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sideswipe

a critical observation, especially an oblique one (from a term for a glancing blow with the side of something)

He took a sideswipe at his critics when they accused him of violating their rights.

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runaround

deceptive, evasive, or diversionary treatment, especially in response to a request

She gave her boyfriend the runaround when he asked her if she was doing drugs.

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