N.
Something that would appeal to a hoochie mama. May be considered sleazy, flashy, cheap, attention-grabbing, trashy. Generally used in an uncomplimentary way.
The faux zebra skin rugs and red lightbulbs were only part of her hoochierific decorating scheme.
N.
Grandparents. See rents.
The grandrents are coming to stay for the holidays, because my mother wants all the family here.
Abbr. for "self-injury," also known as self-mutilation. Most common form is cutting, but may also include burning, bruising, skin-picking (excoriation), and other behaviors. There is no single cause for SI. SI is most common in women and tends to persist for years.
As a result of overwhelming anxiety, she turned to SI as a coping mechanism.
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V.
Frequently used to describe the act of writing in an online, public journal (blog, livejournal, diaryland, etc).
I've been journaling for two years now.
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A signature. Derives from John Hancock's signature, which was written in large letters, on the Declaration of Independence.
Could you please put your John Hancock on this form so that I can turn it in?
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100 pounds. Can be modified to express other weights; for example, a buck-ten would be 110 pounds.
What do you weigh, anyway? A buck-ten?
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A yearly event that is a gathering of people who publish public, personal journals (blogger, diaryland, livejournal, etc) on the internet. Spans several days and includes panels and workshops, among other events (including social gatherings for the writers).
He'd been writing at Diaryland so long that she decided to go to JournalCon and meet some other people whose journals he read.
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