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Berkeley hummer

A person, often of elitist persuasion, often women, who maximizes the duration of words while minimizing the duration of spaces between words because: (a) the person wishes to prevent interruption during speech, and/or (b) the person requires more time to create connecting sentences due to the influence of mind-altering chemicals, such as marijuana.

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While narrating classic literature for a public radio program, a Berkeley hummer from The New York Times took five minutes to read the opening line of Moby Dick, in the morning.

by Slave33 July 20, 2013