Multiplication

Summing a value with itself a number of times equal to one or more other numbers.

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Best

Better than everything else.

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Half

Part of something equal to the rest of it.

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Hardwood floors

Floors built of long, narrow wooden planks.

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The video for "Coopie and me"

A music video directed by Tony Ciarrocchi and set to the song "Coopie and me" by the rock band Shorty, in which indecipherable singer Al Johnson entertains a toddler's birthday party and a dull ladies' gathering and then retires to his basement to watch television and have a beer.

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You think Oklahoma City has good Vietnamese food? Then you better come to Houston, quickly I think.

The first two sentences of a comment posted on a New York Times travel webpage.

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The second waitress

The evening waitress at the Kerbey Lane Cafe in Austin, TX who ran the food and handled the check on January 24, 2008.

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Candace

An evening waitress at the restaurant North by Northwest in Austin, TX.

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Midnight

Twelve o'clock A.M., the time when the date changes.

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Smoke testing

Testing the seals in a plumbing system by observing whether forcing smoke into a pipe exposes a leak.

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Smoke bombs

Small devices ignited by a pin or external fuse that emit smoke for visual entertainment, smokescreen, signalling, or smoke testing.

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Stage Restaurant

A narrow Polish restaurant in Manhattan in which all diners sit on fixed stools at a long bar.

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Burglary

Breaking into someone else's property to take something you don't own.

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Superbad

A 2007 American film directed by Greg Mottola.

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Kim Jong Il and a great dinner

The dictator of North Korea and an evening meal of fulfilling size, flavor, texture, and nutritional value.

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Paisley

An abstract curved pattern with a set of similarly tinted colors often found on clothing and occasionally on guitars.

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Joseph Stalin and leg cramps

A 20th century Soviet dictator who held the honorary titles "Coryphaeus of Science" and "Gardener of Human Happiness" and sharp pain in the rear limbs due to causes such as fatigue, dehydration, nerve depression, and poor circulation.

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Fished

The past tense of the English verb fish.

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Polonium

A rare metalloid with a very short half-life, and the first chemical element to be discovered because of its radioactivity.

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Spill

The sudden discharge of a liquid when its container is tipped or knocked by accident.

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Dry wall

A wall of large stones made without mortar.

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The L

Chicago's elevated trains and other public transportation systems.

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Killdozer

A loud, plodding rock band from Madison, Wisconsin who broke up in 1996 and played songs such as "Richard" and "King of Sex."

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EV RE-20

A device often used to convert the sounds of radio announcers, bass guitars, and kick drums into electricity.

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Reservoir

A bar at the cusp of Chapel Hill and Carrboro, occupying the old space of the rock venue Go.

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Being refused entry to the Wake County Courthouse because there is a .45 on my belt buckle

Despite wearing a suit, being denied access to the courthouse because of the pewter image of a gun, even though a fellow wearing camo shorts, a black t-shirt, and a skull-and-crossbones belt buckle had no trouble.

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Superheroes

Men and women who wear bright colors and use their supernatural abilities for the good of ordinary humans.

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Hat salesmen

Men who try to sell you hats from a store or cart.

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Saying hello

Greeting someone with the word "hello," possibly followed by the object's name, and not saying anything else until the object responds.

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Moderates

Persons who claim that their political views lie between the major left and right positions on the political spectrum.

Cover letter

A formal message that accompanies a resume or vitae and expresses interest in an employment opportunity by persuading the reader that the writer is well suited for the job.

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Wheaty, mealy biscuits

Buttermilk biscuits that are too chewy in the center even though their aroma was wonderful and though the recipe from last time, which yielded the same problem, was augmented with more buttermilk and less wheat flour.

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Cooking a new thing every day

Trying daily to master the measures, processes, and timing required to prepare a unique dish.

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Cargo

What is carried for delivery.

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so she's one of those girls who can touch ur heart and make it melt away but still keep it whole and even become a part of hers?

A instant message typed two minutes ago by a woman ahead and to the right of Robin in the Chapel Hill Public Library.

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Blurry orange text

Orange-colored words that appear out of focus.

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Never having visited Disneyworld's website

Remaining ignorant to whatever visually enticing, interactive internet presence the famous Disney theme parks may have.

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Reviving your blog after almost three months of inactivity because of Cindy Sheehan

Breaking a silence of just over two and a half months on one's weblog to mildly criticize Cindy Sheehan, putting her in a category with honey, cyanobacteria, and R.E.M.'s Perfect Square DVD.

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Cindy Sheehan

Born in 1957, a woman whose son was killed during combat in Iraq.

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Calling card

For what one is known.

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