My take:
a) Fleeting regionalism
b) eh? I have never encountered their verb form
c) wtf?
d) On the money: world wide, definitely high currency (and prolly high water mark too!)
e) Nuttin’ to do with some minor local election I suppose?!
f) Yep, bin it
g) I even heard one radio commentary trying to reconcile the hideously convoluted image of the “looming fiscal cliff” encountering the “debt ceiling” smile

> speaking of worst words, we have

a) Lake Superior State University - ok, so we now know Lake Superior has a university… wink

b) The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion whatever