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#212372 - 09/02/13 11:10 PM Re: Give me that song and dance! [Re: wofahulicodoc]
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PRONUNCIATION: (HAWN-choh)
MEANING:
noun: One who is in charge of a situation; leader; boss.
verb tr.: To organize, manage, or lead a project, event, etc.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Japanese hancho, from han (squad) + cho (chief). Earliest documented use: 1947.
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HUNCHO - a community organizer who thinks with his hunches and all his hunches are bad.
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hunches but makes sure they are always
at a diner/eatery at Lunch Time.
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----please, draw me a sheep----
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hunches but makes sure they are always
at a diner/eatery at Lunch Time.
Good thinking, Luke. With wit comes truth.
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----please, draw me a sheep----
#212398 - 09/04/13 11:07 AM Joined: Aug 2001
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HONCHOO
1. The Boss's sneeze, and the Cockney's response, as in "Honchoo gunna say "Gesundheit, Boss?"
3. A poor transliteration of the name of the largest island of Japan
#212405 - 09/04/13 10:00 PM Joined: Aug 2001
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SKOSH
PRONUNCIATION: (skoash)
MEANING: noun: A small amount; a little bit.
ETYMOLOGY: From Japanese sukoshi (a little). Earliest documented use: 1955.
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ASKOSH, pronounced ASS-cosh --
what I call my cravat after a few too many SKOSCHes
#212407 - 09/04/13 11:59 PM Joined: Jun 2010
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SKOSHA - South Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency
________ i.e. ten thousand American men and missiles on duty watch at ____________ the North Korean border
#212416 - 09/06/13 01:47 AM Joined: Aug 2001
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KAMIKAZE
PRONUNCIATION:
(kah-mi-KAH-zee)
MEANING:
noun: Someone who behaves in a reckless, self-destructive manner.
adjective: Extremely reckless, potentially self-destructive.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Japanese kamikaze (divine wind), from kami (god, divinity) + kaze (wind). Earliest documented use: 1896.
NOTES:
In Japanese folklore, kamikaze was the divine wind that destroyed a Mongol invasion fleet under Kublai Khan. In World War II, the kamikaze were suicidal attacks by Japanese pilots who crashed their planes on an enemy target such as a ship.
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KAMRIKAZE - what we used to use to protect our Kodak Kameras against dropping, raining, and other hazards
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