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Alphabetical Entries Beginning With
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va-jay-jay
n. (15 Feb 2006)
vacation diplomacy
n. (25 Jul 2004)
Vanna White veto
n. (8 Aug 2005)
veisalgia
n. (9 Jul 2004)
Velvet Mafia
n. (17 Nov 2006)
vernac
adj. (18 May 2005)
Verwaltungsvereinfachungsmassnahmen
n. (9 May 2004)
viewser
n. (27 Jun 2006)
viewshed
n. (27 Mar 2006)
vineyard seating
n. (11 Aug 2004)
vinyl village
n. (31 Mar 2005)
visibility whip
n. (28 Jul 2004)
visquene
n. (5 Jan 2005)
vog
n. (18 Mar 2005)
vogue
n. (4 Jul 2005)
vomit comet
n. (29 Sep 2006)
vomit draft
n. (1 Nov 2006)
voodoo poll
n. (28 Feb 2005)
vuzvuz
n. (15 Mar 2005)
Recent Catchwords
white water
n. (8/20)
gunning for the stops
n. (8/20)
post-shellular
adj. (8/20)
high water mark
n. (8/20)
waz
adj. (8/20)
time bomb
n. (8/19)
bedder
n. (8/19)
gasoline siding
n. (8/19)
night lunch
n. (8/18)
mudjacking
n. (8/17)
skeet-shooting
n. (8/17)
permabear
n. (8/17)
DFD-er
n. (8/15)
dropout factory
n. (8/15)
slotting
n. (8/15)
hydromowing
n. (8/15)
suicide gown
n. (8/15)
block booking
n. (8/14)
turfcrete
n. (8/14)
knocking box
n. (8/14)
 
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