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, (SCAN-lus) adj., From scandalous. Especially mean, evil, and cold-hearted. “That vice principal was scan’lous the way he picked on our group.â€Â Also: scandocious (scan-DOSH-us) [Etym., African American, E-40 lyrics]
Originally from the ubiquitous world wide web error message ("Page Not Found"), has now become a colloquialism for all manner of leaving, not present, or whereabouts unknown. As in "I'm 404" (I'm leaving), or "Where's Wally?" "He's 404" (Who knows) or "Are you coming to my staggeringly cool party tonight?" "Nope, I'll be 404" (Thank you, but I will be otherwise engaged at that time).
(like) prep., similar to, approximately.  “We lived like kings.â€Â Also used as a marker, space-maker in sentences - the way um and ah are used, as well as the Spanish “digo.â€Â “I’m like telling my mom that like I have to go the mall and like she’s like tweakin’â€Â [Etym., in this usage, first used by jazz musicians in 30’s and 40’s, beatniks in the 50’s, youth in 60’s to now; also prominent in “valley talk.â€]
40 ounce of beer
Black people are known to drink "40"oz beers
barbiturates
Curry. I'm going for a ruby. Ruby Murray was a singer in Glasgow back in the 30's or 40's - thanks to Peter Cotterell for the Ruby Murray info. N. Matthews tells me that Ruby was an Irish singer (1935-1996) popular in the mid to late 1950's. Got a note from Sandy Everitt who knew Ruby Murray 6 Ruby was a top recording star in the 1950's who achieved the rare feat of having five songs in the top 20 at one time. Ruby died in 1996
cigar laced with marijuana and dipped in malt liquor
, (krib) n., home, house, apartment, bedroom. “I’ve been lyin’ up at the crib all day.â€Â [Etym., 40’s, Jazz, African American]
40 ounce of beer
A 40-millimetre British autocannon, used famously as an anti-aircraft gun by the RCN (and other navies) in WWII. The name came from the sound that the gun made when firing.
$40 bag of marijuana
It's a 40-pounder here in Ontario
It's a 40-pounder here in Ontario, Bud! I assure you !
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Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day added every four years is equivalent to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the excess of the real year. Hence, it is necessary to suppress the bissextile day at the end of every century which is not divisible by 400, while it is retained at the end of those which are divisible by 400.
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A silver coin of Florence, first struck in the twelfth century, and noted for its beauty. The name is given to different coins in different countries. The florin of England, first minted in 1849, is worth two shillings, or about 48 cents; the florin of the Netherlands, about 40 cents; of Austria, about 36 cents.
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A symbol expressing forty units; as, 40, or xl.
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Pepsin modified by exposure to a temperature of from 40¡ to 60¡ C.
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An elementary substance; a metal which combined with oxygen forms lime. It is of a pale yellow color, tenacious, and malleable. It is a member of the alkaline earth group of elements. Atomic weight 40. Symbol Ca.
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A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned "40 all"), and reverted to as often as a tie is made until one of the sides secures two successive strokes following a tie or deuce, which decides the game.
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A fat, liquid at ordinary temperatures, but solidifying at temperatures below 0¡ C., found abundantly in both the animal and vegetable kingdoms (see Palmitin). It dissolves solid fats, especially at 30-40¡ C. Chemically, olein is a glyceride of oleic acid; and, as three molecules of the acid are united to one molecule of glyceryl to form the fat, it is technically known as triolein. It is also called elain.
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