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Check out the 411 on this phat story. There are a whole slew of slang words such as chill, dork, wuss, 24/7, and even butthead butt·head  
n. Vulgar Slang
A person regarded as stupid or inept.
 that have finagled their way into the fourth edition of the American Heritage American Heritage can refer to:
  • American Heritage (magazine)
  • American Heritage (band)
  • The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  • American Heritage Rivers
  • American Heritage School, a small private school in Broward County, Florida
 College Dictionary. That's right--every jammin', big-time phrase you read in this piece, homegirl home·girl  
n. Slang
1. A female friend or acquaintance from one's neighborhood or hometown.

2. A fellow female gang member.

Noun 1.
, is now official. And in light of recent events, the word experts at American Heritage even included words like 9/11 and Taliban to this lexicon (look it up!). But just because words like nimrod Nimrod, in the Bible, descendant of Cush who is recorded as a mighty hunter.

Nimrod

Biblical hunter of great prowess. [O.T.: Genesis 10:9; Br. Lit.: Paradise Lost]

See : Hunting
, go postal and wannabe are now fair game, we doubt they'll turn up on your next vocab quiz.
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Publication:Girls' Life
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Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Oct 1, 2002
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