wasps, dinks and the like

Klaus B. (Germany)
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  1. NIMBY
    someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard
  2. dink
    a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net
  3. posh
    elegant and fashionable
  4. WASP
    a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
Created on Wed Jun 16 05:34:17 EDT 2010

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