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Although most people today associate this term with the character Robin from the 1960s TV show Batman, it was popularized by a far more controversial pop culture icon: George “Kingfish” Stevens... His primary role on the show was involving other lodge members in suspect business schemes and his catchphrase was “Holy mackerel!” a fishy version of the earlier synonyms Holy cow! and Holy cats! (read more)
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DECEMBER, 2003
- December 4 - Slang of the
Week: playette, easy, bachelorette, floozy, tramp,
slut, hoe, playa, player. Celebrity quote: LL Cool J
- December 11- Slang of the
Week: blind pig, blind tiger, speakeasy, booze,
giggle-juice, hooch, bootleggers. Celebrity quote: Jodi Upton, reporting
for The Detroit News
- December 18- Slang of the
Week: Holy mackerel!, Holy cow!, Holy cats!,
Holy Christ!, Holy armadillos!, Holy hieroglyphics!, Holy guacamole!
Celebrity quote: Dinosaur hunter Bruce Young
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NOVEMBER, 2003
- November 6 - Slang of the
Week: brain fart, fart, break wind, cut the cheese,
let one rip. Celebrity quote: Britney Spears
- November 16 - Slang of the
Week: horrorshow, veck, ptitsa, smeck, litso,
bad, sick, ill, wicked, boychick, droog, spoogy. Celebrity quote:
Eminem
- November 20 - Slang of the
Week: barney, fred, wilma, betty, pebbles, rocks.
Celebrity quote: The W's
- November 27 - Slang of the
Week: gravy, it’s all gravy, gravy train.
Celebrity quote: Romeo
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OCTOBER, 2003
- October 2 - Slang of the
Week: shark, loan shark, leg-breakers, goons,
jump the shark. Celebrity quote: Nigel Powell of Unbelievable Truth
- October 9 - Slang of the Week:
techno-weenie, geek, nerd, weenie, wiener, hot
dog. Celebrity quote: Michael Webber of the Lewiston, ME Police
Department
- October 16 - Slang of the
Week: mojo, curse of the Bambino, hoodoo, whack,
dope slap. Celebrity quote: Seth Stevenson
- October 23 - Slang of the
Week: cowboy up, bullpen, farm team, back in
the saddle, pony up, hang up your spurs. Celebrity quote: Red Sox
first baseman Kevin Millar
- October 30 - Slang of the
Week: pumpkin head, Devil's Night, TP, Pumpkin,
Pumpkinshire. Celebrity quote: rapper Pumpkinhead
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| SEPTEMBER, 2003
- September 4 - Slang of the
Week: half-baked, chubby hubby, everything but
the kitchen sink, makin' whoopie, whoopie pie, baked, 818. Celebrity
quote: Drummer Phil Selway, from Radiohead
- September 11- Slang of the
Week: sleeve, ink, tat, gun. Celebrity quote:
Singer Cat Power
- September 18 - Slang of the
Week: pop tart, tart, nutcase, cornflake, flake.
Celebrity quote: Melanie Chisolm (formerly "Sporty Spice"
of the Spice Girls
- September 25 - Slang of the
Week: lose your lunch, blow doughnuts, spew chunks,
puke, yak, barf, ralph,earl, buick Celebrity quote: Adult film star
Brittany O'Connell
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AUGUST, 2003
- August 7 - Slang of the Week:
beef, drive-by, fronting. Celebrity quote:
Tupac Shakur
- August 14 - Slang of the Week:
whip, Benz, BM,Range, lowrider, low rida, ride.
Celebrity quote: 50 Cent
- August 21 - Slang of the Week:
arm candy, ear candy, eye candy jelly, tomato,
cookie, cheesecake, cutie pie. Celebrity quote: Archaeologist Joann
Fletcher
- August 28 - Slang of the Week:
flash in the pan, shoot blanks, dud. Celebrity
quote: Mike Tyson
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JULY, 2003
- July 3 - Slang of the Week:
schmuck, shmoe, ass, dick . Celebrity quote:
Jack Nicholson
- July 10 - Slang of the Week:
blue screen of death, crashed, dead, tanked, down,
hosed . Celebrity quote: Computer haiku poet Peter Rothman
- July 17 - Slang of the Week:
like white on rice, like a cat on a hot tin roof,
like a bat out of hell, like a big dog. Celebrity quote: Science
fiction author William Gibson
- July 24 - Slang of the Week:
hooker. Celebrity quote: Jennifer Garner
- July 31 - Slang of the Week:
cooties, cootie catcher. Celebrity quote:
Kirsten Dunst
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| JUNE, 2003
- June 5 - Slang of the Week:
golly, Good golly, Miss Molly, gosh, gee whiz,
gee, geez, darn. Celebrity quote: Oprah Winfrey
- June 12 - Slang of the Week:
trash, trailer trash, redneck. Celebrity quote:
Jerry Springer
- June 19 - Slang of the Week:
diss, fag, ho Celebrity quote: Eminem
- June 26 - Slang of the Week:
duke it out, dukes, duke of york, apples and pears,
Britney Spears Celebrity quote: Director James Cameron
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MAY,
2003
- May 1 - Slang of the Week:
joint. Celebrity quote: Rapper Fabolous
- May 8 - Slang of the Week:
sucka, con, hand over fist, computer geek.
Celebrity quote: Rapper Grafh
- May 15 - Slang of the Week:
The Show, bush league. Celebrity quote: Kevin
Costner
- May 22 - Slang of the Week:
chickadee, chick, chiclet, hippy chick, dove,
hoe. Celebrity quote: Cole Porter
- May 29 - Slang of the Week:
bling-bling, chi-ching, ka-ching, railway bull,
go apey. Celebrity quote: Rodney Anonymous of the Dead
Milkmen
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APRIL,
2003
- April 3
- Slang of the Week: dope, beatboxing,dude,
glocks, gats. Celebrity quote: Record Producer BT
- April 10
- Slang of the Week: catch on, the whole nine
yards, don't give an inch, dumb as a two by four. Celebrity quote:
Dave Barry
- April 17- Slang of the Week:
junkie, fix, shopaholic,cold turkey. Celebrity
quote: Rebecca Romijn-Stamos
- April 24 - Slang of the Week:
booty, booty call, booty drought, phat. Celebrity
quote: Kimora Lee Simmons
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MARCH,
2003
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| FEBRUARY, 2003
- February 6 - Slang of the Week: buck
wild, buck, sawbuck, naked as a jaybird. Celebrity quote: Missy
Elliot
- February 13 - Slang of the Week: dig,
reefer, pot, joint. Celebrity quote: Bernie Mac
- February 20 - Slang of the Week: hissy
fit, snit fit, conniption fit. Celebrity quote: Beyoncé
Knowles
- February 27 - Slang of the Week: washed-up,
badass, candy ass. Celebrity quote: Rapper DMX
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| JANUARY, 2003
- January 2 - Slang of the Week: have
a clue, clueless, clue someone in. Celebrity quote: Justin Timberlake
- January 9 - Slang of the Week: chicken,
chickenshit, play chicken, buy it. Celebrity quote: Comedian
Cedric the Entertainer
- January 16 - Slang of the Week: drag,
straight, drag king, drag queen. Celebrity quote: Matt LeBlanc
- January 23 - Slang of the Week: shoot
fish in a barrel, slam dunk, sitting duck. Celebrity quote: Steven
Spielberg
- January 30- Slang of the Week: slug.
Celebrity quote: Jennifer Aniston
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