auto grat
n.— «They didn’t leave him any tip other than the auto grat! haha!» —“Phew what a night” by WallStreetGraffiti WallStreetGraffitiPainter (Saint Augustine, Florida) Mar. 31, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Carmen in Jacksonville, Florida, was told she was pretty as a speck of puff. The more common simile is pretty as a speckled pup or cute as a speckled pup. This is part of a complete episode.
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