bang in v. to call in sick to work; (hence), to take a day off from work under false pretenses. Editorial Note: This is probably related to bang the books ‘to commit time and attendance fraud,’ which at least one source indicates is part of FBI jargon. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Many of us struggled with the Old English poem “Beowulf” in high school. But what if you could actually hear “Beowulf” in the English of today? There’s a new translation by Maria Dahvana Headley that uses contemporary...
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