BUI
n.— «So Mr. Roy still lives near campus, in a 10-foot-by-12-foot room, and rides his bicycle to college house parties. (Drunken riders get B.U.I.’s—“biking under the influence” tickets.) He plays in a band that “sounds like Tom Waits if he tried to make pop music” and considers becoming a teacher, politician or writer.» —“Towns They Don’t Want to Leave” by Rachel Aviv New York TImes July 27, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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