frequent flyer
n.— «Contestant #2 should have been named “Mr. Drug Seeker”—amazing how an hour after 2 Percocet’s, somebody’s pain, which had been at an “8,” was suddenly up to a “8.5.” Whatever. I assessed him, couldn’t find anything that would indicate his pain going up. Told my assinged nurse, who informed me “he’s a frequent flyer—you know what he’s after.”» —“Running With The Devil” by Bunkergurl White Scrubs (Minneapolis, Minnesota) Apr. 13, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Carrie Ann and her cousin Danielle from Minneapolis, Minnesota, wonder about the pronunciation of the word rhetoric. Is the stress on the first syllable or the second? This is part of a complete episode.
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