merk
v.— «Danny and I were watchin Maury and this guy had a fear of clowns…And when the clowns came out he started to cry and he def. merked!…I never ever seen a grown man run that fast in my life!» —“*22 wEekS*” by mizraepyatt24 i <33 yOu dAnNy (Niagara Falls, N.Y.) Dec. 9, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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