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oil spot
 v.— «If anyone leaves the bus to get something to eat while the driver is not around, they must leave their laminate on his seat. That way he knows to wait for them. Otherwise they will get “oil-spotted.”» —by Jeri Goldstein How to Be Your Own Booking Agent Feb., 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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