skid
n.— «There were no real cliques in my school, but for one exception. the skids, they hung out in the “skid pit,” some were goth, some were punk, some were whiggers, some were just those kids who dont stand out, all of them were dirty dirty kids. in fact thats what really united the skid pit, they were all dirty dirty kids. so in my school, it wasn’t like oh you’re emo, oh you’re a jock or oh you’re a stoner. you were either a skid or you weren’t. and being a skid was a bad thing.» —“Emo being strung out for too long?” by Masochistic Onion in Orangeville, Ontario The Hempfiles Forum Nov. 9, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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