swankienda
n.— «She had it on at her swankienda confronting Adamo, and then bopping about Pine Valley!» —“AMC: Just An Observation” by moskal@qiz.sw.mcc.com (Anne Moskal) Usenet: rec.arts.tv.soaps Nov. 17, 1990. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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