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freeco

freeco  n.— «Since I cannot quantify the scope of the “freeco” that the Caricom Santa Claus dispensed at the November feeding frenzy, our Parliament must be engaged because too many politically-partisan decisions have been made...

rat spill

rat spill n. the accidental importation of rats to a rat-free island (or, rarely, to any rat-free piece of land). (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

nerd-bomb

nerd-bomb  n.— «Gooner—this wholly untelegenic nerd-bomb who hailed from planet Dateless and spoke a customized Midwestern patois that frequently required its own subtitles…lost and was booted from the island.» —“Idiot Box...

road cow

road cow  n.— «Like a few people here, Brett does a bit of everything. He also has his quota of “road cows,” a small number of beef cattle each family is allowed to let wander over the public land of the island. He used to...

lighter

lighter  n.— «Like a few people here, Brett does a bit of everything. He also has his quota of “road cows,” a small number of beef cattle each family is allowed to let wander over the public land of the island. He used to enjoy...

pivaso

pivaso  n.— «A pivaso is a ballot split between the pro-commonwealth party—whose emblem is Puerto Rico’s traditional flouncy peasant hat, the pava—and the tiny PIP party, which advocates complete independence for the island. Traditionally...