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labbrosaur

labbrosaur  n.— «A mischievous journalist, Roberto D’Agostino, coined the word labbrosaur to describe the bee-stung lip look that has blossomed up and down the country. The word Labbra means lip in Italian.» —“How self-inflicted...

rat line

rat line  n.— «The Bulgarian secret service, which follows KGB orders without question and which had long-established “rat lines” smuggling spies and arms into Italy and Turkey, was the obvious choice.» —“Did Andropov plot...

scanlation

scanlation  n.— «Non so se ti riferisci alle stesse scanlation che ho io, ma le mie a tratti presentano una traduzione/adattamento a dir poco…fantasiosi.» —“Adattamento Love Hina” by Claudio Alviggi Usenet: it...

fantasista

fantasista  n.— «Italy’s football jargon has a special term: “fantasista,” to sum up the qualities of players like Francesco Totti. It takes lots of inventiveness and class to be classified a fantasista—a player who can stun...