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WORD UP

AUGUST 27TH, 2008

WORD UP

While you may not find any of these words in the Oxford dictionary, you'll certainly find them in the Vitamin Victionary.

Dumpster Driver: A person who pulls up to your recycling box in a car (usually in an affluent neighbourhood such as West Point Grey or Rosedale) and proceeds to pile your pop cans into their luxury SUV.
When I put the recycling out this morning, the neighbourhood dumpster driver was waiting in his Land Rover.”

PC Break-up: Press Conference Break-up: An ex who very publicly spills the beans on your split.
Did you see John Mayer on TMZ? I can't believe he PC Broke-up with Jen!”

Naus-talgia: Remembering something with a sick feeling.
I was just thinking about that date with Tony and I got a bit of naus-talgia.”

Risickulous: When something is sick and ridiculous.
The new LV bag is 4 g, but it's totally risickulous!

Gaza Strip: A bikin wax gone bad.
I went to that new spa down the street and they gave me a freaking
Gaza Strip
.”

Ponis: A male ponytail.
I noticed Kevin finally cut off his ponis.”

And since we've discovered our knack for new verbiage we've been working overtime to push our vocab to the next level of pop-culture relevance.

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