Saturday, November 26, 2005

Eat your veggies

Less popular meanings...

cabbage
noun
Informal term for money.
verb
Make off with belongings of others.
"cabbage." WordNet 1.7.1. Princeton University, 2001. Answers.com 26 Nov. 2005. http://www.answers.com/topic/cabbage

carrot
noun
A reward offered for desired behavior; an inducement.
"carrot." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. Answers.com 26 Nov. 2005. http://www.answers.com/topic/carrot-4

lettuce
noun, slang
Paper money.
"lettuce." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. Answers.com 26 Nov. 2005. http://www.answers.com/topic/lettuce

bean
noun
1. (Slang) A person's head.
2. beans (Slang) A small amount: I don't know beans about investing.
3. Chiefly British. A fellow; a chap.
verb
To hit (another) on the head with a thrown object, especially a pitched baseball.
"bean." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. Answers.com 26 Nov. 2005. http://www.answers.com/topic/bean

corn
noun, slang
Something considered trite, dated, melodramatic, or unduly sentimental.
"corn." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. Answers.com 26 Nov. 2005. http://www.answers.com/topic/corn

squash
noun
1. A crushed or crowded mass.
2. A racket game played in a closed walled court with a rubber ball.
verb
1. To beat, squeeze, or press into a pulp or a flattened mass; crush.
2. To put down or suppress; quash: squash a revolt.
"squash." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. Answers.com 26 Nov. 2005. http://www.answers.com/topic/squash

pepper
verb
1. To sprinkle liberally; dot.
2. To shower with or as if with small missiles.
3. To make (a speech, for example) lively and vivid with wit or invective.
"pepper." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. Answers.com 26 Nov. 2005. http://www.answers.com/topic/pepper