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Old 07-23-2011, 08:50 PM   #443
Ivas
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Originally Posted by L99SS View Post
My word is a term used for the excessive interest / money paid to a gangster or bookie for placing a bet.

I am certainly not an English professor, but I will give your word a try.

Belay: To have happen to, or occur in a certain way

*The degeneration of English is happening much faster than we know, Ivas -- and digital technology is certainly having an effect on hastening the demise. That's why I don't do Facebook, nor was I inculcated with MySpace.

Belay: Well, sort of, vaguely. It means to disregard a command in nautical parlance.

YOUR TURN. Please go easy on the recent slang, thanks.
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