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| The word "Sack" was unsuccessfully introduced into the slang tunnel but was sucked quickly out of circulation by the Slang Contol Board, working from their underground office at the corner of 13th and 3rd. It was meant to replace "six-pack." | The word "Sack" was unsuccessfully introduced into the slang tunnel but was sucked quickly out of circulation by the Slang Contol Board, working from their underground office at the corner of 13th and 3rd. It was meant to replace "six-pack." | ||
| - | The lyrics of Spiff Biffleboy's Link Wray-inspired hit "Blue Petunia" is the onlly known use of the word in a pop culture song. In opera, it features not once but twice in Paolo Gringnotti's ''Buggeroni''! | + | The lyrics of Spiff Biffleboy's Link Wray-inspired hit "Blue Petunia" is the only known use of the word in a pop culture song. In opera, it features not once but twice in [[Paolo Gringnotti's]] ''Buggeroni'' (1789). |
| == See Also == | == See Also == | ||
Revision as of 23:20, 16 Aug 2004
twack n. 1. Twelve individual beers packaged together; Tampa slang for the dodecahedronal arrangement of bruce. 2. From On Human Sass, the sound made by the protagonist hitting the floor-boards after succumbing finally to nueralgic syphilis.
Usage
"Hey, man -- if you can steal that twack, you can drink it for free."
- -- un-ascribed person, stained with BBQ sauce, large-fisted.
Desiderata
The word "Sack" was unsuccessfully introduced into the slang tunnel but was sucked quickly out of circulation by the Slang Contol Board, working from their underground office at the corner of 13th and 3rd. It was meant to replace "six-pack."
The lyrics of Spiff Biffleboy's Link Wray-inspired hit "Blue Petunia" is the only known use of the word in a pop culture song. In opera, it features not once but twice in Paolo Gringnotti's Buggeroni (1789).
