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dizzified

Translation: to become dizzy

Sample Usage: "Doc, I'm all dizzified and can't hardly stand up."

duck

Translation: a hand-held, bed-side urinal for a man (looks somewhat like a duck)

Sample Usage: "Hand me that duck, I gotta take a leak."

Submitted by Mel S.

durable bowel syndrome

Translation: irritable bowel syndrome (not a cast iron stomach)

Sample Usage: "I couldn't make it to work today because of my durable bowel syndrome."

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