The Annotations:
The Annotations:
If you can help improve this in any way, please drop me an email (in English) and I'd be happy to change it - this is just what I was able to cobble together.
| Term | Description | Page # |
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| bachatero |
musician, more specifically: "A singer and/or songwriter of bachata (a Dominican form of guitar-backed crooning); given the nature of the genre, virtuosity in the genre would require both pipes and a certain heart-throb charisma." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachata_(music) |
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| perrito | a kind of popular dance. Someone sent this to me: "Baile del Perrito began and was popular in 1993. Diaz takes poetic license when he cites it for an ealier period; it displays such eroticism that he just had to incorporate it. The girl does a grind with butt up in the air while the boy makes repeated pelvic thrusts near her behind, much more prononced than in reggaton of today." | 11 |
| María Montez {Maria} |
María Montez (June 6, 1912 - September 7, 1951) was a Dominican-born motion picture actress who gained fame and popularity in the 1940s as an exotic beauty starring in a series of filmed-in-Technicolor costume adventure films. Her screen image was that of a hot-blooded Latin seductress, dressed in fanciful costumes and sparkling jewels. She became so identified with these adventure epics that she became known as "The Queen of Technicolor." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Montez |
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| Captain Trips |
Captain Trips is a fictional virus occurring in the Stephen King novel The Stand. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Trips |
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| Ese muchacho está bueno! {Ese muchacho esta bueno!} | "That boy is hot!" | 13 |
| muchacho / muchacha | boy / girl; can mean fellow/gal (as in, one of the) or kid, sprout. | 13 |
| Tú eres guapa! {Tu eres guapa!} | You're beautiful! | 13 |
| Muchacho del diablo! | something like "devil boy" | 13 |
| apotheosis |
In theology the term apotheosis refers to the idea that an individual, group, or locale has attained godlike stature. In art the term refers to the treatment of any subject (a figure, motif, convention or melody) in a particularly grand or exalted manner. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apotheosis |
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| Dejah Thoris |
Dejah Thoris is a fictional character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's series of Martian novels. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dejah_Thoris |
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| una maldita borracha | "a damn drunk" | 13 |
| Shazam |
Captain Marvel is a fictional comic book superhero. Captain Marvel is the alter ego of Billy Batson, a youth who works as a radio news reporter and was chosen to be a champion of good by the wizard Shazam. Whenever Billy speaks the wizard's name, he is instantly struck by a magic lightning bolt that transforms him into an adult superhero empowered with the abilities of six mythical figures. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shazam! |
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| Ogún {Ogun} |
Q central, wrathful, warlike god of the Yoruba pantheon that survives into present-day Afro-Carribean and Afro-Brazilian folk religion/syncretism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogoun |
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| Herculoids |
The Herculoids is a Saturday morning animated television series that was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Herculoids |
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| Space Ghost |
Space Ghost is a character created by Hanna-Barbera Productions and designed by Alex Toth. He started out as a superhero who, with his helpers Jan, Jace and Blip, fought supervillains in outer space. In more recent years, he has been retooled as a fictional talk show host on Cartoon Network and revamped in a DC Comics mini-series. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Ghost |
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| Tú ta llorando por una muchacha? {Tu ta llorando por una muchacha?} | "You are crying for a girl?" | 14 |
| Dale un galletazo |
something like "bitch-slap" http://somakeitup.blogspot.com/2007/12/open-letter-to-junot-diaz.html |
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| puta | "bitch" or "whore" | 14 |
| Jamás! {Jamas!} | "Never!" | 15 |
| Planet of the Apes |
Planet of the Apes is a 1968 science fiction film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner loosely based on the novel "La planète des singes" by Pierre Boulle. The film stars Charlton Heston, and is a cult classic that you really ought to see at some point (skip the lousy Mark Wahlberg remake). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_the_Apes_(1968_film) |
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| Chaka from Land of the Lost |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_the_Lost_ (1974_TV_series)_characters_and_species#Ta.2C_Sa.2C_and_Cha-Ka |
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| mariconcito | something like "little faggot" | 16 |
| General Urko |
The head gorilla in the movie "Planet of the Apes" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_the_Apes |
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| gordo asqueroso | something like "fat slob" | 17 |
| NATAS! | something like "TITS!" (it is also "Satan" backwards in English, not sure if that's relevant) | 17 |
| puerca | "sow" or "hog" | 17 |
| paliza | "serious beating" | 17 |
| Oh Mighty Isis |
Isis is a DC Comics superhero, as well as a separate goddess also living in the DC Universe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis_(DC_Comics) |
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| guapa | beautiful, or something like "pretty girl" | 17 |
| Paterson, New Jersey |
Paterson is the third largest city in New Jersey. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paterson,_New_Jersey |
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| New Peru | Someone writes in that "Nuevo Peru is a barrio [neighborhood] in Patterson, NJ" | 17 |
| Afro-Peruvian |
Afro Peruvians are citizens of Peru, descended from Black African slaves who were brought to the New World with the arrival of the conquistadors towards the end of the slave trade. According to the CIA World Fact Book Afro-Peruvians constitute around 3% of the total population. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-Peruvian |
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| Chincha | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chincha | 18 |
| freestyle |
Freestyle or Latin Freestyle, also called Latin Hip Hop in its early years, is a form of electronic music. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freestyle_music |
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| Ill Will |
It wouldn't be the record label Ill Will (since the book's timeline happened a decade before "Ill Will" was founded), so is possibly a reference to when Ill Will and Nas were DJ'ing in the 80's. Anyone have a better theory? |
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| Héctor Lavoe {Hector Lavoe} |
Héctor Juan Pérez Martínez (1946 - 1993) was a Puerto Rican salsa singer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Lavoe |
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| moronic inferno | Probably from either "White Trash: Moronic Inferno" by Gordon Rennie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Rennie (more likely, since it's a comic) or "The Moronic Inferno and Other Visits to America" by "Martin Amis" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Amis | 19 |
| Section 8 glasses | Section 8 housing is federally-subsidized, very low income households, like the infamous "government cheese," this refers to whatever frames were cheapest/free/government-issued. Given the time and place, this probably means classic bulky plastic rims like these. | 20 |
| The Eyes of Mingus |
The musician Charles Mingus had somewhat close-set eyes, probably what this is referring to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Mingus |
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| moreno / morena / morenos |
a tanned or dark or brown-skinned person Someone sent me this: "Moreno is polite term for dominican negro. There are 'officially' no black Dominicans. Only Hatian residents are called negros. Indio (for black) is used frequently to disimulate african inheritance at all levels of the social struture." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moreno Here is an article about race: http://www.walterlippmann.com/docs090.html |
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| abuelo / abuela | grandfather / grandmother | 20 |
| Tom Swift |
Tom Swift is the young protagonist in several series of juvenile adventure novels. Each such series stars a hero named Tom Swift who is a genius inventor and whose breakthroughs in technology (especially transport technology) drive the plots of the novels, placing them in a genre sometimes called "invention fiction". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Swift |
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| Ultraman | Ultraman is a fictional character featured "special effects" television programs in Japan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraman | 20 |
| Lovecraft |
H. P. Lovecraft was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, known then simply as weird fiction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovecraft |
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| Wells |
Probably referring to H. G. Wells, an English writer best remembered today for the science fiction novels he published between 1895 and 1901: The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, When the Sleeper Wakes, and The First Men in the Moon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells |
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| Burroughs |
Probably referring to Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American author best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Rice_Burroughs |
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| Howard |
Robert E. Howard was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Howard |
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| Alexander |
Probably referring to Lloyd Alexander, a widely-influential American author of more than forty books, mostly fantasy novels for children and adolescents. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Alexander |
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| Herbert |
Probably referring to Frank Herbert, a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American science fiction author. Although also a short story author, he is best known for his novels, most notably Dune and its five sequels. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_herbert |
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| Asimov |
Isaac Asimov was a Russian-born American author and professor of biochemistry, a highly successful writer, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asimov |
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| Bova |
Ben Bova is an American science fiction author and editor. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bova |
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| Heinlein |
Robert A. Heinlein was an American novelist and science fiction writer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinlein |
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| E.E. "Doc" Smith |
E.E. "Doc" Smith was an early science fiction author who wrote the Lensman series and the Skylark series, among others. He is sometimes referred to as the father of Space Opera. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.E._%22Doc%22_Smith |
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| Stapledon |
Probably referring to Olaf Stapledon, a British philosopher and author of several influential works of science fiction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_Stapledon |
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| the guy who wrote all the Doc Savage books |
Doc Savage is a fictional character, one of the pulp heroes of the 1930s and 1940s. He was created by writer Lester Dent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_savage |
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| Chakobsa |
Chakobsa is a fictional language used by the Fremen people of the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakobsa |
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| Slan |
Slan is a science fiction novel written by A. E. van Vogt, as well as the name of the fictional race of superbeings featured in the novel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slan |
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| Dorsai |
The Childe Cycle is an unfinished series of science fiction novels by Gordon R. Dickson. The series is sometimes referred to as the Dorsai series, as the Dorsai people are central to the series. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsai |
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| Lensman |
The Lensman series is a serial science fiction space opera by E. E. Smith. It was a runner-up for the Hugo award for best All-Time Series. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lensman |
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| otakuness |
Otaku is a Japanese term used to refer to people with obsessive interests, particularly anime, manga, and video games. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otaku |
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| Run Run Shaw |
Sir Run Run Shaw is a Hong Kong media mogul, producer of kung fu movies like "The Five Deadly Venoms" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077559/). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_Run_Shaw |
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| el Cuco |
The Cuco (Coco, coca, or cuca) is a mythical monster, a ghost, witch; equivalent to the boogeyman found in many Hispanic and Lusophone countries. He can also be considered a Hispanic version of a bugbear, as it is a commonly used figure of speech representing an irrational or exagerated fear. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Cuco |
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| la Ciguapa / cigüapas |
A Ciguapa (pronounced see-GOOAH-pah) is a mythological creature of Dominican folklore. They are commonly described as having human female form with brown or dark blue skin, backward facing feet (to mislead those that would follow their tracks), and very long manes of smooth, glossy hair that covers their otherwise naked bodies. They supposedly inhabit the high mountains of the Dominican Republic, and are commonly assumed to derive from the Maboya of Taino mythology. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciguapa |
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| Danny Dunn |
Danny Dunn is the name of a fictional character and protagonist of a series of juvenile science fiction/adventure books. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Dunn |
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| Pórtate como un muchacho normal {Portate como un muchacho normal} | "Behave like a normal kid" | 22 |
| Pa' 'fuera! | I think "Get out!" | 22 |
| carajo | expletive, something like "fuckin' A" or "shit" | 22 |
| Dr. Who |
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien time-traveller known as "the Doctor" who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box. With his companions, he explores time and space, solving problems, facing monsters and righting wrongs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Who |
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| Blake's 7 |
Blake's 7 is a British science fiction television series made by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for their BBC 1 channel. Created by Terry Nation, a prolific television writer best known for creating the popular Dalek monsters for the television series Doctor Who, it ran for four series between 1978 and 1981. Popular from the time it was first broadcast, it remains well regarded on account of its dark tone, moral ambiguity and strong characterisation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake%27s_7 |
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| Veritech fighter & Zentraedi walker |
These are from Robotech http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotech |
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| indefatigable |
"incapable of being fatigued" http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indefatigable |
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| ubiquitous |
"existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered" http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ubiquitous |
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| Tolkein |
J. R. R. Tolkien was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the high fantasy classic works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolkein |
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| Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman |
authors most famous for their "Dragonlance" series http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonlance |
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| Raistlin |
a Dragonlance character (who OMG kicks ass) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raistlin_Majere |
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| Wyndham and Christopher and Gamma World | [probably] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wyndham and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Youd and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_World | 23 |
| DM's |
abbreviation for Dungeon Master http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_master |
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| getting locked in the closet on Venus when the sun appears for the first time in a hundred years |
Someone writes in: "This is a reference to Ray Bradbury's short story, 'All Summer in a Day,' in which some schoolchildren living on a habitable but perpetually rainy Venus lock a girl in a closet when it's time to see the sun shine, for two hours, on the planet, an event which only happens once every seven years." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Summer_in_a_Day |
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| enamorao (enamora[d]o) | (adjective/participle) Lovestricken; (n.) someone habitually or perpetually love-stricken, a "piner" | 23 |
| Atomic Level G |
I think it's just saying that Oscar has a very high level of G (game). http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=game http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=got+game |
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| tío / tía {tio / tia} | uncle / aunt | 24 |
| palomo |
"A dude that cannot get any girls for the life of him." Someone writes in: "Palomo is close to pariguayo." http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=palomo |
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| grab a muchacha, y metéselo! {grab a muchacha, y meteselo!} |
something like "grab a girl, and stick it in her!" http://somakeitup.blogspot.com/2007/12/open-letter-to-junot-diaz.html |
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| hijo / hija | son / daughter | |
| buenmoso | something like "handsome boy" | 24 |
| vergüenza | "shame" | 25 |
| urikáan {urikaan} | A phonetic spelling/slang for the word "hurricane" | 25 |
| bochinche / bochincheras |
bochinche is gossip, bochinchero/a is a person who gossips http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bochinche |
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| adamantine |
Adamantine is used as an adjective to refer to non-metallic, brilliant light reflecting and transmitting properties, known as adamantine luster. Diamond is the best known material to be described as having adamantine luster. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamantine And of course, "adamantium" is a fictionial metal used in many fantasy and sci-fi works - probably the most famous example is Wolverine from the X-Men. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamantium |
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| Dragon |
Dragon is one of the two official magazines for source material for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game and associated products. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_(magazine) |
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| Tripods | either http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tripods or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripod_(The_War_of_the_Worlds) | 27 |
| plátano {platano} |
"banana" or "plantain", slang for a Dominican http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=platano Someone writes in: "In the Dom. Rep. when you say plátano you refer to plantain and not banana. Banana is guineo." |
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| SS-N-17 snipe |
A Soviet SLBM (Submarine-launched ballistic missile) missile http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS-N-17 |
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| Daniel Clowes comic book |
Daniel Clowes is an Academy Award-nominated American author, screenwriter and cartoonist of alternative comic books including Ghost World. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Clowes |
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| the fat blackish kid in Beto Hernández's Palomar {Hernandez} | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Hernandez | 29 |
| Morlock |
Morlocks are a fictional species created by H. G. Wells for his 1895 novel, The Time Machine. They dwell underground in the English countryside of A.D. 802,701 in a troglodyte civilization, maintaining ancient machines that they may or may not remember how to build. Their only access to the surface world is through a series of well structures that dot the countryside of future England. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morlock |
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| Roberto Durán {Roberto Duran} : No más {mas} |
Roberto Durán (born June 16, 1951) is a retired professional boxer from Panama, widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Duran Leonard-Duran II was the second of three boxing matches between Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran and took place in the Louisiana Superdome on November 25, 1980. In boxing shorthand, it became known as the No Más Fight after Duran was said to have uttered the infamous words while quitting the fight in the eighth round. Both he and his corner have always denied it, saying that he actually said that "my stomach is hurting too much" and that the press had doctored the quote to create the eye-catching headline. ("No Más" is Spanish for "No More") http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard-Duran_II |
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| váyanse {vayanse} | "leave" | 31 |
| Un maldito hombre | "a damn man" | 32 |
| Cuídate mucho, mi hijo. {Cuidate mucho, mi hijo.} | something like "Take care, my son." | 32 |
| Los Brothers Hernández {Los Brothers Hernandez} |
Comic book authors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_Rockets_(comics) |
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| Frank Miller |
Frank Miller (born January 27, 1957) is an American writer, artist and film director best known for his dark, film noir-style comic book stories. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Miller_(comics) |
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| Alan Moore |
Alan Moore (born November 18, 1953) is an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore |
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| Zardoz |
Zardoz is a 1974 science fiction movie starring Sean Connery. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zardoz |
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| Virus |
Virus is a 1980 post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie. The film is notable for being the most expensive Japanese film ever made at the time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus_(1980_film) |
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| The hot chick in Virus who was in Romeo and Juliet |
Olivia Hussey http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001377/ |
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| Henry Miller's Sexus |
Book One of Henry Miller's Rosy Crucifixion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexus_(The_Rosy_Crucifixion) |
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| anthracite |
Anthracite is a hard, compact variety of mineral coal that has a high lustre. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthracite |
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| badmash |
[maybe?] The word badmash in Hindi stands for naughty. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badmash |
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| septuagenarian |
a person whose age is in the seventies http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/septuagenarian |
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| orchidaceous |
of, relating to, or resembling an orchid http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orchidaceous |
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| sclera |
the dense fibrous opaque white outer coat enclosing the eyeball except the part covered by the cornea http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sclera |
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| manga-eyes | http://www.howtodrawguide.com/how-to-draw-anime/how-to-draw-manga-eyes-35/ | 35 |
| Amor de Pendejo | something like "chump fools" or "foolish love"; a "pendejo," literally a pubic hair, is a hormone-addled adolescent upstart or someone who still acts like one after their biological excuse to do so has run out. Can also mean "chump" or "sucker" in the context of commerce or street-smarts. | 36 |
| New Order |
New Order are an English rock group formed in 1980. New Order melded post-punk and electronic dance, and became one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the 1980s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Order |
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| Clay's Ark |
A book in Octavia E. Butler's Patternist series http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patternist_series |
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| Sinéad {Sinead} |
Sinéad O'Connor is a Grammy Award winning Irish singer and songwriter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinead_o%27connor |
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| trigueña {triguena} | I've gotten so many notes on the different skin colors, and I'm trying really hard to stay out of the racial politics of the DR. So let's just say that it means someone probably of mixed ancestry, with coloration between morena and blanca. | 37 |
| Manhunter [movie] |
Manhunter is a 1986 thriller based on Thomas Harris's novel Red Dragon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhunter_(film) |
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| vertiginous |
causing or tending to cause dizziness http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vertiginous |
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| bemba | Fat lip, a type of racial characteristic | 39 |
| Dune |
Dune is a science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert. If you didn't know that, you're going to have a rough time with this book, I gotta say. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(novel) |
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| precipitously |
very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging in rise or fall http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/precipitously |
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| Macorís {Macoris} |
San Francisco de Macorís is considered as the third most important city in the Dominican Republic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_de_Macor%C3%ADs |
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| cuero |
a girl that's easy; whore or slut http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cuero |
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| ectomorphic |
characterized by a lean slender body build with slight muscular development http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ectomorphic |
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| Hard New World | Someone writes in: "Could be a reference to 'Brave New World" (by Aldous Huxley), especially with the futuristic type theme." | 43 |
| Andre Norton |
Andre Alice Norton was an American science fiction and fantasy author http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Norton |
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| Watchmen |
Watchmen is a twelve-issue comic book limited series created by writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins. I really hope the movie doesn't suck. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen |
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| Fantasy Games Unlimited |
Fantasy Games Unlimited, often referred to as just FGU, is a publishing house for both table-top and role-playing games. They have no in-house design teams and rely on submitted material from outside talent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_Games_Unlimited |
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| PsiWorld |
a role playing game put out by Fantasy Games Unlimited http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_role-playing_games_by_name#P |
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| Gary Gygax |
Gary Gygax was an American writer and game designer, best known for co-creating the pioneering role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) with Dave Arneson. Gygax is generally acknowledged as one of the fathers of the tabletop role-playing game. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Gygax |
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| Robotech Macross |
Robotech is an 85-episode adaptation of three different anime television series. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotech_(TV_series) |
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| Alan Moore's Miracleman |
Miracleman, originally known as Marvelman in his native United Kingdom, is a fictional comic book superhero created in 1954. He was revived in 1982 in a dark, post-modern deconstructionist series by writer Alan Moore, with later contributions by Neil Gaiman. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracleman |
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| gaijin |
From Japanese, literarily meaning "outsider". In actual usage, a better definition would be "non-Japanese" since Japanese people will use it in reference to non-Japanese even when they themselves are the foriegners in a country other than Japan. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gaijin |
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| Akira |
Akira is a 1988 anime film co-written and directed by Katsuhiro Otomo based on his hit manga. The film is set in a futuristic and post-war city, Neo-Tokyo, in 2019. It is a freakin' weird movie. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_%28film%29 |
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