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September 26th, 2002
BUNNY BOILER
A vindictive woman.
Usage: Report on new entries to the Oxford English Dictionary.
Source: Definition provided by on-air report.
KLINGON
Evil alien characters in the "Star Trek" television and motion picture series, described as "a well-statured warrior race from the planet Kronos with a genetic predisposition to hostility and a well-known streak of fatalism."
Usage: Report on new entries to the Oxford English Dictionary.
Source: StarTrek.com Xenology section.
NUTBUSH
A town in Tennessee, made famous by Tina Turner in her song "Nutbush City Limits," which recently renamed Highway 19 to Tina Turner Highway in her honor.
Usage: Report on ceremony scheduled to celebrate the highway name change.
Source: On-air report; tina-turner.com; nutbush.com.

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