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November 20th, YDAU - Meeting Transcript

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Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment

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matteing
(Also matting. In film (or photography), this means combining multiple images into one final image, i.e., compositing.

verbatim
i.e., word for word (written or spoken), from the Latin

Mountain comes to Mohammed
A good explanation can be found here.

Kruger Abstraction Scale
There's apparently no such thing.

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Advertable
best guess is this is a neologism combining "advertisement" and "avertable"

82 Share
This refers to the Nielsen ratings of television audiences. Share is the percentage of the total number of televisions in use that are tuned to a particular program, and 82 is incredibly high. By comparison, the "Who Shot J.R.?" episode of CBS's primetime serial Dallas, first aired 21 November 1980, received a share of 76. (See the list of the most-watched United States primetime broadcasts here.)

Year of the Yushityu

Bupkus
Yiddish: nothing

pro-bonoing
providing free of charge

Year of Glad

their own exc―
Tine Jr. surely seems about to say "excrement."

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shit-can
get rid of

Dregs
dirty remainders

"...a mule, a burro..."
A mule is a hybrid between a horse and a donkey (ass). A burro is just another name for a donkey.

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Garfield

Garfield
Garfield is a cat from a daily-syndicated comic strip of the same name. (Wikipedia) See right »

McGruff

McGruff
McGruff the Crime Dog is an anthropomorphic cartoon bloodhound created for the National Crime Prevention Council for use by American police in building crime awareness among children. (Wikipedia)

Toucan Sam

Toucan Sam
Toucan Sam is the avian mascot of Froot Loops cereal. The character is a blue cartoon toucan with a striped beak. (Wikipedia)

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Pillsbury Doughboy

Pillsbury Doughboy
"The Pillsbury Doughboy" is a small anthropoid character apparently made out of dough. (Wikipedia)

terrazzo
a type of mosaic made of broken stone

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direly
urgently; desperately

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