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| * {{inlineref|clam up|"clam up"}}: shut up; after detecting the stolen freighter ''[[Lisa's Dream]]'', {{buck}} tells the wisecracking Cadet [[Westlake]] to clam up {{BR25|Return of the Fighting 69th}} | | * {{inlineref|clam up|"clam up"}}: shut up; after detecting the stolen freighter ''[[Lisa's Dream]]'', {{buck}} tells the wisecracking Cadet [[Westlake]] to clam up {{BR25|Return of the Fighting 69th}} |
| | * {{inlineref|geronimo|"Geronimo!"}}: an exclamation often used by jumping skydivers or anyone jumping, or launching, from a great height; [[Twiki]] uses this when launching their [[Thunderfighter]] from their [[launch tube]] in [[New Chicago]] {{BR25|Planet of the Slave Girls}} |
| * {{inlineref|get off my back|"get off my back"}}: a retort by an aggrieved party after being told to do something that they already are working on; [[Twiki]] tells Dr. [[Theopolis]] to get off his back after Theopolis reminds him the delicate nature of the repair work on [[Carl]], prompting Theopolis to correct him that, "if anything, I'm on your front" {{BR25|Planet of the Slave Girls}} | | * {{inlineref|get off my back|"get off my back"}}: a retort by an aggrieved party after being told to do something that they already are working on; [[Twiki]] tells Dr. [[Theopolis]] to get off his back after Theopolis reminds him the delicate nature of the repair work on [[Carl]], prompting Theopolis to correct him that, "if anything, I'm on your front" {{BR25|Planet of the Slave Girls}} |
| | * {{inlineref|hot dog|"Hot dog!}}: chiefly U.S. slang used as an expression of approval or delight; Twiki uses this expression after Maj. [[Duke Danton]] agrees to take both itself and Dr. [[Theopolis]] on the [[Battle of Vistula|attack mission to Vistula]] {{BR25|Planet of the Slave Girls}} |
| * {{inlineref|a thing|"a thing"}}: to have a romantic interest in another party; Rogers surmises that [[Ryma]] has a romantic interest in [[Regis Saroyan]] {{BR25|Planet of the Slave Girls}} | | * {{inlineref|a thing|"a thing"}}: to have a romantic interest in another party; Rogers surmises that [[Ryma]] has a romantic interest in [[Regis Saroyan]] {{BR25|Planet of the Slave Girls}} |
| * {{inlineref|stick it|"stick it"}}: a partially impolite way to tell someone to shove their beliefs or comments elsewhere (preferably in an uncomfortable or compromising position); Rogers tells [[Galen]] to "stick it" after Galen attempts to wrangle Deering and Rogers' stolen [[Scorpion fighter]]s back into formation before the [[Battle of Vistula]] {{BR25|Planet of the Slave Girls}} | | * {{inlineref|stick it|"stick it"}}: a partially impolite way to tell someone to shove their beliefs or comments elsewhere (preferably in an uncomfortable or compromising position); Rogers tells [[Galen]] to "stick it" after Galen attempts to wrangle Deering and Rogers' stolen [[Scorpion fighter]]s back into formation before the [[Battle of Vistula]] {{BR25|Planet of the Slave Girls}} |
