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slimy

[slahy-mee] / ˈslaɪ mi /


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"Rocket Man"? "Covfefee"? All the other insults, "Slimy Comey" etcetera?

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2018

Slimy as they might come off at times, these guys know what they’re doing.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 2018

Not far from milepost 200 on a stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway near the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area is a humble hole known in some biology circles as Slimy Log Pond.

From Scientific American • Feb. 4, 2011

Slimy Gekko rushes up to greet him and Carter's sudden, pop-eyed expression is evidently intended to convey baffled disapproval.

From The Guardian • Oct. 7, 2010

Slimy pink earthworms covered the sidewalk and the road, and we tried avoiding them as we walked, but you noticed one get squashed beneath a cyclist’s tire.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman




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