A Zoom town is a small community that is growing quickly due to the rise of remote work. During the COVID-19 pandemic, journalists noticed that many newly-remote workers were moving out of cities and into less-urban areas. Combining the name of the Zoom video conferencing app with the term "boom town," journalists dubbed these quickly-growing rural communities "Zoom towns."

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Someone who monopolizes a blunt or smoking device by taking excessively long hits instead of passing it along. Named with the creative vulgarity only potheads can muster.

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Street slang for police officers, derived from the classic 1970s TV show "Hawaii Five-O" about an elite state police unit. This warning term allows people to alert others about law enforcement presence without being obvious. It's been a staple of cop-avoidance vocabulary for decades across multiple generations.

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The abbreviation is utilized to emphasize the greatness or terribleness of something. It is often used by hyperbolic people overreacting to something or someone.

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