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Friday, November 26, 2010

Extracurricular Vocabulary Specific to Whom You Know: BLAINE

blaine (verb): 
to use or consume with extreme enthusiasm and style like no other

example: Those crabcakes at Swifty's exuded such succulence, 
I had to totally blaine them. 

past tense: blained
future tense: to blaine

origin: inspired by Blaine Merritt-Caravaggi who exudes a unique joie de vivre


Here are Peachy and Blaine drinking Peachy Deegans:
They BLAINED them!


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We did check Merriam Webster before hitting "publish" and they say so far that blaine is only a noun: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blaine

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