- AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
- barrage: large number of
- crush: press between two opposing bodies
- debate: discussion
- detatch: to seperate
- earn: acquire as a result of effort/action
- fail to do something: not to do; to neglect
- FDA: Food and Drug Administration
- gush: to rush out suddenly
- headrest: support for the head
- john: bathroom; toilet
- kick: temporary obsessive interest
- let go of someone/thing: to release
- nomad: wanderer
- prank: practical joke
- prankster: practical joker
- pull a prank: play a practical joke
- razor-sharp: very sharp
- reckless: wild
- sink ones teeth into: to bite hard
- smear: to spread
- spread: diffusion
- take something in stride: deal with something calmly
- turn tail: turn and run away
- well-off: fairly wealthy of rich
- wind up: end up