Word: ya
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...those living nearby, anthrax is the least of their worries. Soviet siphoning of water from the Amu Dar'ya river to irrigate vast collectivized cotton farms turned the fertile delta into desert in a few decades. The Aral Sea split into two and receded to less than half its size. Rains failed. Without the sea, temperatures became erratic. What water remained was a concentrated cocktail of salt, minerals and pesticide runoff from the cotton fields upstream. Moynaq, the nearest town, watched its livelihood drain away with the parting Aral. The former bustling port used to can 70 million tins...
...Russia: Race ya to Kabul...
...male escorts. When the three answer in the affirmative to her inquiry about whether they attended “cah-lidge,” she cautions her younger friend that she might want to look elsewhere for companionship: “Oh, they’s too smart, honey. Ya gotta find ya-self a dumber...
Four drinks for the person across from you for every time graphic depictions of vulgar sex acts, the expression “Boo-ya!” or tales of wanton sluttery are substituted for actual humor...
...costs. The Descendents rather acutely capture the geist that we’re working towards here: “We never did a popular thing / Don’t even know how to sing / Couldn’t sell out a telephone booth / What I’m telling ya is the truth.” These words define—albeit in grossly generalized form—what it means to be a punk...