boces

Noun, plural in construction but singular in usage. Originates from the acronym "Board Of Cooperative Educational Services," (or something similar), a 'special education' system often used to educate mentally-retarded people (frequently children, but occasionally brain-damage victims) as much as one possibly could, which, typically, isn't much. The acronym eventually became a term to describe any person so enrolled in one of these systems, and through logical extension, a an insult to suggest that they are as intelligent and mentally competent as a person enrolled in a BOCES system.

"Jim is such as boces, he can't even turn on the computer correctly."
"Our teacher is a real BOCES. It took him 20 minutes to get the VCR running."

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Madam's apple

Noun. A pun on "Adam's apple," it refers to the large bulge on the trachea when it occurs on a woman. (Note: this may be the sign of a male-to-female transvestite or transsexual, or may simply be the luck of genetics).

"Holy crap! Look at that madam's apple on Ann Coulter!"

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