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ugly
My mother, who lived her whole life in North-Central Ohio, used Uglier than a mud fence. I think it may be a transplanted Britishism rather than Southern. Folk etymology would suggest that it actually refers to something badly done rather than appearance (particularly with the addition of hot and wet July). [Sally Springett, FIDO Words conference, May 96]

ugly American
attributed to Eugene Burdick and William Lederer

umfriend
describes one's significant other in a sexual relationship; This is Dale, my...um...friend. [July 97, from an e-mail]

Undue Perversity
Perdue University

unid [pronounced YOO nid]
[mil] unidentified

uninstalled
euphemism for being fired; from e-mail, Aug 97

units
parents; short for parental units, a term made popular in the Conehead sketches of Saturday Night Live; see
rents

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