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Now he's a civilian soldier working cleanup in Zone One, an area of Lower Manhattan that has been reclaimed and walled off from the "skels," as the aggressive zombies are called.
Instinct With Hellish Life James Kennedy 2011
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And all the humps, perps, mopes, mutts and skels in NYPD Blue made that show a much more interesting world to visit than the more “realistic” dialogue found elsewhere.
Contrary TV « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2008
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How about skels, send us a jpeg of you masturbating, just to confirm?
Think Progress » Rumsfeld Continues To Blame Newspapers 2005
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This is another example of the Republican skels committing larceny.
Think Progress » New Laws Make Life Harder For Storm Victims 2005
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Remember those “yellow school busses†we heard the skels cry soooo much about?
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Shit people, all I see from this excellent work from Think Progress is Bush bashing (which is wonderful), but broaden it to the GOP skels that control every aspect of our lives from lack of science to corruption of our children.
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Jesus you cockroach skels will through a dead baby if it would help this loser president.
Think Progress » Brit Hume: Governors Wanted FEMA To Be Incompetent 2005
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Across the board, the Republican Skels help those corporations who are reaping obscene profits (40-80% range) and who hand cash back to these same skels for more one party skel rule.
Think Progress » New Laws Make Life Harder For Storm Victims 2005
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I have fed these skels more than anyone here and I made a mistake by doing so.
Think Progress » Katrina: Another Excuse for Bush’s Failed Ideology 2005
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It is much larger than bush and his skels in the administration.
Think Progress » Thursday 9PM: Another Photo-Op For Bush 2005
john commented on the word skels
"'Originally, there was a guy, Robert Skeldon, a highwayman in England. He had a gang called the Skeldon boys. That was corrupted to 'skel'--anyone who's drunk or homeless' (According to William Safire, skel comes from skellum," meaning a rascal or thief.)"
- The New Yorker, September 17, 2007, Talk of the Town, 911 Dept.: Last Call
September 21, 2007