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no-brow His proposal of marriage was a no-brainer. She turnedhim down flat on the spot.no-brow n. a stupid person. (Patterned on lowbrow.) Sam is a complete no-brow. No culture, no sense of style,and no money.no-goodnik [no”gUdnIk] n. someone who is no good.(The nik is from Russian via Yiddish.) Tell the nogoodnikto leave quietly, or I will call the police.noid n. a paranoid person. Some of those noids writehilarious letters to the editor.noise 1. n. empty talk; nonsense. I’ve had enough ofyour noise. Shut up! 2. n. heroin. (Drugs.) Man, I needsome noise now! I hurt!nosebleed seats n. seats high up in an arena, theater,or opera house. We could only afford the nosebleedseats for the opera.nose-lunger [“nozl@N#] n. a mass of nasal mucus. (Seealso lunger.) Beavis thought the funniest thing in theworld was having a nose-lunger dangling from his chin.nosher [“naS#] n. someone who is always eating snacks. I don’t know of a single nosher who’s not fat.Not! interj. Not really so! (A tag phrase added to the endof a statement, changing it from affirmative to negative.There is usually a pause before Not!, which is saidon a level pitch somewhat higher than the sentence thatcomes before.) Of course I’m going to pay $100 a ticketto see a rock concert. Not!not know shit from shinola tv. to know what’s what;to be knowledgeable in the ways of the world. That146