Authors: Grace Octavia

Playing Hard To Get (41 page)

²⁸Snap-crackle-and-pop: anything with fire, force, and/shine.

²⁹Nuyorican: New York Puerto Rican.

³⁰Get-up-and-go: a secret bank account for women married to rich, successful men. The money is stashed to the side in case she needs to “get up and go” and can’t wait for alimony payments to kick in.

³¹Tag-tucker: the opposite of “popping tags,” a tucker buys clothes and tucks tag so she can return them.

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ego
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also ‘e\
n
1: the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world. (
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary)
2: me against her. (
The Ego Challenge)