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    [Adjective]  | "nu*ga*to*ry" | \ ˈnü-gə-ˌtȯr-ē \


    1: of little or no consequence : trifling, inconsequential

    2: having no force : inoperative


    Origin: 1603 ;

     Latin nugatorius, from nugari to trifle, from nugae trifles;

    [Adjective]  | "nugatory" 


    1: having no legal or binding force;


      * e.g., " ... the congressional resolution has symbolic value only, as it relates to a matter governed by the states and is thus nugatory "





    2: lacking importance;


      * e.g., " ... the book is entertaining, but its contributions to Shakespearean scholarship are nugatory "





     [ "nugatory" ]

    1: A Hollowayism defining a place to buy nuggets or defining a waste of time.

      * e.g.,  ... 'The whole thing should be seen as nugatory and a complete waste of my time and effort.' 

     [ "nugatory" ]

    1: A seemingly endless period of time when your older brother viciously rubs his knuckles back and forth across your head, which serves as a means for you atoning for some egregious action against him (e.g. embarassing him when he brought a girl home, borrowing his autographed baseball, telling your parents about his stash of girlie magazines).

      * e.g.,  ... "After I busted Bill's Little League trophy, he put me in nugatory for a full ten minutes." 

     [ "nugatory skeeze" ]

    1: a skeeze who is trifling and dirty

      * e.g.,  ... "i heard your sister let chad give her a hot carl. bitch is a nugatory skeeze." 


     [ "nugatory skeeze" ]

    2: see also: a down ass slut

     [ "Nugatory" ]

    1: One's inventory of marijuana buds.

      * e.g.,  ... " My nugatory is running low. I shouldn't of smoked that blunt last night" "I need to restock my nugatory" 

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