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Drug slang A regional term for a person who injects drugs intravenously
Vox populi A person who has descended from nobility (from the Spanish phrase sangre azul), referring specifically to those who trace their roots to Spanish royalty. The term refers to the paler skin of said descendants, whose veins appear a deep blue due to the Tyndall effect

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You'd think the mere fact the Titans are being widely hailed as the 12th seed most likely to succeed in this year's tournament would have the blue-blood Bruins royally peeved.

TIME FOR TRADITION AND NOT EXCUSES

Beloved of four generations of readers, blue-blood bachelor Bertie Wooster and his imperturbable butler Jeeves are the stars of a series of farcical novels that Wodehouse wrote between the two world wars.

BERTIE AND BUTLER MAKE MUSIC IN LLOYD WEBBER'S `BY JEEVES'

Several of Sidley Park's 20th-century inhabitants are the descendants of its 19th-century blue-blood owners.

ERAS, WORLDVIEWS SLAM TOGETHER IN STOPPARD'S BRAINY `ARCADIA'

I don't want to sort of concede that we have to get used to this kind of thing, because I don't think the majority of Americans want to put up with the blue-bloods," she said.

Sarah Palin blasts Michelle Obama, Barbara Bush

The Government could introduce legislation to boot the blue-bloods out as early as next March.