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'Pummel' means to 'strike hard' or 'strike repeatedly'.

The word Rat Run is refers to a small road that is used in avoiding traffic jam in main roads or a small street that connects to larger roads used to get quickly on places.

A 'social justice warrior' or "SJW" is someone who aggressively promotes socially progressive views. The term is used to imply a slightly derogatory description of someone who is overly enthusiastic about expressing and fighting social issues.

The word 'spanking' here is used as an expression to mean that something is 'new' or a compliment. Telling someone "that's a spanking car" might mean "that's a new car" or "that's a beautiful car".

PEGGED CPU - when a computer's CPU is fully utilized for a duration (at least several seconds).

"Fresher" is an accepted British word for people in the first year of university. It is also a comparative form of 'fresh'.

A 'private eye' refers to a private investigator. The term came from an American investigating agency where their motto was 'We never sleep'. So their agency was informally called 'The Eye'.

The origin of the word 'subsume' came from the 16th century. It is the combination of 'sub-' and 'sumere' which means 'to take'. The contemporary usage came to be 'subsume' which means 'to join, or add to'.

The term 'microtarget' refers to the act of gathering large amounts of digital online data. Microtargeting is used to analyze people's digital footprints to learn their preferences.

"Mentionitis" is a seemingly uncontrollable urge to mention a person in any conversation or dialogue. It plays with the suffix '-itis' which denotes a disease. Therefore, when it is connected to the word 'mention', it implies that someone's uncontrollable urge to mention someone is a disease.