Publics
January 7, 2008
/pub liks/ n. Used by Chicago Catholics, in particular parochial school students, to describe non-Catholics. "Publics went to public school, were subjected to 'what can you expect from public school kids' glares from adults and went to different churches, which were all the same anyway.'' -- John R. Powers, The Last Catholic in America.
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