Dictionary of Unconventional English 12 pptx

... utility of the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglgsA as a suitable source dictionary for the target lexicon. 1 Introduction Within the larger framework of the Alvey Programme of advanced ... arises of how to develop such a detailed and substantial word list. Our approach has been to make use of the machine-readable source of a published dictionary, namely the L...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 02:20

... complete compilation of court-related documents. It includes only those used most often (e.g., a list of Miranda rights, a plea offer, a waiver of a jury trial, an affidavit of indigency). The ... convenient source of useful information which can be used by a variety of professionals in their daily work. The organizing principles, the structure of the whole dictionary, and...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 02:20

... of Partridge’s Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English records this term as occuring since about 1910 and in virtual disuse by 1960 UK, 1961 cock it up verb 1 to make a complete mess of ... imitation of a steam whistle US, 1898 choof verb 1 (of a person) to go; to depart. As used of a steam train in stories for children AUSTRALIA, 1947. 2 to smoke marijuana AUSTRALIA,...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 18:20

... subject of an unwelcome attention UK, 1995. 5 a prisoner US, 1949 cut noun 1 an adulterant used to dilute a drug; a dilution of a drug US, 1966. 2 a share, usually of profits, often of ill-gotten ... satisfying embellishment of DICK (the penis). As a term of abuse this is often accompanied by, or even replaced with, a mime of the masturbation of a flaccid penis, gesturally sit...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 18:20

... expletive senses of ‘fuck’. Rhyming slang, often in phrases like ‘not give a friar’s’, from the name of one of Robin Hood’s band of merry men. Friar Tuck is also the source of a popular Spoonerism ... reverse side of a vinyl record. From the action of flipping the disc over US, 1949. 2 the opposite of something. A figurative application of the earlier sense as ‘the reverse s...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 18:20

... abbrevi- ation of ‘fuck off!’ UK, 1999 koffiemoffie noun a non-white, non-black homosexual male; an air steward on South African Airways. Elaborations of MOFFIE (a homo- sexual male), rhymed with ‘coffee’, ... working-class dialect of Frenglish, a mixture of languages, used in Quebec. This term, used by English Quebec speakers rather than ‘Frenglish’, may derive from a corruption o...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 18:20

... any ill including loss of manhood, ‘paralysis, and softening of the brain’. These claims were revised with the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906. Its sphere of influence was largely ... display of a person’s naked buttocks. From the verb MOON, 2000. 2 any blind, unthinking, unquestioning follower of a philosophy or person. An extension of the early 1970s labelling o...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 18:20

... British English this idiom is only used in American English this idiom is only used in Australian English this idiom is mainly used in British English this idiom is mainly used in American English idioms ... idiom is often followed by the preposition &apos ;of& apos;. This idiom is often followed by a question word. This idiom is often an order. a rich seam formal a subject which pr...

Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 13:15

... snook the cock of the walk COCKLES warm the cockles of your heart COFFEE a coffee table book Wake up and smell the coffee! COFFIN another nail in the coffin the fmal nail in the coffin COG a cog ... act ACTION a piece/slice of the action be all talk (and no action) be out of action fight a rearguard action put sb out of action: see be out of action put sth out of action: see be...

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