Dictionary of Unconventional English 18 doc

... tour of the Naval Academy US, 1963 can of coke noun a joke. Rhyming slang UK, 1998 can off verb to fall off NEW ZEALAND, 1984 can of gas noun a small butane torch used in the preparation of crack ... 2 an act of poor driving in which one vehicle cuts in front of another UK, 1984. 3 a division of loot, profits or the legacy of a will UK, 1935. 4 a swindle UK, 1937 carve up verb...

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... 1944 goof butt; goof-butt; goofy butt noun a marijuana cigarette. A combination of GOOF (a marijuana smoker) and BUTT (a cigarette) US, 1938 goodie and baddie; goodie | goof butt; goof-butt; goofy ... elaboration of GEEK UK, 2002 geeksploitation noun an act, or general policy, of taking profitable advantage of the enthusiasm and willingness to work of young computer programmers; als...

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... UK, 185 1. < out of pocket out of line; inappropriate US, 1972 pocket verb < pocket the red to put the penis in the vagina. A pun from the game of billiards. Snooker offers a wider choice of puns ... low prostitute’ AUSTRALIA, 183 3 poof-juice noun after-shave lotion, eau-de-cologne for men UK, 1997 poofster noun a homosexual man; an effeminate man. Variation of POOFTER US,...

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... shallow US, 1998 roof noun the flight deck of an aircraft carrier UK, 1998 . < on the roof paid for by the management of the establishment. A vari- ation of ON THE HOUSE UK, 2002 roof verb to break ... 1971 sack of sauce noun a used condom US, 1997 sack of shit noun used abusively of an unpleasant person. A con- ventional ‘sack’ full of SHIT (excrement); probably a revision...

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... period of hard work UK, 188 8 slog verb 1 to work hard at something UK, 188 8. 2 to punch someone UK, 182 4. 3 to walk heavily. From obsolete ‘foot-slogger’ (an infantryman, a pedestrian) UK, 187 2. ... makes no difference to you. Variations have included: ‘no skin off your ear’, ‘off your ass’, ‘off your bugle’, ‘off you’ and ‘off Jeff’ (thus, any person’s name) UK, 1926 skin verb 1 to...

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... 5 of a slot machine, disadvantageous to the gambler in terms of the frequency of payouts US, 1984 . 6 used of a hard bargain US, 182 8. 7 of money; hard to come by; in short- circulation UK, 184 6. ... UK, 185 9 . 2 a prison sentence of three years US, 1983. 3 a threepence. Shortening of TREY BIT AUSTRALIA, 189 6. 4 three dollars’ worth of a drug US, 1966 trey bit noun a t...

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... clenched US, 1992 woofer noun an unattractive woman or man. A variation of DOG UK, 1995 woofter noun a homosexual man. A variation of POOFTER (a male homosexual) UK, 1977 woofterish adjective ... is often implied UK, 189 9 workar ound noun in computing, a temporary fix of a problem US, 1991 worker noun 1 a professional wrestler who puts on a good perform- ance US, 1999. 2 a member of...

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... the cost of substi- tutions is less than that of insertions and deletion- s. Here, we assume that the cost of substitutions is based on the similarity of the two words. Then with the help of different ... the similarity of syn- onym to extend the FST model so that it can handle more situations. The extension of the FST model is mainly reflect- ed in calculation of the edit dist...

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... the Sales of Food and Drug Acts of 187 5 and 189 9. Agricultural Holdings Act, 187 5. The principle of the Agricultural Holdings Act alienated landlords by extending the terms of the 187 0 Irish ... O’Connor, Feargus Edward 217 Official Secrets Act 218 Oil crisis 218 Contents Acknowledgments ix List of entries x Dictionary of Modern Britis...

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... 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...

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