Textbooks write English correctly 05 ppsx
Slang and uncoventional english part 3 ppsx
... a simplified language that, like Beach-la-Mar and Pidgin -English, represents a distortion of ( say) English by coloured peoples speaking English indeed but adapting it to their own phonetics and ... so extensive, nor has it, except during the Boer War, succeeded in imposing itself upon English slang, much less upon Standard English[ .] 1 New Zealand is like South Africa in that its po...
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Slang and uncoventional english part 21 ppsx
... US, 1973 CD noun a condom. Scamto youth street slang (South African townships) SOUTH AFRICA, 2 005 C-Day noun the day when new car models were available for civilian purchase after the end of ... grouping loosely ident- ified as CHAV. A narrowing of the previous non-gender-specific sense UK, 2 005 charver; charva verb to have sex. From Romany charvo (to interfere with) UK, 1962 charvering
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Slang and uncoventional english part 41 ppsx
... a military base US, 1978 fook ‘fuck’ in all senses and forms. A phonetic rendering of accented English UK, 1997 fool noun used as a term of address, sometimes suggesting foolishness and sometimes ... improvised flame-thrower. Korean and Vietnam war usage US, 1989 foul adjective unpleasant, unfriendly. Conventional English rendered slang with attitude US, 1999 foulball noun a despised pers...
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Slang and uncoventional english part 75 ppsx
... 1984 Pommified adjective having taken on an English character AUSTRALIA, 1936 Pommy; Pommie noun an English person, or more loosely, a person from Britain. Originally used of English immigrants to Australia, ... fashion sense US, 1985 Pom; pom noun an English person, or more loosely, a person from Britain. Shortening of POMMY AUSTRALIA, 1912 Pom; pom adjective English, or more loosel...
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Slang and uncoventional english part 79 ppsx
... hence, used as an intensifier, greatly. The Oxford English Dictionary offers both Scottish and US origins, but the earliest slang sense is from English writer R.H. Froude UK, 1827 real bikini noun ... Reported by a variety of mothers in Cardiff and Bristol during April 2 005 and generally credited to 8-year-old children UK, 2 005. < read the riot act to instruct a prisoner who is abou...
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Slang and uncoventional english part 82 ppsx
... the bettor’s wealth AUSTRALIA, 1989 round robin noun 1 a story begun by one writer and completed by another or multiple writers US, 1982. 2 a wager of ten conditional bets on three selections UK, ... illegal betting operation, a person who physically collects and pays off bets placed with sheet writers US, 1947. 2 a prison inmate who collects dues for a baron (a powerful criminal whose influe...
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Slang and uncoventional english part 98 ppsx
... Collected on the 17th June 2 005 from teenage girls (who described themselves as ‘townies’) in Swansea, south Wales: ‘You don’t want to go there – it’s tribe.’ UK: WALES, 2 005 Tri-Chevy noun a Chevrolet ... 1981 totalled; totalled out adj ective drunk US, 1966 totally adverb completely. Very close to standard English, but with the right attitude quite slangy US, 1982 totally! used as an e...
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Slang and uncoventional english part 103 ppsx
... within the British Isles; it is, perhaps, interesting to note that a Welsh accent attempted by an English person has a pronounced tendency to sound Indian UK, 1984 white worm noun an uninfected ... operator or officer. From a vocalisation of the abbreviation WSO US, 1993 whizzo!; wizzo! splendid! UK, 1 905 whizzo; wizzo adjective excellent. After WHIZZO! (an exclamation of delight) UK, 194...
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