How To Use Slang term In A Sentence
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Most slang terms for other nations result from bafflement and disdain over different culinary habits.
Times, Sunday Times
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Doubtless many have written in to point this out, but "nork" is in Australia a slang term for the female breast (as in "nice norks").
The Corner
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In some circles insert joke here –Ed., the slang terms “frot” and “scissoring” are used, respectively, to describe the male-homo and female-homo variants of the more general term frottage.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Four Days That Shook DADT”
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the currency of a slang term
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(Illume is a slang term used for illumination mortar rounds that are used by both sides to turn the night into daytime.) It was quiet again until another illume went up and there was more shooting.
‘You Can’t Feel Sorry for Yourself’
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I've been trying to think of a slang term for garbage overproducer, but not much comes immediately to mind.
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Doug was given the nick name Abo (in those days a slang term used for an Aborigine).
Doug Nix
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Or, as Slattery put it: "We make gak, which is a total slang term that basically means digital stuff going on" - i.e.
Chicagotribune.com - News
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The slang term vint for 'hard drive' is apparently from Winchester, "the name of one of the first popular hard disk drive technologies developed by IBM in 1973.
Languagehat.com: EVERYTHING BUT THE MOUSE.
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These are typical of the made-up and slang terms :?
Times, Sunday Times
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We found that respondents disagreed about the specific meaning of even the most common slang terms.
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Also, some slang terms mean different things in different places.
Taking Drugs Seriously
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A word attributed to Wuywurung is the Australian slang term yabber 'talk,' which is probably from Wuywurung yaba 'speak'; another possibility is mia-mia, a synonym for gunyah 'a temporary shelter of the Aborigines, usu. a simple frame of branches covered with bark, leaves, or grass,' about which you can read in exhaustive detail here:In the Australian National Dictionary 1988 we are told that it comes from Wathawurung and Wuywurung.
Languagehat.com: JINDYWOROBAK.
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I've been told that this is the origin of the video-gaming slang term "frag" for an in-game kill -- it was originally Vietnam-era military slang for killing your officer to keep him from getting the rest of you killed, from "fragmentation grenade", a popular means of doing so.
Sir! no sir!
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`skint' is a British slang term
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The class action lawsuit filed on July 29 defined the term "wigger" as "a pejorative slang term for a white person who emulates the mannerisms, language and fashions associated with African-American culture.
ABC News: Top Stories
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Y'all wannabees [want-to-bes, i.e., those also aspiring to appear as ignorant gadflies] need a bith slap [I'll get back to you on this one, after some checking. . . apparently a slap from a "bith" possibly a slang term for a female dog with a lisp, but don't quote me on that] ...so here it comes.
Since Too Many City Hall Spinsters Are Only Talking About Me, Here Are Some Things To Discuss Instead
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FOR about as long as there has been money there have been slang terms for our notes and coins.
The Sun
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'The nick' is a slang term for 'prison'.
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Honda originally intended to name the car Fitta, but did not take a liking to the word's meaning in some languages - in Swedish and Norwegian, "fitta" or "fitte" is a rather crude slang term for female genitalia - resulting in a last-minute change.
13 Unfortunate Translations That Harmed Brand Reputations
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Wallop was a slang term for beer, and Codd's wallop came to be used by beer drinkers as a derogatory term for weak or gassy beer, or for soft drinks.
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Most of the slang terms in the series are just ordinary words used in a new way—“icy,” “tricks,” “crumbly.”
Bogus to Bubbly
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As a Kiwi who has also lived for many years in the UK, I think quite a few of the above slang terms are shared by all 3 countries. eg I thought "yobbo" & "thongs" originated in Britain.
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It seems that in the sixties the term “Gonk” became a popular slang term in Britain for a brief tim.
Let’s Go Gonk!
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mouser," a slang term for a group of risk-takers who explore caves, tunnels and sewer systems.
Double-Tongued Dictionary
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In some circles [insert joke here – Ed.], the slang terms “frot” and “scissoring” are used, respectively, to describe the male-homo and female-homo variants of the more general term frottage.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Four Days That Shook DADT”
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A fag hag is a slang term for a woman who either associates mostly or exclusively with homosexual men, or is best or good friends to a gay man or men.
Wikipedia is so awesome.
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Also, some slang terms mean different things in different places.
Taking Drugs Seriously
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The slang term smishing, sometimes spelled SMiShing, is a combination of the abbreviation for text messages - SMS, or Short Message Service - and phishing.
ABC News: Top Stories
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A word attributed to Wuywurung is the Australian slang term yabber 'talk,' which is probably from Wuywurung yaba 'speak'; another possibility is mia-mia, a synonym for gunyah 'a temporary shelter of the Aborigines, usu. a simple frame of branches covered with bark, leaves, or grass,' about which you can read in exhaustive detail here:In the Australian National Dictionary 1988 we are told that it comes from Wathawurung and Wuywurung.
Languagehat.com: JINDYWOROBAK.
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These are typical of the made-up and slang terms :?
Times, Sunday Times
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Old man" is a slang term for "father".
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The slang term square might convey an impression which includes the suit, crew-cut and tie.
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Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; isn't "fud" another UK slang term for vagina?
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The title, as enigmatic as most of the images we get to see during the movie, is actually a few words from the Cockney slang term "as queer as a clockwork orange," which Burgess decided to use to illustrate the oddity of a conditioned person ( "orang" being the Malay word for "man").
Film School Rejects
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The rhymers par excellence have been the Cockneys of London, who have developed an elaborate and colourful collection of slang terms based on rhyme, such as trouble and strife for ‘wife’ and mince pies for ‘eyes’.
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Worse still, we happily appropriate other nation's slang terms as our own.
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Shepherd" was a slang term for a spy.
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The GI slang term gook has no connection to geek and, at least initially, was not an intended slur on Asians.
No Uncertain Terms
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Most slang terms for other nations result from bafflement and disdain over different culinary habits.
Times, Sunday Times
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Previous studies of slang terms for female and/or male genitalia have found rich variety.
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Sailer's column linked to a Wikipedia entry on the word "wigger," which, at the time (as well as currently) read: "Wigger (alternatively spelled wigga or whigger or whigga) is a slang term that refers to a white person who emulates mannerisms, slangs and fashions stereotypically associated with urban African Americans; especially in relation to hip hop culture.
Wow, That's a Big Tent
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I like it when my slang terms have historical bases like these do.
Bogus to Bubbly
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The medieval French word pucelle referred to a young adolescent girl or a virgin, although this comes from a slang term for virginity puce (= flea) ".
Pharyngula
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But the media cannot get enough of this story about the congressman's weiner sorry, I had to in the same way my fifth-grade daughter and her classmates are obsessed with discovering all the slang terms for that part of the male anatomy.
Joanne Bamberger: Top Five Life Lessons for Congressman Anthony Weiner
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“Wanker” is a slang term for someone who is a chronic masturbator.
Cheeseburger Gothic » Sweet jeebus, lookit this mess!
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This popularized the slang term bonehead, an American alteration of the British blockhead.
No Uncertain Terms
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Although she said her time in London taught her slang terms such as "minger" and "fit" she failed to answer correctly when asked to name the British Prime Minister, claiming she thought it was Gordon Ramsay.
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The galah is another of Australia's many parrots, and its reputation for being not only squawky but also not very bright, gave rise to the Oz slang term for a fool.
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Hemp is the male plant and it grows like a weed, hence the slang term.
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The boy claimed to have been acting as a lookout for his two friends, whom he said had set out to ‘beat people up’ and go ‘jacking’, a slang term for stealing cars.
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c They are "street" or "Jafaican" expressions which have overtaken cockney slang terms.
Evening Standard - Home
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This use is probably responsible for the slang term "limey" which developed and was/is used to describe those having an English background.
Archive 2007-04-01
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New slang terms appear to fit within the same categories, rather than radically challenging them.
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FOR about as long as there has been money there have been slang terms for our notes and coins.
The Sun
