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Questions about “Language of a highly colloquial type, considered as below the level of standard educated speech, and consisting either of new words or of current words employed in some special sense.” [OED: 𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈]
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Translation of a derogatory term used to address migrants
I'm writing an article about war refugees in Georgia and I have to translate a word used to address immigrants, refugees which is derogatory and I cannot find a direct translation of. The word ...
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What is the colloquial American English contraction or informal form of 'What do you think?'
What is the colloquial or spoken American English (AmE) form of 'What do you think?'?
Is it "What'you think" or "What'ya think?"?
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Meaning of "chinny chin chin" in a given context [closed]
In this video, after 30 seconds of its playing, the singer's acting makes it clear that his use of the word that appears to be "chinny chin chin", but sounds rather like "chinny chee ...
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What does “lettuce talk” mean?
In a comment to the news that a British politician is going to launch a “free speech” social media platform, a user criticised the initiative as “lettuce talk”.
I checked the slang meanings of ...
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What's the double entendre in the joke told in one of "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" radio shows?
So it goes like this - Humph simply says this line with a rather long pronunciation of 'a' when saying the name of the Czech Republic's capital:
While Samantha nips over to Prague for a quick check-...
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Why do we add -ski to people's names and where does it come from?
Why do we add the suffix -ski to people's names, and where does it come from?
Examples: Kate → Kateski, John → Johnski.
Does it work with all names?
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Meaning of "Can't be vice" in "Oh. Geez...Can't be vice. We're paid up"
I've been learning English for a long time, primarily from formal materials and for practical use. As a result, my speaking/writing style may be overly formal.
Recently, I decided to learn more casual,...
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"Frontrunner" (US/African American slang): Someone who gives up when the going gets tough. Etymology?
Urban Dictionary:
someone who gives up when the going gets tough
NBC Sports (2024):
“I don’t like frontrunners. Myself, I’m not a frontrunner. I hate to have frontrunners or to think we have ...
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"Your email is solid" Where did this come from? [closed]
Today, I was working with ChatGPT, and asked it to comment upon an email. I received an explanation that started with the slang:
Your email is solid.
I never heard of this slang before, and to me, ...
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Chess jargon(?): "takes" and "castles"
Many online chess commentators use phrases like:
The best move is takes. I will play castles next.
These include an unnecessary third-person s, which sounds incorrect to me.
Curiously, this seems to ...
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Why Are Guns Called 'Biscuits' In American Slang?
I understand the following 'slang' terms for guns :
Boxcutter / Burner / Hammer / Heavy Metal / Hold Heat / Steel / Street Sweeper / Truncheon.
But 'Biscuit' leaves me baffled.
Note : I'm British, so ...
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What is the difference between "up for it" and "down for it"
I was watching a movie and I was expecting the next dialog to be "Are you up for it?". Instead it was "Are you down for it?"
They both sound correct and I have heard both often. ...
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Grapes of Wrath passage meaning: 'go down the line'
I have a question about a couple of sentences from this passage in Grapes of Wrath, after Tom and Al are driving to a town as they make their way to California:
"Well, look, Tom. I got six ...
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Movin' On Up (Theme to The Jeffersons) 2 Lyrics line question
In the Jeffersons theme song there are two lines I don't understand:
Fish don't fry in the kitchen
Does this mean they are now wealthy enough to have fish catered? But they still cook in the kitchen?...
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Origin of "snipe" to mean "partially-smoked cigar(ette)"?
I was recently in a smoke shop to buy some rolling papers. After I asked the clerk for a specific brand, the clerk said to another, "there's an unopened carton of them behind the snipe holders&...
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