Common british slang terms

    • [DOC File]THE LATEST YOUTH SLANG –extracts from the Archive

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      Terms in use among Black British street gangs for denominations are, surprisingly, not very exotic at all: papes is paper money in general, a brown is a ten–pound note, a blue is a fiver. More interesting are the derivations of some words that younger speakers claim for …

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    • [DOC File]Slang WORKSHEET A - Inside Out

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      Slang worksheet A. Exercise 1 The sentences below contain examples of American, Australian, or British slang. Can you figure out the slang words that match the definitions in the boxes? “I know zilch. about computers. I’ve never used one before.” (American) “He’s loaded. That’s why he can eat in expensive restaurants most nights ...

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    • [DOCX File]pgsite

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      (sweetcorn) porridge common in the southern U.S. and relatively unknown in the UK. grunt Slang for infantryman : (UK: squaddie) H. half bath a bathroom [DM] that lacks a shower. or bathtub (i.e., a bathroom which lacks a place to actually bathe.) Equivalent to a British W.C. or Cloakroom. heavy cream double cream (UK) hickey

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    • [DOC File]Burke (1990) recognizes a common characteristic in all ...

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      Second, both terms are used to describe things of extraordinary quality. One slang definition of cool is “very good”; one definition of sublime is “so awe-inspiringly beautiful as to seem almost heavenly.” Third both terms can describe a serene, connected state of being.

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    • [DOC File]How Linguists Approach the Study of Language and Dialect

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      How Linguists Approach the Study of Language and Dialect . John R. Rickford (ms. January 2002, for students in Ling 73, AAVE, Stanford) Since we will be drawing primarily on linguistic research to tell the story of African American Vernacular English [AAVE], we need to explain some of the premises under which linguists operate, the kinds of principles which are usually covered in the first ...

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    • [DOC File]Student slang - King's College London

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      Physically attractive fellow-students are described, using Black British slang, as chung (also chong or choong –there are no rules for spelling slang) or peng. The main ‘ethnic’ influence on British slang used to be exclusively Caribbean, but now we are beginning to hear ‘Hinglish’ –Indian English - as well as words from Bengali ...

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    • [DOC File]An Introduction to Sociolinguistics (Janet Holmes)

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      British Black English. 1-Patois: a Jamaican Creole in origin, which is used by Jamaican immigrants in London and by young British Blacks in group talks as a sign of ethnic identity. Some of Patois linguistic features (p190) - Lexical items such as lick meaning 'hit' and kenge meaning 'week, puny'

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    • [DOC File]Naval Terms & Phraseology

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      Other non nautical terms in common usage. 159. A good 'Guy An old English reference to Guy Fawkes Day. Guy Fawkes was a renegade who plotted to blow up the English Parliament by setting off barrels of gunpowder hidden below their chambers in the cellar.

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