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Yo, Dude! The Origins of Common Slang Words
Slang is defined as an informal nonstandard vocabulary composed typically of coinages, arbitrarily changed words, and extravagant, forced, or facetious figures of speech, according to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary.
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Oxford English Dictionary to correct 99-yr-old err
An Australian physics professor has prompted the Oxford Dictionary to correct a 99-year-old mistake.
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Unique Sculptures Laser Cut from Dictionary Pages
Her work represents a fascination with both technology and symbolic form, particularly in a project called “Cut Dictionaries.”
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Oxford English Dictionary May Never Appear Again o
The publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary say that its unlikely the next edition will ever appear in printed form.
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10 Slang Words and Phrases Explained
This is a list of the origins of 10 slang words or phrases that we all use regularly. From insults to idiomatic expressions, these are common in virtually all English speaking nations
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Slang Flask
We appreciate Urban Outfitter’s Slang Flask for it’s candor. Let’s be honest for a second. When you use a flask, you’re drinking. And when you’re drinking–if you’re like us–you’re kind of an asshole. That’s truth in advertising right t
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Youtube Fail Videos
The dictionary defines a fail as: “To prove deficient or lacking; perform ineffectively or inadequately.” All the people in the fail videos below are lacking, ineffective or inadequate, be it either in terms of intelligence or fear.
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Slang Used By New England Government
new engliand DOT puts says that roads are "wicked"
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White Translations of Famous Blaxploitation Quotes
You don't need a dictionary.
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Tips For Control and Prevention of Diabetes
Prevention. The dictionary definition of “prevention” is to take steps to keep something from happening. In the case of a disease like diabetes, you might conclude that there is nothing you can do to avoid it. However, for type 2 diabetes, it is poss
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HIV is not a game…except in Kenya
What do you get when you combine slang, hip-hop, gaming and HIV? “Pamoja Mtaani,” an award-winning video game designed to change the lives of a young population battling the HIV epidemic.
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Redneck World 2
Redneck is a derogatory slang term to refer to poor white Southern farmers in the United States.
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Top 10 Comic Book Anti-Heroes
According to dictionary.com, an antihero is “characterized by a lack of traditional heroic qualities, such as idealism or courage”.
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Russian Wiggers
Wigger is a pejorative slang term for a white person who allophilically emulates mannerisms, slang, and fashions stereotypically associated with urban African Americans and urban Black British and Caribbean culture, especially in relation to hip hop cultu
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Hipster Way of Living
Hipster is a slang term that first appeared in the 1940s, and was revived in the 1990s and 2000s often to describe types of young, recently-settled urban middle class adults and older teenagers with interests in non-mainstream fashion and culture, particu
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Racist and Socialist: Two Words, One Problem
This week, with this NAACP thing that’s got everybody so riled up, I find myself struggling to reconcile my affection for dictionary definitions with my instincts about what racism is and isn’t.
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Origin of the Term “Smart Alec”
It was once thought this term was simply generic and that Alec wasn’t actually a real person. Research done by Professor Gerald Cohen in 1985, in his work “Studies of Slang Part 1″, and research done by other historians has shown, based on conside
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This is How Rednecks Are Doing It!
Redneck is historically a derogatory slang term to refer to poor white Southern farmers in the United States. The most common American usage, referring to the poor rural white Southerner, is probably derived from individuals having a red neck caused by wo
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Official Guide to Office Lingo
The A-Z dictionary of office terms and what they really mean when you're working.
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Lengthiest Words ! ! !
This is the lengthiest word in english, but not in dictionary. It is the name of a disease, and I first learnt about it in 1960 in my high school.
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