- Alsoslangforplayingbasketball.Don'tuseslangorjargon."Grass"isacriminalslangfor"informer".Thepraseislabeledasslanginthedictionary."Skint"and"broke"areslangwordsfor"havingnomoney".Carriehadmoreimaginationthanthey.Shewasnotusedtoslang.However...
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- LL:No,"boonies"isaslangtermforanyplacethatisveryfarfromanymajorcityortown.Legendhasitthatuggbootsgottheirnamebecausemanypeoplereferredtothemas"ugg,"whichisaslangtermforugly.Soweweresurprisedthatwhenweaskedherwhatherfavoritegolfslangtermis,sheansw...
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- "Porkypies',comesfromCockneyrhymingslang(EastLondonslanginwhicharhymingphraseissubstitutedforaword,e.g.,"applesandpears"means"stairs","frogandtoad'"means"road").EverysooftenaphrasefromCockneyrhymingslanggrabspublicattentionandbecomesaparto...
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- Butetymonlineofferstwootherpossibilities,aslangexpression"fireaslug"thatusedtomeantakeadrink,orfromIrishslogthatmeantswallow.Someslangalsopassesintostandardspeech,butotherslangexpressionsenjoymomentarypopularityfollowedbyobscurity....
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