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J.N.R Dutton @jnrdutton (3450) • United States 13 Nov 23

The term "on fleek" and people saying "that's clutch" I find incredibly annoying. Probably because they're nonsensical. Yes, even slang should make some sort of sense, I think. Those sound like they were invented by a...

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I learnt something new!

Fleur @Fleura (34989) • United Kingdom 4 Nov 23

I had never heard of a booty call guy until I read the post by @NJChicaa! I had to look it up; I found that “A booty call is traditionally known as being quite literally a call (or text) made by someone to another [b]with a sexual...

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One Hundred Year Old Slang

Dawnsummer @misunderstood_zombie (8765) • United States 5 Jan 21

I recently watched a video on YouTube about popular words in the twenties. This was the beginning of a little freedom for women, especially in clothing, as their mothers and grandmothers had to deal with corsets and bustles,...

slang

1920s

flappers

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Coining my own catch phrase

Faye @FayeHazel (40230) • United States 2 Jun 20

So, how goes it fellow confidants? (Ah yes, post #3 where I'm trying a new opening other than the old stand by of "hi all") SO, for awhile I have tried to come up with my own tagline, but I just can't seem to find anything...

catch phrase

slang

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What's shakin' bacon? .... "Excuse me but I'm a vegetarian/vegan" ....Oh....

Fae Maverick @Fa_Maverick (9491) • Australia 9 Apr 20

What's shakin' bacon? means "How are you doing? Whats new?" Thanks to advances in food products you can now modify this to be vegetarian and vegan friendly by saying "What's shakin' facon?" facon is as you may have guessed a bacon...

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Youth speak a different language

Faye @FayeHazel (40230) • United States 3 Jul 19

Hi My Lot! Tonight I am going to a workout class, which will likely have a lot of younger folks in it. So I will need to get hip with the lingity. The lingo. The jive.... the.... language. Though I do admit that it seems...

lingo

slang

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Happy "Hump Day"?

Diana B. @BloggerDi (3121) • United States 8 May 19

(I Didn't Intend to Offend! Part 2) A few years ago, on a fateful Wednesday, I posted a status of "Happy Hump Day, Everyone!" on an international social site. Someone sent me a private message, asking if my greeting was meant to...

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Do you like to use slang while talking or writing?

Wise Ghost @WiseGhots (14603) 17 Feb 19

I definitely don't like it (but I respect the right of people to use them.). In my opinion this often makes conversation or writing difficult, and speaking specifically about another language... As English (which is the foreign...

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Drongo - an exclusively Aussie word?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382016) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Jan 19

Recently I wrote about the ‘spitting image’’ – a very strange phrase if ever there was one. Another unusual word is ‘drongo’. It seems there was a racehorse in the 1920s named Drongo that didn’t win a race in 27 starts and the...

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What Is the Funniest Name You Have Actually Heard Used In The Real World?

Leiann Lynn Rose Spontaneo @Spontaneo (14699) • United States 15 Apr 18

Today's slang really confuses me and makes me wonder who thinks up all this stuff... I am slowly learning some of the slang, which I would have ever guessed on my own... 1. Going Cougar I think this means going with a younger...

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Fauntleroy!

Faye @FayeHazel (40230) • United States 29 Dec 17

"Fauntleroy!" Have you ever used or heard the expression before? Fauntleroy pronounced as "Font - La - Roy". I grew up with it. It was seldom used, but the usage was when someone thought they were being noble/elegant but...

book review

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I want to improve my way of writing

s sivasubrahmanyam @shivamani10 (11035) • Hyderabad, India 13 Dec 17

I want to imrprove my expression. I am not satisfied with my English and want to use as many slang words as possible. I have been trying for it. Today when I reviewed the post some of them are appearing not so good. What is the...

conventional way of writing

slang

some slang words of general use

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American/English words

Linda Mansfield (Snowdrop) @sprite1950 (30461) • Corsham, England 25 Sep 17

I have to laugh sometimes because some words in US speak have a completely different meaning in the UK. Take 'fanny' for instance. In America this is an acceptable word for bottom but if you said it over here in the UK it would...

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"Poo Poo Face" in Children TV Program: Is it appropriate?

Shavkat @Shavkat (141906) • Philippines 4 Jul 17

I was watching Nickelodeon with my little niece. Then, there is a short quiz pop out on the TV screen. It was describing the “poo poo face” and I was a bit shocked when I heard this. I was telling my little niece that it is bad to...

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When you hear online slangs

Mamerto I. Relativo Jr. @Mamerto32 (2783) • Canlubang, Philippines 27 May 17

I must be getting old because I been hearing words from young people I can't understand. My younger cousin once called a person 'snowflake." I wonder what it means?

onlinedictionary

slang

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Introducing Singlish

XinfulThotz @XinfulThotz (4136) • Singapore, Singapore 23 Sep 16

I am wondering if i should introduce Singlish to mylotters. Would mylotters have a hard time understanding what I am saying? My English is already not so good. If I introduce Singlish and add in how I speak normally in real...

singlish

singapore

slang

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snotty mcsnotface

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 6 May 16

Today is Day Eleven of this cold. I just can't seem to shake it. In the words of the French, it is trés desplicablé. I may have made that word up. Or I may not. I just don't have a clue. But my morning ramblings are not about...

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Your slangs and usages that I don't know...

vanny @vandana7 (102698) • India 3 May 16

Well there are a few English usages that I am just learning. This morning I learned the difference between "You did me wrong" and "You done me wrong", thanks to Valerie explaining it patiently. As I mentioned there, we Indians...

slang

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Victorian Serendipity

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21497) • London, England 3 Apr 16

I do like researching a subject and accidently stumbling across something else. A little bit of serendipity. Reading up on Victorian London docks, I found a short reference to a 'Tosher'. I thought a 'tosh' was a mate, some...

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a tale of two birds

DEV D @abhinalstrikr (4110) • India 2 Mar 16

its not story but reality how surroundings bring change on us. two small birds were craving for food as the mother bird step in and brought plenty of food,there was tempest and the birds got seperated in the big forest. one day...

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