Winged WordsHamilton, 1988 - 292 pagini |
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... interesting ( fairly ) , are obsolete . ' Naff ' has been low slang for ' nothing ' since about 1940 in civilian and particularly red - light life . Folk etymologists have suggested a derivation from rien à faire , or ' Not a Fuck ...
... interesting ( fairly ) , are obsolete . ' Naff ' has been low slang for ' nothing ' since about 1940 in civilian and particularly red - light life . Folk etymologists have suggested a derivation from rien à faire , or ' Not a Fuck ...
Pagina 56
... interesting to know whether the equivalent word has similarly faint derogatory connotations in countries such as Greece , Turkey , and Ireland , where there is a long tradition of expatriates supporting the economy by sending money home ...
... interesting to know whether the equivalent word has similarly faint derogatory connotations in countries such as Greece , Turkey , and Ireland , where there is a long tradition of expatriates supporting the economy by sending money home ...
Pagina 244
... interesting sort than the purely descriptive . Thatcherism and Thatcherite have for some time been used to describe her form of populist , activist , and radical Toryism , which is meant to cut government expenditure and intervention in ...
... interesting sort than the purely descriptive . Thatcherism and Thatcherite have for some time been used to describe her form of populist , activist , and radical Toryism , which is meant to cut government expenditure and intervention in ...
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academic acronym adjective adverb American auto-antonyms band-wagon become better Bible bird British English Brownie called century classics cliché coined collision common cowboy describe Dictionary editor English language eponymous etymology example fashionable free lunch French fudge grammar gravy train Greek hope hopefully hype idiolect idiom Indian English ivory tower jargon journalists journos lady Latin linguistic living look Lord marbles mean metaphor modern Naafi naff never nice noun origin Oxford Oxford English Dictionary paradox Pathetic Fallacy person Phil Mahre phrase political politicians popular prodigal pronounced pronunciation quotation quotes Received Pronunciation recent refer reflexive reflexive pronouns rubbish sengreen sense sentence silly slang social sounds spelling Teddy television term Thatcher thing tion Tommy Handley translation twerp unicorn United Kingdom usage verb vocabulary vogue wally weasel word White Knight woman write wrong wrote
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