Winged WordsHamilton, 1988 - 292 pagini |
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Pagina 116
... once it started on its long and erratic semantic journey , which has not ended yet . By the fifteenth century the word had shifted to mean wanton or lascivious . Then the little four - letter word started to pup meanings like a beagle ...
... once it started on its long and erratic semantic journey , which has not ended yet . By the fifteenth century the word had shifted to mean wanton or lascivious . Then the little four - letter word started to pup meanings like a beagle ...
Pagina 143
... once as a Lieutenant - Colonel , once as a CBE or Commander of the British Empire , and once as the son of a clergyman . Garter King of Arms declares his opinion that sons of clergy are not entitled ex officio patris to an Esq . It ...
... once as a Lieutenant - Colonel , once as a CBE or Commander of the British Empire , and once as the son of a clergyman . Garter King of Arms declares his opinion that sons of clergy are not entitled ex officio patris to an Esq . It ...
Pagina 165
... once racy slang from poker that once excited the disapproval of the Prime Minister , and substituting ' down to ' ? Here is an example from a free sheet in 1987 : ' A spokesman told the Trader that many faults may actually be down to ...
... once racy slang from poker that once excited the disapproval of the Prime Minister , and substituting ' down to ' ? Here is an example from a free sheet in 1987 : ' A spokesman told the Trader that many faults may actually be down to ...
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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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