Winged WordsHamilton, 1988 - 292 pagini |
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Pagina 5
... term of approval and encouragement , it came to mean an idiot , a simpleton , or a buffoon . Every family has a wally or naff in it . In the royal family it is the Duke of York . In the Thatcher family it is Mark . The origin of wally ...
... term of approval and encouragement , it came to mean an idiot , a simpleton , or a buffoon . Every family has a wally or naff in it . In the royal family it is the Duke of York . In the Thatcher family it is Mark . The origin of wally ...
Pagina 37
... term ' infrastruc- ture ' in the House of Commons in 1950 : ' In this debate we have had the usual jargon about the " infrastructure " of a supra - national authority . ' In its weasel aspects today , infras- tructure is often anti ...
... term ' infrastruc- ture ' in the House of Commons in 1950 : ' In this debate we have had the usual jargon about the " infrastructure " of a supra - national authority . ' In its weasel aspects today , infras- tructure is often anti ...
Pagina 46
... term coined by Harlan Crowder to represent the inherent ease ( or lack of ease ) which is encoun- tered when running a computer system . ' The term has caught on in the United Kingdom , which follows in the computer footprintout of the ...
... term coined by Harlan Crowder to represent the inherent ease ( or lack of ease ) which is encoun- tered when running a computer system . ' The term has caught on in the United Kingdom , which follows in the computer footprintout of the ...
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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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