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Tech or Techie: a general (sometimes considered derogatory) slang term for a member of the technical crew of a show. Tech or Technical rehearsal : a rehearsal primarily for the purpose of practicing the technical elements of a play, such as lights and sound.
Derived from Jamaican slang and believed to come from the term "blood brothers". boujee (US: / ˈ b uː ʒ i / ⓘ) High-class/materialistic. Derived from bourgeoisie. [20] bop A derogatory term, usually for females, suggesting excessive flirtatiousness or promiscuity. The term can also be used to describe an exceptionally good song. [21] [22 ...
The term deadpan first emerged early in the 20th century, as a compound word (sometimes spelled as two words) combining "dead" and "pan" (a slang term for the face). It appeared in print as early as 1915, in an article about a former baseball player named Gene Woodburn written by his former manager Roger Bresnahan. Bresnahan described how ...
List of Puerto Rican slang words and phrases; R. List of regional nicknames; List of religious slurs; S. List of South African slang words; List of sports idioms; T.
British humour carries a strong element of satire aimed at the absurdity of everyday life.Common themes include sarcasm, tongue-in-cheek, banter, insults, self-deprecation, taboo subjects, puns, innuendo, wit, and the British class system. [1]
A town in Germany. Funny that it means "Ass man's houses" Assur: Please, please please don't move the "ur" to the front. Asylum: A township in Pennsylvania. Aš: A town in Czech Republic. Name means the pronoun "I" in Lithuanian. Athol: A town in Massachusetts, USA, likely named after the area of Atholl in the Scottish Highlands near Perth.
A list of theater terms, and brief descriptions, listed in alphabetical order. Act: A division of a play, may be further broken down into "scenes". Also, what the performers do on-stage. [1] Ad-lib: When a performer improvises line on-stage. Derived from ad libitum (Latin). [1] Aisle: An open space amongst seating for passage. [2]
Occasionally, real people with a name that could be interpreted as a funny or vulgar phrase are subject to mockery or parody. [1] For example, Hu Jintao, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, whose surname is pronounced like "who", and former Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, whose surname is pronounced like "when", have occasionally been the topic of humor similar to the "Who's ...