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  2. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    While slang is usually inappropriate for formal settings, this assortment includes well-known expressions from that time, with some still in use today, e.g., blind date, cutie-pie, freebie, and take the ball and run. [2] These items were gathered from published sources documenting 1920s slang, including books, PDFs, and websites.

  3. Category:Lists of slang - Wikipedia

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  4. Ostreoidea - Wikipedia

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    [6] In this section, oyster is used to mean "members of Ostreoidea". Oysters of this group generally attach to a substrate by cementing their left valve to it. The two valves are unequal: the attached left valve is larger and more cupped than the right 'lid' (to a greater or lesser extent, depending on the species).

  5. 20 iconic slang words from Black Twitter that shaped pop culture

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    In honor of Black Twitter's contribution, Stacker compiled a list of 20 slang words it brought to popularity, using the AAVE Glossary, Urban Dictionary, Know Your Meme, and other internet ...

  6. You're not the only person overwhelmed by the influx of new ...

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    Of course, slang overload isn't a new trend — it's just evolving. According to Know Your Meme, It first appeared in 2020 in the form of text memes in which a confused-looking person is ...

  7. Prairie oyster (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Prairie oyster may refer to: Rocky Mountain oysters, bull testicles eaten as food; Prairie Oyster, a Canadian country band; Prairie oyster (cocktail), a traditional hangover cure; Prairie oyster (slang) - an assemblage of saliva and mucus, a spat out on the pavement.

  8. Use of nigger in proper names - Wikipedia

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    Group photograph of an early 20th-century baseball team from Ohio. The word nigger has historically been used in the names of products, colors, plants, as place names, and as people's nicknames, among others, but has fallen out of favor since the 20th century.

  9. Dictionary of American Regional English - Wikipedia

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    Six print volumes of the DARE have been published by Harvard University's Belknap Press. Volume I (1985) contains detailed introductory material, plus the letters A-C; Volume II (1991) covers the letters D-H; Volume III (1996) contains I-O; Volume IV (2002) includes P-Sk; and Volume V (2012) covers Sl-Z as well as a bibliography of nearly 13,000 sources cited in the five volumes.