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  2. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    a synonym of among acceptable in British English while seeming old fashioned or pretentious in American English [15] anorak a hooded coat (US parka ); a socially impaired obsessive, particularly trainspotters (US geek , trekkie , otaku , etc.)

  3. Muskeg - Wikipedia

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    Muskeg is approximately synonymous with bog or peatland, and is a standard term in Canada and Alaska. The term became common in these areas because it is of Cree origin; maskek ( ᒪᐢᑫᐠ ) meaning "low-lying marsh".

  4. Bog standard - Wikipedia

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    Search for Bog standard in Wikipedia to check for alternative titles or spellings. Start the Bog standard article , using the Article Wizard if you wish, or add a request for it ; but please remember that Wikipedia is not a dictionary .

  5. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    eager or intent on, example: he is keen to get to work on time. desirable or just right, example: "peachy keen" – "That's a pretty keen outfit you're wearing." (slang going out of common usage) keeper a curator or a goalkeeper: one that keeps (as a gamekeeper or a warden) a type of play in American football ("Quarterback keeper")

  6. Outhouse - Wikipedia

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    An outhouse — known variously across the English-speaking world otherwise as bog, dunny, long-drop, or privy — is a small structure, separate from a main building, which covers a toilet. This is typically either a pit latrine or a bucket toilet , but other forms of dry (non-flushing) toilets may be encountered.

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  8. List of generic and genericized trademarks - Wikipedia

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    In Indonesian, it has evolved into silet, and became the standard term for any razor. [118] Glad Wrap Cling-film: Glad (company) [119] Used in Australia, New Zealand. Glock: Semi-automatic pistol: Glock (company) Commonly used in the United States as a synonym for a semi-automatic pistol, especially within hiphop music. Google: Internet search ...

  9. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    The abbreviation e.g. stands for the Latin exempli gratiā "for example", and should be used when the example(s) given are just one or a few of many. The abbreviation i.e. stands for the Latin id est "that is", and is used to give the only example(s) or to otherwise qualify the statement just made.