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Crone: [7] An ugly or witch-like old woman. Curmudgeon : [ 13 ] An ill-tempered, grumpy or surly old man (although the term is most often applied to old men, it can be used more broadly: for example, in the 2008 film Marley & Me , John Grogan , a forty-year-old man, is called a curmudgeon for complaining about the prevalence of aesthetically ...
Views vary with geography and culture, over time, and among individuals. Many terms that some people view as harmful are not viewed as hurtful by others, and even where some people are hurt by certain terms, others may be hurt by the replacement of such terms with what they consider to be euphemisms (e.g., "differently abled" or "special needs ...
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A euphemism (/ ˈ juː f ə m ɪ z əm / YOO-fə-miz-əm) is an innocuous word or expression used in place of one that is deemed offensive or suggests something unpleasant. [1] Some euphemisms are intended to amuse, while others use bland, inoffensive terms for concepts that the user wishes to downplay.
Richard A. Spears, Slang and Euphemism, (2001) John A. Simpson, Oxford Dictionary Of Modern Slang ISBN 0-19-861052-1; John A. Simpson, Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series ISBN 0-19-861299-0; Share, Bernard (2005). Slanguage: A Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial English in Ireland. Gill & Macmillan. ISBN 9780717139590
(informal) an exclamation of surprise. (Originally gor blimey, a euphemism for God blind me, but has generally lost this connotation.) block of flats a large building divided into flats (apartment building in U.S.) [36] bloke (informal) man, fellow. e.g. Terry is a top bloke. Also common in Australia and New Zealand. (US and UK also: guy, US ...
With the film’s failure to deliver the bone-chilling goods, Presence introduces a more corporeal threat: Tyler’s pal, Ryan (West Mulholland), a manipulative jock-stud upperclassman whose ...
A term which indicates a law-enforcement officer approaching the speaker's vicinity. Taken from the Spanish word for "ugly", this slang term is exclusively used by the Puerto Rican and Dominican communities of Philadelphia and (to a lesser extent) New York City, United States. [citation needed] Filth Normally "The Filth", UK, the police.