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a close relationship or connection; an affair. The French meaning is broader; liaison also means "bond"' such as in une liaison chimique (a chemical bond) lingerie a type of female underwear. littérateur an intellectual (can be pejorative in French, meaning someone who writes a lot but does not have a particular skill). [35] louche
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
Storge is a wide-ranging force which can apply between family members, friends, pets and their owners, companions or colleagues; it can also blend with and help underpin other types of ties such as passionate love or friendship.
a form of address for either a person or item, either jocular ("he's a generous bugger", "I finally found the little bugger!") or less so ("he's a mean bugger") (slang) term of endearment, often used for children (slang) a bug (insect) buggy 2-wheeled horse-drawn lightweight carriage baby transport vehicle also called (UK) pushchair (US: stroller)
disabill [French 'dishabile']: Sloppy or run-down. [5] dou-dou [French 'doux']: Darling or Sweetheart. A term of endearment. [4] djoukoutou [French 'jusqu'à vous']: "Even someone as unimportant as you," used derisively. e.g., "Djoukoutou Freddy and all going to that party." [4] flambo [French 'flambeau']: A blazing torch made with wood, fabric ...
This article is about the phrase. For the film, see Terms of Endearment. For other uses, see Terms of Endearment (disambiguation). A term of endearment is a word or phrase used to address or describe a person, animal or inanimate object for which the speaker feels love or affection. Terms of endearment are used for a variety of reasons, such as parents addressing their children and lovers ...
Louisiana French consonants do not show severe differences from Metropolitan French consonants, except that unlike most of French spoken varieties, which use uvular varieties of r [ʀ, ʁ]; Louisiana French uses the Classic alveolar trill or flap [r, ɾ], just like in Spanish, Italian, and several other Romance languages; e.g. français ...
Darling (), a character in the British sitcom BlackadderDarling (fragrance), promoted by Kylie Minogue Darling, a quarterly women’s magazine; Darling (software), an open source Darwin / OS X compatibility layer for Linux