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  2. List of age-related terms with negative connotations - Wikipedia

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    Biddy: [8] An annoying, gossipy or interfering old lady. Blue-hair: [2] Derogatory term referring to older women who color their hair a distinctive silvery-blue. Boomer: A postwar era-born person from the "Baby Boom", or a "baby boomer"; this term can also be used in a neutral context.

  3. List of English words with disputed usage - Wikipedia

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    A aggravate – Some have argued that this word should not be used in the sense of "to annoy" or "to oppress", but only to mean "to make worse". According to AHDI, the use of "aggravate" as "annoy" occurs in English as far back as the 17th century. In Latin, from which the word was borrowed, both meanings were used. Sixty-eight percent of AHD4's usage panel approves of its use in "It's the ...

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

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    annoy or irritate. gherkin a pickled cucumber (US: "pickle") git * (derogatory) scumbag, idiot, annoying person (originally meaning illegitimate; from archaic form "get", bastard, which is still used to mean "git" in Northern dialects and is used as such in The Beatles' song "I'm So Tired") giro

  5. Glossary of American terms not widely used in the United ...

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    to render muddy by stirring up the dregs of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc., in casks or bottles; to roil a spring; also, to disquiet or disturb (also rile in the sense of "to anger", riled up for "angry") [788] [628] [789] roustabout an unskilled laborer, especially at an oil field, at a circus, or on a ship. Used in the oil industry in the UK.

  6. British slang - Wikipedia

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    Annoy or irritate. [228] neck 1. Kiss (they were both caught necking) 2. Involved heavily in something (he's up to his neck in it). ned (Scottish) a lout, a drunken brawling fellow, a tough. [229] Often said to stand for Non-Educated Delinquent but this is a backronym. More likely to come from Teddy Boys being a contraction of Edward.

  7. Taunting - Wikipedia

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    Despite recent rulings by the Italian legal system, the (public) crotch-grab is still used by some Italian men as a means of deflecting the ill-luck threatened by objects or people related to death and burial and (more esoterically) the unlucky number 17 (said to be unlucky because it a) resembles a man hanging from a gibbet and b) because when ...

  8. 10 Office Buzzwords You're Using That Annoy All Your Co ... - AOL

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    Angela Karachristos, a career coach who has worked in human resources, said she finds herself most annoyed by sports-related jargon, like “punt it over,” “it’s a home run,” “who’s on ...

  9. Angry (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Angry is the adjective derived from the emotion of anger. Angry may also refer to: "Angry" (The Rolling Stones song), 2023 "Angry" (Mars Argo song), 2022 "Angry" (1925 song) "Angry" (Matchbox Twenty song), 2000 "Angry", a song by Billy Squier from his 1993 album Tell the Truth "Angry", a song by Quiet Riot from their 1999 album Alive and Well