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vagina (vulgar slang) ("Singin' 'hey diddle diddle' with your kitty in the middle" – Aerosmith, Walk this Way) knickers women's underwear (US: panties) knickerbockers: knob The penis, or specifically the glans (slang, vulgar) a rounded door handle fool, idiot, dim-witted person knock over to tip over something to cause an object to fall over.
(Uncommon slang; proper n.) A term of informal address used with male strangers; [1] [2] generally implies more unfriendliness or disapproval than the more neutral 'pal' or 'buddy': "Get your car out of my way, Mac!" UK generally 'mate'. Cf. 'Jack.' type of pasta (short form of macaroni) – as in 'mac and cheese' Mackintosh, Macintosh, or McIntosh
A standard language (or standard variety, standard dialect, standardized dialect or simply standard) is any language variety that has undergone substantial codification of its grammar, lexicon, writing system, or other features and that stands out among related varieties in a community as the one with the highest status or prestige.
(slang) idiot; a general term of abuse, from Red Dwarf. snog (slang) a 'French kiss' or to kiss with tongues (US [DM]: deep kiss, not necessarily with tongues). Originally intransitive (i.e. one snogged with someone); now apparently (e.g. in the Harry Potter books) transitive. [citation needed] soap dodger one who is thought to lack personal ...
Partridge published seven editions of his "hugely influential" [6] slang dictionary before his death in 1979. [7] The dictionary was "regarded as filling a lexicographical gap" [8] in the English language because it contained entries on words that had long been omitted from other works, such as the Oxford English Dictionary.
Engrish is a slang term for the inaccurate, poorly translated, nonsensical or ungrammatical use of the English language by native speakers of other languages. [1] The word itself relates to Japanese speakers' tendency to struggle to pronounce the English / l / and / r / distinctly arising from the fact Japanese has only one liquid phoneme ...
In an English-speaking country, Standard English (SE) is the variety of English that has undergone codification to the point of being socially perceived as the standard language, associated with formal schooling, language assessment, and official print publications, such as public service announcements and newspapers of record, etc. [1] All linguistic features are subject to the effects of ...
African American slang is formed by words and phrases that are regarded as informal. It involves combining, shifting, shortening, blending, borrowing, and creating new words. African American slang possess all of the same lexical qualities and linguistic mechanisms as any other language. AAVE slang is more common in speech than it is in writing ...