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Here are additional clues for each of the words in today's Mini Crossword. NYT Mini Across Hints. 1 Across: Flowers that bloom in late winter — HINT: It starts with the letter "C"
Pig Latin (Igpay Atinlay) is a language game, argot, or cant in which words in English are altered, usually by adding a fabricated suffix or by moving the onset or initial consonant or consonant cluster of a word to the end of the word and adding a vocalic syllable (usually -ay or /eɪ/) to create such a suffix. [1]
Here are additional clues for each of the words in today's Mini Crossword. NYT Mini Across Hints. 1 Across: Unit of toilet paper — HINT: It starts with the letter "R"
The Oxford "-er", or often "-ers", is a colloquial and sometimes facetious suffix prevalent at Oxford University from about 1875, which is thought to have been borrowed from the slang of Rugby School. The term was defined by the lexicographer Eric Partridge in his Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (several editions 1937–61).
Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start or end with vowels (or both), abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual ...
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cattalo, from cattle and buffalo [2]; donkra, from donkey and zebra (progeny of donkey stallion and zebra mare) cf. zedonk below; llamanaco, from llama and guanaco [3]; wholphin, from whale and dolphin [2]
In naval slang (where the place is referred to as Guz [76]), this is specifically a person from Plymouth. [75] Poole Poodles Portsmouth Pompey (collective, shared by the city, the naval base and the football club), Skates (pejorative, alluding to frustrated sailors raping skates) [77] Port Talbot Port Toileteers Potters Bar Pisspots, Bar-flys ...