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  2. Slang terms for money - Wikipedia

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    Slang terms for money often derive from the appearance and features of banknotes or coins, their values, historical associations or the units of currency concerned. Within a language community, some of the slang terms vary in social, ethnic, economic, and geographic strata but others have become the dominant way of referring to the currency and are regarded as mainstream, acceptable language ...

  3. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    Notes Works cited References External links 0-9 S.S. Kresge Lunch Counter and Soda Fountain, about 1920 86 Main article: 86 1. Soda-counter term meaning an item was no longer available 2. "Eighty-six" means to discard, eliminate, or deny service A abe's cabe 1. Five dollar bill 2. See fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck absent treatment Engaging in dance with a cautious partner ab-so-lute-ly ...

  4. List of alternative names for currency - Wikipedia

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    Large [9] – £1,000, USD $1,000; Lettuce [9] Loonie – refers to the Canadian dollar, [5] because the Canadian dollar coin has an image of the common loon on its reverse side [11] Loot; Moolah [9] P – money, pennies; Perak – Indonesian rupiah for coin, derivative from silver. Quid – Pound sterling; Racks – large sums of money, 10 of ...

  5. How To Write Numbers in Words on a Check - AOL

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    Capital One recommends using the format “One thousand, five hundred and 00/100” for writing out $1,500. That would make $1,200 look like “One thousand, two hundred and 00/100.”

  6. Huh? Here’s What ‘DW’ Means in a Text - AOL

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    What Does DW Mean? If you're new to texting, or just not up to date on what all the slang terms or abbreviations stand for ("ISTG," "SMH," "IB," "SWMBO," anybody?), they can get confusing rather ...

  7. Grand Slang - Wikipedia

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    It encompasses more than 310 glyphs, covering capital and lowercase letters, numbers, punctuation marks, ligatures, diacritics and symbols. The name Grand Slang is derived from the English words grand and slang. The word grand is used in US and UK slang to signify a thousand dollars or a thousand pounds. [citation needed]

  8. List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks - Wikipedia

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    Registered trademark symbol: Trademark symbol ※ Reference mark: Asterisk, Dagger: Footnote ¤ Scarab (non-Unicode name) ('Scarab' is an informal name for the generic currency sign) § Section sign: section symbol, section mark, double-s, 'silcrow' Pilcrow; Semicolon: Colon ℠ Service mark symbol: Trademark symbol / Slash (non-Unicode name ...

  9. You're not the only person overwhelmed by the influx of new ...

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    By now you've probably at least heard the words "fanum tax," "Skibidi toilet," "rizzler" and "gyatt." If you're really in the know, you might even understand what they mean.