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  2. British slang - Wikipedia

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    The Septic's Companion: A British Slang Dictionary – an online dictionary of British slang, viewable alphabetically or by category. English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom Roger's Profanisaurus An online version of the list of vulgar definitions which occasionally appears in Viz magazine

  3. Awkward turtle - Wikipedia

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    Awkward turtle is a slang two-handed gesture used to silently mark a moment or situation as awkward. The gesture is likely used in most cases playfully and ironically. Some have remarked that giving the gesture is a sort of celebration of social discomfort. [1] [2] [3]

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

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    (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 ...

  5. English-language idioms - Wikipedia

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    An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).

  6. Glossary of Generation Z slang - Wikipedia

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    Slang used or popularized by Generation Z (Gen Z; generally those born between the late 1990s and early 2010s in the Western world) differs from slang of earlier generations; [1] [2] ease of communication via Internet social media has facilitated its rapid proliferation, creating "an unprecedented variety of linguistic variation". [2] [3] [4]

  7. Urban Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Urban Dictionary Screenshot Screenshot of Urban Dictionary front page (2018) Type of site Dictionary Available in English Owner Aaron Peckham Created by Aaron Peckham URL urbandictionary.com Launched December 9, 1999 ; 25 years ago (1999-12-09) Current status Active Urban Dictionary is a crowdsourced English-language online dictionary for slang words and phrases. The website was founded in ...

  8. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    The last image we have of Patrick Cagey is of his first moments as a free man. He has just walked out of a 30-day drug treatment center in Georgetown, Kentucky, dressed in gym clothes and carrying a Nike duffel bag.

  9. Four Last Songs (Vaughan Williams) - Wikipedia

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    Textually, as well as musically, "Tired" and "Hands, Eyes, and Heart" are the most closely related of the set. [citation needed] Both texts describe a state of self-abandonment in favour of a life devoted to another. "Tired" can be divided into an ABA format consisting of a refrain in B ♭ minor with a verse section in the dominant minor, F ...