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A male name (uncommon in the UK). A shortening of the female name Jessica (usually spelled "Jessie"). jock a Scotsman (slang) a Scottish private soldier (slang) (UK: squaddie) slang term for an athlete slang term for the undergarment called an athletic supporter or jockstrap: joint piece of meat for carving *
The editor-in-chief at Nameberry, Sophie Kihm, says parents are choosing names they love without worrying about what others think. The editor-in-chief at Nameberry, Sophie Kihm, says parents are ...
These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs, which are written differently but pronounced the same). Excluded are the numerous spellings which fail to make the pronunciation obvious without actually being at odds with convention: for example, the pronunciation / s k ə ˈ n ɛ k t ə d i / [ 1 ] [ 2 ] of ...
These short baby names are perfect for minimalist parents. Some people just like to keep it simple. This holds true even regarding the all-important parental decision of what to name your baby.
a roll call or roster of names, or round or rotation of duties (the) rozzers (rare slang) Police ("Quick, the rozzers! Scarper!") – possibly from Robert Peel, who also gave his name to two other slang terms for the police: peelers (archaic) and bobbies (becoming old-fashioned). rubbish *
The inability to keep your kids’ or pets’ names straight doesn’t mean you can’t tell them apart, and despite what Freud might have said, there’s no subconscious meaning behind it.
List of words having different meanings in British and American English: A–L; List of words having different meanings in British and American English: M–Z; List of British words not widely used in the United States
Kinship terminology is the system used in languages to refer to the persons to whom an individual is related through kinship.Different societies classify kinship relations differently and therefore use different systems of kinship terminology; for example, some languages distinguish between consanguine and affinal uncles (i.e. the brothers of one's parents and the husbands of the sisters of ...