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Slang terms: As in the Netherlands, slang terms that were previously applied to punts have been carried over to the euro currency. For example, quid (same in singular and plural), which once referred to an Irish pound (and in the UK still refers to a British pound ) is used as a synonym for euro .
Kiwi – slang term for the currency of New Zealand [5] 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 ...
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 ...
Euro English, [1] Euro-English, [2] or European English, less commonly known as EU English, Continental English, and EU Speak, is a group of dialects of the English language and a form of International English as used in Europe based on common lexical and grammatical mistranslations influenced by the native languages of its non-native English-speaking population mostly built on the technical ...
Divided by a Common Language: A Guide to British and American English. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0-618-00275-7. Hargraves, Orin (2003). Mighty Fine Words and Smashing Expressions: Making Sense of Transatlantic English. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-515704-8.
British slang for penis. In 2011, Harry returned from an expedition to the North Pole to attend his brother’s wedding and was alarmed to discover that his todger was frostbitten — an ...
"Eurotrash" is a term for certain Europeans, particularly those perceived to be socialites, stylish and affluent.Eurotrash is often used as a collective term for such European migrants in the United States or other areas with a concentration of wealthy Europeans.
To some English – and German – speakers, Reich in English strongly connotes Nazism and is sometimes used to suggest fascism or authoritarianism, e.g. "Herr Reichsminister" used as a title for a disliked politician. Ja – yes; Jawohl – a German term that connotes an emphatic yes – "Yes, indeed!" in English.