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A plate of toast points. A toast point is a triangular slice of bread that has been toasted after the crusts have been cut off. [1] Toast points are commonly served as a side dish or as part of an hors d'oeuvre or snack using ingredients such as caviar and rillettes. [2] Toast points may be prepared as a part of a dish, [3] as an accompaniment ...
0–9. 1CC. Abbreviation of one-credit completion or one-coin clear. To complete an arcade (or arcade-style) game without using continues. [1] 1-up. An object that gives the player an extra life (or attempt) in games where the player has a limited number of chances to complete a game or level. [2]
Cousin. Term used by American federal agents to refer to British government agents. Babylon. Jamaican slang for members of establishments (including the police and federal agents) that are perceived as oppressive due their association with white people. [2] Downtown gang. FBI.
Gauche caviar ("Caviar left") is a pejorative French term to describe someone who claims to be a socialist while living in a way that contradicts socialist values. The expression is a political neologism dating from the 1980s and implies a degree of hypocrisy. [citation needed] The dictionary Petit Larousse defines left caviar as a pejorative ...
Political posturing, also known as political grandstanding (from the notion of performing to crowds in the grandstands), political theatre, or " kabuki ", [1] is the use of speech or actions to gain political support through emotional or affective appeals. It applies especially to appeals that are seen as hollow or lacking political or economic ...
Origins. African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) may be considered a dialect, ethnolect or sociolect. [22] While it is clear that there is a strong historical relationship between AAVE and earlier Southern U.S. dialects, the origins of AAVE are still a matter of debate. The presiding theory among linguists is that AAVE has always been a ...
Caviar (also known as caviare, originally from the Persian: خاویار, romanized: khâvyâr, lit. 'egg-bearing') is a food consisting of salt-cured roe of the family Acipenseridae. Caviar is considered a delicacy and is eaten as a garnish or spread. [1] Traditionally, the term caviar refers only to roe from wild sturgeon in the Caspian Sea ...
Signifyin' (sometimes written " signifyin (g) ") is a practice in African-American culture involving a verbal strategy of indirection that exploits the gap between the denotative and figurative meanings of words. A simple example would be insulting someone to show them affection. [1] Other names for signifyin' include: "Dropping lugs, joaning ...