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  2. Minced oath - Wikipedia

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    In some cases the original meanings of these minced oaths were forgotten; the oath 'struth (By God's truth) came to be spelled strewth. The oath Zounds and related Wounds changed pronunciation in the Great Vowel Shift, but the normal word wound did not (at least not in RP), so that they no longer sound like their original meaning of "By God's ...

  3. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    Word British English meanings Meanings common to British and American English American English meanings waffle (v.) to speak to no purpose; ramble A type of pancake with a pattern of square dents in it, made in a waffle iron. (v.) to equivocate, waver, speak evasively wagon: railway vehicle for transporting goods (US: freight car)

  4. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    Word British English meanings Meanings common to British and American English American English meanings daddy longlegs, daddy-long-legs crane fly: daddy long-legs spider: Opiliones: dead (of a cup, glass, bottle or cigarette) empty, finished with very, extremely ("dead good", "dead heavy", "dead rich") deceased

  5. Bilingual dictionary - Wikipedia

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    A bilingual dictionary or translation dictionary is a specialized dictionary used to translate words or phrases from one language to another. Bilingual dictionaries can be unidirectional , meaning that they list the meanings of words of one language in another, or can be bidirectional , allowing translation to and from both languages.

  6. Category:English profanity - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 12 November 2024, at 22:12 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  7. YSL and Pushin P: A dictionary guide to the Young Thug trial

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    Here’s a guide to the most important - and perplexing - words and phrases so far: YSL According to its website, YSL stands for Young Stoner Life , a record label that includes artists Young Thug ...

  8. Quebec French profanity - Wikipedia

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    The same is not true of Quebec's English-language television stations, which follow the same guidelines as other stations in Canada. In November 2017 the CRTC ruled that "fuck" is not a swear word in French. [3] In the movie Bon Cop, Bad Cop, Quebec actor and stand-up comic Patrick Huard's character teaches Colm Feore's how to swear properly. [4]

  9. List of online dictionaries - Wikipedia

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    LexSite non-collaborative English-Russian dictionary with contextual phrases; Linguee collaborative dictionary and contextual sentences; Madura English-Sinhala Dictionary free English to Sinhala and vice versa; Multitran multilingual online dictionary centered on Russian, and provides an opportunity of adding own translation