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Certificate – X, U, PG, R, G (from the film certificates) Charged – ION. Charlie – C (NATO phonetic alphabet) Chartered accountant – CA. Chief – CH. Chlorine – CL (chemical symbol) Chromosome – X or Y. Church – CH or CE (Church of England) or RC (Roman Catholic) Circa – C.
The puzzle proved popular, and Sulzberger himself authored a Times puzzle before the year was out. [10] In 1950, the crossword became a daily feature. That first daily puzzle was published without an author line, and as of 2001 the identity of the author of the first weekday Times crossword remained unknown. [12]
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Spanish slang (1 C, 12 P) Spanish profanity (35 P) Spanish-language names (3 C, 1 P)
Getty Images Cuidado! Even if you're fluent in Spanish, you might feel like a "bobo" (dummy) trying to navigate the ins and outs of Punta Cana slang. Not only is local lingo in Punta Cana ...
A crossword(or crossword puzzle) is a word gameconsisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to separate ...
Some sources from the United States believe that the word spic is a play on a Spanish-accented pronunciation of the English word speak. [1] [2] [3] The Oxford English Dictionary takes spic to be a contraction of the earlier form spiggoty. [4]
A misère bid usually indicates an extremely poor hand, hence the name. An open or lay down misère, or misère ouvert is a 500 bid where the player is so sure of losing every trick that they undertake to do so with their cards placed face-up on the table. Consequently, 'lay down misère' is Australian gambling slang for a predicted easy victory.
Having twice bid for hosting the Olympic Games (unofficially six times since 1960), [7] Toronto, along with other communities in the area known as the Greater Golden Horseshoe, bid for the 2015 Pan-American Games. [8] The budget was set at $2.43 billion ($1.43 billion for the games and $1 billion for the village).