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Rah or yah is a pejorative term referring to a stereotypical affluent young upper class or upper-middle class person in the United Kingdom. [1] The term "rah" originated as a contraction of "Hoorah Henry" (sometimes "Hoorah Henries and Henriettas"), a pejorative description of a social stereotype similar to the Sloane Ranger stereotype also recognised in the UK, though a rah is generally ...
"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" is an old proverb that means without time off from work, a person becomes both bored and boring. It is often shortened to "all work and no play". [ 1 ] It was newly popularized after the phrase was featured in the 1980 horror film, The Shining .
Use of the term "Hooray Henry" became common in Britain in the 1950s, originally to refer to the boisterous fans of jazz trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton (pictured).. The term was originally coined as "Hoorah Henry" in 1936 by Eric Partridge, [1] [3] [7] [8] though Albert Jack (2006) has challenged the idea that Partridge made the term popular, crediting Jim Godbolt with the correct explanation of ...
Image credits: Slightly twisted Initially, the term ‘meme’ was coined in the 1970s by renowned evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. However, memes aren’t a modern ‘invention.’
1. Giggle water. Used to describe: Any alcoholic drink, liquor or sparkling wine In the roaring '20s (that's 1920s, kids!) during prohibition, giggle water was slang for any alcoholic beverage.
day when people are generally exempt from work, school, etc. see Federal holidays in the United States ( the Holidays ) the days comprising Christmas and New Year's Day (and Hanukkah ), and often also Thanksgiving (used esp. in the phrase "happy Holidays")
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Lists of pejorative terms for people include: List of ethnic slurs. List of ethnic slurs and epithets by ethnicity; List of common nouns derived from ethnic group names;