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  2. List of British regional nicknames - Wikipedia

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    The concise new Partridge dictionary of slang and unconventional English. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-21259-5. Robinson, Mairi (1985). Concise Scots Dictionary. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press Ltd. ISBN 1-902930-00-2; Ronowicz, Eddie; Yallop, Colin (2006). English: One Language, Different Cultures. Continuum International Publishing Group.

  3. British slang - Wikipedia

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    A Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial English. Geris, Jan (2003). American's guide to the British language : really, they talk like this every day. Green, Jonathon (2008). Chambers Slang Dictionary. James, Ewart (1999). Contemporary British slang : an up-to-date guide to the slang of modern British English. Parody, A. (Antal) (2007).

  4. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    (slang) idiot; a general term of abuse, from Red Dwarf. snog (slang) a 'French kiss' or to kiss with tongues (US [DM]: deep kiss, not necessarily with tongues). Originally intransitive (i.e. one snogged with someone); now apparently (e.g. in the Harry Potter books) transitive. [citation needed] soap dodger one who is thought to lack personal ...

  5. Kieran Culkin Shares List About British People And Their ...

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    Kieran Culkin has charmed audiences once again while discussing his love affair with British slang.During a recent appearance on The Graham Norton Show, the New York native embraced the quirks of ...

  6. What do teens mean when they say ‘sigma’? - AOL

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    As reported by British GQ, the word “sigma” was born from the misogynistic “manosphere.” What does ‘sigma’ mean? Philip Lindsay , a special education math teacher in Payson, Arizona ...

  7. Todger, Tiggy, Biro and Spike: A glossary of Harry's ... - AOL

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    What British people call costumes, for some reason. As in, “Harry claims that William and Kate encouraged him to wear a Nazi uniform to a fancy dress party in 2005.”

  8. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2010 August 11 ...

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    The Online Etymological Dictionary confirms that it started as 19th century New York City slang (of unknown origin) for an "aesthetic" young man. +An gr 12:50, 11 August 2010 (UTC) The camel thing looks like a folk etymology. The folk etymology in the US (at least when I was in middle school) was that "dude" meant a cow's anus or something like ...

  9. Glossary of names for the British - Wikipedia

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    In time, the term lost its naval connotation and was used to refer to British people in general and, in the 1880s, British immigrants in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. [9] Although the term may have been used earlier in the US Navy as slang for a British sailor or a British warship, such a usage was not documented until 1918. [9]