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  2. 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 gagging (especially as in gagging for it) desperate, especially for sex (colloquial) choking; fighting the urge to vomit ("that was so disgusting, I was gagging") gallon: 4.54609 litres (about 6/5 of US gallon)

  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 rabbit (v.) (slang) to talk at length, usually about trivial things; usually to 'rabbit on' (Cockney rhyming slang Rabbit and pork = talk) (n.) the animal rabbit, a lagomorph (rabbit ears) (slang) TV antenna (usage becoming obsolete) rad

  4. Lists of pejorative terms for people - Wikipedia

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    List of ethnic slurs. List of ethnic slurs and epithets by ethnicity; List of common nouns derived from ethnic group names; List of religious slurs; A list of LGBT slang, including LGBT-related slurs; List of age-related terms with negative connotations; List of disability-related terms with negative connotations; Category:Sex- and gender ...

  5. A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English - Wikipedia

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    The dictionary was updated in 2005 by Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor as The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, [3] [4] and again in 2007 as The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, [5] which has additional entries compared to the 2005 edition, but omits the extensive citations.

  6. Detroit Slang - AOL

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    Detroit slang is an ever-evolving dictionary of words and phrases with roots in regional Michigan, the Motown music scene, African-American communities and drug culture, among others. The local ...

  7. 20 iconic slang words from Black Twitter that shaped pop culture

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    In honor of Black Twitter's contribution, Stacker compiled a list of 20 slang words it brought to popularity, using the AAVE Glossary, Urban Dictionary, Know Your Meme, and other internet ...

  8. Category:Slang dictionaries - Wikipedia

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    Dictionaries of slang, vocabulary (words, phrases, and linguistic usages) of an informal register, common in verbal conversation but avoided in formal writing. Pages in category "Slang dictionaries" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.

  9. 50 Times People Dropped Sentences That Probably Only They ...

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    It has been estimated that the vocabulary of the English language consists of roughly 1 million words (although some linguists take that number with a grain of salt and say they wouldn't be ...