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colloquial past tense and past participle form of "sneak" (US standard and UK: sneaked) soccer used in the UK but the sport is mainly known as "football" (or fully as association football); historically most common among the middle and upper classes in the UK (i.e. outside the game's traditional core support base); more common in Ireland to ...
the use of debt finance (UK: gearing)* knowledge not immediately revealed to be used to one's advantage * liberal (politics) a person who generally supports the ideas of the UK Liberal Democrats, a centre-left party a person who holds the political ideals of Liberalism.
Glossary of American terms not widely used in the United Kingdom. Glossary of British terms not widely ... in the UK and US. This list has been split between:
Founding fathers. While the term "founding fathers" may seem to predate American politics, it was only invoked for the first time in 1916 by then-Sen. Warren G. Harding during the Republican ...
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American English meanings vacation (UK also: vac) period between university terms (n.) time off from work or school recreational trip away from home (UK: holiday for both senses) (v.) to take a vacation
This page should be moved to List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom or perhaps List of American words not widely used in Britain. Great Britain is an island, not a nation. In fact, the article's (correct) opening sentence contradicts the title: This is a list of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom.
Accordingly, this page should use American spelling, and the List of words mainly used in British English (link updated to List of British words not widely used in the United States because of proposed redirect deletion TrevorD 23:03, 9 May 2006 (UTC)) should use British spelling. This would be darn good also for ESL students, many of which ...