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  2. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    Easy going; jovial; cheerful e.g. One movie reviewer refer to the hero of a film A Stranger from Somewhere as a Breezy Westerner [55] brillo Someone who lives fast and is a big spender [6] broad. Main article: Woman. Expression used solely by men to refer to a woman and widely considered offensive by women [58] bronx cheer. Main article:Blowing ...

  3. Kinship terminology - Wikipedia

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    Kinship terminology is the system used in languages to refer to the persons to whom an individual is related through kinship.Different societies classify kinship relations differently and therefore use different systems of kinship terminology; for example, some languages distinguish between consanguine and affinal uncles (i.e. the brothers of one's parents and the husbands of the sisters of ...

  4. List of religious slurs - Wikipedia

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    A member of a people the speaker regards as primitive and uncivilised. The term has also been applied to non-adherents of Christianity. [132] [133] Shiksa (female), shegetz (male) (Yiddish) A non-Jewish girl (generally still single) or boy, or one who is of Jewish descent but does not practise Orthodox Judaism.

  5. Slang - Wikipedia

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    A slang is a vocabulary (words, phrases, and linguistic usages) of an informal register, common in everyday conversation but avoided in formal writing and speech. [1] It also often refers to the language exclusively used by the members of particular in-groups in order to establish group identity, exclude outsiders, or both.

  6. Black sheep - Wikipedia

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    A black sheep stands out from the flock. The Black Sheep from a 1901 edition of Mother Goose by William Wallace Denslow. In the English language, black sheep is an idiom that describes a member of a group who is different from the rest, especially a family member who does not fit in.

  7. Your teen is calling you ‘NPC’: What it means - AOL

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    Young TikTokers are making money through a trend called “NPC streaming.” On live streams, content creators dress and act like video game characters, repeating robotic sentences or phrases for ...

  8. Here's a complete list of what every group of celebrity fans ...

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    From the Beliebers to the Beyhive and the Little Monsters, here's a complete guide of celebrity fan names.

  9. Colloquialism - Wikipedia

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    Colloquialism (also called colloquial language, colloquial speech, everyday language, or general parlance) is the linguistic style used for casual and informal communication. It is the most common form of speech in conversation among persons in friendship , familial , intimate , and other informal contexts . [ 1 ]