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  2. Old-School Slang Words That Really Deserve a Comeback

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    5. Muffin walloper. Used to describe: An older, unmarried woman who gossips a lot. This colorful slang was commonly used in the Victorian era to describe unmarried old ladies who would gossip ...

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

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    very thinly sliced fried potatoes, often flavoured, eaten cold as a snack (US: potato chips) crotchet a musical note with a duration of one count in a time signature of 4/4 (common time) (US: quarter note; see Note value) cuddly toy soft toy (sometimes used in the US; also stuffed animal, plush toy).

  4. Augmentative - Wikipedia

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    jätte- (meaning "giant"), for example jättesnabb "very fast" super-, for example supermycket "very much" bauta- (from bautasten, meaning "boulder"), for example bautaportion "very large serving (of food)" mega-, for example megahus "gigantic house" There are many synonyms to the augmentative jätte-. Some of these synonyms are: as-, gör ...

  5. Glossary of cricket terms - Wikipedia

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    A very hard and flat pitch, good for batting on. Synonyms such as street, highway, etc. may sometimes be used in the same context. Rogers The second XI of a club or county. From the Warwickshire and New Zealand player Roger Twose. [citation needed] A groundsman applies a roller to the pitch, while another paints the popping crease Roller

  6. Hella - Wikipedia

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    This article is about the word. For other uses, see Hella (disambiguation). 'Hella' as used in Northern California Hella is an American English slang term originating in and often associated with San Francisco's East Bay area in Northern California, possibly specifically emerging in the 1970s African-American vernacular of Oakland. It is used as an intensifying adverb such as in "hella bad" or ...

  7. Column: Donald Trump's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad ...

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    Very nasty,” Trump says. Wednesday: Asheboro, N.C. — At a rally, Trump charges that the FBI is faking crime statistics and the Labor Department is faking job statistics.

  8. Friday the 13th: The bad, the good and why does it matter? - AOL

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    However bad it might be, Friday the 13th can also be a good day for some. Celebrities born on Friday the 13th include actors Jula Louis-Dreyfus, Kate Walsh, Christopher Plummer and twins Mary Kate ...

  9. List of South African slang words - Wikipedia

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    soos 'n poep innie bad – lit "like a fart in a bathtub of water". Refers to something rising very quickly (literally like the bubbles caused by a fart), for example: Soos wat die vliegtuig opgestyg het, toe klim ons soos 'n poep innie bad tot by ons cruising altitude. (As the plane took off, we ascended like a fart in a bathtub to our ...