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CB slang is the distinctive anti-language, argot, or cant which developed among users of Citizens Band radio (CB), especially truck drivers in the United States during the 1970s and early 1980s.
Local Yokel Reference to city or town police forces, almost solely used in conjunction with "County Mountie". Mildly derogatory. Lodówa A Polish slang term for a police van, literally "fridge"; refers to the large size and boxy shape of police vans. Lovens lange Norwegian shortening of "lovens lange arm" or "long arm of the law"
Yokel is one of several derogatory terms referring to the stereotype of unsophisticated country people. The term is of uncertain etymology and is only attested from the early 19th century on. [1] [2] Yokels are depicted as straightforward, simple, naïve, and easily deceived, failing to see through false pretenses.
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Local Yokel Media, online marketplace in Connecticut, United States; Lubell–Yamamoto–Meshalkin inequality, in combinatorial mathematics; River Lym, south-west England; Worldwide LaRouche Youth Movement, part of America's LaRouche political organization
In the Castle episode "The Blue Butterfly", this song is performed by actress Tamala Jones, playing the character of Betsy Sinclair, in a 1940s setting.; In The Sopranos’ season six premier, "Members Only,” “Comes Love” plays on Uncle Junior's record player as he shoots Tony in the stomach.
The Late West Saxon dialect was the standard literary language of later Anglo-Saxon England, and consequently the majority of Anglo-Saxon literature, including the epic poem Beowulf and the poetic Biblical paraphrase Judith, is preserved in West Saxon dialect, though not all of it was originally written in West Saxon.
The larger Sunday crossword, which appears in The New York Times Magazine, is an icon in American culture; it is typically intended to be a "Wednesday or Thursday" in difficulty. [7] The standard daily crossword is 15 by 15 squares, while the Sunday crossword measures 21 by 21 squares.