| 单词 | slang |
| 例句 | But that policeman say, “I’m sorry. That was sort of station-house slang. I meant that Robert and his friend act badly.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “You’ll just need to respond with a To/From,” he said, using department slang for a memo. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was now “in country,” military slang for serving in Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z That is slang again, but never mind; Arthur says that every day. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z They all spoke in slang at the long table and there were many private jokes and some jokes at the far end that were not repeated when the girls asked to hear them. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Networking, one of my mother’s old phrases, musty- slang of yesteryear. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He spoke a Spanish that was larded with sailor slang. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He could understand a fair amount of conversation and could even use slang. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z That winter on Boston Common, Harriet heard the word “overcoat” become a joke, a slang word for “warmonger.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I do not know myself if I shall ever speak slang; I do not know if Arthur likes it, as I have never heard him use any as yet. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z A crazy person was a bug—slang used by both guards and inmates. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That paragraph is deliberate, of course; it’s just to display a bit more of the slang that was used by everyone I respected as “hip” in those days. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The room had fallen vacuum-quiet, with me running my mouth a mile a minute, talking nothing but slang. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He adopted the slang of the illegal trade, increasing his English vocabulary fourfold. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She asks John something in Korean slang, something about “being okay,” and he grunts back. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He figured it was really "Will-Low," which might have been gang slang. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z And in no time at all, I was talking the slang like a lifelong hipster. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of English, we heard a babble of accents from every corner of the Middle East: slang from Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria, as well as some in Farsi—the music store was run by Iranians. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Guard slang for these meds was bug juice or the cure, but everyone knew it was not a cure. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had noticed it in the first few days, when everything, from the slang to the bad food, was new. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Williamson Starr doesn’t use slang—if a rapper would say it, she doesn’t say it, even if her white friends do. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z On July 26, the men cheered the return of “Old Jamaica,” sailors’ slang for the sun. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “You slang the Supreme Court within an inch of its life, then you turn around and talk like the NAACP.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He eventually discovered that there were whole dictionaries of slang. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Dasch was a real talker, enjoying the sound of his voice and peppering his conversations with American slang and idioms, such as "scram" and "sight for sore eyes." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z This was our slang, strictly observed at every meeting. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z I had a city accent and spoke city slang, so they thought I was modern. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And, for once, your mother and I are in agreement on this important point: The use of slang is an indicator of a weak intellect and an impoverished vocabulary.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z They were dark, but they were speaking too low and in English, so I couldn’t grab an accent or slang to place them. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Moody had dared to think it was affectionate, but then he’d heard the word at school and understood what it meant in Shaker slang. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I can use some slang, but not too much slang, some attitude, but not too much attitude, so I’m not a “sassy black girl.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z In addition to “H of G,” “ID,” “WL,” and “O for the P,” Farmer used scores of other abbreviations and slang in his and emails. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Speaks English well with a penchant for slang. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Before the deportation notice, he refused to speak with a Jamaican accent or use Jamaican slang. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “The Dauntless have the weirdest slang. Pansycake, Nose ... is there a term for the Candor?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Tommy read a lot, and when he was in fourth grade he had started collecting slang expressions that he thought were funny. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Mamma feigned ignorance to slang, which just infuriated Dimple more. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Stiff” is slang for Abnegation, and I’m the only one here. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I tossed in everything I saw and thought and felt during the day and wrapped it all up with book quotes and prison slang and bits of wild conversation, and anything I thought was interesting. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “She slang her pups last night,” said Slim. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The only sour note—and here I degenerate into slang to more properly set the mood for the creature whom 1 am about to discuss—was Gloria, the stenographer, a voung and brazen tart. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Because it was a beginning course, the characters on our tape generally steered clear of slang and controversy. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z British code breakers called this kind of word a crib—slang for “cheat sheet.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It’s a city that prides itself on its open-mindedness, its lack of pretension, and its homegrown slang. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Blue rinse was the slang term for the devastating biological bomb used on rare occasions by the force. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z A typical surgeon’s kit from the period contained a variety of knives and bone saws, thus inspiring the slang term for doctors “sawbones.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “And every single one of the guys developed a massive crush on her, including Jim; She was actually the one who gave him the nickname Anorak,’ a British slang term for an obsessive geek. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Everybody in the gym called me “Chief,” an honorific he avoided, calling me “Mister Mandela,” and occasionally, when he felt sympathy for his old man, “My bra,” township slang meaning “My brother.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She winks at me, letting me know that she’s using slang correctly. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Also all the slang, the “square-bashing” drilling exercises, and the boring meals and the uniforms, though Maddie’s group didn’t get issued proper uniforms at first. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z And these children threw around swear words I’d never heard before, even, and slang expressions that were just as new to me, such as “stud” and “cat” and “chick” and “cool” and “hip.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike Bodega, Nazario spoke cleanly and used his slang only when it suited him. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Lacking a coach’s launch, he ran up and down the shores of Lake Washington, yelling at his boys through his megaphone, freely mixing baseball slang with rowing terminology and a wide variety of exuberant profanity. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He didn’t sound comfortable saying the last word, as if he hadn’t quite grasped the slang of the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z But when he gets around his white friends—especially the boys—he puts on a voice and uses slang and acts in ways that seem so opposite of who he really is. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Think I bang, think I slang, claim a set. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “You know what Uncle means, right? It’s spy slang for the headquarters of an espionage organization.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He asked Cara if he could have a column about slang, and the editor in chief said okay, as long as everything in the column had a G rating. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z He described Haupt as a "drugstore cowboy," which was slang for a young man who hangs out on street corners or drugstores. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z In Denver, displaying any two of a list of attributes—including slang, “clothing of a particular color,” pagers, hairstyles, or jewelry—earns youth a spot in the Denver Police’s gang database. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The three songs that follow are perhaps the most powerful opening salvo in music, a roaring cascade of youthful rage, all spat out in a black, urban slang previously hidden from most of the world. How NWA came straight outta Compton and went mainstream 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z There’s a Cantonese slang phrase to describe people like me: jook sing. The Chinese home I never knew 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z It’s the old gag of describing historical events of great moment in contemporary slang. ‘Drunk History’ and ‘Nathan for You’ Begin Season 2 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Above my head, hundreds of candy-colored slangs hung from the ceiling by thick orange electrical cords whose long ends dangled in heavy loops on the wall like loom work. An L.A. Artist Who Anticipated Our Trumpian Moment 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z It certainly has the most pages devoted to it in the slang dictionaries. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z It’s Latin for “forwards” It’s Italian for “exclusive” It’s Japanese for “luxury” It’s rhyming slang for “awesome” When was London fashion week first held? London fashion week: how front row are you? 2013-02-16T12:00:02Z “It proves that distributors don’t have to wait until the summer or the holiday season to release tent poles,” said Phil Contrino, editor of Boxoffice.com, using Hollywood slang for broad event films. ?Hunger Games? Breaks Box-Office Records 2012-03-25T17:22:54Z Soria said, adding that he cried out of happiness seeing Spanish slang — and thus himself — throughout the script. What Generations of Gay Men Hand Down in ‘The Inheritance’ 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Everyone swears like a foul-mouthed trooper stubbing his toe on a slang dictionary. Charlie Brooker's Screen burn: Spartacus: Blood And Sand 2010-05-21T23:06:00Z In the trilogy, Shiva speaks an English familiar to most readers, full of everyday Indian street slang and Americanisms. Record advance 2013-03-04T19:00:52Z He called George Soros the “OG” — a slang term meaning “original gangster” — of “organizing and financing riots, looting and civil unrest” — an unfounded statement with anti-Semitic overtones. Sinclair yanked a pandemic conspiracy theory program. But it has stayed in line with Trump on coronavirus. 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Ms. Hamnett and Ms. Tankus include just a few snippets of Shakespeare’s dialogue, and it is freely mixed with contemporary slang and casual paraphrase. | 'Nearly Lear': An Answer to a Crying Need: ?King Lear? for Children 2011-01-10T23:30:23Z This is a gentle introduction to various facets of language study: from language acquisition in babies, to historical spelling change and linguistic evolution, sign language, slang, place-names, new electronic-writing traditions, advertising rhetoric, and so forth. Et cetera: Steven Poole's non-fiction choice | Book reviews 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z The children’s playground banter employed of-the-moment slang, often pulled from rap lyrics. A Groundbreaking Cartoon Family Returns, ‘Louder and Prouder’ 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z The word typically refers to food that doesn’t conform to Jewish dietary law, but it’s used almost like slang between these bearded young men in drab black suits. Review | The new comedy ‘Trayf’ at Theater J is Zalmy and Shmuel’s excellent adventure 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z People who string words together for a living—generally a difficult, obsessive, detail-niggling tribe—tend to take inordinate delight in new slang, much in the way that people who study beetles love new bugs. An Epic Takedown 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z But the momentum is sustained, and the reader acquires some awesome Chinese tradecraft as well as some memorably vulgar Australian slang. Review | Only one sexy couple can stop a Russian spy from taking over the CIA 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z For a hostel in a working-class neighborhood in Paris, he said, “I used only French slang words and different types of typography.” The Hostel as Art Gallery, and Pipeline to an Arts Community 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Along with the classic documentary “Style Wars,” which Chalfant co-produced, “Subway Art” helped disseminate graffiti culture worldwide, midwifing local communities and cementing the style, slang, technique and mores of the New York scene. ‘Subway Art’ review: A lush new edition of the NYC graffiti bible 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z But then again, she said, few could have predicted the endurance of the slang word “cool” as a marker for all things generally good or fashionable. Leg Booty? Panoramic? Seggs? How TikTok Is Changing Language 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z Johan Schalkwyk, an engineer who leads speech efforts at Google, said, “Keeping up with slang and trending acronyms is like a jungle” — a jungle full of cultural land mines. When Autocorrect Goes Wrong (And So, So Right) 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z This wonderful bit of slang connotes a special blend of scheming and laziness, a commitment to do as little as possible without getting caught. Review: With ‘Queen and Country,’ John Boorman Continues a Tale 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Dictionaries don’t always keep up, but the Oxford English Dictionary adopted plenty of food slang this year, such as “cakehole” and “cheffy.” Hangry? Want a Slice of Piecaken? The Top New Food Words for 2015 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z But in the way this committed cast conveys the text, the words seem less like stilted slang than a regional dialect with an everyday elegance. Review: A Vital and Sweeping ‘Porgy and Bess’ Debuts in London 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Or, as Slattery put it: "We make gak, which is a total slang term that basically means digital stuff going on" — i.e. digital blueprints, bank records, criminal profiles, government agency mainframes, client dossiers. Geekery leverages duo into TV 2010-12-21T22:44:00Z It seems to me that slang is always doubting. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z It's really just a torrent of age-old gags and clumsy, pointless situations dressed up with street slang. Anuvahood ? review 2011-03-17T22:00:03Z The other problem with the cock-block issue is that even though the term sounds like a playful piece of slang, it’s at least passively sexist. Trevor Noah’s “c**k-block” question: Sexist language isn’t clever or funny — especially not in this campaign 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z During the scripting stage, Thomas said the network’s concerns had mostly been about Australian slang, like thrush — another word for a yeast infection that was the punchline to one of his jokes. How an American Network Saved One of TV's Best Twentysomethings 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z It would be nearly impossible to render these distinctive forms of speech without the slang sounding forced and artificial. Books of The Times: ‘The Beast’ by Óscar Martínez Details Immigrant Trek 2013-12-17T21:43:42Z It’s probably best to doublecheck, however, since one in two people think it’s a bad idea to say a slang word without really understanding its definition. These are the most annoying slang words Americans use, according to new survey 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z The Terminator was a futuristic robot, but he stalked the streets of 1980s Los Angeles, indicated by often foul-mouthed slang. Bleep me up Scotty: why is sci-fi suddenly so sweary? 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z Wade's task was to create a tribe with their own codes, their own slang – the constant use of the word "mate", for example, which starts out merely grating, but quickly becomes menacing. Laura Wade: return of the thugs 2012-05-16T17:30:01Z Also, some of the time the book was written in slang which some younger children wouldn't understand. Ruby Redfort: Take Your Last Breath by Lauren Child - review 2013-05-17T17:00:00Z The concept for the loud-mouthed, photo-driven newsprint magazine — whose name was inspired by British slang for urination — was put together over just a few weeks in spring 1977. Partying with the Germs and drinking with X: A new book about Slash magazine captures L.A.'s early punk scene 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z What is your working life like as a slang lexicographer? Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z The hottest gym in LA right now is Bünda: Portuguese slang for bum, the “home of the better butt” – a gym entirely dedicated to working your posterior. Butt seriously: how bottoms became a fitness obsession 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z The greasy meals come from a trailer parked on one side — a “cook house” in carny slang. See the Real Live Man Who Grew Up in a Carnival 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Recently he’s been pushing the slang term “cooking” — even Diddy made a reference to it on his Twitter page — and an accompanying dance, and the people in the audience came prepared. Music Review: Rap?s Pied Piper, Lil B, at Santos Party House 2010-07-26T22:36:00Z Barry is great at the underworld slang and at Riece’s wily, predatory way of dominating conversations; the cadences of the acting always feel real, and the performances are rich in body language. Out of prison and into the fire of race and sex in ‘Lights Rise on Grace’ 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z His writing style is like nobody else’s, a unique turn of language, a kind of poetic slang. How Susan Sontag Influenced Patti Smith’s Reading Life 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Over two years, they lent props, advised on internal slang, contributed dialogue and helped to compose the closing credits. The Internship: how cinema sold its soul – but didn't get paid 2013-07-01T14:45:37Z There's also an amusing glossary of rap slang, which translates the likes of "move to me blud and ya click get shank" into gentlemanly English. Doc Brown 2010-08-08T14:45:00Z Children may find elements of this production foreign at first — starting with the title’s old-timey slang — but they’ll catch the spirit soon enough. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Instead, he revealed himself to be Jack Johnson with 808s and nakedly grafted hip-hop slang. Review | Post Malone is the perfect pop star for this American moment. That’s not a compliment. 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z And there was a big court case going on at the time, where a slang lexicographer, Stephen Farmer, was being sued for putting in the c-word and the f-word in his dictionary. Before Wikipedia, there was the Oxford English Dictionary 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z Here he attempts to co-opt some other slacker slang on “Awesome,” over a martial, chipper beat by Zaytoven. Critics? Choice: New CDs: New CDs 2010-06-27T21:17:00Z Older generations may become annoyed when younger speakers constantly develop and overuse new slang terms. Clichés may grate like nails on a chalkboard, but one person’s cliché is another’s sliced bread 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z People take the slang and start using it wrong. Songwriter or Star? The-Dream, Muni Long and Two Paths to the Grammys. 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z It starts with scrappy fledgling songwriters, do-it-yourself production, inside references and hometown slang. Regional Mexican Music Is Finding More Ears. Peso Pluma Is Helping. 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z “What would a junior in high school say? What would their slang be? They use the word ‘savage,’ they use the word ‘lit.’ Is Jake Paul a Social Media Genius or a Jerk? 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z When Brandy runs into sexual slang she is unfamiliar with, she tries looking it up in the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Movie Review: Aubrey Plaza Stars in ‘The To Do List’ 2013-07-25T21:34:31Z Is an Irish novel the most appropriate place to conduct a one-sided slanging match concerning the state of the Irish novel? Not the Booker prize 2011: Jude in London by Julian Gough 2011-08-25T11:21:28Z For example, “Bess uses a lot of current colloquialisms, slang,” Alexander said, but the actress objected to Nancy’s use of the phrase “I see you.” Don’t Tell, but Jane Alexander Is Also a Comedian 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z The result is a mélange of decoded slang, interpretations of varying plausibility and dorky jokes that has struck a chord. Yale Graduates Seek a Degree in Hip-Hop 2012-11-09T23:36:49Z At the gym, the staff would practice slang expressions on me that they’d heard in rap songs, and I would smile and respond using proper grammar like the professional teacher I was. What I Learned From My Instagram Crush 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z But this wasn’t just hip-hop; the RZA transliterated a supernatural creole of comic books and 5 Percent Islam, criminology rap and creaky Memphis soul samples, kung fu flicks and street hustler slang. The RZA has made some of your favorite music. Now he wants to help you find enlightenment. 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z So much of what one is given to look at seems “basic” in the slang rather than the literal sense of the word. How New York Is New York Fashion? 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z WallStreetBets may look like a wall of slang, memes, jargon and inside jokes, largely populated by men, and it is. Everything’s a Joke Until It’s Not 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Blind date, a date with someone one hasn’t seen before, originated as college slang around 1921, says the Online Etymology Dictionary. Our favorite bits of 1920s slang 2013-05-09T16:09:00Z And the world of Braquo – a slang French term for a brutal heist – is far more violent than the knitwear-obsessed police dramas from Denmark. Your next box set: Braquo 2012-06-14T15:00:01Z Much of “Chicago” is written in Jazz Age slang and so was translated into “casual” Japanese. Amra-Faye Wright to Play Velma Kelly in Japanese 2010-04-30T23:59:00Z Gervais argued that the word was also drug slang, as in “monged out,” and his point, he said, “was that words don’t have hatred built in — it’s how you use them, it’s about intent.” Ricky Gervais Would Like to Non-Apologize 2012-01-11T15:17:22Z “Analog synthesizers burble and snort, rock guitars fuzz out,” writes Mr. Pareles of the new album, adding: “the cadence and slang of the three rappers are strictly old school.” ArtsBeat: 'They Still Sound Like Amateurs' 2011-05-02T21:14:52Z When we returned to our car up on the bluff it was smeared with eggs and someone had used surf wax to scratch “kooks”, slang for amateurs, on the windows. California's surf wars: wave 'warlords' go to extreme lengths to defend their turf 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z He recalls making journalists from a celebrity magazine cry when he rounded on them for publishing a special booklet on how to speak in banlieue slang. How La Haine lit a fire under French society 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z But it is written in a quaint American English, noticeably stiffer than the way we speak today, with unfamiliar slang, like “hacking around” instead of “goofing off.” Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal, 45 years later: 'Love Letters' loaded with nostalgia 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z He thought it over for a few seconds and then found inspiration in a suggestive dash of French slang. The Sorcerer of Shaken and Stirred 2011-03-16T05:31:02Z My great consolation was British comic books, such as “The Beano” and “The Dandy”—in some ways every bit as mysterious as the adults’ talk, their slang and cultural references largely lost on me. Witnessing the Moon Landing in Ireland, at the Start of the Troubles 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z Vegan skeptics ask about “MOG,” winemaker’s slang for “matter other than grapes.” Not all wines are vegan. Here’s how to find ones that are. 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z David-Jeremiah began with the pieces that include the abbreviations, the second of which expresses the same sentiment as the first, but rendered in Dallas slang. Review | In the galleries: Acronyms as content encode a powerful commentary 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Sometimes fueled, notoriously, by body-high drugs like ecstasy and MDMA, it’s got an even subtler code to it that goes beyond the broad strokes of party drugs, and spans fashion to slang to micro-genres. Are Mega-Corporations and Wall Street Killing Electronic Dance Music? 2012-07-03T13:59:00Z In the same way that older songs can find new audiences on TikTok, older slang emerges on the app to be championed by a broader, younger audience. A Short History of ‘Simp’ 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z I was genuinely perplexed about the reaction of one babygro-clad DJ to a trick – "Really, really baff" – assuming it was street slang until it occurred that the DJ was perhaps expressing his bafflement. Trick questions: Dynamo and Penn and Teller have brought very different magic styles to our screens 2011-07-29T09:44:00Z Musically, Me Moan is just as distinctive, subtle and shifty in its juxtapositions of electronic glitch and country lilt and slang. Daughn Gibson: Me Moan – review 2013-07-11T20:40:00Z Gunn can often seem the presiding influence here: sharp yet compassionate, formal yet nimble, the poems glitter with slang and modern culture while maintaining an engaging seriousness. Poetry in brief - reviews 2011-08-12T21:55:08Z Hyper-connected, Lucy uses text abbreviations and slang that confuses him — but both Charles and Oliver are new to texting; it took Charles quite some time to learn not to sign his texts. More than a fashion icon, Lucy brings Gen Z to "Only Murders in the Building" 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z M3GAN even has her own verified Twitter account, in which she only types in lowercase letters and uses slang terms like "slay" and "besties." Fearsome and fierce? How robot doll M3GAN become a queer icon 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z It’s slang used by South Koreans to express thrills. PSY to Revise Song Over Worry It May Offend Arabs 2013-03-19T14:04:51Z But with the birth of social media and meme culture, slang words are increasingly hitting our eyes before our ears. ‘Jeuje,’ ‘Zhoosh,’ ‘Zhuzh’: A Word of Many Spellings, and Meanings 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z “So many things have been done about the RA,” Ms. Ronan said, using the Irish slang for the Irish Republican Army. With ‘Brooklyn,’ Saoirse Ronan Embraces Her Journey 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z How did you end up specialising in slang? Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z “Now people use slang in social media posts, tweets, blogs, comments, text messages – you name it – so there’s a host of evidence for informal varieties of English that simply didn’t exist before.” 'Lolz' And Thousands Of Words Added to Scrabble Dictionary 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z On the matching interlude “For Sale?,” the enticement is named “Lucy,” a wordplay on “lucre,” or slang for “Lucifer,” or both. Kendrick Lamar’s Capacious New Record 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Additionally, in the above example, the translations do not reflect the reference to religious slang, typical of Spanish culture. "Squid Game": Why you shouldn’t be too hard on translators 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z An evolving hybrid, kwaito has grown from copying American electro styles in the 1990s to become the heartbeat of urban South Africa, incorporating hip-hop and social commentary, and spawning its own dances, fashions and slang. Fifa's World Cup kick-off concert 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z I don’t like to say this in a way as a lexicographer, but there are limits and you chase slang as far and as fast as you can. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z The camp guards in the film use dehumanizing slang to refer to their victims’ bodies, calling them “Stücke,” or “pieces.” ‘Son of Saul’: An immersive portrait of life in a Nazi death camp 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Other British forms of rap had become overly Americanized, some felt, with slang borrowed from across the Atlantic. Grime Transformed British Music. A New Exhibition Traces How. 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Attempts to evoke the period are distractingly strenuous; if you didn’t know “lawing” was slang for wearing a badge, you will after its first dozen uses. Guns, Gunfights and the Legends of the Wild West 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Stone's feet make me think of "gum shoes," the slang for detectives while the crisco on his hands like the clues that fall out of his grasp. ‘The Night Of’ Season 1, Episode 4: Friends or Foes 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z Ramirez stepped on it — which means he cut it with other chemicals to increase his quantity — and slanged all over New York. "The front door blew off the hinges": What happens when police raid your home without knocking first 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z In the “South Pacific,” for example, an arrow points to the “dunny,” Australian slang for toilet. How TripAdvisor altered your vacation-planning universe 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z There are two translations but neither conveys the scabrous energy of Parisian lowlife slang, so it's best to read it in the original. The best summer reads ? and where to read them 2011-07-15T13:15:01Z Now American culture is as much black culture as it’s ever been: from handshakes and slang to the embrace of the booty. Defining, and Proclaiming, a New Black Power 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z “By what manner of well-meaning legerdemain,” the linguist Jonathan Lighter, a slang expert, later asked, “does a three-word Most Notable Hashtag become Word of the Year?” At the Super Bowl of Linguistics, May the Best Word Win 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z "Mojada," a pejorative slang term reflecting Medea's vulnerable immigrant status, is too direct in its manner to aim for lofty tragic effects. 'Mojada' at the Getty Villa convincingly updates Greek tragedy to modern-day L.A. 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Is “informal conference of northern landowners” some kind of sick slang? 'Downton Abbey' Recap: What's That in Your Pocket? 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Oliver even used some Trinidadian slang to help get his point across -- or perhaps just amuse viewers with the sight of "the whitest person who has ever lived attempting to speak 'Trini.' " John Oliver skewers former FIFA official Jack Warner on Trinidadian TV 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z She added that he is a prime example of a “deok-hu” — the Korean slang equivalent of the Japanese word “otaku,” or niche pop culture obsessive — who has brought immeasurable visibility to the “hallyu” industry. When a Track Suit Embodies a Nation 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z In example after example — from the majesty of Melville to the brutal Glasgow slang of Irvine Welsh’s “Trainspotting” — the semicolon is a miracle of prosody. A Defense of the Semicolon and Other Adventures in the English Language 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Lyrics were packed with slacker slang and obscure references. Stephen Malkmus had his groove denied. He was upset for about five minutes. 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z He was a man of a thousand American parts — novelist, stand-up comic, travel writer, impresario, capitalist, full-time celebrity and coruscating social critic — whose ear for dialogue, nuance, slang and absurdity seldom failed him. ‘Mark Twain’s America’ and ‘Huck Finn’s America’ 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z The title is Korean slang for something weird, crazy or stupid - and that's exactly what this song is in the very best way possible. June's best music from across the MAP 2012-06-13T10:52:13Z Small things that I could incorporate, like pet names and slang they used over the years. "I believe him": Jesse Garcia on playing the man who invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos – or did he? 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z Sometimes our American colleagues would be confused by British slang. Nick Park and Jane Horrocks: how we made Chicken Run 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z English slang is a field rich for tillage, as Max Décharné proves in “Vulgar Tongues,” a triumph of philological research and mordant social commentary. ‘Vulgar Tongues’ is pimped out with the dopest research 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Indeed, contemporary British slang dictionaries define “shiksa” as an American idiom. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z My thesaurus has nearly 40 synonyms and slang variants listed under the entry for laugh. Laugh ? review 2011-01-28T18:36:56Z And it may seem silly to care about whether or not the Times inserts a common bit of Internet slang into a story. The New York Times’ F-word problem 2012-08-10T20:15:00Z Dahl often focused on individual words or particular expressions when editing, Mr. Dennison said, and “continued to use elements of the interwar slang of his childhood, and aspects of his vocabulary up to his death.” Roald Dahl’s Books Are Rewritten to Cut Potentially Offensive Language 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Mr. de Grandmont laughed as he explained that they had sometimes miscommunicated and blundered because they didn’t know cultural connotations, euphemisms and slang. A ‘Final Fantasy’ Alliance Gets Real 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z The slang that teenagers used there to talk about their favorite sneakers and T-shirts stuck even when the teenagers grew up and the objects of desire evolved, he said. Hip-Hop as Bravado and Legacy for Men’s Fashion 2012-11-14T21:50:13Z Then he puts forward his own opinion on the etymology of the word “slang”, and suggests what constitutes a slang word – he gives 17 qualifications – as opposed to a colloquial or standard English one. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z That should have been a clue to the extent of her Anglophilia, I now realize, along with her emphatic insistence that her children "speak the Queen's English" whenever we'd lapse into slang. "The Crown" presents Princess Diana of Wales, patron saint of tradition-defying divorcées 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z Already, the Royal Academy's dictionary contains the popular Mexican slang "güey," which literally means ox, but generally means "fool" — depending on context and intonation. The future of the Spanish language is looking a lot more like English 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z “And the number of years that it takes a slang word, which is markedly informal, qualify for entry has decreased dramatically.” ‘Jeuje,’ ‘Zhoosh,’ ‘Zhuzh’: A Word of Many Spellings, and Meanings 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z And like I said, different types of slang that is even from the '90s, we have some slang up in there mixed together. Katori Hall on creating "P-Valley," demystifying sex work and the art of filming a pole dance 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z For that fee, you can search by meaning, finding not just the definition of ratchet but every slang word that has ever described extreme, out of control behavior. Green's, the Biggest Slang Dictionary Ever, Just Went Online 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z “War” is a U.K. drill song, ominous and sneering and full of deeply studied slang. Drake Was Isolated (at the Top) Way Before Quarantine 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z The slang that worked so well and felt so right that it got its own name – Buffyspeak. Buffy the Vampire Slayer at 20: the thrilling, brilliant birth of TV as art 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z I can’t believe I’m saying this, but for years, kids would make those jokes, like, “Your mother does this” or “Your mother does that”—that juvenile slang. Scott Foley Talks Directing, His Dark Side and His 'Scandal' Love Triangle 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Using the visual, audio, kinetic and print forms, her new lingo reads like a wild blend of Chaucer, SMS-speak and Anthony Burgess's droog slang. This week's new exhibitions 2010-09-03T23:06:00Z The show toes the line of accurate, modern representation by weaving together the teen characters' omnivorous, streaming-age musical references with Indigenous hymns and slang. On "Reservation Dogs," the raddest soundtrack on TV "breaks expectations" for Native storytelling 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Our meal was simply — as they say in Hawaiian slang — “broke da mouth” good. ‘Hidden gems’ on Hawaii’s island of Oahu 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z The great slang lexicographer Eric Partridge had died a couple of years earlier. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z Squad”: Do we even need slang to describe a group of friends? #blessed? Not a good look. Your 2016 resolution is to ban these “basic” phrases 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z His colloquialisms and slang and deliberately simplistic language all seem a bit cor-blimey-guvnor. Booker club: Last Orders by Graham Swift 2012-07-24T11:28:36Z But just as their most popular characters are second world war pilots who talk in 21st-century street slang, so tonight's show feels like comedy performed in the voice of two men who aren't particularly funny. Armstrong and Miller 2010-09-28T21:30:00Z The simplistic dialogue, achingly sincere and devoid of slang or sarcasm, is also intentional. The Moral Philosopher of YouTube 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z “My compilations used to be ‘Jack Harlow being sus,’” he said with a big smile, using a slang term for awkward or lame. Jack Harlow Knows What He Wants. And Where He Stands. 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Ives’s lyric and comic invention never falters as he blends, in capering, cascading verse, both the cultivated language and decorous rhythms of classical comedy and cheeky, up-to-the-minute slang. Review: A Revival of ‘The Liar’ Plays Alternative Facts for Laughs 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Why did you call the tape "Town Biz," even though Vitamin D said that's Oakland slang and Seattle should stop using it to refer to itself? Jake One speaks on his "Town Biz" mixtape 2010-04-27T17:42:00Z The problem wasn’t the dated slang, he said, but situations of racial conflict and discrimination, which 1970s audiences had understood instinctively. 2010-01-22T22:43:00Z But “Lemonade” is an album so rich with symbolism, slang, humor and hurt, its personality feels undeniable. The better we understand Beyoncé, the more there is to know 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Grime soon became a culture, which influenced “how people dressed, how they would speak, how they looked, the haircut they would get, the slang words they were using,” he said. Grime Transformed British Music. A New Exhibition Traces How. 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Her style is a mix of classic word play and modern street slang and it works really well. Guardian First Book Award reader nominations: Everything Speaks In Its Own Way by Kate Tempest 2012-07-20T10:42:03Z Taylor is New Jersey slang for Taylor ham, which in turn is New Jersey slang for pork roll, which is the greatest breakfast meat of all time. This 2-ingredient spread makes any egg sandwich so much better 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z He scratched out my every use of what he considered slang, words like “gutsy” or “hotshot.” An Essential Music Critic, but Nobody’s Role Model 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z “It’s very unusual for a crim or a screw to listen to a prisoner talk for very long,” he wrote in a memoir, using slang for fellow inmates and prison officers. Jack Charles, Grandfather of Aboriginal Theater, Dies at 79 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Dance—like food, fashion, and slang—is a cultural artifact, passed around and down as proof of existence. Ten Years of Swag Surfin’ 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z His “retired internet slang” and earnestness are, “compared to the inscrutable advances of younger men, … a relief.” In ‘Luster,’ Young Black Women Feel Uneasy in a White American Home 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z In this week’s Book Review, I consider the most recent — and most ambitious — effort to compile a dictionary of English-language slang. ArtsBeat: The Dulpickles and Nigmenogs of 1699 2011-04-01T18:30:00Z There is a unifying principle in Smith’s depictions: the good hand, from oil-field slang for a worker. From an Artist’s Life in Brooklyn to North Dakota’s Oil Fields 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Blind Pig's name derives from 19th-century slang for a dive that illegally dispensed liquor under the guise of promoting animal attractions. A quirky name and creative cuisine combine at Blind Pig Bistro 2012-02-16T21:35:04Z Cue the beginning of "I Love Bacon" T-shirts, bacon scented lip balms and "Epic Bacon" humor, which is now a cringey slang associated with peak millennial meme culture. Here's how we fell in (and out of) love with bacon 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Each of the 40 chapters is a short essay with topics such as spelling, accents, slang and etymology. 'A Little Book of Language': How we say what we say, and why 2010-06-02T22:42:00Z Most Americans know you can usually hear that a person is black even if you can’t see them and even if they’re not using any slang. 2015 in language: “We can get up in each other’s faces so easily” 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z When he refers to “golden sings,” he’s embedding that distance in the language, bending “sings” from verb to noun in the same way that internet slang has transformed “feels.” Review: Ryley Walker Is Unsettled in a Chicago Way on ‘Golden Sings’ 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z This new book provides a history of slang, approaching it as “a ‘counter language,’ the language that says no.” Books to Watch Out For: October 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z “Jay,” an insulting slang term similar to “hick” or “rube,” was commonly used in the phrase “jay-driver,” which denoted errant drivers of horse-drawn carriages and motorized cars. Los Angeles Pedestrians Look Forward to Relaxed Jaywalking Law 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z The drink is especially popular at “darties,” slang for day parties, she noted. What on Earth Is a BORG? 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z If one adds women, who are almost always seen in a sexual context, one is moving towards 10,000 terms, not far below 10 percent of the entire slang lexis. Tickle gizzard and the pleasure pivot: A history of sex slang and the coolest ancient dirty words 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z As far as I'm concerned, calling a word slang is the linguistic equivalent of using a racial slur. Why we need to invent new words 2013-03-11T08:29:01Z One of the most famously difficult works of 20th-century prose, the novel is a linguistic mash-up of slang, pun, poetry and nonsense. Joycean Character Comes Alive in ‘riverrun’ 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Lately, this is also the case for Internet slang. ?: Alphabet Soup 2011-09-23T22:25:13Z For example, he peppers the text with one-paragraph comments expressed in the transatlantic slang favoured by Owens: "humdinger"; "right hot"; "absolute jake". Double Agent Snow by James Hayward – review 2013-01-04T22:55:13Z The slang in “West Side Story” may be dated, but not the xenophobia. Gustavo Dudamel, Cecilia Bartoli and a grim, bizarre 'West Side Story' in Salzburg 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z He takes perverse pride in a rare failure: an article on army slang that he sent to George Orwell at Tribune magazine was turned down flat. Special Relationships: People and Places by Asa Briggs – review 2012-08-10T21:55:01Z Fellini’s genius for welding memory, dream and waking consciousness is on show in this classic movie, whose title is a slang phrase for “I remember”. All Federico Fellini's films – ranked! 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z And even the slanguage of the show — which is this amazing mix of accent and dialect and old slang and new slang — it all is marinated together. Katori Hall on creating "P-Valley," demystifying sex work and the art of filming a pole dance 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Khemiri said that achieving that exact combination is what makes Rachel Willson-Broyles such a good translator for his works, which abound with newly constructed compound words and polyglot slang. Jonas Hassen Khemiri, the Playwright Behind ?Invasion!? 2011-09-09T07:30:35Z It's slang for a particularly virulent strain of weed. New band of the day: Piff Gang (No 1,326) 2012-08-08T15:32:50Z Certainly there’s my own weird slang and use of language — abuse of language — still in there. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: A Music Critic’s Look Back at Formative Years in Chicago 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z With Wikipedia, and other crowdsourced projects like the Urban Dictionary, which can go into great descriptions of slang terms and whatnot. Before Wikipedia, there was the Oxford English Dictionary 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z Fairey says the outfit is also a play on the slang use of cats as “cool dudes, and the Black Panthers’ getups made sense with that.” Check Out the World’s Best Collection of Cat Art 2014-01-13T10:45:53Z At its best, that dad relationship boils down father-figures being the greatest in slang—or at least solid. This Is Where the Word 'Dad' Comes From 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z The series began, in 2019, as a shout-out to regional slang from Oakland, Calif., and the rest of the Bay Area. Multilayered Paintings That Pay Tribute to Hip-Hop Dances 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z He changed his name to Limonov as “a tribute to his acidic and bellicose humor, because ‘limon’ means lemon, and ‘limonka’ is slang for a kind of hand grenade,” Mr. Carrère writes. Emmanuel Carrère’s New Book Profiles Edward Limonov 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z The phrase translates literally as "Paint a dove at the protests" but also, in local slang, means: "Stick one finger up at the protests." Venezuela protests spawn 'tear gas art' competition 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z "You slam the door and turn the catch," Tracey Thorn sings, "you turned your home into a prison, conversation into a slanging match …" Literally, ouch. Readers recommend: songs about mistakes 2010-12-03T00:01:00Z I read this three times, thinking this might be slang I was unfamiliar with. Review | Oh, the horror! Why it’s hard to look away, even when a book is full of gore. 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z It doesn’t, however, excuse characters that are little more than props for embarrassing fashion or delivery systems for dated slang. ‘Ping Pong Summer,’ Michael Tully’s Nostalgic Comedy 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z For a start, it changes the tone of a debate that often seems stuck in the confrontational positions and slanging matches between artists and politicians of the 80s as a result of arts cuts. How theatres can make everyone fight for the arts 2013-05-07T15:48:38Z “Who They Was,” which Bloomsbury is releasing in the United States on Tuesday, is heavy on London slang — people get shanked, not stabbed, and everyone’s “bare loud and aggi.” With a Violent Debut, He Reveals a London That Is Rarely Seen 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z I gained sort of a vocabulary of French slang for café drinks like coffee, and some of them are sort of on the risky side. From chartreuse to vermouth: David Lebovitz's cocktails will take you on a sensory journey to France 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z Christmas films on the BBC will include the terrestrial premiere of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which memorably inspired the slang "nuke the fridge". Top Gear wises up for BBC Christmas 2010-11-22T10:49:00Z He was in a fantastic slanging match with Mary Whitehouse, who was a sort of arbiter of all taste issues in the U.K., which was fantastic, because it meant that he was a tabloid person. Tilda Swinton, rock star of the art house 2010-06-19T18:01:00Z I could write some definitions for the slang dictionary now. Director Sean Baker learned a lot of new slang while filming ‘Tangerine’ 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z In German/Yiddish slang, kesselgarten became a word to describe a chaotic situation with a lot of people speaking at once. An Immigrant Named Trump 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z Ever attentive to tone and cadence of everyday speech, Salinger mimics American slang persistently, yet hardly ever to the same effect as in the fiercely idiosyncratic idiom of Holden Caulfield. JD Salinger is best revealed in his work 2011-01-31T13:08:28Z We find ourselves, Joyce knew, in the chaotic sights, sounds, slang and messiness of contemporary life. Heeding the lessons of James Joyce's "Ulysses," a century later 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z To grok it righteously, though, we must abandon any notion that slang terms are somehow new. ‘Vulgar Tongues’ is pimped out with the dopest research 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z What might interest American viewers the most, though, is the primer it offers in the folkways and slang of a remote region. Watch List: ‘The Straits,’ an Australian Series at Hulu.com 2012-12-14T22:58:41Z So which current slang creates the most confusion among the uninitiated? From GOAT to ghost: Here are America’s 30 most googled slang terms 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Bruno plays a character called Raspberry, a cute nickname if her mother hadn't been thinking of the rhyming slang for cripple. Raspberry 2010-04-06T20:30:00Z Criminal cant is the spine of all slang. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z “You only lose your freedom in the nick,” he said in the documentary “Bastardy,” using a slang term for a jail. Jack Charles, Grandfather of Aboriginal Theater, Dies at 79 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Matthew is Welsh and as soon as the camera stops, we’re gossiping away in stupid, slang British accents all day long. Alison Wright on ‘The Americans,’ Martha’s Frantic Arc and Meeting a Famous Fan 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z "If I was their editor I'd want to top myself," he crowed, using British slang for "suicide." AP Enterprise: UK tabloid paid spies for scoops 2011-09-28T12:10:09Z Sex runs through slang like blue through Roquefort. Tickle gizzard and the pleasure pivot: A history of sex slang and the coolest ancient dirty words 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z But when they asked where we were going and how long we planned to stay, I responded with just enough Mexican slang to arouse suspicion and provoke more inspections. Ignoring the Warnings for a Honeymoon in Mexico 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Slang: The universal language Topics: Baltimore, Oxford English Dictionary, Slang, The Browser, The Wire, Before we look at your book selection, could you tell us what slang is? Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z Q: When I read Perelman in high school, I wish I would have had the Notes section for all the references and slang that eluded my comprehension. S.J. Perelman was a master of comedy. Nearly a century later, his work still delivers laughs. 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z The police slang “10-Foot Cops” refers to the officers riding them, who seem to tower over the city streets. Spare Times for Children for April 19-25 2013-04-18T22:11:56Z The gingers, as Maya called them, using British slang, are taken to the desert, where they are beaten and killed. M.I.A.?s Agitprop Pop 2010-05-26T04:15:00Z Although I can now recognize my hometown as an oasis of beauty and tradition, as a kid I was terrified of the lobstermen and their stories and slang. Hiding my freckles 2012-12-27T22:35:00Z The adoption of black culture in the 60s – music, slang and attitude – paved the way for the more racially equal society that America has today. Hipsters are agents of social change 2011-01-21T14:29:00Z Young Thug’s nickname and YSL’s slang term of choice — slime — has gone international, its “wipe your nose” hand gesture a popular N.F.L. celebration. Violent Gang, or Rap Label? Prosecutors Say Young Thug’s YSL Is Both. 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z There is no artificiality, there is no putting slang in for its own sake. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z She’s down enough to use slang her white friends will want to poach, but won’t embarrass them by sounding too black. This "cool black girl" is gone 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z “It can be a coping mechanism to use slang and slurs to comment on a situation that many people don’t have any control over,” Channell-Justice says. Ukraine is fighting back, one swear word at a time 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Describing his gig as the Colonel as “just another character to learn,” Hammond says he really got into playing the character, and he really doesn’t seem to mind slanging fried chicken for a living. Darrell Hammond reflects on his new KFC gig and his “SNL” niche: “I was like a field goal kicker” 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Leiber and Stoller’s slangy vignettes for the Coasters captured teenage exuberance with the same acute ear for slang that Chuck Berry had. An Appraisal: Igniting a Revolution, Starting with ?Hound Dog? 2011-08-23T22:26:40Z Yet these adventures ditched traditional, high-flown prose in favour of stylised American slang, the pages juggling steel-trap dialogue with silken similes. A Mysterious Something in the Light: Raymond Chandler, A Life by Tom Williams – review 2012-08-16T07:00:01Z In 1981, when my first slang dictionary was commissioned, I saw that not only did this subject interest me but that there was also a gap in the market. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z Derogatory slang targeting housewives, like the term “mum-roach,” was becoming more prevalent. The Heroine of This Korean Best Seller Is Extremely Ordinary. That’s the Point. 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z It's about "reading": urban slang for letting someone have it, verbally, preferably in public. New band of the day – Zebra Katz (No 1,338) 2012-08-24T17:02:24Z Enter "Pottya", a pop group named after a slang word for chubby and consisting of four young women who are not especially hefty to Western eyes, but well above average weight in Japan. Japan's pudgy pop stars take aim at obesity prejudice 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z There is no false teenager slang, no tortured Southern accents or crude approximations of the words of the enslaved. How Two Black Women a Century Apart Experience Racism 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z “At What Cost” — which was recorded locally at Cue Studios in Falls Church, Va. — is filled with the DMV’s slang and references to its staples. GoldLink’s ‘At What Cost’ documents a D.C. that’s disappearing. Here’s how the album came together. 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z A small child bounced about onstage as part of his parents’ rough-and-tumble vaudeville act, Joseph Frank Keaton had received his nickname — a slang term for a spill — to acknowledge his stoic resilience. On Video: Buster Keaton’s Talkie ‘Free and Easy’ Comes to DVD 2014-03-23T19:49:40Z “When I saw the green track suits, the first thing that came to mind was this notion of ‘baeksu,’” Ms. Shin said, using common slang for someone who is out of work. When a Track Suit Embodies a Nation 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z And I think he would have liked Dennison’s writing style, lush but clipped, with such phrases as “the ubiquity of caprice” and “buoyant with slang,” full of a reader’s zest. A Rosier View of Roald Dahl 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Leaving Sir Robert Woodard, as we thread through bustling corridors full of students eating pizza and talking in that indecipherable slang known only to teenagers, Jenkinson makes the stakes clear. ‘If you’re going to watch porn, know it’s not real’: meet Britain's sex-positive influencers 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Along the way, he encounters an alter ego, the Harlem hustler Carlyle Bedlow, another of Mr. Kelley’s recurring characters, for whom Mr. Kelley invented a language blending Bantu, pidgin English and Harlem slang. William Melvin Kelley, Who Explored Race in Experimental Novels, Is Dead at 79 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z “The style is a trifle primitive,” one observer wrote about Anderson’s prose, “gauche, aggressive, maudlin ... it speaks in pungent slang.” Books of The Times: The Supersnooper Pursuing the Paranoid Politician 2010-09-28T22:31:00Z “Young Soy” is Cantonese slang for ugly, and the “ugly” gallery is determined to shake up the conservative local art scene. Hong Kong’s New Kids on the Block 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Few things have better mouth feel than a fresh piece of slang. M.I.A. Takes Aim at Fame, and 7 More New Songs 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Like the first season of "The Bear" introduced us to the sex appeal of kitchen slang, the second acquaints us with the chaos menu. A new season "The Bear" marinates a great show into a superb exploration of purpose 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z It’s a reminder that while Quinn favored sweeping ambitious subjects, his real gift, and greatest comic subject, is the comedy of language: clichés, slogans, slang. ‘Small Talk’ Review: The Art of Meaningless Banter 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Watkins, meanwhile, coaches them in the use of British slang. Emerson String Quartet Adapts to a Different Cellist 2014-04-11T21:23:13Z And Kalen learned some crude Chilean slang meaning roughly, “no way!” that became her catchphrase. In Chile, Downhill Racer 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z He said it likely began as workplace slang among British sailors, who, traveling abroad, encountered the lingua franca of mainland Europe — i.e. ‘Jeuje,’ ‘Zhoosh,’ ‘Zhuzh’: A Word of Many Spellings, and Meanings 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z “The potential of an online dictionary has to go beyond that of even the greatest print lexicons,” says the 68-year-old dictionary maker, who has been studying, collecting and defining slang for decades. Green's, the Biggest Slang Dictionary Ever, Just Went Online 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z The band’s name is slang for “looking askance,” but in an email interview Metheny explained it’s also a commentary on the times. A new Seattle jazz joint emerges, while two of the hottest jazz acts come to town 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z And at a time when Latin and French dominated Western literature, Chaucer wrote in the vulgar vernacular of Middle English, the slang of its day. | ?The Canterbury Tales Remixed?: ?The Canterbury Tales Remixed? at SoHo Playhouse ? Review 2011-12-16T23:28:53Z The characters emerge from all walks of life and the dialogue is peppered with slang. Comic Books, in Black and White 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z He had none of the advantages that his classmates’ money could buy, and knew so little about American popular culture that prep school slang was alien to him. Books of The Times: Alan Brinkley Tells Henry Luce?s Story in ?The Publisher? 2010-04-19T21:35:00Z “La zone,” in French slang, denotes a rough suburban neighborhood, the sort of place you might go to score drugs. Eddy de Pretto Is the Proud Sound of a New France 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z With its flat lighting; garish colors; and arch, dated slang, “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls” is beyond self-parody, a cartoon of a cartoon. Two ’70s Movies on Video Enter the Valley of the Cult Heroines 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z First, there’s the show’s title itself—a slang term for ballet dancers—which is a trifecta of badness. When Bad Title Sequences Happen to Good Shows (and Vice Versa) 2012-07-18T13:36:35Z If you went to another American city where there are people selling drugs on corners, would the slang be radically different? Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z That older use of “break bad,” meaning “to go bad,” requires little knowledge of regional slang, and it makes enough sense that anyone might come up with or at least understand it. Breaking Bad: What Does That Phrase Actually Mean? 2013-09-23T16:34:22Z Few things age as fast as slang — just imagine a play entirely in Valley Girl-ese. Review: Lord Buckley, Remembrance of a Hipster Past 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Caesar’s fundamental challenge is that very little survives about Wilson beyond official registers, ships’ passenger manifests and some brief diary entries and letters, written in a bland, cheery London slang. An Englishman’s Ill-Fated Quest to Climb the World’s Highest Mountain 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Partridge begins by offering a discussion of the linguistic phenomenon that is slang. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z Therefore, it is also a slang term and can be used to show off millennial status. Clichés may grate like nails on a chalkboard, but one person’s cliché is another’s sliced bread 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Titles can include profanities and other slang learned on the streets of Islington, the London borough where she grew up. Sarah Lucas, Unmasked: From Perverse to Profound 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z And he spoke in a jazzy slang that often made no sense. Kojak | Your next box set 2010-03-26T06:45:00Z Buckley was famous for rebooting biblical stories in hipster slang, a tactic Dylan appropriated in songs such as “Highway 61 Revisited.” Happy Birthday, Bob Dylan, Our Most Underappreciated Comic 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z The fear is that if Newcastle stops funding, the floodgates will open: "doing a Newcastle" is already slang for total arts cuts. Culture clash as threat of 100% cut in arts funding divides Newcastle 2013-01-29T20:02:40Z The title of that piece is not innocently poetic; it’s also a slang term for a type of group sex. What to See in New York Galleries This Week 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Like its cast, Ear Hustle – jail slang for eavesdropping – sounds like the real deal. Ear Hustle: unlocking the truth about San Quentin 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z We've argued about the characters' motivations and lovingly recounted the fabulous slang and jargon they use to express them. The Wire re-up: season five, episode 10 - Baltimore's Academy Awards 2010-04-19T23:15:00Z Similarly, adopting the mannerisms, dress, and slang of black artists, like the white rappers in popular YouTube parenting raps — that’s racism as well. As a white parent, I solemnly swear to never do this 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z I had always enjoyed looking at slang dictionaries and books that had slang in them. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z “Fleadh” means a festive occasion, and “craic” is slang for fun, and children will find both at this movie theater on Saturday. 3 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z The three Passion plays under examination take place in disparate milieus, although Ms. Ruhl’s language freely mixes period syntax with contemporary slang and her own timeless lyricism. | 'Passion Play': Sarah Ruhl?s Play Within a Play at Irondale Center 2010-05-13T03:53:00Z "Runner Runner," which owes its name to poker slang, follows Timberlake as a graduate student who goes to Costa Rica to confront an online gambling tycoon played by Affleck, who swindles him. In thriller 'Runner Runner,' Timberlake, Affleck explore gambling's underside 2013-10-02T18:21:17Z If nature abhors a vacuum, then slang still more so. 'Jam rags' outrage 2010-07-28T12:03:00Z They have their own language, their own slang, they repeat it and it becomes part of the texture of the play. Laura Wade's posh | Interview 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z He starts as a "kook," derisive slang for a beginner, and quickly finds that surfing includes "sand in your crotch, salt-stung eyes, banged temple, chipped tooth, screaming back, and sunburned ears." 'Kook': Catching the perfect wave, trying for a better life 2010-08-06T22:16:00Z Also Swahili, some Indian dialects and the local Sicilian argot — an especially thick slurry of antigrammatical Italian slang. T Magazine: Stone Soul Picnic 2011-05-20T16:28:24Z Linguists aren’t entirely sure of the origins of “mom,” except to say that it thrives in youth slang online. On the Internet, to Be ‘Mom’ Is to Be Queen 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z She offers information on enormous amounts of supporting slang – truckers’ slang, college slang and all that kind of thing. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z “We didn’t understand each other’s slang. I would say something and Kait would look at me blankly.” He Flew From His Bike, and Later Fell Head Over Heels 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z On “Black Spasmodic,” Phife floats with his West Indian patois, effortless and cocky, his mouthing tangling slang and reinforcing his legacy one final time. Against all odds, A Tribe Called Quest delivers one final masterpiece 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z The teen movie is a celebration of teen-ness: the tribes, the slang, the annoying parents. 'When you grow up your heart dies': how the coming-of-age film got smart 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z My family cursed it too, because reading it I couldn’t help pick up some of the pre-World War I slang that Wodehouse adored and deployed. Books of The Times: ‘P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters’ 2013-01-30T21:01:45Z His translator, Frank Wynne, skillfully renders the tough-guy slang, the police jargon and the irrepressible zip of a narrative that unfolds, despite the copious gore, precisely and methodically. ‘Irène,’ by Pierre Lemaitre, a French Crime Novel 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z He also noted that "bap" is slang for "breast." The absolute best way to make an egg sandwich 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z “Spook” is both a racial slur and a slang term for spy; seated “by the door” suggests a person hired for show. The Spy Movie That Upset the American Dream 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z At the time, Hunt wasn’t the only Nashville performer deploying hip-hop references, but he was by far the most comfortable; his fluency didn’t call attention to itself with of-the-second slang or overbearing beats. Sam Hunt Brought Hip-Hop to Country. After ‘Old Town Road,’ He’s Back. 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z The report is broken down into individual drug categories, with slang terms listed alphabetically. The 2018 drug slang quiz: can you tell your Bruno Mars from your Bernie's gold dust? 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z How could it be, when she works “the late show,” as the graveyard shift is called in police slang? Review | Two loner detectives find each other in Michael Connelly’s darkly brilliant new novel 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z They’re stylish images too, full of visual slang, with dapper “Teddy Boys” and a “jiving” girl. Art Review: ‘London Street Photography’ at Museum of the City of New York 2012-07-26T22:56:22Z Loesser’s ease with rhymed everyday speech, including the most arcane slang, was second to none. Music Review: Frank Loesser Songs at the New York Philharmonic 2012-03-27T22:52:16Z The first two parts of The Same Life Twice are arranged in a verso and recto standoff, and often engage each other in an unseemly slanging match across the page. The Same Life Twice by Frank Kuppner – review 2012-08-24T21:45:03Z Interviewed at her home in North London, Moran talked the way she writes — fast, hyperbolic, cheery, filled with swear words and sui generis slang and CAPITALS. Caitlin Moran: ‘Congratulations, You’re a Feminist!’ 2012-07-12T11:00:00Z Mr. Sher manages to make Shakespeare’s often arcane language sound as familiar as the slang you’d hear on the streets today. ‘Henry IV’ Plays, With Antony Sher as Falstaff, in London 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z A willingness to abandon certainty in the theater and to embrace mystery and paradox, earthy British slang and allusive poetry, are also essential. 'No Man's Land' at ACT: Pinter without a map 2012-08-23T17:55:05Z Even though O. Henry revels in puns and wordplay, period slang and colorful rhetorical exaggeration, he keeps his narrative voice intimate and confiding. Review | Why O. Henry is so much more than those short stories you had to read in school 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z For my friends and me, movies were a big influence on our clothes and our slang, and on how we thought about and spoke to authority figures, our girlfriends and one another. Dead Tree Alert: Enlightened Returns; Plus, Mike White on Screenwriters’ Responsibility 2013-01-10T15:57:42Z And sheng, the Nairobi street slang that employs a hip-hop pastiche of puns and appropriations borrowed from Swahili and English, is the lingua franca of the city’s youth. In Nairobi, a feeling of otherness in a place he considers almost like home And, like all trashy magazines, it has its own tone, slang and lexicon. The internet: is it changing the way we think? 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z Broadcasters must “resolutely put an end to sissy men and other abnormal esthetics,” the TV regulator said, using an insulting slang term for effeminate men — “niang pao,” or literally, “girlie guns.” China bans ‘sissy men’ from TV in new crackdown 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z If your character is the Pope, it is unlikely that he will speak using American slang. Cressida Cowell's Summer Reading Challenge top writing tips 2013-07-16T11:13:07Z But the controversy does raise the wider issue of how Netflix subtitles films and series as it expands globally, and whether it should use official forms of languages or respect local dialects and slang. Mamá to Madre? ‘Roma’ Subtitles in Spain Anger Alfonso Cuarón 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z If the environment of slang is always the city, then its central preoccupation is invariably crime. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z It’s also a glossary of slang like “vogue,” “shade” and “realness.” What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Paris Is Burning’ and a New Bravo Series 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z The series has taken the spiky language of the film—its catty insults and slang—and remixed it for the digital age. “Heathers,” Reviewed: The TV Remake of the Classic Teen Comedy Is a Feat of Hostile Farce 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z The novel, unfolding in a slang that is equal parts Jonathan Swift, Sarah Waters, and Eimear McBride, flexes its moral imagination with inclusive casting. “Confessions of the Fox” Is a Cunning Metafiction of Vulpine Versatility 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z On the streets of Havana, people talk of escaping to “La Yuma,” Cuban slang for the United States that most likely derived from the 1950s Western “3:10 to Yuma.” Change in U.S. policy toward Cuba dismantles an artifact of the Cold War 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z In early 1941, the service disseminated a new field manual that included a glossary of military slang, including an entry for G.I., or government issue. The Herculean Effort to Build an American Army 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Goodman agreed, though his main concern now isn’t how he looks in the mirror, but making sure that he isn’t “chick-ed” at the next race — slang for being beaten by a woman. Triathletes, 40-Somethings, Going for Youth 2010-10-22T21:50:00Z I’m not well enough up on Edwardian slang to know exactly what that means, but presumably it wasn’t complimentary.” Trans-Atlantic Love Affair for the London Symphony Orchestra 2012-10-21T04:40:05Z So profoundly steeped are we in American cop show culture, we're a lot harder to surprise: we know the slang, the tropes and the attitudes. Will Spiral become your new favourite Saturday night Euro cop drama? 2011-04-01T14:30:00Z And even though half of Americans aren't up on the latest lingo — seeing as 53 percent find slang annoying — there are definitely some words that drive people crazy more than others. These are the most annoying slang words Americans use, according to new survey 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Sheeran is a “house painter,” which is mafia slang for killer — as in, the blood he spatters in a shooting “paints” a house red. Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman": De Niro, Pacino and Pesci shine in this intimate gangster epic 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Green identifies the common threads that have run through slang for centuries—the emotions and situations that consistently demand a less buttoned-up form of expression. Books to Watch Out For: October 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z “I realised that Bombay didn’t have a sound when it came to independent music – it was all Bollywood – so I started using our local slang and rapping over free beats to make our Bombay music.” Indian audiences shun spectacle with Bollywood's first hip-hop film 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Not to mention all of the other Spanglish slang that is part of daily life in a place like Los Angeles. The future of the Spanish language is looking a lot more like English 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z Likewise, its title packs multiple references — to an Austrian dessert, a Russian behaviorialist and American street slang — into two words. 'Pavlova's Dawg and Other Works,' a group show that's playful and profound 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z For me it meant no dancing, no radio, no slang, no fashion – in short, no exposure to a world from which my community was anxious to cut itself off. Once upon a life: Rhoda Janzen 2010-12-26T00:04:01Z They got off at the wrong stop on the District Line, performed some thuggery, and enticed Liam into their fold with the kind of slang that suggests someone's been carefully studying Urban Dictionary. EastEnders: it's a Walford crime wave 2013-04-27T05:00:00Z Mistry bends his ear to the city's slang and salty Parsi humour to capture the lives of people encircled by a corrupting political darkness. India must move beyond book-burning 2010-10-21T14:10:00Z Chat about stuff other than your book, reply to everyone, and don't get drawn into slanging matches with hostile reviewers. How to become an ebook superstar 2012-06-06T19:00:06Z There are the numbers that reference Los Angeles gangs or slang, like a new corrugated steel piece spray-painted with the number “12” for police. Beyoncé’s Pregnancy Photographer Is Opening an ‘Anti-Trump’ Art Show 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z The title bestowed by the Bodleian is a bit anachronistic, as the actual word slang isn’t even recorded until 1756, according to the O.E.D. ArtsBeat: The Dulpickles and Nigmenogs of 1699 2011-04-01T18:30:00Z I see slang as Freud would see the Id. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z And you don’t want any Hollywood slang creeping in.” Clive James Translates Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’ 2012-10-07T20:07:16Z We worked a lot with Roman on finding the right slang and right words that would be right in French. Emmanuelle Seigner: “In movies, most women are victims or prostitutes” 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z Is Donald J. Trump’s slang about female anatomy in the play? His Play Is Set on Election Night. He Still Hasn’t Finished It. 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z It's entertaining stuff – knowing, but never too knowing – and Rennison's love of Victorian slang reflects a broader linguistic flair. Thrillers roundup – reviews 2013-07-04T09:00:00Z New York clothing, Mr. Jimenez said, was like “certain slang that only some people will know.” Shirts for Lifelong New Yorkers and Those Who Would Like to Pass for One 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z He said he was "deeply honored, mighty grateful and just plain gobsmacked," using British slang for being astounded. Oprah Winfrey receives "unimaginable" Oscar 2011-11-13T08:07:20Z What can you tell us about the slang they use? Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z "Cheugy," for example, is Generation Z slang for "out of date," especially for things that used to be trendy. Clichés may grate like nails on a chalkboard, but one person’s cliché is another’s sliced bread 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z As Billboard reports, “penguin” is French slang for an oaf. North American Premiere: Carla Bruni’s New Song “Le Pingouin” 2013-04-08T07:00:18Z The newness of the style was bracing yet challenging: the spoken stage directions, the mix of high lyricism and street slang, the West African iconography, the communal propulsion into song. The choir sings, playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney takes up the tune 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z A "gamp" became a slang word for umbrella in the 19th century. Ten of the best brolleys in literature 2010-09-17T23:06:00Z His dialogue tends to be sharp, rhythmic, funny, menacing, forever evolving from traditional patois to the latest schoolroom slang, reinventing itself in newly bastardised forms. Roy Williams: Confessions of an uncool kid 2010-06-07T20:31:00Z Seemingly stunned by the strangeness of the breaking news, they reflexively launched into joke torrents, superimposing 21’s face onto images of Buckingham Palace guards and translating his lyrics into Cockney slang. Perspective | 21 Savage is facing deportation. Curb your memes and locate your humanity. 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Uganda is a notoriously homophobic country in which virulent antigay hatred — “Kuchu” is derogatory slang for homosexual — has been exploited by evangelical preachers visiting from the United States. Critic’s Notebook: Human Rights Watch Film Festival at Lincoln Center 2012-06-14T21:54:07Z On Wednesday, Oxford Dictionaries released a list of the newest additions to its online edition, many of which reflect the popularization of silly Internet slang. ICYMI: Oxford Dictionaries adds “mansplain” and “douchebaggery” 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Attila is partial to American slang, but Goos, the Aussie who helps Boom with his investigation, goes her one better. 30 years after ‘Presumed Innocent,’ Scott Turow still thrills with ‘Testimony’ 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z There is a slang term we use in Texas - somebody will come in and say, `He's ADR.' It takes a spine to benefit from chiropractic care 2013-04-16T23:14:09Z Kelly, a precise, crystalline wordsmith when in takedown mode, awkwardly sprinkled slang into her speech. Megyn Kelly Fails to Connect With the Audience During Her 'Today' Debut 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z With dialogue so heavy on rhyming slang he comes across like a pearly king, Cheadle's wretched twang makes his scenes genuinely unwatchable. One Day: accent-uate the positive 2011-08-17T10:12:00Z In 1920, New York's Department of Health reported that "Some addicts voluntarily stop taking opiates and 'suffer it out' . . . which in their slang is called taking 'cold turkey.'" Talking turkey! How the Thanksgiving bird got its name (and then lent it to film flops) 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z But on the album there was none of the slang or warm glottal stops that she uses in conversation. Best albums of 2012, No 3: Jessie Ware – Devotion 2012-12-12T12:36:00Z In what she now calls “a massive misstep,” McCartney sent out plastic guitar purses and clothes trashed with Cockney rhyming slang. What Drives Stella McCartney 2012-02-22T11:58:00Z If you want to see what has been done in the way of writing of slang lexicography for 500 years, then this is the place to go. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z As a non-driver, the ongoing slanging match between male and female motorists puzzles me. I love not driving, and instinct tells me I'm a safer man for it 2012-12-23T00:07:58Z According to the station, “f--- 12” is slang for “f--- the police.” Florida woman kicked off American Airlines flight for wearing 'offensive' mask 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z “I was just giving the wine away in shiners,” he said, using wine industry slang for unlabeled bottles. The Washington Nationals have themselves a manager-vintner 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z It’s common, for example, to find evidence that a slang word was used years earlier than anyone had discovered before. Green's, the Biggest Slang Dictionary Ever, Just Went Online 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z “The Insult,” set in Beirut, is about a verbal slanging match between two individuals that leads to a highly publicised trial highlighting the sectarian tensions simmering in Lebanese society. Middle Eastern filmmakers celebrate historic Oscar nominations 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z "I got the title from a book of hipster slang, and thought it fit perfectly," he says. Tommy Keene ? timeless power pop 2012-01-26T21:22:08Z "I was surprised because it shows up on television all the time, it's part of American slang and used with a non-sexual connotation," explains Howard. Howard defends 'gay' movie jibe 2011-01-21T12:42:48Z Missy’s the watchful one, while the voluble Dean cozies up to Chris, dropping embarrassing slang and relating an odd story about Jesse Owens, the black Olympian who shocked Hitler. Review: In ‘Get Out,’ Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? (Bad Idea!) 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z If you’re really thorough, you toss in a regional slang word or two. A spirited tour of the United States 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Good slang words are the opposite of reductive. An Epic Takedown 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z In fact, one in four Americans think people over the age of 25 are already too old to use any form of slang at all. These are the most annoying slang words Americans use, according to new survey 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z But I was most fixated on the slang kicked around by the teenagers, who embodied that all-American fantasy. ’90s Sitcoms Shaped Me as an Immigrant Child. What if They Hadn’t? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Nobody knows the etymology of the word slang. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z “It’s pretty difficult to make writing changes on the fly, because, for instance, there’s no real slang in German,” Ms. Ahrens said. A Hit in Germany, a ‘Rocky’ Musical Aims at Broadway 2012-12-05T17:01:32Z Eric Partridge was the leading English language slang lexicographer of the 20th century. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z Many of the topics tackled are fun: swearing and slang, preferences and peeves. What would the doctor prescribe? 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z You get up, open up yet another book, read it, look for the slang. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z There are no contemporary slang terms in it. Charles Dance on Tywin Lannister's death and Benedict Cumberbatch 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Some of these differences were subtle, like the way Ms. Jallow said Mr. Conlon “changed his tone of voice with people who are black,” adopting black slang. A Top Chicago Restaurant Messaged Its Virtue. Then Workers Spoke Up. 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z She says the song, which is Hebrew/Arabic slang for “Bummer, that’s cool,” speaks to the thrills and challenges of her past year. Israel Eurovision hero releases song on newfound fame 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Young people use it as slang or to say hello, and you can tell they're not hurt by it, because they keep using the word. High school play seizes power from the N-word 2011-04-30T16:16:06Z Cool, fast, precise and merciless, the Bronx rapper Ice Spice dispatches a hapless suitor by designating him as a new slang word: “munch.” Best Songs of 2022 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Many readers, I’m sure, would disagree about my occasional use of idioms and slang. Perspective | Ask Amy: Not-quite-divorced couple enjoys ‘meeting up’ 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z Lyrically, she might only be blending yoga poetry with yesteryear’s rap slang, but set the mixture to music and it generates a waterfall of genuine feeling. Perspective | Lizzo is everything. Is that enough? 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z The homegrown audience, which made this one of Almodóvar’s biggest local hits, would be tickled by the Spanish puns and slang, and certainly hipper to the movie’s satirical view of a country wracked by recession. I’m So Excited!: Almodóvar’s Bumpy Flight 2013-06-27T18:36:06Z It's slang used by South Koreans to express thrills. PSY to revise song over worry it may offend Arabs 2013-03-19T09:16:03Z In this case, IMO is not the internet slang acronym for "in my opinion," but stands for Indigenous microorganisms, the beneficial fungi, bacteria and yeasts present in healthy soil. 8 gardening tips from Instagram and TikTok 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z Already the country-rap crossover — collaborations with rappers, hip-hop slang sneaking into songs — has a partner in the recent spate of country songs produced with flourishes of electronic music. Country Music Opens Its Ears 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Communicating in rough insults and rhyming slang, these artful codgers are, for a time, fun to watch. ‘King of Thieves’ Review: Michael Caine Leads a Crew of Artful Codgers 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z The disconnect comes in when 60-year-old Grandma tries to slang lessons from the same civil disobedience and violence-doesn’t-work playbook that King pulled from. Coming around on Martin Luther King Jr.: My Grandma, the Black church and me 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z When soldiers came to take her, she kept them engaged in a slanging match while one of her comrades slipped away to burn incriminating letters. 7 of the most amazing women you’ve never heard of 2014-01-20T20:00:00Z He says keeping up with slang and policing Xbox Live for offensive language is challenging, but mistakes in judgment are rare. Gamer suspended over name of W.Va. town: Fort Gay 2010-09-08T11:15:00Z Some fans delight in sharing images of their favorite artists with “locals,” slang for common people unaware or disinterested in the star. How AirDrop requests have become Gen Z’s version of passing notes 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Kneecap’s lyrics feature republican slang and slogans — often used in a tongue-in-cheek manner — that have stirred controversy in Northern Ireland. A Celtic Revival, in Hip-Hop and More 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z His shirt made me think he was from somewhere in Africa, but the toothpick dangling from his mouth and his slang made him sound like he was from over at the jail. Lessons from Dick Gregory: Always tackle the elephants in the room 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z A new study examining the use and knowledge of modern slang by 2,000 Americans found the top 20 slang words that leave the average person irritated. These are the most annoying slang words Americans use, according to new survey 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Digital jigsaw puzzle platform I'm a Puzzle compiled a list of 200 common slang terms and then analyzed Google search data to find out which ones people looked up most often throughout 2021. From GOAT to ghost: Here are America’s 30 most googled slang terms 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Holland fortifies his style with dollops of British slang. Assaults and Occupations in Wartime 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z “I moved on from slanging drugs and pistols/can’t be thinking simple,” he declares on “Real Spill,” the opening track from “It’s Only Me.” How Atlanta History Shaped Lil Baby and Generations of Rappers 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z These terms' prominence in mainstream slang can be interpreted as both a testament to America's growing acceptance of AAL and also to its ongoing cultural appropriation of it. From GOAT to ghost: Here are America’s 30 most googled slang terms 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z I told one of my best friends, who began texting me weekly with messages of concern that seemed hurtfully casual to me: loaded with typos and slang. People Are Dying. But What About My Basketball Tournament? 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z It’s clear that the emcee is using musicians’ slang to explain that Dylan is going after another guitar, but the misunderstanding is on its way to becoming legend. What really happened the night Dylan plugged in his guitar? 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z “I saw man run/He got poked up” one of the lyrics says, using a slang term for stabbing. Amid London’s Crime Surge, Authorities Take Aim at ‘Drill,’ a Bleak Style of Rap Music 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z They are joined by the New York choreographer Gierre J. Godley, who honors the African-American railroad workers of the early 1900s in “Gandy Dancer,” which was a slang term for these laborers. Dance Listings for March 20-26 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z This writer ghost using teen slang wanted to fix my profile? A spy in the house of my first love 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z Have you ever actually met a charming east end lag with his shotgun and his slang? Let's start a comedy crime wave 2010-08-03T10:36:00Z For every meal made painstakingly from scratch, there’s Urban Dictionary-approved slang dropped with abandon. Assessing the Apple TV+ new series, from "The Morning Show" to "For All Mankind" 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z The important thing about her is that she gives an unrivalled coverage of the dictionaries in the field of slang from the very first in 1531 through to the most recent. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z But without his example I would have never even considered that slang was something to which I could enthusiastically devote my professional life. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z Frank is just brilliant but there are a few things in terms of Cuban slang and things like that, that we need to type up. Carlos Acosta on his debut novel 2013-01-15T09:10:37Z COOGAN: What is it with you white Americans and your black street slang? The Other Guys: the naked motherflippin' city 2011-01-25T13:18:33Z "And then there's a lot of slang in there as well which I think the audience, as the film goes on, they kind of catch up with it." Film 'Trespass Against Us' sees Fassbender tackle family woes, crime 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z But it is also Spanish religious slang used as an expletive. "Squid Game": Why you shouldn’t be too hard on translators 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Speakeasy slang, like “Cheese it!” and “Move those getaway sticks!” found their way into the dialogue. How ‘Some Like It Hot’ Tunes In to the Jazz Age 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z "What deluded tosh," headlined a column in The Guardian, using slang for rubbish, or nonsense. Paltrow's 'conscious uncoupling' confounds many 2014-03-26T21:53:41Z The brothers juggled rigorous ballet classes, academics and Russian, and soon were slinging slang with their native-born comrades. Ballet treasures from the Treasure State 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z It was Cage’s idea to improvise the breakup line that mixed profanity and Valley Girl slang, and to spit his chewing gum at Julie’s preppy ex, Tommy. When ‘Valley Girl’ (and Nicolas Cage) Shook Up Hollywood 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z La Guacha, born Soledad del Río, is a carefully chosen stage name; “guacha” means a female orphan, but in Chilean slang it’s also a casual term for a friend. SXSW Music 2015: The First Day's Worthy Showcases 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z I wondered how he would get around the book's incredibly dense language and slang without dumbing it down and losing its essence. Take Splice, add Inception: the possible recipe for a big-screen Neuromancer 2010-07-22T17:52:00Z With its Cher references, gay community slang, and traces of narcissism, "Will & Grace" was made for me. Coming out with "Will & Grace" 2011-05-09T20:01:00Z These collaborators provided a way into the Yiddish tongue; like many present-day Jews in the west, Winger heard her grandparents use the occasional slang but never learned it herself. Unorthodox: behind the Deutschland 83 co-creator's new Netflix series 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z The show’s cultural cache – documenting and spreading the gospel of not just music, but African-American dance, slang, hairstyles and fashion – was tied to Cornelius' acumen as a businessman. Don Cornelius: Peace, love, soul -- and civil rights 2012-02-02T00:29:00Z Walls' likeable presence is what scores in this version of "White Men Can't Jump" which in basketball slang is an "ankle-breaker" — a particularly effective crossover that causes the defender to slip or fall down. In "White Men Can't Jump" remake, Sinqua Walls outshines Wesley Snipes' original basketball hustler 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z By the late 1970s, when it was still being published, it was absurd that it did not include any American slang. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z How they talk, the slang they use, the music: It’s very different. US television wakes up to growing Latino audience with new options 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Her lyrics are interesting, too: fluid, ambiguous, hard to decipher, they mix up gangsta talk – "Some some some I murder" – with patois, London slang, silliness, personal observation. MIA: 'I'm here for the people' 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z But one of the earliest theories is that the slang comes from the Cherokee word eankke, meaning slave or coward. 7 Words English Borrowed From American Indians 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z In an interview with the self-appointed master of slang, Jonathon Greene, we discuss some of the challenges of the three-volume, 1.5m-word project to chronicle hundreds of years of slang history. A merry and foul-mouthed Christmas 2010-12-17T15:13:59Z This section, titled “What Light Through Yonder Tenement Breaks,” remembered the difficult gestation of “West Side Story,” including the challenge of devising a stylized New York street slang for the actors. Music Review: ‘Brush Up Your Shakespeare’ at the 92nd Street Y 2013-06-02T21:56:17Z He’s not a bad guy, but more of a fussbudgety blowhard who’s always trying too hard to be the big man, often through trivial means like scatting slang and being keeper of a reunion password. Review: In ‘The D Train,’ Jack Black and James Marsden in a Steamy Bromance 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z His lyrics mix slang, high and oblique diction, and something like Language poetry, without seeming forced, at least until you read them. Music Review: Lyricism With a Dash of Soft Rock 2011-08-10T22:15:29Z He also offers a history of back slang and rhyming slang. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z Then, “guys” was a slang term used to describe poorly dressed or creepy-looking men. Perspective | Why I don’t want my daughters to be called ‘guys’ 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z The drink's name represents maybe the world's best contraction, combining "chela," a slang term for beer; "ada" from "helada," meaning cold; and "mi" for mine — a.k.a "my cold beer." The perfect michelada demands restraint 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z “Goblin mode” is a slang term referring to “a type of behavior which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations.” The Word of the Year Goes Goblin Mode 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z The censors let it through because they did not understand what was then relatively cryptic slang, though Grant and Hepburn surely did. From The Wizard of Oz to Top Hat – why the 1930s is my favourite film decade 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z Their antics earned the notice of Billboard magazine, whose reviewer wrote, “Martin and Lewis do an afterpiece that has all the makings of a sock act,” using showbiz slang for a successful show. Jerry Lewis, Mercurial Comedian and Filmmaker, Dies at 91 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z A phrase book offers options for essentials like “How are you?” in formal, casual, slang and “crazy,” or highly embellished, versions. A New Translation App from Frommer's 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z There are tens of millions of kids just like him, who are being re-traumatized by the outside world co-opting prison slang like lockdown and isolation to describe their own COVID-9 experiences. Who understands "lockdown" and isolation? The formerly incarcerated are the experts we need now 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z Dickson ends his book with a glossary of slang associated with the Noble Experiment, also known as the Age of Pain. ‘To Have and Have Another’: Ring in your new year as Hemingway might 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z They stumble over themselves trying to say the right thing in Issa’s company, when they’re not asking her to translate black slang, or being inadvertently patronising. Issa Rae: from Awkward Black Girl to HBO star 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z And that normality, that common touch, that easy way of using slang expressions instead of big words when addressing workmen, has elevated me to national treasurehood. Alan Partridge: How I became a national treasure 2013-07-27T05:00:00Z “Assiduously when doing that show, I stayed away from slang,” he said. ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’ in Color? See It on Sunday 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z It was a reference to a song title — a title doesn’t use the word itself, but a slanged up, letter-A-on-the-end version of it. Gwyneth Paltrow didn’t say the N-word 2012-06-05T15:45:00Z Like the earlier movie, del Toro’s is based on a novel by William Lindsay Gresham, a desperate, pitiless book filled with exotic slang and steeped in the soured milk of human unkindness. ‘Nightmare Alley’ Review: Seeing Is Believing. (Suckers!) 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z So it goes for long stretches of the evening, as Heather and Joe engage in obsolete arguments conducted in often quaintly anachronistic slang. Theater Review: ‘I’m Getting My Act Together’ at City Center 2013-07-25T21:07:09Z The work’s title, “La Menesunda,” is, appropriately, slang for “a confusing situation,” and the immersive combination of happening, performance and installation manifested in cheap, colorful materials makes it so. 38 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z He explains the scan and rhyming structure, and uses footnotes to clarify obscure street slang. Jay-Z: good from the hood 2010-11-20T00:03:00Z The scene in which her character's deception is exposed was both "tough" and "excruciating" to film, said the New Yorker, who is currently shooting the third season of Veep - a slang term for vice president. Veep star 'would relish' drama roles 2013-10-18T08:30:45Z Mola is slang for “cool” or “it rocks.” Review | Mola adds a fresh splash of Spain to Mount Pleasant 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Still, Mr. Tsui directed and co-wrote an iconic work of the New Wave, which was defined by vernacular Hong Kong Cantonese slang, gritty urban backdrops and an unblinking look at modern society. Movies: Bringing a Wealth of Cinematic Knowledge to the Screen in 3-D 2011-07-11T13:00:05Z Facts on File Dictionary of American Regionalisms labels the phrase as Southern slang that means “to behave in a violent manner for no good reason.” Breaking Bad: What Does That Phrase Actually Mean? 2013-09-23T16:34:22Z At the time, my slang was that I’d say “I’m all about that” about everything. How Meghan Trainor Became 2014's Most Unlikely Pop Star 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z Adding to the fun is Cleverly’s gift for generating spirited dialogue, peppered with period slang. ‘Diana’s Altar’ by Barbara Cleverly beckons fans of P.D. James 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z The students speak in a fusion of Tagalog and English, peppered with barbed slang and slurs. ‘Dead Kids’ Review: A Flashy Portrait of Teen Angst Gone Awry 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Sentences run on or trail off, or both, and slang flows naturally. Review: Racism fuels poignant 'Luck Of The Irish' 2013-02-12T03:16:05Z “Because it’s not slang, and it’s not a poor adaptation. It’s not a pathology.” Carla Hall is ‘the most visible black person in food.’ Now she wants to take soul food mainstream. 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Lyrically, dembow is a creative playground where artists are constantly inventing their own slang and vocabularies of becoming. El Alfa, the King of Dembow, Dazzles at Madison Square Garden 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Franklin's face is also on the $100 bill, which means he will live on in slang and in songs forever. Benjamin Franklin continues to be a pop culture darling, from "Bill & Ted's" to video games 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z "Besharam" is a slang term in Hindi for someone who is shameless. Born to Bollywood royalty, Ranbir Kapoor makes new film a family affair 2013-10-01T13:02:53Z Her audacious lyrics, which revel in the linguistic rebellion of Dominican slang and embrace the euphoria of sex, are mostly unprintable. Tokischa, Latin Music’s Newest Rebel, Isn’t Holding Back 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Their drooling audiences picked up the patented slang. When the Rat Pack ruled supreme 2010-10-07T19:29:00Z Other characters speak in 1930s slang, getting “stinko” on bootlegger gin or behaving like “saps.” | 'Mildred Pierce': Battling the Depression for an Ungrateful Daughter 2011-03-24T11:00:00Z The online Racial Slur Database says that skillet is derogatory slang that sometimes refers to blacks, sometimes to mixed races. 'Hard Edged' art at California African American Museum widens perception of black artists' work 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z The kids in America don't talk like that and they don't use the same slang, so it kinda goes over their head. How Jay Sean and Taio Cruz took America by storm 2010-04-01T20:30:00Z His sister and I walked over to console him, and he slang elbows at us, fell to his knees and asked god why. Cops are the terrorists in our neighborhood: On Freddie Gray, another victim of police brutality 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z “The words ‘My nose ain’t broken’ is the actual English line of a song, but there isn’t slang for that in German — and it wouldn’t fit in the music anyway. A Hit in Germany, a ‘Rocky’ Musical Aims at Broadway 2012-12-05T17:01:32Z Every tiny detail is observed with an authenticity we almost never see on screen; the clothing, the body language, the street slang and the squalor all look casual, even careless, but ring so true. Plan B: 'I love directing. But does my art change lives? I don't think it does' 2012-06-07T19:00:08Z There, Mr. Guthrie also earned the nickname Puis, meaning, he said, “well” or “wells” in French slang, hence the new venture, DuPuis Wines, or “of Wells.” In Deepest Mendocino, Rebuilding a Life in Wine 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z The title, by the way, is Trinidadian slang for being disoriented or dizzy or just a little bit crazy, possibly because of romance. Review: Soul of Calypso Elevates the Bollywood-Flavored ‘Bazodee’ 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Bowie delivers “Girl Loves Me” in an odd, yodeling cackle, with lyrics that, for reasons unknown, often slip into the Russian-rooted slang Nadsat, from “A Clockwork Orange.” Review: ‘Blackstar,’ David Bowie’s Emotive and Cryptic New Album 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Auden's burned-out Manhattanites are under no more obligation to chat in American slang than Hamlet is to murmur in Middle Danish. On an alien shore 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z “Crickets” is slang for critics, but maybe the movie’s paranoid vibe is just contagious. Review: In ‘Unsane,’ It’s Not Paranoia if Someone’s After You 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z “Heartbreak” has a fun pep, an admirable frankness, plenty of compelling slang and an inclination toward the gnarliness of friendship over the comparative simplicity of romance. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z He said he found himself in a place where he felt that people looked right through him, and where whites were sometimes called a pejorative Cantonese slang term often translated as “ghost” or “demon.” Jess Row’s ‘Your Face in Mine’ Explores ‘Racial Reassignment’ 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z This book’s introduction is strewed with honeyed nuggets, like “my signature one-liners” and “my flamboyant media presence” and “my cheeky use of slang.” From Camille Paglia, ‘Free Women, Free Men’ and No Sacred Cows 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z The agency says the updated information will allow law enforcement personnel who “are confronted with hundreds of slang terms and code words” to easily identify which substances are being discussed by dealers or users. The 2018 drug slang quiz: can you tell your Bruno Mars from your Bernie's gold dust? 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z A grunt, in military slang, is an infantryman. From Grunt Style to “Warcore,” Civilians Are Embracing Military Fashion 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Playing off the film, the puppet theater’s nativity tale features silly foreign accents, particularly from the Three Wise Men, lots of jokes and slang often with a local flavor. Brussels puppet theater adds Monty Python humor to nativity tale 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z His comedies have been influential in Australia and beyond, injecting slang like “Puck you, miss,” “quiche,” and “ranga” into Australian lexicon. HBO debuts “Jonah From Tonga”–which stars a white actor in brownface 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z To be frank, kitchen slang is definitely ripe for double entendre, though as Lisa pointed out, mileage may vary. Why is everyone so horny for kitchen slang? 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Others prefer the “pick your battles” method, reserving action for moments when a sister says, “Hmm, I saw that picture your daughter posted” or an impolitic slang phrase is flung online in an iffy manner. Cyber Parents, Accessing Perhaps, TMI 2013-05-03T22:57:13Z The variety of slang indicates just how discouraged such behavior is. When my birth mother found me 2013-09-16T23:30:00Z He’s a reliable generator of new slang — say, using “cozy” as a boast — and is also the crew cut-up, with a magnetic, cheeky charm. ASAP Yams, Partner to Hip-Hop’s ASAP Rocky 2013-01-25T13:00:00Z Crispy, in this case, is slang for how “done” you would like your hair to look. How Long Should a Man Go Between Haircuts? 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z As any good descriptive linguist will tell you, slang is and always has been a valid part of language. From GOAT to ghost: Here are America’s 30 most googled slang terms 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Covered with photographs, facts, quotations, sheet music and period slang, the walls function as a kind of picture book. Spare Times for Children for May 30-June 5 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z “He was absolutely beautiful, like a Botticelli cosh boy,” Mr. Lindsay-Hogg recalled, using an old British slang term for stylish teenage hoodlum. Directing the Beatles Was Just One Part of His Long and Winding Career 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z The book still preaches to the aimless-ish Millennial, leans heavily on Internet slang and is meant, clearly, to be relatable. Ryan O’Connell on Thought Catalog, trolling & the Millennial angst tipping point: “The more you write about your personal life, the less you have one” 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z In the bleeding-of-authenticity book, a “white” is cop slang for a killer who beats the rap yet is still pursued by the cop who first caught the case. How Richard Price does it: New York dialogue, only better 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z He deployed Spanglish slang without feeling like he had to explain it to death. Why Gustavo Arellano's OC Weekly departure highlights the endangered status of Latinos in media 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Hotten is the first slang lexicographer to come up with a considered treatment of the history of slang and indeed of cant, or criminal slang. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z Yes, there is a lot of military slang. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z Most good slang comes from marginalized, or at least regionalized, communities, in part because slang answers a need to articulate experience outside the mainstream. An Epic Takedown 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Tech companies like Google, Facebook and Apple employ dozens of linguists — or “natural language programmers,” as they are known — to analyze language patterns and to track slang, even pop culture. When Autocorrect Goes Wrong (And So, So Right) 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Each time commentators rebuke the O.E.D. for admitting teenage slang or marketing jargon, they misunderstand the dictionary, which aims not to define how language should be used, only how it is. O.E.D.’s New Chief Editor Speaks of Its Future 2014-01-21T21:45:05Z His latest book is The Borassic Coast, a play on the area's tourism brand, "the Jurassic coast", and the rhyming slang for being broke. Sun, sand and inequality: why the British seaside towns are losing out 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z I have books on slang from Britain, I have shelves of Australia-related slang as well as American stuff and black American slang. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z His Snapchat series for Comedy Central, “Swag-A-Saurus With James Davis,” on which he translated the latest in urban slang, was based on his monthly stand-up act, Urban Dictionary. Bridging the Racial Divide, One Joke at a Time 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z When it comes to identifying what these words and phrases are, there are three terms that bump into one another a lot: idiom, slang and cliché. Clichés may grate like nails on a chalkboard, but one person’s cliché is another’s sliced bread 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z This crew has its own slang and back stories that are dark in ways that serve to bring its members together and also to tear them apart. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Buckwild,’ ‘Washington Heights’ and ‘Black Ink Crew’ on TV 2013-01-06T22:55:35Z Rhyming slang is the braggadocio of the cockney, a flowering of the wit and theatre of street trading, while pies and mash and jellied eels are the cuisine of choice. There's more to cockney culture than being born in earshot of Bow bells 2012-06-26T11:50:01Z The casual violence and slang may bring to mind "A Clockwork Orange." Amid a real drought, thriller 'Water Knife' cuts to the quick 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Del Toro directed the first segment: "The Yuma," Cuban slang for "The American," which tells the story of a young American who travels to Havana for the film festival. Benicio del Toro's directorial debut shows in Cuba 2011-12-10T22:31:05Z It’s wise and funny and thrilling and immaculately acted and awesome in both the slang and dictionary sense. Pain Threshold: Game of Thrones, Hannibal and the “Not for Me” Moment 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Here the slang kicks in: in border street talk, can mean "in debt" as well as "drugged". Amexica: on the frontline of the Mexican drugs trade 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z “Really groovy,” he said, warming to the retro slang. At Cavalli, a New Generation?s Take on the ?70s 2011-01-17T18:10:38Z Holder, the museum’s chair of education, explained that “egg carton” was pedagogical slang for a regimented space in which people of the same age all do the same thing. 81st Street Studio, a Garden of Artful Delight 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z The first and last words are conspicuously formal, and by being sandwiched between them the slang ones flash their strange originality. The Eternal Greatness of Nas's 'Illmatic' 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Of all the crossover white songwriters from the rock ’n’ roll era, none had a deeper understanding of black slang and musical style than Leiber and Stoller. An Appraisal: Igniting a Revolution, Starting with ?Hound Dog? 2011-08-23T22:26:40Z There are 350 different uses of slang in it, which is a lot for a single book and that makes it exciting to me. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z It’s a style that utilizes fragments, truncated sentences, profane interjections and period slang to deliver large amounts of information in tightly compressed form. Review | James Ellroy continues his examination of the corrupt and powerful with ‘This Storm’ 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z He bristles angrily at Mya’s street slang and rigorously corrects her grammar. ‘Bastards of Strindberg,’ Four Short Plays at the Lion 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Criminals swapped tips at the infamous Rats’ Castle pub, jawing together in the new “flash” language to which today’s street slang owes “pig” for a police officer and “pigeon” for a victim. Jane Austen Writes, Napoleon Fights and Britain Becomes Modern 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z The universal use of English, with the addition of more and more slang or foreign words, was not something he looked forward to. Peter Carson 2013-01-24T13:17:57Z Completed 2009 Beyond the Beltway, “K Street” has become slang for lobbyists and, for some, political corruption. 10 buildings you must see around the new boom-time Washington 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z The work’s title, “La Menesunda” is, appropriately, slang for “a confusing situation,” and the immersive combination of happening, performance and installation manifested in cheap, colorful materials makes it so. 33 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The chewy, Runyonesque flavor of the dialogue certainly aligns with the brooding period slang used in “Boardwalk Empire.” Theater Review: ‘The Jammer’ by Rolin Jones at Atlantic Theater Company 2013-01-23T23:19:07Z The haranguing tone of “Filth,” whose title is Scottish slang for the police, causes the movie to lose its roughneck charm quickly. ‘Filth’ Stars James McAvoy as an Insane Detective 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z It also, quite interestingly, included the words "bótox" and "pilates" — though, sadly, not the word "cuchibarbie," a Colombian slang that refers to a woman who has had oodles of plastic surgery. The future of the Spanish language is looking a lot more like English 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z In fact, many Gen Z and Millennial slang terms, from shade and tea to slay, actually originated in the queer ball scene decades ago. 11 drag slang terms you should know 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Put your modern slang knowledge to the test below, and see more popular terms here. From GOAT to ghost: Here are America’s 30 most googled slang terms 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Simp has linguistic qualities shared by a lot of timeless slang. A Short History of ‘Simp’ 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Errthang is slang for “everything”, which pretty much describes what these two friends do. Disgraceland: rock'n'roll's worst hellraisers – podcasts of the week 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z There's that famous slanging match between the two queens, who, of course, never met in actuality. Mary Stuart 2010-06-06T20:30:00Z His sentences often begin and end with “bro,” but in between are musical bursts of slang that, like the jokes of Norm Macdonald, find elaborate ways to say simple things. Four Stand-Up Specials That Showcase Hard-Working Comics 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Even within a city like London there are differences in slang words used in Tottenham and Brixton, so there are definitely going to be differences between Baltimore and, say, New York. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z His famed line to describe his daily routine was "Gym, tan, laundry," which is referred to in slang as "GTL." 'Jersey Shore' cast member under federal investigation : publicist 2013-11-22T00:16:50Z "Dickinson" creator Alena Smith isn't nearly as shy about boldly approaching her subject or blending historic details with modern slang and wit, and reams of creative license. "Dickinson" creator on Emily and fame: "The spotlight was a dangerous place for her to be" 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z The fusion of slang, color, emotion and process that this erstwhile Conceptualist has pursued on canvas for the past two decades has become more intensely enmeshed and crazed. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z He was going to trade in his street slang. Sing for Your Life 2011-05-20T16:00:31Z The very first collections of slang were criminal cant. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z “Nana” is a French slang term for a woman, something like “chick” or “broad,” though it also evokes Émile Zola’s fictional courtesan Nana, painted by Édouard Manet in the late 19th century. Niki de Saint Phalle: Nothing More Shocking Than Joy 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z In short, it seemed to have been trendy slang coined by the cool kids of the era, and its etymology remains unclear. What does "Bah, humbug!" actually mean? 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z “The Insult,” set in Beirut, is about a verbal slanging match between two individuals that leads to a highly publicised trial highlighting the sectarian tensions simmering in Lebanese society. Middle Eastern filmmakers celebrate historic Oscar nominations 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Vulnerability and courage are never far apart on “Nacarile,” which is Puerto Rican slang for “No way!” Best Albums of 2022 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z In one scene, Gandhi is referred to as a “fattu”, a Hindi slang word for a coward. Netflix taken to court in India over portrayal of former PM 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Austin recalled, “He was telling a porky pie,” and laughed, using Cockney rhyming slang for a lie. George Michael Preferred Music to Fame. The Doc He Made Does, Too. 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z A cliché, similar to slang and idioms, has an audience-focused definition, as it is a word or phrase used so often that it annoys the audience. Clichés may grate like nails on a chalkboard, but one person’s cliché is another’s sliced bread 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Then he went into “Classic Man,” rapping about how to “slang ’caine like a dandy” and how “you can be mean when you look this clean.” Janelle Monáe, and Other Wondaland Artists, Step Back in Time at the Highline Ballroom 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z Pay attention past the barrage of southern rap slang and you'll catch an uplifting, never- Andrew Matson blogs about music at www.seattletimes.com/matsononmusic. From Snoop Dogg to Neil Diamond, Seattle is music city this week 2012-07-18T22:12:07Z “The Official Preppy Handbook,” with its slang thesaurus for upchucking thin lager, here has the status of a trustworthy reference text. Brett Kavanaugh’s Ignominious Place in the Long Tradition of Ivy League Carousing 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Similarly, the dark-lit grins and unflappable footwork of the lamplighters turn their dangerous labor into comic play; “smile and smirk,” they sing, is Cockney rhyming slang for “work.” ‘Mary Poppins,’ and a Nanny’s Shameful Flirting With Blackface 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Logophiles hungry for more can read up on Dictionary.com's similar, recent update on coronavirus-related words, expanded with descriptions for slang words like “rona,” as well as trending terms “hunker down” and “shelter in place.” Merriam-Webster adds new coronavirus-related words, updates definitions amid pandemic 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, his band proudly hold on to the regional accents that can be casualties of a quest for pop stardom, and he peppers guttural grumbles with Yorkshire slang such as "summat". Bring Me the Horizon – review 2013-04-03T17:45:54Z Like Lisa, I noticed a couple of weeks ago that my social media feeds had suddenly become packed with professional kitchen slang. Why is everyone so horny for kitchen slang? 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Snead, who is black, argued that some civil rights leaders oppose the casual use of the word in music and slang. ArtsBeat: Connecticut School Will Perform Wilson Play Despite Official's Objection 2011-01-20T16:21:29Z Add a dash of working-class dialect and slang, including an old man who drops his consonants and uses "cor!" and "coo!" as exclamations. Dean comes by sentiment honestly in 'Old Romantic' 2011-02-16T17:01:05Z But after I boarded the No. 4 tram — or salina, in Hantec, the local slang — and rode it to the last station, I saw that nautical themes were actually common elements in many functionalist buildings. Cultured Traveler: Exploring Czech Functionalism in Brno 2012-06-15T18:42:49Z This book name-drops about many different Asian cultures and mixes rude slang from Malay and the Cantonese and Hokkien dialects of Chinese. Books of The Times: Kevin Kwan’s ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Depicts a Cult of Opulence 2013-06-30T21:39:42Z He wanted to learn more English slang and idioms and made us explain whenever we said something such as “It’s a wrap.” In Guatemala, a treacherous hike to one of the world’s most active volcanoes 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Hanging upside down on the monkey bars of my elementary school playground in Missouri, I practiced a morsel of slang I found so intoxicatingly American, I had to have it for myself. ’90s Sitcoms Shaped Me as an Immigrant Child. What if They Hadn’t? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z He appreciated the multiple layers of meaning in the peach emoji — the impeachment pun, the color of the fruit evoking the president’s tanned skin tone and the original slang meaning of the peach emoji. How the sexy peach emoji joined the resistance 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z I really like everything about it except, you'll see in the book, artspeak, which is slang for esoteric art writing which is impossible to parse or understand. Steve Martin novel probes New York art world 2010-11-24T13:35:00Z Viewers today might recognize the “category is” phrase from “RuPaul’s Drag Race” or know the slang, if not its provenance. Review: ‘Pose’ Demands to Be Seen 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z It’s also slang that I haven’t come across before in many cases, and it’s slang of a certain culture. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z Coming next fall is a new series tentatively called "Dark Nights" — an ironic appropriation of arts-venue slang for "the theater lights are off because nothing's happening." To remain relevant, Music Center aims to reflect all of Los Angeles 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z As a result, his food speaks several languages fluently — slang included. The Europe Issue: Six Prix-Fixe Restaurants in Paris 2010-04-16T19:17:00Z Sure enough, Migliaccio, currently playing an outsize villain in Signature’s new pop musical “Girlstar,” displays a certain vintage quality in her pep and slang. Donna Migliaccio hits her stride 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Mola is Spanish slang for “cool,” a jazz-era adjective that still has currency in modern society. Review | A peaceful neighborhood haunt serving the flavors of Spain 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z “I said he was the bottom, in gay slang… Many times he mentioned to us, ‘Oh my God, I went home with a guy last night and my bum is still burning.’” ‘I thought, OK, he goes for drunk guys’: friends and flatmates on the Reynhard Sinaga they knew 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z His work was very much informed by his World War One experiences, and there is a lot of military slang in his book. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z A good deal of the play's slang wasn't yet in circulation in the mid-1970s. 'Vietgone' is a journey of intersecting lives after the fall of Saigon 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Don’t speak black slang around him, trying to be funny. A white mom’s plea ‘to the white parents of my black son’s friends’ 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z |
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