Righto, It’s British Slang, Mate!
The British and the Americans: two people, as it's said, separated by a common language. Here's a list of some slang terms from the United Kingdom.
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Why Did “Noon” Use To Mean 3:00?
To most, the word noon signifies a specific time of day–namely, 12:00 midday (aka “lunchtime”). But, surprisingly, the term noon wasn’t always shorthand for midday at 12:00; in fact, it used to refer to a different time of day altogether. First, some history. Clocks and watches are relatively new inventions. Though some timekeeping devices, like sundials and water clocks, have been used for thousands of years, …
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This Quiz Will Give You A Frisson
Does your brainchild hurt from all that groupthink? Kick back with this Word of the Day Quiz! | April 22 – 28, 2019 If the quiz doesn’t display, please try opening in the Chrome browser. Tell us your favorite word from this week, and share it with your friends on Facebook and Twitter!
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full send
YOLO! If you do something full send, especially in extreme sports, you're doing it it full-throttle and with 100% commitment—even if you end up failing. In extended, popular slang, full send has the sense of… -
left on read
In internet slang, a person is left on read when a recipient has read, but not responded to, a sender's message. The expression is often used to express feeling ignored. -
qq
Qq is an emoticon that represents "crying." In the gaming community, it is used as a taunt against players seen as unskilled or weak. Elsewhere online, qq variously denotes sadness, loss, or "crying." -
What Kind Of Songs Get To Be Called “Country Music”?
by Ashley Austrew What comes to mind when we say country music? Pickup trucks and cowboy hats? Garth Brooks and Patsy Cline? How about West African string instruments and Atlanta-based hip-hop? Past and present, country music—and what gets to be called country music—is far more complex than many realize. What is country music? Country music is defined as “a style and genre of largely string-accompanied American popular …
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53x
If you want to write about doing the nasty in text (or online) in a discreet way, you might try 53x, a dated internet slang rendering of sex. -
Words To Help Explain Relationships In The 2010s
Internet tech has transformed not only how we date and relate from courtship of olden times, but how we talk about it as well.
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tankie
A tankie is a leftist political insult for a communist who defends Stalinism or supports authoritarian or militaristic, anti-capitalist regimes.