Let’s slang!

[Conchita]

The variant I use is 'mon chou' or 'chouchou' (with my children, mainly). Your 'cauliflower' version is a funnier one, though. Its English translation sounds better than 'my cabbage', too!

[Prezbucky]

Aerial

Okay, okay, nobody uses slang that much. hehe

But I more or less followed what you were saying.

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FangFang

"Fuzz" is a term from (I think) the 1950s or maybe the 1960s.

"Cop" is a somewhat negative term: "Darn cop! I wish he'd stop tailing me!" It is not, however, as negative as "pig".

"Pig" is probably the most negative slang term used to refer to a police officer. I don't know its origin.
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[Conchita]

[Prezbucky]

That's got to be it. If you make them spill their coffee, they'll come after you. hehe

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more:

paw = hand (I got a paw on it.)
mitt = hand (I got my mitts on it.)
rear end = buttocks
butt = buttocks
@ss = buttocks
posterior = buttocks
bum = buttocks (probably used more in England/Britain than America)
schnoz = nose
beak = nose

wife-beater = plain (white) tank-top undershirt
*Named thusly because, deservedly or not, this type of shirt has a reputation for being worn by folks who do not work, who are poor, who are "lazy", etc.

folks = people
folks = parents (My folks came to visit today.)

dead meat = in big trouble (You'd better run, man... you're dead meat!)
*This is considered somewhat lame now, but back in the '80s Mr. T (and those who espoused his A-Team character's attitude) helped to make it common/popular.

lame = not cool
cool = good, okay, socially acceptable

gulp = drink
slam = drink very quickly (for instance, to slam a beer at a college fraternity party)

on fire = performing well
on a roll = performing well

Estoy en fuego = I'm on fire = I'm doing well

lol
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[Pamela]

Your contribution is outstanding and a good guide-book for slang speakers

That was really amusing to read so many expressions taking into account my penchant for slanguage

[Alan]

Hi Pamela,

If you're really interested in slang, let me recommend the world expert on the topic, an Australian by the name of Eric Partridge:

Eric Honeywood Partridge, renowned philologist, etymologist and lexicographer, dedicated his life to the study of language but it is for his work on slang, and in particular for his dictionaries of slang, that he is most widely remembered and admired.

Continuing the Partridge tradition for a new millennium, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English will publish in October this year, presenting an unparalleled survey of today's English slang from around the world.


Copyright 2005 Taylor & Francis Group plc.



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[Pamela]

Hi Alan
That was very nice of you to recommend this book to me. Thanks a lot! Eric Partridge is familiar to me and proved to be very helpful in my research. Some years ago I was doing a research in the branch of stylistics concentrated on colloquial speech and some paragraphs of my work were about slang. To put it bluntly, I failed to find a copy of it to share some examples with all of you(much water has flowed under the bridges).

[Prezbucky]

Pamela

I can imagine the dismay of a non-English speaker (or at least one not knowledgeable of the slang/idiom of the language) upon hearing a conversation like the following:

"Hey, dude, how are you?"

"Great! I'm on fire!"

"Cool!"

the person must be thinking, "How can it be great to be on fire? Is this person nuts, or what?"

oh, that reminds me:

nuts = crazy
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[Prezbucky]

which reminds me of a good joke that's actually apropos of this topic:

This guy walks into his psychiatrist's office wearing nothing but Saran-Wrap underwear.

The doctor walks in and says, "I can clearly see you're nuts."

Do you get the joke? Repeat it vocally (recite it) to yourself. You'll get it. When writing/typing it, one must make a very important choice. I chose to keep it a PG-13 joke. hehe
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[Prezbucky]

get = understand

"I get it" = "I understand it"
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[Yankee]

Hey Mr. Hehe

You might also need to explain PG-13.
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[Pamela]

Hi prezbucky

I really enjoyed your posts! But explain, please, what PG-13 means. Looking forward to your witty post!

P.S.PG-13 - a trademark used for a movie rating indicating that admission will be granted to persons of all ages but that parental guidance is suggested in the case of children under the age of 13.
But I need your own interpretation

[Conchita]

Free popcorn and gum for the under-13?

Or: peanuts and goodies?

[Prezbucky]

Amy,

I'm filling up my plane, Mr. Half-@ssed Definition, as we speak. I hope Unleaded fuel works in planes, because I can't afford jet fuel.

Okay, Pamela and Conchita:

This is the movie rating system in the US. The vast majority of popular movie releases have one of the following ratings:

R: Blood/guts, violence, sex scenes, nudity, awful language (multitude of swear-words), adult content

PG-13: R, but at way lower levels. There's also not likely going to be a sex scene in a PG-13 flick. If there is, it will be covered by a blanket. Less violence (and less graphic at that -- no rolling heads probably or images of an open belly), less swearing, less-severe swearing, fewer (and less-) graphic scenes overall.

PG: Very little swearing, very little violence... these are "clean" movies.

G: Straight-laced. To a 30-year-old male, it means Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, unless the film is exceptionally good.
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[Prezbucky]

More:

squeeze = girlfriend/boyfriend (also "main squeeze"), but this is, like, Totally 80s! Use with caution.

fling = affair

affair = extramarital relations

relations = *See the second Nutty Profesor movie (the one with The Klumps in the title). Try not to vomit.

kin = family (used mostly in rural areas)

kinfolk = family (rarely used)

balls = chutzpah, nerve, bravery, gallantry, determination

grill = gold-toothed grin, grin (rap English)

shake = milk shake

malt = malted milk shake

BBQ = barbecue

spit = roasting rod

hock a loogie = spit

loogie = wad of phlegm (flem)
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