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Marv Rubinstein - American English Compendium

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Marv Rubinstein

American English Compendium

2014

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CHAPTER 7. American Slang and Colloquialisms S. 109-160

„… . It is not our intention to go into great detail in this realm of American slang.)abortion (n) a …” „… 109CHAPTER 7American Slang and ColloquialismsThere are just too many cotton pickin’ slang and …” „… recent set, the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, was planned for three volumes of …”

CHAPTER 14. Business Colloquialisms, Slang, and Acronyms S. 393-402

„… well; moving forwardon the lam fleeing from the law (criminal slang)on the same page everyone is …” „… 393CHAPTER 14Business Colloquialisms, Slang, and AcronymsEvery specialty has its own lingo or …” „… specialized vocabulary. The world of business is no different. It has its own slang, colloquial expressions …”

Bibliography S. 503-510

„… . Holofcener, Lawrence. Partners Press, Princeton, NJ, 1981.Concise Dictionary of English Slang, A, by Freeman …” „… . Oxford University Press, New York, 1992.Dictionary of American Slang, compiled by Wentworth, Harold and …” „… , New York, 1924.Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, by Partridge, Eric, and ed. Paul Beale …”

Introduction S. 1-2

„… phrases frequently used in English, and the differences between American and British English; (3) slang …” „… slang and colloquial terminology, as well as an abbreviated dictionary of common birds, fish, plants …” „… , retronyms, and Cockney rhyming slang, and another chapter on identical words with different pronuncia-tions …”

CHAPTER 15. Neologisms S. 403-408

„… proposed government-run type of health insurance planpuncicate to stab in the ass (Italian slang)ridic …” „… expression, and you need to spend a lot of time finding the latest slang or colloquial meaning. In searching …” „… Google, after you type the word you are searching for, add /slang; this will limit the information …”

CHAPTER 24. The Colorful American Language S. 485-488

„… use of the word blue in a figurative sense follow:blue balls (slang) aching of the testicles due to …” „… (slang) not quite mature; new at the jobgreenback the United States dollar bill (sometimes used for all …” „… danceBlack Death bubonic plagueblack gold (slang) petroleumblackguard a dishonorable or despicable …”

Preface

„… Pronounced Difference 1057 American Slang and Colloquialisms 109Animal Kingdom 111Arts and Entertainment 120 …” „… Terms 33314 Business Colloquialisms, Slang, and Acronyms 39315 Neologisms 40316 Acronyms, Abbreviations …” „… proverbs, slang, and colloquialisms, as well as a few dictionaries covering similes. These can be found in …”

CHAPTER 1. American Spoken Here—English Understood S. 3-18

„… , more and more the terminology, idioms, slang, and colloquialisms smack of American English. Even in …” „… , chill, meaning to relax and take it easy, is now standard American English, as is crib, a slang word for …” „… diversification of the American lan-guage are a vast number of recent slang and colloquial terms originating in …”

CHAPTER 9. British vs. American English (and Vice Versa) S. 167-266

„… counterparts. Quite a few of these terms are collo-quial and even slang, but they are frequently used on the …” „… streets of London and in English newspapers and periodicals.Speaking of slang and colloquialisms, critics …” „… American English were often equated with slang terms in British English, making it impos-sible to …”

CHAPTER 20. Currencies of the World S. 461-464

„… not all) countries have slang or colloquial terms for certain denomi-nations of their currencies …” „… nickel = a $5,000 wagerCanadaA looney = a dollarA twoney = two dollarsNote: Most U.S. slang or colloquial …”

CHAPTER 10. Worldwide English S. 267-280

„… English-speaking countries have all developed their own unique and distinctive expressions (including slang and …” „… slang or colloquial dialect, so the author sees no point in using (s) or (c) indications.14_200 …” „… the landstation (n) large land holdingstirrer (n) troublemaker; jokerstrine (n) Australian slangsuss …”

CHAPTER 12. Common American Legal Terms S. 303-332

„… the option of calling for or demanding delivery.quack slang term for an incompetent doctor.quantum …” „… , and make a profit.shyster a slang term for a dishonest lawyer.14_200-Rubenstein.indb 328 7/21/14 …”

CHAPTER 4. Proverbial Commentaries: SOME WISE, SOME WITTY, AND SOME JUST HISTORICAL S. 85-96

„… . Feminists paraphrase this to read, Time wounds all heels. (Heel is an old slang word for an unprincipled man …”

Index S. 511-524

„… contains references to key words in chapters 2–7 (covering proverbs, expres-sions, similes, and slang …”

CHAPTER 11. Foreign Words and Phrases Frequently Used in English S. 281-302

„… ) United States slang for big chiefikebana floral arrangementissei Japanese immigrant to Americajudo a …”

CHAPTER 13. Common American Medical Terms S. 333-392

„… presence of crab lice.crack slang terminology for a variation of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted …”

CHAPTER 2. Proverbs, Slogans, and Aphorisms S. 19-72

„… lose the attention they previously attracted. (From Songs and Slang of the British Soldier by Brophy …”

CHAPTER 17. Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Initialisms in the Computer, Internet, and Communications Industries S. 431-444

„… are WelcomeZZZ sleeping, bored, tiredTWITTER SLANGHundreds of thousands (probably mil-lions) of people …”

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Paul A. Thomas

Inside Wikipedia

2022

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A Short Glossary of Wiki-Slang S. 145-150

„… 145A Short Glossary of Wiki-Slang#1lib1ref: A hashtag campaign that encourages librarians and other …” „… .146 A Short Glossary of Wiki-SlangCommons: See Wikimedia Commons.Conflict of interest (COI): Editing …” „… , if unofficially. (Wikipedia:Essays)A Short Glossary of Wiki-Slang 147External link: A hyperlink that …”

Preface

„… Wiki-Slang 145Image Attribution 151Notes 153Bibliography 165Index 171About the Author 177 …”

Introduction S. 1-8

„… they come across a new term or unfamiliar Wiki-slang.I WANT YOU TO BECOME A WIKIPEDIA EDITORComprising …”

5. Concrete Ways to Make Wikipedia a Better Resource S. 105-124

„… literal rendering of idioms and slang.13 When in doubt, reach out to other editors who are familiar with …”

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Lisa Katharina Hofmeister - Online Dispute Resolution bei Verbraucherverträgen

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Lisa Katharina Hofmeister

Online Dispute Resolution bei Verbraucherverträgen

Series: Internet und Recht

Volume 9 2012

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Online-Kommunikationsmittel als erste Gestaltungs-Variable S. 50

„… werden,indem der „Chat-Slang“ herangezogen wird, d.h. umgangssprachliche Ausdrücke,die in der …” „… - und Informationstechnik, S. 161 f. (Chat Slang); Rule, Online Dispute Resolution for Business,S. ?86 …”

Zusätzliche Ausdrucksformen bei textbasierter Kommunikation S. 49-50

„… werden.14? Darüber hinaus kann Eingabezeit gespart werden,indem der „Chat-Slang“ herangezogen wird, d.h …” „… - und Informationstechnik, S. 161 f. (Chat Slang); Rule, Online Dispute Resolution for Business,S. ?86 …”

Fünf Online-Versionen von ADR-Verfahren S. 50-61

„… werden,indem der „Chat-Slang“ herangezogen wird, d.h. umgangssprachliche Ausdrücke,die in der …” „… - und Informationstechnik, S. 161 f. (Chat Slang); Rule, Online Dispute Resolution for Business,S. ?86 …”

Kommunikation S. 354-356

„… Ausdrucksformen (Emoticons, Sound- und Aktionswörter, Chat Slang etc.) eingesetzt werden,um diese …”

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Horst Mehlinger

Joint Operations

2017

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4. Personenbeschreibungen – description of individuals S. 225-232

„… • hell clear• heiser husky, hoarseSprache speech• gewählt educated• Dialekt dialect, slang• Hochdeutsch …” „… • low tief• clear hell• husky, hoarse heiserspeech Sprache• educated gewählt• dialect, slang Dialekt …”

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Friedrich W. Block, Lutz Ellrich , Nils Jablonski - Komik der Lüste

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Friedrich W. Block (ed.), Lutz Ellrich (ed.), Nils Jablonski (ed.)

Komik der Lüste

Series: Kulturen des Komischen

Volume 10 2023

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Janet Russell UTI, STD und TMI S. 451-468

„… sachlichen Wörterbuch, da auf UD tabuisierten Inhalten und flüchtigen Slang-Begriffen uneingeschränkt Raum …” „… geschlossenen als auch aus offenen Klassen. Slang-Lexis wird dabei oft gar nicht gesammelt, weil sie zu flüchtig …” „… auf-genommen zu werden. Umso spannender ist, dass auf UD ausschließlich Slang-Begriffe als Lemmata auftauchen …”

Alexander Brock Von Schwanenfleisch und Büchsenbier S. 29-48

„… Fernsehserien produziert. Im Printbereich findet sich u.a. ein Slang-Wörterbuch,1 das in seinen In-halten und …”

Friedrich W. Block, Lutz Ellrich , Nils Jablonski Einleitung oder: Alles, was Sie schon immer über die Komik von Sex und Essen wissen wollten S. 9-26

„… überschnei-den? Diese Frage leitet JANET RUSSELs Untersuchung von Slang-Begrif-fen für Genitalien und sexuell …”

Christian Lenz Gezeichnete Penisse S. 423-450

„… . 62 Im Englischen ergibt sich hier ein Wortwitz aufgrund des Slangausdrucks „Pussy“, vergleichbar mit …”

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