The World of Words: A Language ReaderBarnet Kottler, Martin Light |
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... usually an acronym in military use , pronounced ay wall . V.P. for vice - president has recently given rise to veep ... usually bearing the user's name , initials , or monogram , and sometimes the address as well , " falsies ( with ...
... usually an acronym in military use , pronounced ay wall . V.P. for vice - president has recently given rise to veep ... usually bearing the user's name , initials , or monogram , and sometimes the address as well , " falsies ( with ...
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... ( usually held close to the concealed switchblade or zip gun ) , the almost compulsive twitch of his body . All of these are telltales to other gang members . The argot in which the youngsters speak is another recognition factor . The ...
... ( usually held close to the concealed switchblade or zip gun ) , the almost compulsive twitch of his body . All of these are telltales to other gang members . The argot in which the youngsters speak is another recognition factor . The ...
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... usually finished the work by twelve o'clock ; I often completed the task by noon . These two sentences have as nearly the same meaning as any pair which could easily be found . Yet in science , just as one word has , or should have ...
... usually finished the work by twelve o'clock ; I often completed the task by noon . These two sentences have as nearly the same meaning as any pair which could easily be found . Yet in science , just as one word has , or should have ...
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adjectives advertising American English American Speech appears argot become called century Cobras college slang common concept course culture dialect dictionary educated Emily Dickinson England English language essay example experience expression fact feel Ford Foundation fraternity French frequently gang grammar H. L. Mencken Hemingway Holden human idiom Ingsoc jargon jazz language of science large number Latin linguistic literal literary literature living Loco-foco meaning metaphor mind Missouri modern nature Negro Newspeak non-U noun original pecuniary perhaps permission person phrase poem poet poetic poetry political preterite prison reader regional Reprinted Revlon sense sentence Shipibo slang slang words social society sometimes sound speak speakers street style sub-groups Sunkist symbols T. S. Eliot talk things thought tion translation truth University usage Vance Randolph verb verbal vernacular vocabulary Whitman writing York