tailieunhanh - Slang and uncoventional english part 15

Partridge limited his dictionary to Great Britain and her dominions. We elected the broader universe of the English-speaking world. Globalisation has affected many facets of life, not the [east of which is our language. There are words that are uniquely Australian, American or British, but it is impossible to ignore or deny the extent of cross-pollination that exists between cultures as regards slang. | boogie booming 80 boogie noun 1 a black person. Offensive us 1923. 2 the vagina us 1969. 3 syphilis especially in its second stage us 1932 boogie verb 1 to dance especially with abandon us 1947. 2 to go especially in a hurry us 1970. 3 to have sex us 1960 boogie box noun a large portable stereo system associated stereotypically with black youth culture us 1937 boogie-joogie verb to foolaround us 1963 boogie man boogy man noun a mythicaldemon used to frighten children us 190s boogie pack noun a pocket-sized portable cassette-player with lightweight headphones uk 1932 boogie party noun a party held to raise money to pay the rent us 1932 boohonged adjective drunk uk 2003 boohoo verb to cry loudly uk 1340 boo hoo used ironically for pretending sorrow. Echoic of genuine weepinguk 2001 boojie noun a middle-class person. A refinement of bourgeois and not used with kindness us 1970 book noun 1 in horse racing the schedule of ajockeys riding assignments us 1976. 2 a betting operation us 1917. 3 in sports the collective conventionalwisdom in a given situation us 193s. 4 collectively the mares bred with a single stallion in a year us 1997. 5 ten thousand doses of LSD soaked into paper us 1999. 6 one pound of drugs us 1976. 7 half a kilogram of drugs us 1976. 8 a hardworking focused serious student us 1963. do the book and cover to serve a life sentence in prison us 1976. get the book 1 in prison to be reprimanded uk 1996. 2 to become religious. The book is the Bible but other works could apply equally welluK 1996. make book to bet us 1962. on the book 1 used of a highsecurity prisoner who must constantly be identified by a small officialbook and photograph uk 1996. 2 in the theatre working as a prompter. The book in question is a play s text uk 1964. 3 on credit uk 1934. the book the unwritten code of style and conduct observed by pimps us 1972. throw the book at give the book to sentence someone to a maximum penalty allowed by law us 1903 book verb 1 to study us 1963. 2 to .