tailieunhanh - Slang and uncoventional english part 59

Furthermore, his early decision to exclude American slang created increasingly difficult problems for him as the years passed and the influence of American slang grew. Lastly, Partridge grew to lose the ability to relate to the vocabulary he was recording. | knucklehead ku klux klan 388 knucklehead noun a fool an idiot us 1942 knuckle junction noun fisticuffs us 1994 knuckle merchant noun a fist-fighter a rough and ready brawler uk 2000 knuckle sandwich noun a punch in the mouth us 1955 knuckle shuffle noun an act of male masturbation us 2000 knuckle-shuffle verb to masturbate uk 2002 knuckles on the ground noun an illustrative quality ascribed to a person of low intellect and primitive appearance uk 1975 knuckle up verb to fight us 1903 knucks noun knuckles brass knuckles us 1959 knucks-in adjective doing well. From marbles where the term is used of a player whose aim is true Trinidad and tobago 1997 KO kayo noun in boxing a knock-out us 1911 KO verb to knock-out to destroy us 1921 KO adjective exhausted. An initialism of knocked-out used by black urban youths uk 2004 Kodak noun police radar used for measuring vehicle speed us 1976 Kodak courage noun a brief burst of fearlessness encountered when being photographed us 1997 Kodak moment noun a cliched moment or event From a series of Kodak advertisements urging consumers to take pictures at Kodak moments us 1991 Kodak poisoning Kodak-Fuji poisoning noun an imaginary ailment contracted by the subjects of over- enthusiastic photographers. Jocular based on the names of major film manufacturers Kodak and Fuji Antarctica 1993 koff jocular don t be stupid serious go away Phonetic abbreviation of fuck off uk 1999 koffiemoffie noun a non-white non-black homosexual male an air steward on South African Airways. Elaborations of moffie a homosexual male rhymed with coffee in the first instance for a colour tone in the second as a humorous reference to the steward s duties. Gay slang originating among Cape coloureds south Africa 2000 Kojak noun 1 a blue flashing lamp that is temporarily attached by magnets to the roof of an unmarked police car Named after the US television police drama Kojak first shown in the UK on BBC television in 1974 and by which the UK police and public were