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Learn English http://www.english-slang.com/eng/ Thousands of British and American idioms and slang, example sentences. References to idiom resources and online lessons. Quizzes on English. Funny things about slang. en-us Thu, 24 May 2012 02:58:03 +0400 Thu, 24 May 2012 02:58:03 +0400 http://www.english-slang.com/eng/ mailer@www.english-slang.com (noreply) mailer@www.english-slang.com (noreply) http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/englishhttp://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/logo_en.pngEglish ESL http://feeds.feedburner.com/Learn-American-Idioms?format=skinhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/Learn-American-Idiomshttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesThis feed can be used as supplementary learning material for English language students. American English Idioms are posted daily to this feed. 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IYKWIM http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/X7LJ6dDLVzg/210-IYKWIM http://www.english-slang.com/eng/internet-slang/210-IYKWIM Learn English <a title="Listen" href="http://www.english-slang.com/tts/eef163d694429c96978fce6f77f105da.mp3"><img style="cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;" src="http://www.english-slang.com/images/audio.png"></a><a class="wiki" title="Find with Google" href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/find/google-search?cx=partner-pub-1710917084117473%3Aec8ujy-ns1p&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=windows-1251&q=IYKWIM&sa=Search&siteurl=http://www.english-slang.com%2Feng%2Ffind%2Fgoogle-search#767">IYKWIM</a> <br/>"If you know what I mean" <div align="left">More sentences: <a href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/internet-slang/210-IYKWIM">click here</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/internet-slang/210-IYKWIM">http://www.english-slang.com/eng/</a> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/o0QQkeFYFsC1Q3kh18WNQekvcDQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/o0QQkeFYFsC1Q3kh18WNQekvcDQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/o0QQkeFYFsC1Q3kh18WNQekvcDQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/o0QQkeFYFsC1Q3kh18WNQekvcDQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/X7LJ6dDLVzg" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 23 May 2012 12:30:01 +0400 http://www.english-slang.com/eng/internet-slang/210-IYKWIM mark http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/v9ESjjD8bjY/mark http://www.english-slang.com/eng/British/British-M/mark Learn English <div align="right"><small><a title="Subscribe to" href="http://feeds.english-slang.com/learn-with-english-slang"><img border="0" width="32" height="32" src="http://www.english-slang.com/images/Feedicons/rss_pill_orange_32.png" alt="Subscribe to"> Learn English</a></small></div> <a title="Listen" href="http://www.english-slang.com/tts/2e3a1c682dc09f36610ab89f6535e5fe.mp3"><img style="cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;" src="http://www.english-slang.com/images/audio.png"></a><a class="wiki" title="Find with Google" href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/find/google-search?cx=partner-pub-1710917084117473%3Aec8ujy-ns1p&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=windows-1251&q=mark&sa=Search&siteurl=http://www.english-slang.com%2Feng%2Ffind%2Fgoogle-search#767">mark</a> <b class="binline">{n.}</b> <br/>A suitable victim for a con or swindle. <div align="left">More sentences: <a href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/British/British-M/mark">click here</a> <br>Categories: <img src="http://www.english-slang.com/images/bull1.gif" width="14" height="8" border="0"><a href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/find/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=British">British</a> <img src="http://www.english-slang.com/images/bull1.gif" width="14" height="8" border="0"><a href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/find/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=noun">noun</a> <img src="http://www.english-slang.com/images/bull1.gif" width="14" height="8" border="0"><br><div>Feed advisor: what else do you want to see in this feed? Contact us using <a href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/site_information/contacts">the feedback form</a></div>Source: <a href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/British/British-M/mark">http://www.english-slang.com/eng/</a> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t4NWoqULHbV_xB5SdemWr4FfgP8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t4NWoqULHbV_xB5SdemWr4FfgP8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t4NWoqULHbV_xB5SdemWr4FfgP8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t4NWoqULHbV_xB5SdemWr4FfgP8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/v9ESjjD8bjY" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 23 May 2012 12:30:01 +0400 http://www.english-slang.com/eng/British/British-M/mark Plug-and-Play http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/J9ySWB4ePaA/Plug-and-Play http://www.english-slang.com/eng/business-slang/Plug-and-Play Learn English <a title="Listen" href="http://www.english-slang.com/tts/bbbd1f2d6e3a4f1c88330a0a9ac20703.mp3"><img style="cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;" src="http://www.english-slang.com/images/audio.png"></a><a class="wiki" title="Find with Google" href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/find/google-search?cx=partner-pub-1710917084117473%3Aec8ujy-ns1p&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=windows-1251&q=Plug-and-Play&sa=Search&siteurl=http://www.english-slang.com%2Feng%2Ffind%2Fgoogle-search#767">Plug-and-Play</a> <br/>A new hire who doesn't require training. <br/><span class="comment iconbullet">"That new guy is totally plug-and-play."</span> <div align="left">More sentences: <a href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/business-slang/Plug-and-Play">click here</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/business-slang/Plug-and-Play">http://www.english-slang.com/eng/</a><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.english-slang.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=Plug-and-Play&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.english-slang.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Comment on this entry</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ipxlIPvV3Dhy4TGBwjgwp1ahJ9c/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ipxlIPvV3Dhy4TGBwjgwp1ahJ9c/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ipxlIPvV3Dhy4TGBwjgwp1ahJ9c/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ipxlIPvV3Dhy4TGBwjgwp1ahJ9c/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/J9ySWB4ePaA" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 23 May 2012 12:30:01 +0400 http://www.english-slang.com/eng/business-slang/Plug-and-Play Aneurin Bevan http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/5Hb4dCWrnfA/aphorism-3227 http://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-3227 Learn English (1897—1960), Observer (9 December 1953) <br/>We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. 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height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 23 May 2012 03:30:03 +0400 http://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-3227 Estelle Getty http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/xb9dWIPBQz0/aphorism-2354 http://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/g/aphorism-2354 Learn English (1924--) <br/>U.S. actress <br/>If love means never having to say you're sorry, then marriage means always having to say everything twice. <div align="left">More sentences: <a href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/g/aphorism-2354">click here</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/g/aphorism-2354">http://www.english-slang.com/eng/</a><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.english-slang.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=aphorism-2354&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.english-slang.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Comment on this entry</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/szWI698llOKfofe3W3s8gioRuGI/0/da"><img 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something wrong, at least enjoy it. <div align="left">More sentences: <a href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/r/aphorism-2606">click here</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/r/aphorism-2606">http://www.english-slang.com/eng/</a><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.english-slang.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=aphorism-2606&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.english-slang.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Comment on this entry</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/E8g_rfPBeLwwzJ1Rz9BXJOsRgJo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/E8g_rfPBeLwwzJ1Rz9BXJOsRgJo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/E8g_rfPBeLwwzJ1Rz9BXJOsRgJo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/E8g_rfPBeLwwzJ1Rz9BXJOsRgJo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img 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href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/find/google-search?cx=partner-pub-1710917084117473%3Aec8ujy-ns1p&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=windows-1251&q=evaporate&sa=Search&siteurl=http://www.english-slang.com%2Feng%2Ffind%2Fgoogle-search#767">evaporate</a> or <a class="wiki" title="Find with Google" href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/find/google-search?cx=partner-pub-1710917084117473%3Aec8ujy-ns1p&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=windows-1251&q=vanish+into+thin+air&sa=Search&siteurl=http://www.english-slang.com%2Feng%2Ffind%2Fgoogle-search#767">vanish into thin air</a> <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b> <br/>To disappear quickly, without leaving a trace. <br/><span class="comment iconbullet">Money seems to disappear into thin air these days.</span> <br/><span class="comment iconbullet">Jack just vanished into thin air before the meeting had started.</span> <div align="left">More sentences: <a href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_d/1814-disappear">click here</a> <br>Categories: <img 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title="Find with Google" href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/find/google-search?cx=partner-pub-1710917084117473%3Aec8ujy-ns1p&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=windows-1251&q=on+one%27s+part&sa=Search&siteurl=http://www.english-slang.com%2Feng%2Ffind%2Fgoogle-search#767">on one's part</a> <b class="binline">{adv. phr.}</b> <br/>As far as you are concerned; the way you feel or think. <br/><span class="comment iconbullet">I don't know about you, but for my part I don't want to go to that place.</span> <br/><span class="bold">Compare:</span> <a class="wiki" title="Find with Google" href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/find/google-search?cx=partner-pub-1710917084117473%3Aec8ujy-ns1p&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=windows-1251&q=AS+FOR&sa=Search&siteurl=http://www.english-slang.com%2Feng%2Ffind%2Fgoogle-search#767">AS FOR</a>. <div align="left">More sentences: <a href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_f/2544-for-ones-part">click here</a> <br>Categories: <img 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considered more acceptable when used socially. Slang is often to be found in areas of the lexicon that refer to things considered taboo (see euphemism ). It is often used to identify with one's peers and, although it may be common among young people, it is used by people of all ages and social groups. <br/> <br/><h2>Defining slang</h2> <br/> <br/>Few linguists have endeavoured to clearly define what constitutes as slang. Attempting to remedy this, Bethany K. Dumas and Jonathan Lighter argue that an expression should be considered "true slang" if it meets at least two of the following criteria: <br/>- It lowers, if temporarily, "the dignity of formal or serious speech or writing"; in other words, it's likely to be considered in those contexts a "glaring misuse of Register." <br/>- Its use implies that the user is familiar with whatever is referred to, or with a group of people who are familiar with it and use the term. <br/>- "It's a taboo term in ordinary discourse with people of a higher social status or greater responsibility." <br/>- It replaces "a well-known conventional synonym". This is done primarily to avoid discomfort caused by conventional phrases or by further elaboration. <br/> <br/>Slang is different from jargon, which is the technical vocabulary of a particular profession, and which meets only the second of the criteria given above. Jargon, like many examples of slang, may be used to exclude non–group members from the conversation, but in general has the function of allowing its users to talk precisely about technical issues in any given field. <br/> <br/><h2>Extent and origins of slang</h2> <br/> <br/>Slang can be regional (that is, used only in a particular territory), but slang terms are often particular instead to a certain subculture, such as music or Video game culture. Nevertheless, slang expressions can spread outside their original areas to become commonly used, like "Cool (aesthetic)" and "jive." While some words eventually lose their status as slang (the word "mob", for example, began as a shortening of Latin mobile vulgus), others continue to be considered as such by most speakers. When slang spreads beyond the group or subculture that originally used it, its original users often replace it with other, less-recognised terms to maintain group identity. <br/> <br/>One use of slang is to circumvent social taboos, as mainstream language tends to shy away from evoking certain realities. For this reason, slang vocabularies are particularly rich in certain domains, such as violence, crime, psychoactive drugs, and sex. Alternatively, slang can grow out of mere familiarity with the things described. Among Californian wine connoisseurs (and other groups), for example, Cabernet Sauvignon is often known as "Cab Sav", Chardonnay as "Chard" and so on; this means that naming the different wines expends less superfluous effort; it also helps to indicate the user's familiarity with wine. <br/> <br/>Even within a single language community, slang, and the extent to which it is used, tends to vary widely across social, ethnic, economic, and geographic strata. Slang may fall into disuse over time; sometimes, however, it grows more and more common until it becomes the dominant way of saying something, at which time it usually comes to be regarded as mainstream, acceptable language (e.g. the Spanish word caballo), although in the case of taboo words there may not be an expression which is considered mainstream or acceptable. Numerous slang terms pass into informal mainstream speech, and sometimes into formal speech, though this may involve a change in meaning or usage. <br/> <br/>Slang very often involves the creation of novel meanings for existing words. It is common for such novel meanings to diverge significantly from the standard meaning. Thus, "<a class="wiki" title="Find with Google" href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/find/google-search?cx=partner-pub-1710917084117473%3Aec8ujy-ns1p&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=windows-1251&q=cool&sa=Search&siteurl=http://www.english-slang.com%2Feng%2Ffind%2Fgoogle-search#767">cool</a>" and "<a class="wiki" title="Find with Google" href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/find/google-search?cx=partner-pub-1710917084117473%3Aec8ujy-ns1p&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=windows-1251&q=hot&sa=Search&siteurl=http://www.english-slang.com%2Feng%2Ffind%2Fgoogle-search#767">hot</a>" can both mean "very good," "impressive," or "good-looking". <br/> <br/>Slang terms are often known only within a clique or ingroup. For example, Leet ("Leetspeak") was originally popular only among certain Internet subcultures, such as crackers and online video gamers. During the 1990s, and into the early 21st century, however, Leet became increasingly more commonplace on the Internet, and it has spread outside Internet-based communication and into spoken languages. Other types of slang include SMS language used on mobile phones, and "chatspeak," (e.g., "<a class="wiki" title="Find with Google" href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/find/google-search?cx=partner-pub-1710917084117473%3Aec8ujy-ns1p&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=windows-1251&q=LOL&sa=Search&siteurl=http://www.english-slang.com%2Feng%2Ffind%2Fgoogle-search#767">LOL</a>", an acronym meaning "laughing out loud" or "laugh out loud" or <a class="wiki" title="Find with Google" href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/find/google-search?cx=partner-pub-1710917084117473%3Aec8ujy-ns1p&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=windows-1251&q=ROFL&sa=Search&siteurl=http://www.english-slang.com%2Feng%2Ffind%2Fgoogle-search#767">ROFL</a>, "rolling on the floor laughing"), which is widely used in instant messaging on the Internet. <br/> <br/><h2>Distinction between slang and colloquialisms</h2> <br/> <br/>Some linguists make a distinction between slangisms (slang words) and colloquialisms. According to Ghil'ad Zuckermann, "slang refers to informal (and often transient) lexical items used by a specific social group, for instance teenagers, soldiers, prisoners and thieves. Slang is not the same as colloquial (speech), which is informal, relaxed speech used on occasion by any speaker; this might include contractions such as "you're", as well as colloquialisms. A colloquialism is a lexical item used in informal speech; whilst the broadest sense of the term "colloquialism" might include slangism, its narrow sense does not. Slangisms are often used in colloquial speech but not all colloquialisms are slangisms. One method of distinguishing between a slangism and a colloquialism is to ask whether most native speakers know the word (and use it); if they do, it is a colloquialism. However, the problem is that this is not a discrete, quantised system but a continuum. Although the majority of slangisms are ephemeral and often supplanted by new ones, some gain non-slang colloquial status (e.g. English silly – cf. German selig "blessed", Middle High German sælde "bliss, luck" and Zelda, a Jewish female first name) and even formal status (e.g. English mob)." See p. 21 in, by Ghil'ad Zuckermann, Ghil'ad, Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. <br/> <br/><h2>Etymology</h2> <br/> <br/>The origin of the word slang is uncertain. It has a connection with Thieves' cant, and the earliest attested use (1756) refers to the vocabulary of "low or disreputable" people. Beyond that, however, its origin is unclear. A Scandinavian origin has been proposed (compare, for example, Norwegian slengenamn, which means "nickname"), but is discounted by the Oxford English Dictionary based on "date and early associations". <br/> <br/><div class="comment">This article is licensed under the GNU License</div> <div align="left"><div>Feed advisor: <a href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/site_information/embed" target="_top">see how to re-publish this feed</a></div>Source: <a href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/articles/slang-wiki">http://www.english-slang.com/eng/</a><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.english-slang.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=slang-wiki&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.english-slang.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Comment on this entry</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/avsMfjncwGcBNdSlYYJSLiqlMyw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/avsMfjncwGcBNdSlYYJSLiqlMyw/0/di" border="0" 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(1770—1831), German philosopher <br/>We learn from history that we learn nothing from history. <div align="left">More sentences: <a href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/h/aphorism-3589">click here</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/h/aphorism-3589">http://www.english-slang.com/eng/</a><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.english-slang.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=aphorism-3589&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.english-slang.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Comment on this entry</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9KHFQ0n4KyCr4Y6U-KQaZ-NtqyY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9KHFQ0n4KyCr4Y6U-KQaZ-NtqyY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9KHFQ0n4KyCr4Y6U-KQaZ-NtqyY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9KHFQ0n4KyCr4Y6U-KQaZ-NtqyY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img 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