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...original version of this article wrongly took to task the Mexican celebrity magazine TVnotas for its use of the term "in fragranti" instead of "in flagrante." The term the magazine actually, and rightly, used was "in fraganti," which can be Mexican slang for "caught red-handed...
...etymological examination further exposes meat as a decidedly non-gender-neutral term. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, "meat," in its slang usage, can refer to “the human body (esp. a woman’s body) regarded as an instrument of sexual pleasure,” as well as both female and male genitalia. The less academic, but no less authoritative Urban Dictionary defines meat as both sexual intercourse (with the charming example “I’d like to meet Jessica Alba and then meat her”) and as a derogatory term...
...pizza, has a Twitter account run primarily by its co-founders Steve R. Welch and Bill Warner under the username “oggigourmet.”“The marketing tool that Twitter gave us was to be able to say less tailored things, talking in slang to students, and they would accept it more,” Welch said.The Harvard Book Store also keeps a Twitter at “harvardbooks” of events and updates written in a friendly, casual tone. Diana G. Kimball ’09, a Twitter user with a passion...
...text-messaged between students. It is reflected in Bosnian streets honoring Muslim heroes and central Asian girls named after the holy city of Medina. Its role models are portrayed by action figures, each with one of the 99 attributes of God, in Kuwaiti comic books. It has even changed slang. Young Egyptians often now answer the telephone by saying "Salaam alaikum"--"Peace be upon you"--instead of "Hello." Many add the tagline "bi izn Allah"--"if God permits"--when discussing everything from the weather to politics. "They think they're getting a bonus with God," muses Ziada...
...unique tradition of seniors is to dress up as their theses when they go to Hillel, how meshugee (Yiddish: slang, crazy). If you have a prisoner’s suit or bright orange clothes, Peter N. Ganong ’09 could use your help, says one Adams Schmooze e-mail thread...