Word: slanging
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...screenings at the same time. One of the professors lets you watch the videos at home, but it’s just not the same as seeing them in theaters, you know? 12) Your TF speaks with an impenetrable Peruvian accent, which you can understand, and uses West Coast slang, which you cannot. 13) Based on a few suspicious comments and the fact that he wrestled a bear in the middle of lecture, you begin to suspect that your Professor Manny A. “A-Plus” Harvfield is Harvey C. “C-Minus?...
...lower-level people, the foot soldiers, especially the ones who were the shooters, were much more wary and difficult to get hold of because they're afraid of being caught by the police and being "encountered," as the Indian slang has it. The newspapers will report the next day that so-and-so gangster was killed in an encounter with the police. What that actually means is that they caught the guy, and they'd question him, and they would kill him, and they'd put a gun in his hand and say it was a shootout. So in India...
...outfit's as-of-yet small number of offerings are lively. "Embrace the Suck" by Col. Austin Bay is a pocket guide to "milspeak" (military slang) in Iraq. "Everything Could Explode at Any Moment" consists of dispatches from the Lebanese-Israeli front by Michael Totten. And as for those more interested in the culinary wars, TNP offers "Best Recipes from the Jewish Blogosphere" by Judith Weiss...
...public communications," cautions Post. "Murphy's Law is going to get you every time. E-mails get out." Ergo, don't send private messages. Don't flame a recipient; let your grievances simmer. Be careful about your grammar and word choice. Always proofread your messages carefully. Avoid digital slang like bcz; emoticons like :-) are :/). If you're not sure how formal to be, use an honorific like Mr. or Ms. until told to do otherwise...
...They seem to her as natural partners as her frank language and posh accent. The secret to nude scenes, which she says she hates, is establishing "a relationship with the director where you can say, 'Look, I'd really rather they didn't see my [British slang for private part],' or 'I've got a nasty mosquito bite on my left bum cheek. Can we not shoot that low please...