Word: slanging
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...character is well-known for his unique dialect, a combination of British and street slang that has sparked numerous online translator sites...
...reaction: "I don't read the Guardian." The gap between Skinner and his higher-brow fans is telling; indeed, it's almost the point. Somehow Skinner wrings the consciousness of Everyman out of his own idiosyncrasies. His relaxed, chatty raps are littered with arcane references to specific British teenage slang and culture, yet the first album sold 130,000 copies on the Continent. He may represent "the streets," but he's not standing on a class soapbox. His neighborhood was a place where, as he puts it, "the sons and daughters of rich business people mix with sons and daughters...
...linguistics, they teach you that slang frequently comes from “tabooed words, especially for the ones considered most objectionable.” You can read that on page 231 of Hock and Joseph’s bible of semantic change, Language History, Language Change and Language Relationship...
...guide also includes restaurant reviews, a Spanish slang section and information on study abroad as well as on scholarships and grants available to Latino students...
...working-class ethos that sustains the interweaving narratives of this dense story. Crowley deepens the glimpse of the working class by opening an eye to the often overlooked quirky and ridiculous things of daily routine. Any movie that involves a wheelchair race in a pub, female ronnies (Irish slang for moustaches), brown sauce in tea, golden oldies discos and rabbit racing is sure to be a good show and Intermission is no exception...