Origin of Words Podcast: Recent Episodes
Lewis Sandler
有意思的英语单词起源 We focus on the origin of interesting words, idioms, and slang. Where do these words come from?..bilingual (Chinese and English) by Lewis Sandler in Beijing, China.
4 dictionaries choose 4 “Word of the Year” words for 2017 .
Feminism (Merriam-Webster), Complicit (Dictionary.Com), Fake News (Collins), Youthquake (Oxford).
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Once in a blue moon, Where there’s smoke, there’s fire, The fish rots from the head down, Hard as nails, Diamonds are forever.
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-a-blue-moon-2012-8
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/once-in-a-blue-moon-and-other-idioms-that-dont-make-scientific-sense-76485092/
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Escape by the Skin of One’s Teeth, A Drop in the Bucket, A Scapegoat, The Ends of the Earth, O My God (OMG)
https://www.rd.com/culture/common-bible-phrases/
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Interesting conversation with 8 cool Chinese university students in Beijing who share their life, loves, studies and maybe a secret or two!You can listen now or download for later. You can also listen on:
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61/2 years of podcasts and nearly 1000 words, idioms and slang
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Trumpian, Trumponomics, Trumpertantrum, Trumpkin, Trumpflation, Trumpist, Trumpette, Trumpista
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https://oxfordstudent.com/2017/02/04/oxford-english-dictionary-considering-inclusion-trump-expressions/
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This is a repeat of popular podcast # 91 from August 10, 2014.
As Happy as a Clam; Beating a Dead Horse; Close, But No Cigar; Hissy Fit; My Bad
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After 5 years of trying to interview him, Bob finally sits down in our Beijing studio to reveal the truth of life, poetry, happiness and much more. If you wanna be in the know, you gotta listen to Bob.
Over 7 years of podcasts, thousand words, phrases, slang and idioms.
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Billution, a portmanteau of two words: bicycle+pollution
for more portmanteaus see podcast #51
http://lewissandler.podbean.com/e/portmanteaus-51/
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/17/ofo-chinese-bike-sharing-start-up-says-its-now-worth-more-than-2-billion.html
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A worker from the bike share company Ofo puts a damaged bike on a pile at a makeshift repair depot for the company where thousands of [...]
Words with “TEXT”: Textpectation, Textonics, Textomortis, Textologist, Textology, Text Off.
More words with “text”: Urban dictionary
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Bacteria, Virus, Toxin (toxic), Antibiotic, Germ
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Bacteria jokes
Words related to virus
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Bruncheon, Osculation, POST-TRUTH, (Word of the Year)
and 4 new chemical elements to the periodic table:
Nihonium and symbol Nh, for the element 113,
Moscovium and symbol Mc, for the element 115,
Tessesine and symbol Ts, for the element 117,
Oganesson and symbol Og, for the element 118
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Dogs are Barking, Zumba, Body Tog, Exergaming, Fit as a Fiddle
https://www.zumba.com/en-US/party?search=Beijing%2C+Beijing%2C+CN
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exergaming
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Portmanteau podcast (#51) http://lewissandler.podbean.com/2011/08/
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This a repeat of a popular-by-demand podcast #95 in January 24, 2015.
http://lewissandler.podbean.com/e/5-strange-words-of-science-fiction/
areography, Grey goo, meatspace, cosmic spaghetti aka topopolis, xenology
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No audio this podcast #113
crap slang…noun
something of extremely poor quality.
• nonsense.
• unwanted articles; rubbish.
Origin of crap:
Middle English: related to Dutch krappe, from krappen ‘pluck or cut off’, and perhaps also to Old French crappe ‘siftings’, Anglo-Latin crappa ‘chaff’. The original sense was ‘chaff’, later ‘residue from rendering fat’, also ‘dregs of beer’. Current senses date from the late 19th cent.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/02/word-meaning-crap_n_1930243.html
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Stockholm Syndrome, Xenophobia, Inauguration, Pulpit (presidential), Ballot
http://chasingalion.com/lion-tracks/1113-the-origin-of-the-pulpit
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22447726
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Tattoo, Fortnight, Kipple, Dongle, Agelast
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/07/the-origin-of-the-word-dongle-7-leading-theories/278180/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loanword
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick
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*Exclusive interview with DuYao, PhD teacher at University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing.* She introduces herself, her major, her ideas on teaching and a romantic love story.
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Bread, Chinese firedrill, Cooties, Dibs, Hunk
http://www.the60sofficialsite.com/Do_You_Remember_The_60s_Slang_.html
http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/slang/1960s-slang.html
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Bring home the bacon, Big cheese, Say cheese, Cheesy, Cup of joe, Out to lunch
https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/idioms-food.htm
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Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Google, Yahoo!, LinkedIn
http://1stwebdesigner.com/history-of-social-networking/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networking_service
This is year number 6 for this podcast. We began in April 2010.
It is the only bilingual podcast on the origin of words.
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Lame Dick, Lame, Dude, Anchor baby, Bigly, Flip-Flopper
http://theiowarepublican.com/2015/walker-the-biggest-flip-flopper-you-will-ever-find/http://time.com/4034086/2016-campaign-buzzwords/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lame_duck_%28politics%29
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French Fries, Corn Dogs, Fortune Cookies, Meatballs and Spaghetti, Grits, Sloppy Joe, Peanut Butter and Jelly, SpamIron Man 3 - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1300854/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_butter_and_jelly_sandwich
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloppy_joe
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/02/surprisingly-short-history-peanut-butter-jelly-sandwich/
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Oxford English Dictionary New Words for 2015
Textercise, Yes way, Man-spreading vs She bagging, Hangry, Mx, Emoji
http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/27/living/oxford-web-dictionary-new-words-feat/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manspreading
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoji
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/words/how-do-you-know-what-a-word-means
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Brief talk with Wellena about her hometown in China, major studies, learning English, advice to learners of English and more..
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SETI, extremophile, The Wow! signal, Astrobiology (panspermia), Pareidolia, Arecibo message
http://radio.seti.org/ (Big Picture Science podcast)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication_with_extraterrestrial_intelligence
http://www.universetoday.com/122409/what-was-the-wow-signal/
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Mensa, Klingon Boggle, Autotroph, Neanderthals, Pangea
https://bigbangtrans.wordpress.com/series-5-episode-01-the-skank-reflex-analysis/
http://bigbangtheory.wikia.com/wiki/The_History_of_Everything
Klingon language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klingon_language
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As fit as a fiddle, Get a Charley horse, In the pink, Lights are on but no one ’s home, Six feet under.
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
2007, 14 (3), 527-533
http://www.psychonomic.org/psychonomic-bulletin-review
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Brainwashing, China, Chopsticks, Chop suey, Dim Sum, Ginseng, Ketchup, Tea
http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/chineseloan.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Chinese_origin
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A shape in a drape, Focus your audio, Interviewing your brains, Know your groceries, Mason-Dixon line, Used-to-be.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/12540/26-beatnik-slang-words-and-phrases-we-should-all-start-using
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Origin of Five-O, Smokey, Dick, Pig, Cop
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Transwiki:List_of_slang_terms_for_police_officers
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areography, Grey goo, meatspace, cosmic spaghetti aka topopolis, xenology
websites for further reference:
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/geekend/75-words-every-sci-fi-fan-should-know/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Niven
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/how-americas-leading-science-fiction-authors-are-shaping-your-future-180951169/?all&no-ist
http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2015/jan/21/real-science-science-fiction-sf-scholar
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Oxford English Dictionary: Origin of 5 new words for 2014
Catfish, Freegan, Vape, Gamification, Steampunk
Oxford English Dictionary
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Comet, Probe, Rosetta spacecraft, Philae
The Rosetta probe, which was carrying Philae, launched into space in 2004, using the gravity of Earth and Mars to slingshot its way towards comet 67P.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2853198/Philae-come-brink-MARCH-Rosetta-engineers-revive-probe-comet-67P-hurtles-near-sun.html
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Oxymorons can be culturally biased (American history); or two-word
traditional (jumbo shrimp); or one-word (cowboy); or funny (deeply
superficial).
Oxymoron is also an oxymoron. Listen here to its origin.
From literature: William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet “Good-night, good-night! parting is such sweet sorrow”
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As Happy as a Clam; Beating a Dead Horse; Close, But No Cigar; Hissy Fit; My Bad
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www.wisegeek.org/
www.phrases.org.uk/
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William shares a little of his life and studying in China. William must defend his PhD dissertation in Chinese.
What should Chinese students do to study English?
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’Everybody says words different,’ said Ivy. ‘Arkansas folks says ‘em different, and Oklahomy folks says ‘em different. And we seen a lady from Massachusetts, an’ she said ‘em different of all. Couldn’t hardly make out what she was sayin’!’ “
– John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, 1939.
Boston Accent: Park the Car at Harvard Yard, Allergy, Answer, Antenna, Bar, Barber, Better, Gloucester, Cellar
Boston Vocabulary: Signal, Drinking fountain, Remote control, Wicked, Trash can, Soda, Frappe, Milkshake, Fresh, Tubby, Piggies, Hun, Jimmies, Rotary, Pisser
http://www.universalhub.com/glossary/
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Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday , Saturday
Sunday…The name comes from the Latin dies solis, meaning “sun’s day”:
Monday…The name comes from the Anglo-Saxon monandaeg, “the moon’s day”.
Tuesday…This day was named after the Norse god Tyr.
Wednesday…The day named to honor Wodan (Odin).
Thursday…Thee day named after the Norse god Thor. In the Norse languages this day is called Torsdag.
Friday…The day in honor of the Norse goddess Frigg.
Saturday…This day was called dies Saturni, “Saturn’s Day”, by the ancient Romans in honor of Saturn. In Anglo-Saxon: sater daeg.
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Anime, Cosplay, Manga, Otaku, Lolita
http://www.cosplay.com/showthread.php?t=161575
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Genderqueer, Androgyny, Bigender, Cis (cisgender), Pangender, Transgender
http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/genderqueer.html
encyclopedia of gay, lesbian,bisexual, transgender, and queer culture
Facebook.com
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143, spoice, dope, sweet, wicked
143: I love you from Musiq Soulchild’s first album,Aijuswanaseing (I just want to sing) “Left messages on your answering machine About three or four times a day There aren’t many more ways in words that I can say So I’ll just say numerically from my heart to you - 143.” -
spoice: excellent from Sage Kotsenburg American gold medal snowboard winner at Sochi Winter Olympics on Feb 9, 2014.
dope: excellent from Dutch doop “thick dipping sauce,” from doopen “to dip” (cf. dip (v.)) semantic change
sweet: excellent from Old English swete “pleasing to the senses, mind or feelings;
wicked: very from Boston slang (contronym) see podcast 69 org. Old English “wicca”
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The temple fair (miào huì 庙会) is a kind of social activity in China. Temple Fairs in China originated around 1000AD when people offered sacrifices to the village god, which later gradually evolved into a marketplace for people to exchange products and a place for cultural performance. Temple fairs in China had a unique status in ordinary people’s life. It is the time to worship gods, pray for blessings. It is also a great time to have fun. All the traditional shows went on at temple fairs: talk shows (xiàng sheng 相声), banner shows (wǔ qí 舞旗 [...]
Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, Pride
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins
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Auld Lang Syne, Cheers, January, New Years Resolutions
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind ?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and old lang syne ?
CHORUS:
For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we’ll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_%28honor%29
A History of the New Year : http://www.infoplease.com/spot/newyearhistory.html#ixzz2oHeLxuVq
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Biohacker, Grinders, DYIBio, Transhumanism, Nootropics, Nomophobia
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10267574/Nomophobia-affects-majority-of-UK.html
http://www.limitlessmindset.com/mind-power-products/639-what-is-biohacking.html#sthash.j9ZWXBG9.dpuf
doktorsleepless.com/index.php/grinder
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Exclusive interview with Professor Liu Bin from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China. He shares his thoughts on learning and teaching English to graduate students.
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atlas, chronology, echo, amazon, typhoon
http://www.answers.com/topic/amazons#ixzz2hDlcGsPI
http://www.answers.com/topic/typhoon#ixzz2hDq7l0zM
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It’s Raining Cats and Dogs ( a heavy rain). This is a repeat of my first podcast #1 I did in April 2010 because there is something wrong with that podcast.
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Oxford English Dictionary new words (neologisms) for 2013
Babymoon, Bitcoin, Buzzworthy, Selfie, SRSLY
www.internetslang.com
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Robot…As a word, robot is a relative newcomer to the English language. It was the from Czech playwright, novelist and journalist named Karel Čapek (1880-1938) who introduced it in his 1920 hit play, R.U.R., or Rossum’s Universal Robots.
Cyborg…short for “cybernetic organism”.
Quantum…The word “quantum” comes from the Latin “quantus,” for “how much.”
Nanotechnology …Nano is a prefix meaning “extremely small.” When quantifiable, it translates to one-billionth, as in the nanosecond . Nano comes from the Greek word “nanos,” meaning “dwarf.”
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A bed of roses;
And I will make thee beds of roses
And a thousand fragrant posies,
A cap of flowers, and a kirtle
Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle;
Bushed; The last straw; In a nutshell; Through the grapevine.
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Conversation in a business meeting:
Bob: Well, is Lewis going to play ball or are we going to strike out on this deal? Jessica: The latest locker talk is that our game plan is a real contender for the contract. Bob: Yeah, the other team has two strikes against it after they fumbled last week. Jessica: They had a great chance of scoring but I think Lewis thought they weren’t up to scratch on some of the details.
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3 years of podcasts!
Light years ahead, Not rocket science, On the same wavelength, Sputnik moment, Blow a fuse
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Throw your Hat into the Ring; I’ll Eat my Hat; Hat Trick; Thinking Cap; Keep it Under your Hat
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Puppy Love, Hit It Off, Whisper Sweet Nothings, On the Rocks, Head Over Heels (in Love)
Romeo and Juliet (Capulet, Act I, scene v) (whisper sweet nothings)
Welcome, gentlemen! I have seen the day 16 That I have worn a visor, and could tell A whispering tale in a fair lady’s ear Such as would please; ’tis gone, ’tis gone, ’tis gone.
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Fusband, Earworms, Copernicium, Man cave, Bucket list, tweeps, redic
http://artofmanliness.com/2010/07/27/famous-man-caves/
http://www.merriam-webster.com/info/newwords12.htm
http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/press-releases/23-august-2012/
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5 words that have opposite meaning.. The traditional meaning and the slang meaning..These words area called called contronyms, self-antonyms, autoantonyms, antagonyms, or “Janus words” (from the Roman god who looked in two directions at once).
Bad, wicked, hot, sick, bitchin.
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Six feet under, Get cold feet, Be dead on your feet, Get your feet wet
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Haywire, Hit the hay, Make hay while the sun shines, A roll in the hay.
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Rule of Thumb, Barbecue or barbeque ( BBQ, bar-B-Q and barbie Australia)), Fat Cat, Chill Pill You may subscribe to this podcast, download to your MP3, or Mobile Welcome to leave COMMENT here.
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Interview with Dr Webb. He shares his experience of teaching English to university students in China.
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Badminton ( From Badminton House in England) ; Equestrian 马术 1650s, formed in English from L. equester (gen. equestris) “of a horseman,” from eques “horseman, knight,” from equus “horse” (see equine). As a noun, “one who rides on horseback,” from 1791; Fencing 击剑 mid-15c., “defending, act of protecting;”; Archery 射箭 c.1400, from Anglo-Fr. archerye, O.Fr. archerie, from archier “archer” (see archer). archer (n.) late 13c., from Anglo-Fr. archer, O.Fr. archier “archer, bowmaker,” from L. arcarius, from arcus “bow”
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KISS Keep it Simple Stupid… It’s an acronym.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle
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Fuddy Duddy, Mumbo Jumbo, Wishy Washy, Tip Top
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Drive someone up the wall; Off the wall; On the house; Under the table; Drink you under the table
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On a shoestring, Hot under the collar, White collar worker/Blue collar worker, White collar crime/Blue collar crime, Keep your shirt on.
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转]英语口语精华:【胖的不同表达】●首发● 胖乎乎/胖嘟嘟 plump或chubby； 肌肉不结实flabby； 魁梧的big-boned； 人又高大又肥胖bulky； 矮胖子chunky/tubby/dumpy； 敦实的heavy-set； 粗壮结实stout；超胖的obese。注：在美国，用'’fat'’形容人胖是比较不礼貌的用法，一般用 large, big 等来代替。 Spare tire, Beached Whale, Blimp
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Surfer Slang: Stoked, Sick… Valley Girl Slang like, totally
The big mama is fully mackin’ some gnarly grinders= `the ocean is producing large waves.’
California culture; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_culture
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An interview with PengYu, a long time experienced English teacher in China. She shares her experience and knowledge about teaching English to Chinese students, especially graduate students in Beijing, China.
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Three square meals a day, You are a square, Be there or be square, Fair and Square
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Words from Big Bang Theory Geek, Nerd, Dork
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Lucky Dog, Privacy, Cousin, Morning, Red, 13 and 4
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Booze, Teetotaler, On the Wagon, Slang for Beer, Cup of Joe
Website for beer slang http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art36037.asp
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Go Dutch, Dutch Uncle, Dutch Oven, Double Dutch, Dutch Door, the real McCoy, keep up with the Joneses
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Amtrack, brunch, linner, spork, liger, Billary, Brangelina, Wuhan, camcorder, smog, Chinasaur, snart, Microsoft, podcast
list of portmanteaus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_portmanteaus
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All your eggs in one basket, All the tea in China, As cool as a cucumber, Couch Potato, Eye Candy
food idiom website http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/cat/1.html
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Bikini; Greek (It’s Greek to me); Lesbian; Nokia; Shanghaied
toponym website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_words_derived_from_toponyms
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Bookworm (It’s not a worm), Chicken (Chicken out), Chicken Feed, Pigheaded, Doghouse (In the doghouse)
Idioms from Animals
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/cat/10.html
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You have a lot of nerve (You have a lot of gall), Cough Up (Cough It Up), Hold Your Breath
With our lovely co-host from Hebei , Charlene
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Full of Hot Air, A Breeze, Shoot the Breeze, Snowed Under, Snow Job
and Charlene, our wonderful co-host from Beijing
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Dracula by Bram Stoker, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series) 1997, Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon by Michael Adams, The Hunger, My bad,
Killer, Bloodsucker (time sucker), Bites, Bite me, Vamp (vampy)
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Origin from Hamburg, Germany and Frankfurt, Germany and dachshund, the dog
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Buck, Greenback, Dead Presidents, Fin, Sawbuck, Washington, Benjamin, C-Note, Large,(moolah, bread, dough)
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Means very inexpensive or common
Origin from US Congress in 1796
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Restroom , Toilet, Bathroom, Washroom, Lavatory, Loo, WC, CR, Latrine, Head
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Irish toast In the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship, never in want.
Movie: “When Harry Met Sally”, Harry Burns And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it’s not because I’m lonely, and it’s not because it’s New Year’s Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. Billy Crystal Meg Ryan 1989
Benjamin Franklin Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each New Year find you a better man.
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. ~Albert Einstein
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Black Friday.. Friday after Thanksgiving .. Heavily Discounted Shopping Day.. Origin from “in the black”.
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Origin goes back to Celtics people and Middle Ages Europe (500 to 1500)
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BFF Best friend forever Defriend: Stop being someone’s friend, from Facebook LMAO: Laughing my ass off TTYL: Talk to you later LOL Laugh out loud HAND have a nice day http://www.muller-godschalk.com/acronyms.html
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Origin from eighth President of the United States Martin Van Buren born in Kinderhook, New York
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Origin from 1) committing suicide and from 2) pigs to be slaughtered.
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