CATCH UP: Meaning: to reach someone in front of you by going faster than them.
Example: I ran after her and managed to catch up with her.
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KILL SWITCH: Meaning: a switch for quickly turning off power in an emergency.
Example: He had no time to hit the engine kill switch.
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HIT THE ROAD: Meaning: to leave a place or begin a journey.
Example: I'd love to stay longer but I must be hitting the road.
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BACK DOOR: Meaning: a door at the back or side of a building, or at the back of a vehicle.
Example: There's someone at the back door.
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ALL EARS: Meaning: to be waiting eagerly to hear about something.
Example: I'm all ears - tell us what they had to say.
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Def Leppard #Setlist for a show in
Bogota COLOMBIA 🇨🇴 29 Years Ago on this day in 1997
01 - Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)
02 - Action
03 - Foolin'...
#defleppard #Slang #joeelliott
www.deflepparduk.com/1997bogota.h...
¿Cansado de sonar como un robot? 🤖 Aprender slang en inglés es la clave para entender series y conectar de verdad. ¡Domina el inglés informal hoy! 👇 #inglés #slang #english #aprenderingles
PRICK UP EARS: Meaning: to listen carefully.
Example: The children pricked up their ears when they heard the word “candy.”
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For example, ‘I’m taking me mot to the pictures’. The pictures is another chunk of Dublin slang for ‘The cinema’.
#ireland #slang #language
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HOUSEHOLD NAME: Meaning: a famous person that most people know of.
Example: He was a household name in the 1950s.
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IN A ROW: Meaning: one after another without a break.
Example: She's been voted Best Actress three years in a row.
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CUT DOWN: Meaning: to do or use less of something.
Example: I'm trying to cut down on caffeine.
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ON THE CARDS: Meaning: to be likely to happen.
Example: "So you think they'll get married next year?" "I think it's on the cards."
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TURN BACK ON: Meaning: to stop being involved in something.
Example: The country cannot afford to turn its back on tourism.
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SO SO: Meaning: very, extremely, or to such a degree.
Example: The house is so beautiful.
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You can also be 'delirah and excirah' for something really special! (The phrase was popularized by Irish radio host Gay Byrne on his morning radio show.)
#ireland #slang #language
YOU BET: Meaning: used to emphasize a statement or to mean "certainly".
Example: "Are you coming to the party?" "You bet!"
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Any #GenX or Millennials still using these 80’s #slang terms? Got any others not in the list you remember 😵
As if⁉️ Trippin dudette?
For example, ‘I need someone to give a speech at the wedding’ ‘Ah, Tom’s your only man for that kind of thing’.
It originally comes from the refrain "A pint of plain is your only man" from Flann O'Brien's poem, "The Workman's Friend".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Grp...
#ireland #slang #language
Def Leppard's 1996 Slang album and a concert setlist for Panama City, Panama.
Def Leppard #Setlist for a show in
Panama City PANAMA 🇵🇦 29 Years Ago on this day in 1997
01 - Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)
02 - Action
03 - Foolin'...
#defleppard #Slang #joeelliott
www.deflepparduk.com/1997panamaci...
"Throwing shapes" can also mean to act tough or put up a front. For example, to threaten a person by making "karate chops" at them, without actually doing harm or knowing karate.
Finally, "throwing shapes" can mean to dance.
#ireland #slang #language
Picture of two young women sitting on the stairs chatting.
<My #interestingread today>
The psychology of why we use slang
Slang use, especially in teens, sheds light on identity and belonging in a fast-paced digital world
www.apa.org/monitor/2026...
via @apa.org
#language #slang #sociolect #langsky
Def Leppard #Setlist for a show in
San Salvador EL SALVADOR 🇸🇻 29 Years Ago on this day in 1997
01 - Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)
02 - Action
03 - Foolin'...
#defleppard #Slang #joeelliott
www.deflepparduk.com/1997sansalva...
I think Quebecois sacres are so neat I'm willing to once again risk the ire of francophones by attempting to speak #French on the Internet.
I know my pronunciation is terrible but I tried my best. Can we please be chill about it?
#swearing #slang #Quebec #language
Irish English, with its fondness for mixing and messing, attaches the learned suffix –ology to this slang word to produce codology, defined as ‘hoaxing, humbugging’ in the OED.
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For example, if a person is in a car that won’t start and eventually it does, ‘Now we’re sucking diesel’ would be appropriate.
#ireland #slang #language
Gen Z Slang: I Need to Make a Confession… This Might Ruin Me! youtu.be/3o2xoYPGFtM
#bop #internetculture #confession #genz #slang
Def Leppard #Setlist for a show in
Guatemala City GUATEMALA 🇬🇹 29 Years Ago on this day in 1997
01 - Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)
02 - Action
03 - Foolin'...
#defleppard #Slang #joeelliott
www.deflepparduk.com/1997guatemal...
