meeting n.— «As dating became less and less formal, the “-ting” ending was used to describe these new styles of courtship. The dating format began changing in the 1970s, with university students who felt stifled by the old...
–ting suffix— «As dating became less and less formal, the “-ting” ending was used to describe these new styles of courtship.» —“Lexicon of love adapts to times” by Joe Yong-hee, Ines Cho, Kim Soo...
trace v.— «Then again, Jamaicans love to “trace” (verbally attack someone) and there is no other way to win this war of words than to resort to the use of bad words.» —“What’s in a word?” by Lloyd B...
myloon n.— «The word he used in Parsee Gujarati which I have rendered as “chicks” was “Mylaaon.” It’s a word which has come to mean in the demotic argot ‘girls’, ‘chicks’, ‘totty’ etc.…”I think it...
Taig n.— «They love to mock each other with grim, hate-ridden slogans like “Don’t be vague, kill a Taig (Catholic).”» —“On Belfast’s Walls, Hatred Rules OK” by Paul Majendie Sydney Morning...
sorted adj.— «What was even worse was witnessing the constant denial by single gay men that their lives were anything other than FAB, GREAT, and in today’s kiddie parlance, HAPPY, SANE and SORTED.» —“The Truth about being...