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snazzual

snazzual  adj.— «Snazzual—I’m going to L.A. on business next month, and it involves attending an event, so I asked my boss, Paul, to advise me on how to dress. “Snazzual,” he replied, and a word was born. (It’s better than...

al-tali

al-tali  n.— «Kidnap is now so common new words have been added to Iraqi thieves’ slang. A kidnap victim is called al-tali or the sheep.» —“Inventing Sovereignty” by Tom Engelhardt AlterNet June 23, 2004. (source:...

bajet

bajet  n.— «This does not explain why the government itself introduced new words like Bajet, for ‘Budget’, into the Malay language, when the word Belanjawan was once commonly used.» —“Uproar over rojak Malay” by Leslie...

kroni

kroni  n.— «This does not explain why the government itself introduced new words like Bajet, for “Budget,” into the Malay language, when the word Belanjawan was once commonly used. And thanks to political developments in the...

konsentrasi

konsentrasi  n.— «This does not explain why the government itself introduced new words like Bajet, for ‘Budget’, into the Malay language, when the word Belanjawan was once commonly used. And thanks to political developments in the region...

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