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1Honorific speech in Japanese — The Japanese language has many honorifics, parts of speech which show respect, and their use is mandatory in many social situations. Honorifics in Japanese may be used to emphasize social distance or disparity in rank, or to emphasize social… …
2gentleman — In modern use this is a polite form of ‘man’; in former times it referred or was used vocatively to a man of noble birth. In Shakespeare’s plays it occurs in the singular form, as when Juliet says to Romeo: ‘Trust me, gentleman, I’ll prove… …
3Nagoya dialect — The Nagoya dialect (名古屋弁, Nagoya ben?) is a Japanese dialect spoken in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. In a wide sense, Nagoya dialect means the dialect in the western half of the prefecture (formerly part of Owari Province), and in that case, it is… …
4Interview Without Coffee — British Army euphemism for a dressing down by a senior officer. The revelation that Prince Harry, as a 21 year old officer cadet on exercise in Cyprus in 2006, used the terms “Paki” and “raghead” to describe two of his comrades was greeted with… …
5lady — Used to address a woman whose name is unknown in both Britain and the USA, though such usage is not considered to be correct. The term is marginally less polite than the American ‘ma’am’, and considerably more polite than ‘Missis’ and such… …
6lower — 1 adjective 1 (only before noun) below something else, especially beneath something of the same type: Nina chewed her lower lip anxiously. | the lower limbs (=legs) 2 (only before noun) at or near the bottom of something: the lower slopes of the… …
7Comedy of menace — Main article: Characteristics of Harold Pinter s work# Comedy of menace Comedy of menace is a term used to describe the plays of David Campton, Nigel Dennis, N. F. Simpson, and Harold Pinter by drama critic Irving Wardle, borrowed from the… …
8Yao language — For the family of Southeast Asian languages, see Hmong–Mien languages. Yao Spoken in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania Native speakers 1,916,000 [1] Language family …
9vehicularly housed — adj. Describes a homeless person who lives in a car. Example Citations: For decades, life in California has revolved around the automobile: You can t live on the coast without a car, the saying goes. Now the homeless in San Francisco are taking… …
10blackberries — There is a widespread *taboo against picking blackberries after a specified date, sometimes given as Michaelmas (29 September), sometimes as 10 October which, allowing for the eleven day calendar shift of 1752, is the same thing. It is said… …
