Alison Luchs, who has worked at the National Gallery of Art for 47 years, agreed to learn Gen Z slang and make videos because she wanted to raise interest in the museum’s art.
She never expected to slay.
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Alison Luchs, who has worked at the National Gallery of Art for 47 years, agreed to learn Gen Z slang and make videos because she wanted to raise interest in the museum’s art.
She never expected to slay.
stolen from here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSbLzBLDaBj
more info here: https://wapo.st/4qIqlTl
BREEZE. To raise a breeze; to kick up a dust or breed a disturbance.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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BREEZE. To raise a breeze; to kick up a dust or breed a disturbance.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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Sweary maps 2: Swear harder. @stancarey presents heat maps of swearword use in the USA
https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2016/03/22/sweary-maps-2-swear-harder/
Sweary maps 2: Swear harder. @stancarey presents heat maps of swearword use in the USA
https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2016/03/22/sweary-maps-2-swear-harder/
Can we stop saying “dogfooding” and “eat your own dog food” as slang for using of your own products and services in the same way as a customer? We can do better. We are not dogs. We are people.
For reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_your_own_dog_food
"Eat what you cook" is a much better term, and what I currently use. However, it doesn't simplify to the “dogfooding" form.
Let's start a thread, to gather the possibilities.
GOSPEL SHOP. A church.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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FLAYBOTTOMIST. A bum-brusher, or schoolmaster.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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FLAYBOTTOMIST. A bum-brusher, or schoolmaster.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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GOSPEL SHOP. A church.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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"Bag of dicks", "bee's dick", "perviness", and "fudge" (int.; often as a euphemistic alternative to "fuck") are among the words and senses newly added to the OED
https://www.oed.com/information/updates/june-2025/new-word-entries/
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"Bag of dicks", "bee's dick", "perviness", and "fudge" (int.; often as a euphemistic alternative to "fuck") are among the words and senses newly added to the OED
https://www.oed.com/information/updates/june-2025/new-word-entries/
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BUM BAILIFF. A sheriff's officer, who arrests debtors; so called perhaps from following his prey, and being at their bums, or, 'hard at their arses'. Blackstone says, it is a corruption of bound bailiff, from their being obliged to give bond for their good behaviour.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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