English-derived Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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groserías n. Una amable dama sería capaz de decir que su hijo está “deliberando groserías”, que traduce “delivering groceries”, o sea, distribuyendo abastos. [English-derived Spanglish Spanish] [full cite] (Jun. 23, 2004)

happening n. “If there was a big explosion around September 9, we would have found some evidence of it,“ he said. “It’s highly likely that this explosion will turn out to be a ‘happening,‘“ he concluded. The English word “happening” is used in South Korea to describe a situation where a big fuss is stirred up over nothing. [English-derived Korean South Korea] [full cite] (Sep. 15, 2004)

huacha n. For more than 40 years, Garcia, 66, of Las Cruces, has practiced the skill and art of huachas, also called washer tossing.…Huachas (the Spanish name for washers) is similar to the game of horseshoes. However, instead of attempting to ring a horseshoe around a stake, players try to sink a 2 1/2-inch washer into a 3- or 4-inch hole—or at least get as close as they can. [English-derived Spanglish Spanish Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Oct. 6, 2007)

hulidap n. Hulidap, a combination of Filipino and English words huli (apprehend) and hold-up, is done through a fake arrest in which a supposed suspect is nabbed for drug or any other criminal charge. The arresting police personnel would then extort money from the “suspect” for the latter’s freedom. [English-derived Philippines] [full cite] (Jul. 9, 2005)

jacking n. In Japanese advertising parlance, a “jacking” occurs when an advertiser purchases a substantial portion of all of the ad space available in a particular medium or within a geographic area (the term “jacking” is derived from the English word “hijack”). Most commonly it’s seen on trains, when advertisers buy out the entirety of ad slots inside the cars, and often have tailor-made graphics or billboard-like posters placed on the exteriors too. [English-derived Japan Advertising Marketing] [full cite] (Aug. 10, 2008)

jet-people n.pl. L’actuel drame haïtien doit requérir l’attention et la réflexion de l’opinion publique internationale. Autant par son ampleur—plus de 100 000 réfugiés (40 000 boat-people vers les Etats-Unis, 60 000 foot-people vers la République dominicaine, 2 000 jet-people vers l’Europe, essentiellement vers la France)—que par sa complexité historique, économique et politique. [English-derived French Aviation Politics] [full cite] (Apr. 26, 2006)

juashanga n. They are adapting their language to local phenomena: for example, laundromat has become “juashanga” (pronounced wash-anga). [Florida English-derived Spanglish] [full cite] (Apr. 27, 2006)

kiabai n. To my embarrassment I have only now learned the native or in-group term for the wandering salespersons in the Seoul subway system, kiabai, even though I was staying in Korea on a long-term basis at the time when the phenomenon was common. A kiabai salesperson in the Ddanzi Ilbo article linked below explains that word is coined from the English “gear” and “buy”. [English-derived Korean South Korea] [full cite] (Mar. 13, 2005)

kiteski n. Italian is becoming a language ever more suspended between exasperated modernisation (“kiteski,“ sport consisting of being pulled along in skis by a kite, from 2003). [ Language English-derived Place Italy Subject Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Oct. 6, 2005)

KKN n. He will have to deal with KKN (the Indonesian acronym for corruption, collusion and nepotism). [English-derived Indonesia Crime & Prisons Politics Acronym] [full cite] (Oct. 20, 2004)

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