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

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mcallear v. For them, shopping on el otro lado, or “the other side,“ has a built-in cachet. It has even given birth to a new verb in Mexico: Mcallear, meaning “to go shopping in McAllen.“ [English-derived Spanish Mexico] [full cite] (Mar. 17, 2006)

meeting n. In addition, other loan terms such as the Konglish term meeting (meaning a blind date) can be introduced in appropriate English usage contexts. [English-derived South Korea] [full cite] (May. 18, 2004)

merolico n. El mexicanismo “merolico” adquirió una dimensión americana gracias a una exitosa telenovela. [English-derived Spanglish Spanish] [full cite] (Jun. 23, 2004)

moeng n. “Moengs” are very similar, and refer to those who use their spare time to study English on their mobile phones. [English-derived South Korea] [full cite] (Jan. 11, 2005)

office n. These days, Czechs go to the office to work at their marketing or manazer job and head afterward to a fitness or maybe for drinky. On the vikend, they may go sopink to browse the newest notebooky and discuss what’s cool—or they may just opt for kempink. [English-derived] [full cite] (Mar. 31, 2005)

P-turn n. learned a new (Konglish) term: P-turn.…A P-turn is when you can’t turn left at an intersection (like near 광화문/gwanghwamoon) and you need to go straight through the intersection, then take a right…then take another right, then (you guessed it) another right and go through the intersection (perpendicular to the last crossing) and be on your way in the right direction. [English-derived Korean South Korea] [full cite] (Sep. 26, 2004)

partey n. Many of these people have been social misfits for years before they became political dissidents. And they are thriving today on a younger generation of social outcasts—the yobbos that we call “partey” (which by the way is a corruption for “partner.“) [English-derived Politics] [full cite] (Jul. 2, 2005)

partey n. If our military strategists feel that tear gas and batons would be enough to control an enraged mob of “parteys’ they are deluding themselves. Things have progressed to the stage in Male’ today where almost every “partey” carries a knife. Like certain clans in Arabia who regard the ceremonial daggers they carry as part of their dress code, the damned and the disillusioned generation of our youth, who call themselves “parteys,“ and who constitute the majority, carry flick knives and box-cutters. And they rule the streets. [English-derived Politics] [full cite] (Jul. 2, 2005)

pornoaction n. This week I was also taken to a local NGO discussion on the coming prohibition on pornography and pornoaction (meaning things like kissing in public and wearing “revealing” clothing). [English-derived Indonesian Indonesia Sex & Sexuality New or Nonce] [full cite] (Mar. 23, 2006)

precariat n. “Precariat” is a new Japanese word combining the English words “precarious,“ referring to the insecurity of part-time and contract work, and “proletariat.“ [English-derived Japanese Japan Employment New or Nonce] [full cite] (Jun. 21, 2007)

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