g.o.a.t

Some praise comes with a crown; this one took a suspicious detour through the petting zoo 🐐—and then…

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1924 North. Whig (23 Jan.):
"Children will flooster about their mother."
1914 I. Bell Country Clash 39:
"I saw auld Leeb Crum an' Aaron Jamfray baith clappin' doon intil their seats wi' a great flister on the Sabbath afore the precentor could get it [Amen] oot."

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peak

When a fandom says it, the group chat’s standards have officially become impossible to meet. The scene in question? Let’s just say the bar called in sick 🎬…

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Fla'ed out

(Also: flahed out)

A phrase, deriving from the verb 'to fla', meaning to be totally exhausted, especially from dissipation.

L. McInerney, "Blood Miracles": ‘You’re not up for the party so.’ ‘I’m flahed out from partying’.

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It's time for another #WordWednesday! If you really knew how to work the dance floor, they called you this. What do you think? Should we bring it back from the 1920s to the 2020s?

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Michael J. Murphy, "Return of the Boy": "I used to chase the rats for him with Sadie the cailleach's [old woman] bleddy [bloody] ould elastic-sided boots - fire them at the rats."

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2. Flaithiúil: Often paired with 'fial' in Irish literature (as in the phrase 'fial flaithiúil'), this means prince-like, open-handed, or giving to a fault.

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slop

That suspiciously familiar audio is back for its 400th encore 🎧, and the algorithm has a very specific idea of “more”…

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"She only looked with a dead, dead eye
And a wan, wan cheek of sorrow.
I knew her Fetch, she was called to die
And she died upon the morrow."
- John Banim, "The Fetch".

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fr

Three tiny letters enter the chat with the confidence of a witness under oath. Suddenly, the group chat has a very compelling case 🧑‍⚖️…

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drop

The group chat has been saying “soon” for three weeks. A countdown just appeared, and now everyone’s pretending to be normal 👀…

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oneshot

Sommige potjes duren twintig minuten. Andere eindigen voordat je je snack hebt uitgepakt. Het verschil zit soms in één heel onbeleefd moment… 🎮

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tope de gama

Hay quien entra a una sala como si viniera con garantía extendida y motor recién salido del concesionario 🚗. Pero ¿quién decidió que eso era un cumplido y no una advertencia…?…

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cock

Some compliments arrive dressed as a grammatical emergency. This one has a real talent for making the group chat suddenly 😳…

#slang #langtwt #linguistics

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geil

Seine Vergangenheit wäre beim Familienessen leicht unangenehm; heute taucht es gefühlt überall auf. Wie ausgerechnet das passieren konnte 😏…

#deutsch #slang #geil

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Gen Alpha-jargon: de populairste termen en hun betekenis #GenAlpha #Slang #Taal #Jargon #Mogging

5. Something that is deserved; one's deserts.

Sheehan, "Glenanaar": "Whenever he went to the fair or market, he brought home a fairin' to Nodiag, sometimes a cheap brooch, or a hair comb."

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