beaucoup

借自法語 beaucoup。在越南戰爭期間因美國大兵而普及。

You know that cost beaucoup bucks!

Donlon says, "Well, we're rich and we got beaucoup beer and beaucoup chow. Now all we need is the Bob Hope show."

唐倫說：「嗯，我們很富有，我們有很多啤酒和很多食物。現在我們需要的只是鮑勃霍普秀。」

1979, Gustav Hasford, The Short-Timers, New York: Bantam Books, 出版於 1980, →ISBN，頁號 93:


Spanish

來自中古英語 Spainish, Spanish，等同於Spain + -ish。

與西班牙裔跟他們文化有關的


Spanish

Sixty-four percent more Spanish are functionally illiterate compared to Anglos in Lubbock (only 15 percent more of nonwhites than Anglos).

1970, Henry Sioux Johnson, William J. Hernández-Martinez, Educating the Mexican American，頁號 87:


yesterday

源自中古英語 yesterday、yisterday、ȝesterdai、ȝisterdai，源自古英語 ġiestrandæġ、ġister dæġ、ġestor dæġ、ġeostran dæġ，等同於yester- + day。对比低地蘇格蘭語 yisterday、yesterday (“昨天”)、哥特語 𐌲𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃 (gistradagis, “明天”, 副詞)。也对比關係更遠的荷蘭語 gisteren、德語 gestern。

I want this done yesterday!


granda

My granda would make everything from scratch and it was a wonderful feast of a picky tea. His potatoes deep-fried in batter were amazing.

2017, Sarah Millican, How to be Champion:


with

源自中古英語 with，源自古英語 wiþ，源自原始西日耳曼語 *wiþi，原始日耳曼語 *wiþrą (“反，反對”)的縮略形式。副詞的釋義可能是從其他日耳曼語意譯的，例如 挪威語 med、瑞典語 med 和德語 mit。

Do you want to come with?


Canada

借自法語 Canada，源自勞倫特語 kanata (“村莊、聚落”)。比較奧農達加語 ganataa (村莊)。

與某個大國接壤的國家，與該大國有許多相似之處，但因大國更加突出而黯然失色

Belgium is France's Canada.

比利時之於法國，就如加拿大之於美國。

2015, Michael DeMocker, The land of waffles, frites, chocolate, meat and, oh yes, culture, Louisiana: The Times-Picayune，頁號 1:


red

源自中古英語 red，源自古英語 rēad，源自原始西日耳曼語 *raud，源自原始日耳曼語 *raudaz（對比西弗里斯蘭語 read、低地德語 root、rod、荷蘭語 rood、德語 rot、丹麥語、書面挪威語 rød、新挪威語 raud），源自原始印歐語 *h₁rowdʰós，來自詞根*h₁rewdʰ-（對比威爾士語 rhudd、拉丁語 ruber、rufus、吐火羅語A rtär、吐火羅語B ratre、古希臘語 ἐρυθρός (eruthrós)、阿爾巴尼亞語 pruth (“紅髮人”)、教會斯拉夫語 рудъ (rudŭ)、捷克語 rudý、立陶宛語 raúdas、阿維斯陀語 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬛𐬌𐬙𐬀 (raoidita)、梵語 रुधिर (rudhirá, “紅色的，血腥的”)）。

Stopping on the red, you're going on the green / Cause tonight will be like nothing you've ever seen / And you're barreling down the boulevard / You're looking for the heart of Saturday night

1974, Tom Waits （作曲作詞）, “(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night”, 出自 The Heart of Saturday Night:

The species Sciaenops ocellatus certainly isn’t lacking for nicknames.[…] Clear water also favors sightcasting. Against the dark background of marsh mud, a red will appear like a pumpkin — big, orange and round.

2013 November, Catch Cormier, “Sightcasting for redfish”, 出自 Louisiana Sportsman:


Jag

"One of the ticket collectors at our local station," observed Mr. Fiennes, "has a Jag."

1960 February, “The future of B.R. passenger traffic”, 出自 Trains Illustrated，頁號 76:


Kiwi

more Kiwi (comparative)
most Kiwi (superlative)


loli

來自日語 ロリ或lolicon 的截斷形式。

主要用於日本動畫和日本漫畫


French

繼承自中古英語 Frenche、Frensch、Frensc、Frenshe、Frenk、Franche，來自古英語 Frenċisċ (“法語”)，來自原始西日耳曼語 *Frankisk (“法蘭克”)，等同於Frank + -ish (對照Frankish)。與西佛蘭德語 Fransch (“法語”)、荷蘭語 Frans (“法語”)、中古低地德語 vranksch、frenkisch、vrenkesch、vrenksch (“法語”)、中古高地德語 frenkisch、frensch （“法蘭克的，法蘭西的”；> 德語 fränkisch (“法蘭克尼亞”)）、丹麥語 fransk (“法語”)、瑞典語 fransk、fransysk (“法語”)、冰島語 franska (“法語”)同源。
用作粗俗語言的義項，其通常指早期19世紀上層階級實際使用的法語表達 (但通常輕微無禮)，後來被下層階級用作罵人的話，因為他們認為聽者不會熟悉這些用語。
用來指苦艾酒的義項，是French vermouth的簡稱。

more French (comparative)
most French (superlative)

用於構成性病的名稱或指代

French disease

French crown

French pox


cap

源自中古英語 cappe，源自 古英語 cæppe，源自晚期拉丁語 cappa。cape, chape, and cope的同源對似詞。


gen

Nose around any modest-sized station and the odds are you'll find that the chargeman's office doubles as a bashers' club, a place where shivering spotters can get warm and catch up on the gen.

2015, Nicholas Whittaker, Platform Souls: The Trainspotter as 20th-Century Hero:


gen

"Mladenovic playing in what the young gen is calling a crop top, but what my gen is calling a bra," Bouchard tweeted. "Sign of the times that Wimbledon has no issue with that. Still can remember the year some had troubles because of 'too short' skirts lol."

2022年June28日, “Wimbledon tennis: Fans react to Kristina Mladenovic's eye-catching outfit”, 出自 The New Zealand Herald:

It’s anyone’s guess whether such attitudes will persist into adulthood, but if Gen Z (and the gens to come) do prove more alco-skeptic than their forbears then the above twelve steps are deftly primed to cash in.

2022年July4日, Ben Schott, “Is There Anything That Gen Z Won’t Drink?”, 出自 The Washington Post:

按時間順序排列的某件事的具體版本

For my fellow first-gens, get ready to hide a smirk, because your life story is likely hidden somewhere in this chapter. For the uninitiated—that is, the person who's never had a thing to do with the Arab way of doing things (namely dating)—I advise you to buckle up.

2004, Sally Bishai, “Courtship, Marriage and the Ubiquitous ‘Dating Thing’”, 出自 Mid-East Meets West: On Being and Becoming a Modern Arab American, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN，頁號 57:

[…] I witness firsthand the difficult "downstream" outcomes (Grusky 2014) of social class stratification in a university setting where approximately 3,400 undergraduates (13% of the undergraduate population) are first in their families to attend and/or graduate from college (first-gens). Most of these students are low income and nearly 1,200 first-gens have grown up in poverty.

2016, Dwight Lang, “Witnessing Social Class in the Academy”, 出自 Working in Class: Recognizing How Social Class Shapes Our Academic Work, Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, part 2 (Teaching)，頁號 102:

The Family Values and Framing Strategy steps address soft issues as what is the purpose of the new investment strategy, is there a desire to engage and train the next generation (Next Gens), and is there building buy-in and engagement across the family members important to strengthen family unity.

2017, Temple Fennell, “SCIE: Sustainable Cycle of Investing Engagement”, 出自 Kirby Rosplock, The Complete Direct Investing Handbook: A Guide for Family Offices, Qualified Purchasers, and Accredited Investors (Bloomberg Financial Series), Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN，頁號 242:


honey

來自中古英語 hony, honi，來自古英語 huniġ，來自原始西日耳曼語 *hunag，來自原始日耳曼語 *hunagą（對照西弗里斯蘭語 hunich、德語 Honig），來自早期*hunangą（對比瑞典語 honung），來自原始印歐語 *kn̥h₂onk-o-s，來自*kn̥h₂ónks。和中古威爾士語 canecon (“金”)、拉丁語 canicae 複 (“糠”)、吐火羅語B kronkśe (“蜂”)、阿爾巴尼亞語 qengjë (“蜂巢”)、古希臘語 κνῆκος (knêkos, “紅花”)、北庫爾德語 şan (“蜂巢”)、北盧里語 گونج (gonj, “蜂”)同源。

Man, there are some fine honeys here tonight!

夥計，今晚這裡有好幾個性感尤物會來呢！


cheerio

/ˈtʃɪəɹ.i.əʊ/

/ˈt͡ʃɪəɹ.i.oʊ/

在北美很少使用。儘管其他人可能可以理解，但這個詞可能被視作幽默用法，且可能被用來模仿英式英語使用者。

"In that case," said Archie, relieved, "cheerio, good luck, pip-pip, toodle-oo, and good-bye-ee! I'll be shifting!"

「這樣的話，」阿奇鬆了口氣，「再見，祝你好運，再見，再見，再見！我要走了！」

1921, P. G. Wodehouse, Indiscretions of Archie, ch. XIII. Rallying Round Percy:

But we all knew it wasn't the final end of the HST. This wasn't "goodbye", more like a "cheerio", see you someplace soon.

但我們都知道這並不是 HST 的最終結束。 這不是「goodbye」，更像是「cheerio」很快就會在某個地方見到你。

2019年October23日, Pip Dunn, “The next king of Scotland”, 出自 Rail，頁號 50:


of

來自中古英語 of，來自古英語 of (“從、自”)，af的非重音形式，æf (“從、離、離開”)，來自原始日耳曼語 *ab (“離開；遠離”)。off的同源對似詞，為古英語單詞的重音派生詞。參見off。

(屬於)： 對於人，一般會直接用所有格形式。

(組成，製成)： of 可以直接與動詞或形容詞短語連用。

現代英語逐漸少用 of 修飾名詞，轉用名詞 + 名詞的結構。對比 part of speech (“詞類”)（16世紀） vs. word class (“詞類”)（20世紀），Federal Bureau of Investigation（“聯邦調查局”，1908年） vs. Central Intelligence Agency（“中央情報局”，1947年），affairs of the world（18世紀） vs. world affairs（“國際事務”，20世紀）。

of 連接名詞和被某些副詞修飾的定語形容詞時，可以被省略。這個用法中可用的副詞包括too、so、how、as、more、less、this、that。

表達性格或品格。 連接單數不定名詞（前接不定冠詞）和定語形容詞（由程度副詞修飾）。

It's not that big of a deal.


carnivore

借自法語 carnivore，源自拉丁語 carnivorus。動物學義項則是由威廉·惠威爾在1840年造出，來自法語 carnivore（喬治·居維葉所造）。

/ˈkɑːɹ.nɪ.vɔɹ/

carnivoran

食肉目（Carnivora）下的哺乳動物

不是所有的肉食動物都屬於食肉目（比如食肉的鳥類和魚類），也不是所有的食肉目動物都是肉食性的（比如大熊貓）。為了避免這一容易混淆的情況，新詞 carnivoran 可以用來表示“屬於食肉目的動物”。


considering

more considering (comparative)
most considering (superlative)

/kənˈsɪdəɹɪŋ/

Your wound doesn't look that bad, considering.

各方面考慮起來，你的傷口看起來其實沒那麼嚴重。


cutter

通過割傷身體來進行自殘的人

After I got out of the mental institution I was looking at t.v. show I was looking it a teenage girl who was a cutter her arm look just like my arm.

2013, Leona Davis, Past, Future, and End, FriesenPress，頁號 33:


coyote

借自西班牙語 coyote，來自納瓦語族語言，來自原始納瓦語 *koyootl。對照欽諾克混合語 ki-o-tī。

從拉丁美洲跨越陸地邊界進入美國的非法移民

Jorge’s father had pawned his last four goats for $2,000 to help pay for their transit, another loan the family would have to repay at 100 percent interest. The coyote called at 10 p.m. — they would go that night.

豪尔赫的父亲将他手上的最后四头山羊典当换来了2000美元，以支付他们的交通费用，这是他们一家必须以100%的利息偿还的另一笔贷款。晚上10点，偷渡者打来电话——他们当晚就会出发。

2020年July23日, Abrahm Lustgarten, “The Great Climate Migration [大气候迁徙]”, 出自 New York Times:


yo-yo

原是商標名。最可能源自伊洛卡諾語 yóyo，或另一菲律賓語族同源詞。

It is hard to watch the management for very long and not conclude that the place is run by a bunch of yo-yos.

Now look at them yo-yos, that's the way you do it

1985, Sting & Mark Knopfler （作曲作詞）, “Money for Nothing”, 出自 Brothers in Arms, 演出者 Dire Straits:

Henry glanced past him at the few other customers currently in attendance. "Hey! Any of you yo-yos headed up Castle Hill?"


cupcake

“Listen, cupcake,” Cash tried to soothe. “Sometimes when grownups get mad, they say things they don't mean. I'm sure your mother—”

「聽著，小甜心，」卡許試圖安撫她。「有時候大人生氣的時候，會說出一些他們本意不想說的話。我相信你的媽媽——」

2010, Kimberly Cates, The Perfect Match:


cupcake

So—we offered a cup cake a day for life to anybody who would find us a better word than the word “market.”[…]She wrote to say that the Farmers Market defies description and asks why we don’t just keep on referring to it as the original Farmers Market and send the cup cakes to some home for under cup-caked children.

所以——我們提供終生每天一個杯子蛋糕，給任何能幫我們找到比「市場」更好詞語的人。 […] 她寫信說農夫市場無法用語言形容，並問我們為什麼不繼續稱其為原來的農夫市場，並將杯子蛋糕送給那些缺少杯子蛋糕的孩子們。

1942年March10日, Fred Beck, “Farmers Market Bulletin”, 出自 Los Angeles Times, 卷 LXI，頁號 2:

Winnie Ellis “cupcaked” her Decorative Stitchery group and Paul Barnett baked enough of her special bran muffins for all of the Meals on Wheels recipients.

Winnie Ellis 給她的裝飾刺繡小組送了杯子蛋糕，而 Paul Barnett 烘焙了足夠的特製麥麩鬆餅，供所有上門送餐服務的接受者享用。

1975年September11日, Kerrville Mountain Sun, 卷 94, 期 48, Kerrville, Tex.，頁號 six:

“We grew up here and love this community so anything that we can do to give back we will. We have taken cupcakes to the hospital, outreach groups, the SPCA and even the RCMP and firefighters have been cupcaked,” said [Raj] Singh, noting that they would even like to set up a scholarship for local students.

「我們在這裡長大，熱愛這個社區，所以我們會盡力回饋。我們把杯子蛋糕送到醫院、外展團體、SPCA，甚至皇家加拿大騎警和消防隊員也收到了杯子蛋糕，」[Raj] Singh 說，他指出他們甚至想為當地學生設立獎學金。

2008年December21日, Kristi Patton, “Pair display a sweet taste for business”, 出自 Penticton Western News, 卷 42, 期 153, Penticton, B.C.，頁號 9，列號 5:

Kenny started “You’ve Been Cupcaked” three years ago after she earned a following creating cakes and cupcakes for family members.

凱妮在三年前創辦了「你已收到杯子蛋糕」這個活動，在那之前，她因為為家人製作蛋糕和杯子蛋糕而贏得了追隨者。

2011年June19日, Stephanie A. O’Connell, “A baker’s delight, and that’s just icing on the cake”, 出自 Record-Journal, 144th year, 期 170, Meriden, Conn.，頁號 E4:

和介詞 out 連用：用杯子蛋糕使……厭倦

Ross, a pastry chef who recently moved from California, reels off half a dozen cupcake bakeries in the Santa Monica area she went to all the time, including one called “Le Cupcake” which opened last fall and prompted one food blogger to ask, “Are we cupcaked out? Is there room for yet another cupcake shop in Southern California?”

Rose 是一位最近剛從加州搬來的糕點師，她列舉了她經常去的聖莫尼卡地區的六家杯子蛋糕店，其中包括去年秋天開業的一家名為「Le Cupcake」的麵包店，這讓一位美食部落客問道：「我們吃杯子蛋糕吃膩了嗎？南加州還有空間再開一家杯子蛋糕店嗎？

2007年September26日, Darry Madden, “Opening her own business is icing on the cupcake”, 出自 The Boston Globe, 卷 272, 期 88，頁號 E4:

I love baking cupcakes, but I was starting to feel cupcaked-out.

我喜歡烘焙杯子蛋糕，但我開始厭倦做杯子蛋糕了。

2013, Coco Simon, Katie’s New Recipe (Cupcake Diaries; 13), Simon Spotlight, →ISBN，頁號 42:

She slid a blue mini cupcake with green and teal sprinkles my way. “Try this Neptune’s Nibble.” I said regretfully, “I think I’m cupcaked out.”

她把一個有綠色和茶色灑粉的藍色迷你杯子蛋糕推給我。「試試這個 Neptune's Nibble。」我遺憾地說，「我想我已經厭倦杯子蛋糕了」。

2021, Josh Lanyon, Bell, Book and Scandal: Bedknobs and Broomsticks, →ISBN:

“I told 'em that you would bake us 30 cupcakes instead.” And so Mrs. Smith cupcaked the other night until 1 a. m.

「我跟他們說你會幫我們烤30個杯子蛋糕」 就這樣，史密斯夫人那天晚上一直做杯子蛋糕直到凌晨 1 點。

1955年December23日, Gerald (Gunny) Gunthrup, “The Gunny Sack”, 出自 The Oneonta Star, 卷 LXIV, 期 657, Oneonta, N.Y.，頁號 4:

And make cupcakes. I’ve cupcaked three times in the last few days.

還有做杯子蛋糕。這幾天我做了三次杯子蛋糕。

2011年August25日, Suzanne Thibeault, “500 Things Project: Thinking about cupcakes and pickles”, 出自 TribLocal，頁號 12:

While many a bakery cupcaked and failed, Robicelli’s continues to withstand the test of time.

當許多麵包店製作杯子蛋糕而倒閉失敗時，Robicelli's 卻依然經得起時間的考驗。

2015, Off Track Planet’s Brooklyn Travel Guide, Running Press, →ISBN:


deliver

來自中古英語 deliveren，來自盎格魯-諾曼語和古法語 delivrer，來自拉丁語 dē + līberō (“使自由”)。

"You know, he plays great sometimes when he doesn't score," Brown said. "Tonight, with Rip (Richard Hamilton) struggling, we needed somebody to step up, and he really did. He really delivered."

2004, Detroit News, Detroit Pistons: Champions at Work (page 86)

However, ministers argue they are delivering the Brexit demanded by the electorate – and say it is time for businesses to wean themselves off cheap migrant labour.

2020年February18日, “UK to close door to non-English speakers and unskilled workers”, 出自 The Guardian:


fantastico

借自意大利語 fantastico (“幻想的”)，源自晚期拉丁語 phantasticus (“假想的，虛幻的”)。fantastic and fantastique的同源對似詞。

more fantastico (comparative)
most fantastico (superlative)


furry

furrier (comparative)
furriest (superlative)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-furry.wav


huh

最早的書面記錄始於約1600年。對照荷蘭語 hè (“哼”)。

音頻 (美國加利福尼亞)

音頻 (南英格蘭、上升音調)

音頻 (南英格蘭、下降音調)

音頻 (南英格蘭、史詩般的功夫式音調)

用來表示沒有聽到所說的內容。

Huh? Could you speak up?

用於創造一個附加問句。 嗎，呢，嘛

It's getting kind of late, huh?


hickey

叫不出名字的物體 （自1909年）

Years ago, there were internal company standards for dark center (ink color) hickeys and for white voids in solids/type.

2008, American Printer (volume 125, page 63)

It is generally believed, by those who study such things, that serif typefaces are easier to read when reading a lot of words. The hickeys (serifs) on each letter tend to push our eye toward the next letter.

2018, Paul W. Ross, Revival: The Handbook of Software for Engineers and Scientists


legit

more legit (comparative)
most legit (superlative)

legitimate 的截斷形式：合法的，适法的，正当的


lose

源自中古英語 losen，源自古英語 losian，源自原始日耳曼語 *lusōną，*luzōną，源自原始日耳曼語 *lusą。

When we get into the building, please lose the hat.

進入大樓後，請將帽子摘掉


memo

I made sure to memo him about the client's complaints.

我確保向他提交了關於客戶投訴的備忘錄。


hi

high的另一種拼寫法，通常用連字符。

Get hi-quality videos here!


medical

借自中古法語 medical，源自中世紀拉丁語 medicālis，源自拉丁語 medicus。代替古英語 lǣċe (“醫生”)，其與冰島語 læknir (“醫生”)同源。

You'll have to get a medical before you apply for that job.

你應聘之前，得去做個體檢。

After completing a medical and the requisite paperwork on Tuesday to seal the deal, Di María said: “I am absolutely delighted to be joining Manchester United. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in Spain and there were a lot of clubs interested in me, but United is the only club that I would have left Real Madrid for.

2014, Jamie Jackson, "Ángel di María says Manchester United were the ‘only club’ after Real", The Guardian, 26 August 2014:

All UK train drivers must undergo a medical every three years up to the age of 54, and annually from then on.

2021年November17日, “Network News: Age-related medical requirements”, 出自 RAIL, 期 944，頁號 9:


paleolithic

These laws are absolutely paleolithic.

這些法律絕對都已經老掉牙了。


google

The word "oceanfront" has 6,150,000 googles, so I think it must be a real word.

“oceanfront”這個詞在谷歌上有615萬條結果，我覺得這應該是個實際存在的詞。


pussy

And although, as someone recently said to me, they are not "designer" (she had expected my pussies to be expensive, with a pedigree), to me my cats are the most beautiful in the world.
儘管正如最近有人對我說的那樣，它們不是「設計師」（她本來以為我的貓咪會很貴，有血統），但對我來說，我的貓咪是世界上最漂亮的。

2007, Liz Jones, "Are cats the new dogs?", The Independent, 17 Nov 07:


rich

richer (comparative)
more rich (comparative)
richest (superlative)
most rich (superlative)


bats

more bats (comparative)
most bats (superlative)

You must be bats to go out in the cold without a coat on.

在寒冷的天氣裡不穿外套，你一定是瘋了。

"Don't be so bats, Binns! Why should anyone want to pinch just one boot?"
"He might have been a chap with only one leg."

1952, Anthony Buckeridge, Jennings and Darbishire:


player

源自中古英語 pleyer、playere，源自古英語 pleġere (“遊戲者，玩家，運動員，摔角手”)，等於 play + -er。

喜歡到處拈花惹草，而非建立長久性關係的人

Thunder only happens when it’s rainin’ / Players only love you when they’re playin’ / Say women, they will come and they will go / When the rain washes you clean, you’ll know

1977, Stevie Nicks （作曲作詞）, “Dreams”, 出自 Rumours, 演出者 Fleetwood Mac, Warner Bros.:


rent boy

Francis Urquhart: Got anything on him?
Tim Stamper: There was a whiff of scandal about ten years ago.
Francis Urquhart: Rent boy. In a train. To Red Hill. Yes. Wanted to sell his story but we bought it and hushed him up. Be ungentlemanly to bring that up. A man's private life should be private.
Tim Stamper: On the other hand, getting sucked off in second class is hardly prime ministerial behaviour.
Francis Urquhart: Yes, you have a point there.

1990, House of Cards, Season 1, Episode 4:

An Irishman came up to him, bought him a drink, asked him if he was a rent boy, and agreed to give £40 for coming back.

1992, Donald James West, Buz De Villiers, Male prostitution，頁號 93:

Just then, a rent boy with perfect white teeth and a babyface flashed me one of those unforgettable Thai smiles.

2007, John Patrick, Dangerous Boys, Rent Boys，頁號 12:


AI-complete

人工智能完全/完善（strong AI）。

Problems like solving crosswords from clues are reputed as AI-complete [7]. This enormous complexity is due to its semantics and the large amount of encyclopaedic knowledge required.

2006, M.Gori, M.Ernandes, G.Angelini, "Cracking Crosswords: The Computer Challenge", Reasoning, Action and Interaction in AI Theories and Systems: Essays Dedicated to Luigia Carlucci Aiello, edited by Oliviero Stock, Marco Schaerf, Springer Science & Business Media ISBN 9783540379010, page 266

Just as concept kernels are not AI-complete, sequiturs and resonances are not AI-complete. Sequiturs and resonances also may not need to be human- equivalent to minimally support deliberation; it is acceptable for an early AI to miss out on many humanly obvious thoughts, so long as those thoughts which are successfully generated sum to fully general deliberation.

2007, Ben Goertzel, Cassio Pennachin, Artificial General Intelligence, Springer Science & Business Media ISBN 9783540686774, page 452

... Now imagine a remote descendant of such a system that has acquired the ability to read with as much understanding as a human ten-year-old but with a reading speed similar to that of TextRunner. (This is probably an AI-complete problem.)

2014, Nick Bostrom, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies, Oxford University Press ISBN 9780199678112, page 71


blue screen of death

A Blue Screen of Death is like an encrypted message from your computer telling you there's a problem. We're going to help you make sense of the gobbledygook so you can fix whatever's ailing your PC!

2007, Paul Lilly, “BSOD Crash Course”, 出自 Maximum PC，頁號 40:


Michelangelo

借自意大利語 Michelangelo，源自 Michele (“米迦勒”) + Angelo (“天使”)，指《聖經》中的天使長米迦勒。


waltz

源自德語 Walzer ← walzen (“跳舞”) ← 古高地德語 walzan (“轉”) ← 原始日耳曼語 *walt- (“轉”) ← 原始印歐語 *wel- (“轉”)。


waltz

Don't worry about the interview — you'll waltz it.

別太擔心採訪——很容易你就搞定了。


Brett

Brettanomyces，一類酵母，用來釀造一些啤酒，也會影響葡萄酒的口感


Grab

I will take a Grab back home.

我會在Grab上叫一輛車回家。


diam

借自馬來語 diam (“安靜的”)。

Diam lah, you have no gal let alone have a son or daughter.

閉嘴啦，你都沒有女朋友，更別說兒子女兒了。

2021年April8日, intruder, “God so loved the world”, 出自 soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):

If the answer is affirmative, then he is qualified to talk to us. Otherwise, diam lah.

假如答案是肯定的，他才有資格跟我們談。否則，那他還是閉嘴啦。

2023年December9日, “Najib wants more time for another run.”, 出自 soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):

So diam lah, baruah bangsat!

2013年June7日, <par@tmnet.net.my>, “Mooted online media control 'not politically motivated'”, 出自 soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):


jambu

來自馬來語 jambu的語義延伸，發源自梵語 जाम्बव (jāmbava, “果實或蒲桃”)。

more jambu (comparative)
most jambu (superlative)

用來描述女性。沒有任何性方面的暗示。常用於演講或電子媒介中。少見於新聞或紙質材料。

You discover that she has SISTERS, who are also very jambu.

2000 2 December, m0bius, soc.culture.singapore

She has this healthy glow, almost like she's golden skinned, but oh so jambu lah!

2007 27 August, http://her-whimsical-escapade.blogspot.sg

got this mat saleh soooo jambu.

2008 26 July, CR[7], Singapore Bikes Forum

Add me pls . There are only 5 Salmah Samions ! The most jambu looking profile is me lah !

I also wanna look jambu also what on that 2-day event.

2014 16 October, https://web.archive.org/web/20160910012100/https://faithinloveandyou.wordpress.com/

My very jambu Shahida for her engagement today. I have a thing for braces girls.

2014 6 December, theatelierweddings, Instagram

don't sabo that minah jambu lah.

2015 1 August, figo16, Singapore Hardware Zone Forum

A reader has shared with us a Facebook post by jambu ICA officer Adilla Ramli. She gives her view on the recent ICA jams.

2015 21 December, Farhan, All Singapore Stuff


deo

Some men complain their deos don't work after regular use. Your underarm area can build up immunity to the same product. Alternating two deos can give you total protection.

2005, Drum: A Magazine of Africa for Africa (issues 687-694, page 32)

He brandishes a can of deodorant (deo) spray as he says this, grinning all the time. 'I started using this about two years ago. I didn't realise deos can be so useful in controlling sweating and keeping me feeling fresh. […]

2014, Damodar Mall, Supermarketwala: Secrets To Winning Consumer India:

'Maybe it's a teeny bit embarrassing, but seeing that we're good friends, Jabłonovska, don't you use any deo?' 'Any what?' 'Deo. Deodorant.' She pronounced the final T sharply and distinctly.


Unicode

於1988年作為建議草案而出現，“旨在提出一個獨特的、統一的、通用的編碼”。來自uni- + code。

來自不同語境的文字，通常以非標準的方式使用。有時被用作拉丁字母的反義詞。

Since most users on the site are westerners, we have banned Unicode in all text input boxes.

因為網站的大部分使用者來自西方，所以我們已禁止在所有文本輸入框內使用Unicode。


Ph.D.

形譯自新拉丁語 Ph.D.，Philosophiae Doctor (“哲學博士”) 的縮寫。

Ph.D's (plural)
Ph.D.'s (plural)
Ph.D.s (plural)

/ˈpiːˌeɪ̯t͡ʃˈdiː/

不能泛指所有的博士學位，還有許多其他的稱呼。

獲得哲學博士學位程度的人

There are 12 Ph.D’s in the Concordia faculty of 62, according to Dr. P. A. Zimmerman, President, with others nearing the completion of doctorate requirements.

1961年February26日, “Doctorates Are Received by Six”, 出自 Sunday Journal and Star, 94th year, 期 9, Lincoln, Neb.，頁號 3B:

The uncertainty of the job market has a new meaning for Ph.D’s these days: Prospects Highly Depressing.

如今，就业市场的不确定性对博士生来说有了新的含义：前景非常令人沮丧。

1971年January14日, “Ph.D’s Finding Job Prospects Depressing”, 出自 The Pensacola News, Pensacola, Fla.:

He also directs a post-doctoral program in behavioral medicine in which Ph.D’s receive training for very special kinds of treatment.

1988年September1日, Cecilia Bush, “Flying high, firmly grounded”, 出自 The Catholic Advance, 卷 CXXII, 期 34, Wichita, Kan.，頁號 1，列號s 1–2:

Growing up the daughter of two Ph.D.s in geology, young Lucy Chronic was more likely to hear discussions of plate tectonics than the prospects of the local ball team's chance of winning the pennant.

2004, Lucy Chronic, Halka Chronic, Pages of Stone, 2nd版, The Mountaineers Books, →ISBN, end material: About the Authors，頁號 174:


sunflower

水平放射狀的合成有機化合物，如暈苯


toad

來自中古英語 tode、toode、tadde、tade，來自古英語 *tāde，古英語 tādie的短形式異體，tādiġe (“蟾蜍”)。對照古英語 tāxe (“蟾蜍”)。
與低地蘇格蘭語 tade、taid、taed、ted (“蟾蜍”)同源。對照丹麥語 tudse (“蟾蜍”)，可能起源自同一古老詞根；也對照瑞典語 tåssa、tossa (“蟾蜍”)、古英語 tāxe (“蟾蜍”)、古英語 tosca (“蟾蜍”)。

將玩家從MUD等遊戲系統中永久驅逐


budgie

She keeps a ton of budgies in her home.

她在家裡養了很多虎皮鸚鵡。


一瓶26盎司的瓶裝酒精飲料。


kuai

借自官話 塊／块 (kuài)。

Many Chinese people never cook at home because the range of options is endless, from 10-Kuai eats, to 1,000-Kuai feasts.

很多中国人不在家做饭，因为（外出就餐的）选择实在是太多了，从10块钱随便吃点，到1000块钱的大餐。


andro

Even more tardy, baseball ultimately banned andro.

2009年January13日, George Vecsey, “Voters Cannot Forgive or Forget Suspicions of McGwire’s Drug Use”, 出自 New York Times:


YouTube

源自you + tube (“電視”, 北美口語)，指使用者（你，“you”）可在該網站上載自己的電視（“tube”）內容。

可在線觀看的視頻（尤指發佈在視頻分享網站上者）

Then it's a YouTube of some kid trying to play "Radar Love" on a cheap guitar using only his feet,[…]

而这个视频的内容是，一个孩子正尝试只用脚弹吉他，演奏曲目“Radar Love”， […]

2007, Andy Ihnatko, iPhone Fully Loaded:

Not too long ago, there was a YouTube of you two brawling. How did the musical collaboration happen?

不久之前，有人在网上发布了你们两人打架的视频。你们的音乐合作是如何展开的？

2009 March, Valerie McQueen, “Bring me the Horizon”, 出自 Revolver:


many moons ago

指的是按月相周期来安排的阴历。


merch

His playful point of view on youthful American sportswear, expressed in boxy mohair jackets with graphic resin bubble buttons and tomboy T-shirt dresses in superfine chiffon as bright as tangerine sorbet, is backed up with what stores would describe as the merch: easy scoop-neck cashmere sweaters in a mix of colors, lightweight T-shirts and sheared mink Army caps.

2007年February15日, Eric Wilson, “Babes in Label Land”, 出自 New York Times:


dep

*多個 以“dep”開頭的詞之縮寫。
*多個 以“dep”開頭的詞 的截斷形式。

[A]s soon as the door opened we could see it was the deputy governor coming through. […] We watched as the dep crossed the football field towards us.

1999, Alex Alexandrowicz, David Wilson, The Longest Injustice: The Strange Story of Alex Alexandrowicz


dep

Regularly with Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band for almost a year in the late 1990s and later deputized in the band, including a tour of Denmark (2003), also depped in Chris Barber's Band for Swedish tour (2001).

2004, John Chilton, Who's Who of British Jazz: 2nd Edition (page 212)


hes

源自he's，省略撇號。


sprog

起於20世紀40年代，原為軍隊俚語，可能源自舊詞sprag (“活潑的年輕男子”)，源頭不明。

To test this hypothesis further, he and his mate Fifer persuaded 16 women, heavy with child, to read a story called The Cat in the Hat to their unborn sprogs, twice a day, during the last few weeks of their pregnancies.

1984 September 13, Donald Gould, Forum: Suck it and see, page 54,

Kids will love the climbing wall and NZ′s highest vertical slide. If the sprogs get bored with reality, movie make-believe (p232) is right next door.

2010, Brett Atkinson, Sarah Bennett, Scott Kennedy, New Zealand′s South Island, Lonely Planet, page 220,


stump

源自中古英語 stumpe, stompe (“樹樁”)，源自或與中古低地德語 stump (“樹樁”)有關，源自原始日耳曼語 *stumpaz (“樹樁，末端，砍下的部分”)。與中古荷蘭語 stomp (“樹樁”), 古高地德語 stumph (“樹樁”) (德語 Stumpf), 古諾爾斯語 stumpr (“樹樁”)同源。參見stop。

This last question has me stumped.

最後一個問題把我問倒了。


Jaffa

借自阿拉伯語 يَافَا (yāfā)，借自聖經希伯來語 יָפוֹ (yāfō)。

They were together, at the flicks on Saturday night, eating Jaffas and smiling at each other occasionally in the dark.

2005, Barbara Anderson, Collected stories:


anti-vax

And, indeed, fashion is already doing its part in the form of pro-vaxx and anti-vaxx T-shirts. Many of the anti-vaxx versions come pre-loaded with Libertarian subtext.

2015年January21日, Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, “How Fashion Helped Defeat 18th-Century Anti-Vaxxers”, 出自 The Atlantic:

Online anti-vax communities, most of which are on Facebook, have taken on a very different tone.

2020年June18日, Kiera Butler, “The Anti-Vax Movement’s Radical Shift From Crunchy Granola Purists to Far-Right Crusaders”, 出自 Mother Jones:

Donald Trump’s habit of projecting his own failings onto his adversaries reached a new level of absurdity on Labor Day, when he attacked the Democratic ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for “reckless anti-vaccine rhetoric” and accused them of a position that “undermines science.”

2020年September8日, Michael Hiltzik, “Column: Trump attacks Biden and Harris as anti-vaccine, but he’s the one with the anti-vaxx record”, 出自 Los Angeles Times:

The anti-vaxx movement punches down and punches hard. Its leaders tend to be men and women from wealthy backgrounds.

2021年January30日, Nick Cohen, “Anti-vaxxers posing as victims has a history. Look at Andrew Wakefield”, 出自 The Guardian:


dress to kill

dresses to kill
dressing to kill
dressed to kill

穿著顯眼（尤其指用於吸引異性）


anybody

Everybody who wants to be anybody will come to Jake's party.

Here one isn't anybody, if one doesn't dance like Travolta.


advert

This was a wonderful advert for the Premier League, with both Chelsea and United intent on all-out attack - but Ferguson will be concerned at how his side lost their way after imperiously controlling much of the first period.

2011年March1日, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd”, 出自 BBC:

When I was writing my 'Tube Talk' column, a man sent me a letter complaining about the advertisement of cars on the Underground. Why would the Underground masochistically promote a rival transport mode? The answer, I discovered, was that the adverts on the network must not 'harm the brand', and a car advert per se was not deemed to do that. However, a car advert that said 'Why are you using this horrible Tube when you could be driving one of our lovely cars?' would not be allowed.

2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, ISBN 978-1846684777，頁號 41:

In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.

2013年May25日, “No hiding place”, 出自 The Economist, 卷 407, 期 8837，頁號 74:


Yiddish

源自意第緒語 ייִדיש (yidish)，來自Yidish Daytsh，來自中古高地德語 jüdisch diutsch (“猶太裔德國人”)。與德語 jüdisch (“猶太的”)同源。

more Yiddish (comparative)
most Yiddish (superlative)

意第緒式（猶太式）生活方式的


selfie

源自self + -ie。最早出現於2002年，原是澳洲英語。

Um, drunk at a mates^([sic]) 21st, I tripped ofer^([sic]) and landed lip first (with front teeth coming a very close second) on a set of steps. I had a hole about 1cm long right through my bottom lip. And sorry about the focus, it was a selfie.

2002 September 13, N. "Hopey" Hope, "re: Dissolvable stitches" https://web.archive.org/web/20131123194231/http://www2b.abc.net.au/science/k2/stn/archives/archive32/newposts/169/topic169861.shtm, ABC Online Forum selfie photo:

Pre. Nice rooftop selfie. […] No Hair. Another nice rooftop selfie.

2004 October 21, Brian McGuirk, "bmcguirk's photos." https://web.archive.org/web/20041126014124/http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcguirk/, Flickr:

That's not to imply that it's "wrong" for your arm or hand to show up in a selfie.

2005, Jim Krause, Photo Idea Index, HOW Books (2005), ISBN 9781581807660, page 148:

Barack Obama was talking to David Cameron and with the Danish Prime Minister, and that’s when she actually reached into her purse and brought out a cell phone and stretched her arms and did a selfie with them.

2013 December 13, Roberto Schmidt (guest), Brooke Gladstone (interviewer and editor), “The Photographer Behind ‘Selfie-Gate’”, On the Media, National Public Radio:

I shall take this photograph myself. This must be what they call a selfie.

2017 Lord Stag, "Say Cheese", Lily's Driftwood Bay


snooze

未知。對比荷蘭語 snoezelen。

snooze button

鬧鐘的“打盹按鈕”，按下後幾分鐘會再響一次

鬧鐘的“打盹按鈕”，按下後幾分鐘會再響一次

The whole movie was a snooze.


spaceman

I want to be a spaceman when I grow up.


pol

The knights-errant of politics could "tsk, tsk" all they wanted, but most experienced pols recognized that patronage was the lifeblood of their profession.

2008, Frank P. Vazzano, Politician Extraordinaire (page 174)


white ant

來自white + ant，外表看起來像是螞蟻。

虽然称作 white ant，且外观和行为都相似，但白蚁不是蚂蚁。科学上一般用termite称呼白蚁。

The most important point in the work of the white ant remains to be noted. I have already said that the white ant is never seen.

1885 October, Henry Drummond, The White Ant: A Theory, Popular Science Monthly, page 741,

The most voracious cable-muncher in the tropical and sub-tropical parts of Australia is the termite, or white ant, which eats through both lead and polythene sheathings.

1971 June 3, Technology Review: Spoiling the termite′s dinner, New Scientist, page 573,

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am happy to hear that the hon. Member appreciates the fact that white ants cause a lot [of] destruction in his area. There is very little we can do about white ants.

1990 December 13, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard), page D.3,

White ants destroy living plants by removing the epidermal layers, effectively ‘ringbarking’ the subject.

1995, Bill Sheat, Gerald Schofield, Complete Gardening in Southern Africa, page 424,

Our house was built on a hard ferruginous conglomerate, in order to be out of the way of the white ant, but they came in despite the precaution; […] .

2010, David Livingstone, 15: Conversations on Rain-Making, Roy Richard Grinker, Stephen C. Lubkemann, Christopher B. Steiner (editors), Perspectives on Africa: A Reader in Culture, History and Representation, page 246,


agony aunt

在報紙或其他期刊的問答專欄作家。

一些提供諮商與解答個人問題的專欄。


trash bag

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-trash bag.wav


junk food

The episode begins with a lifetime of junk food, beer and no exercise catching up with Homer in the form of painful heart contractions.

2012年June17日, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Homer’s Triple Bypass” (season 4, episode 11; originally aired 12/17/1992)”, 出自 The Onion AV Club:

Junk foods and fast foods such as pizzas, hot dogs, doughnuts, cookies, cakes, and so on increase inflammation, promote insulin resistance, and increase the risk of diabetes and obesity.

2018, Timothy R. Jennings, The Aging Brain, →ISBN，頁號 82:


sharpener

/ˈʃɑː(ɹ)pənə(ɹ)/


sked

schedule第一個音節的重拼。

Smaller-town indies are lopping off early-week skeds with winter among us.

1989, The Film Journal (volume 92, issues 1-6)

Gibbs saying that the reason HRC delayed releasing her sked was that she was “hiding” something, […]

2008年March20日, Ana Marie Cox, “Obama Conference Call”, 出自 Times, retrieved 20150315:


sked

schedule第一個音節的重拼。

Actually NBC and other webs have used similar devices in the past, particularly during the war, when net used plattered segments for its news and documentary stanzas. As far as can be determined, however, this is the first post-war instance in which the net has allowed even a partial plattering of a regularly skedded commercial stanza.

1957年December30日, “NBC Breaks Wax Rule for Hope's Britain Shows”, 出自 Billboard, 卷 59, 期 45，頁號 5:


Missus

Mrs，用於已婚女性姓名。


gurl

Damn white gurl Thought you was A1 Yet your existence a none

2012, Krystina V, A Diva's love Affair, →ISBN，頁號 22:

An' Lee went closer to where the gurl was waitin'. His party follered an' I follered too.... Jest whin the moosic sthopped an' the gurl looked up—thin she seen Lee.

All gurl's good fur—jist To dust an' sweep, an' scold, An' sew on buttons what yo mus't Sewin' on last week. Wush't Iwuz a boy!

2013, Karen L. Kilcup & Angela Sorby, Over the River and Through the Wood, →ISBN:


whatchoo

"I don't care whatchoo tell 'er, fo'real," he said, scooting to the end of the piano bench.

Well, whatchoo gonna do about it, Momma?

2007, Joseph Wambaugh, Hollywood Station:

"Whatchoo want 'em for?" "It's a surprise," he says.

2008, Carolyn Chute, The Beans of Egypt, Maine


sabo

給……造成麻煩，破壞，搗亂


shart

放湿屁 （肛門放鬆或放屁而不小心排便）

This same friend called me a few years ago to tell me that she had sharted—when you fart and a little fudge comes out—in a cab on her way home.

“ […] My hubris is about to shart itself at the craft store to the tune of 'Yakety Yak' while I am buying glitter paint.”

To make matters much worse, the shadow looked like the spider was flying, and this sent him right off. Daniel sharted.

2015, Michael Riddell, Same Dog, Different Shite:


toon

卡通，特別指動畫電視節目。

Did you know Nash had a complete break with reality, that he was loonier than a toon for almost four months?

2005, Sara Bell, The Magic in Your Touch, →ISBN，頁號 123:

玩家化身或大型多人線上角色扮演遊戲顯示的角色。

Proxemics are very important, however, as the positioning of an agent's toon in anon-combat grouping or in the environment can show place within a social group.

2010, Ben Kei Daniel, Handbook of Research on Methods and Techniques for Studying Virtual Communities, →ISBN:

僅用於loony toon 或 looney toon，替代寫法 loony tune。

We are both kind of strange and one day we were driving in the car and Steve said to me, You know Karin, you are a real loony toon'.

I look at him as if he's a loony toon.

2012, Kelly Watts, From the Mouth of Charlie Watts, →ISBN，頁號 32:

Wilson, quite early on, points out: “Many messiahs have undoubtedly been mental cases, suffering from psychotic delusions” These looney-toon 'messiahs' seem to this reviewer to be running very fast away from any profound development in human consciousness!

2012, Vaughan Rapatahana, Philosophical (a)Musings, →ISBN，頁號 25:


cootie catcher

東南西北（摺紙遊戲的一種）


one o'clock

一點鐘方向；中間稍微偏右（水平），或稍微偏上（垂直）的方向

We've got a bogey at one o'clock.

我們一點鐘方向有架敵機。


two o'clock

兩點鐘方向；中間稍微偏右（水平），或稍微偏上（垂直）的方向

We've got a bogey at two o'clock.

我們兩點鐘方向有架敵機。


twelve o'clock

英語中，twelve o'clock high 和 high noon 雖然詞形相似，但意思和衍生上都有不同。前者意思為“正前方；正上方”，後者意為“正午，太陽正在頭頂方向時”。

正前方（水平時鐘方向）或上方（垂直時鐘方向）

We've got a bogey at twelve o'clock .


squirt

源自中古英語 squirten、squyrten，源頭不明；可能是擬聲詞。類似swirl。對比低地德語 swirtjen。

Excuse me, I need to take a squirt.

不好意思，我要去撒泡尿。


goose egg

鵝蛋和阿拉伯數字零（0）均為橢圓形。

I missed every question on the quiz and got a goose egg.

考試的每道題我都做錯了，拿了個零蛋。


pain in the butt

使人感到不快、討厭的人或事物

The customers love it, but the employees think the new system is a pain in the butt.

顧客們是喜歡，但員工們覺得新系統很煩人。


trucker

Because of deregulation and the drive to lower costs, Mr. Lorr said, truckers are now regarded by many companies as just another replaceable part. Some can barely eke out a living.

勞爾先生稱，由於管制放鬆和許多公司試圖降低花費，卡車司機被他們視作可替換的部件。有的司機只能勉強糊口。

2020年September24日, Alex Williams, “The Ugly (and Glorious) Truth About American Supermarkets [美國超市的醜陋（且光榮）的事實]”, 出自 New York Times:


Twitter

源自twitter (“發出一連串啼叫聲”)。

I've lost the password to my Twitter.

我忘記我推特賬號的密碼了。


phones

I don't like wearing phones for any length of time, but these are as comfortable as any I've tried. The only problem is that their isolation is so good, you feel cut off from the outside world and you can't hear what people are saying about you.

1990, Home & Studio Recording (volume 4, page 33)

I ripped the phones off my head, fluffed my hair, and tossed the crumpled lyric sheet in the garbage can before strolling into the control room like a queen.

2015, Bethany Michaels, Naughty in Nashville Super Bundle:


sad panda

來自“Sexual Harassment Panda”，1999年動畫喜劇系列《南方公園》的一集。


jack off

以無益懈怠的方式刺激或取悅自己


smoker

只限男性參加的非正式社交活動，一般允許吸煙

That evening A Company had a "smoker" in one of the disused huts of Shorncliffe Camp.

Yes we're gonna have a wingding / A summer smoker underground

1982, Donald Fagen （作曲作詞）, “New Frontier”, 出自 The Nightfly:

有小品、歌唱等節目的社交活動（無論是否允許吸煙）


sixty-one

警察對平民所呈報犯罪案件的報告


twenty-first

慶祝某人二十一歲生日的派對


未知。《牛津英語詞典》認為是nix的押韻俚語。
其他的說法包括：
# 來自紐約市的戴爾莫尼科餐廳菜單第#86號，腰牛排（Delmonico steak），19世紀時經常很快就售罄。
# 來自禁酒令時期紐約的熱門地下酒館Chumley’s。Chumley’s 隱藏在西村的住宅當中，有兩個門口：一個經過裝潢的主入口，在巴羅街（Barrow Street）；還有一個隱蔽的後門，在貝德福德街86號（86 Bedford Street）。當守門人在大門口看見警察接近的時候，就會大喊“86 it!”，通知顧客把酒藏好，從後門快速離開。

86 the ham and eggs for table two!

86 the lobster bisque – we won’t have the lobster delivery until tomorrow.

不做龍蝦濃湯——明天龍蝦才送到。

We finally had to 86 that old printer after it jammed one too many times.

那台舊打印機出太多故障，我們終於不得不把它扔掉了。

The restaurant 86ed us because we didn't fit the dress code.

那家餐館不歡迎我們，因為我們著裝不符合他們的規定。

(Ben Sanderson, speaking to a bartender) -- "Please, serve me today, and I'll never come in here again. If I do, you can 86 me."

He stole from me and snitched on me, so I 86ed him.

他偷了我東西，所以我把他幹掉了。

RONALD:”They tried to ghost your girl Isabel right here”. WES CHANDLER(played by Ron Perlman):”Tried to ‘ghost’ her?” RONALD:”Merk. 86. Put her down in the dirt. You feel me?”

2017年September28日, Josh Corbin, 片头起37:03, 出自 Start Up, 季数 2, 集数 6, 角色 Ronald Dacey（Edi Gathegi）:


Jersey

源自中古英語 Gersey，源自盎格魯-諾曼語 Gersui，進一步的詞源有爭議。可能來自古諾爾斯語，為Geirs (“Geirr 的”) + ey (“島嶼”)的組詞。也有可能與拉丁語 Caesarea有關，是羅馬人在佔領的土地上為紀念愷撒而起的名稱（對比法語 Césarée）。後者影響了拉丁語對該島嶼的翻譯。


apoplexy

晚期中古英語詞彙，源自古法語 apoplexie，源自晚期拉丁語 apoplexia，源自古希臘語 ἀποπληξία (apoplēxía, “瘋狂；中風，麻痺，癱瘓”)，源自ἀποπλήσσω (apoplḗssō, “因中風而致殘”) + -ία (-ía, 名詞後綴)。參見plague。


Poindexter

借自澤西諾曼語 Poingdestre (字面意思是“右拳”)。詞義「書呆子或不善於社交的人」源自卡通《菲力貓》中的同名角色。

Brain: A quantum-interface bomb? Are you insane in the membrane? / Philip Fry: You got it, Poindexter!

2003年April6日, David X. Cohen, “The Why of Fry”, 出自 Futurama, 季数 5, 集数 8, Fox Broadcasting Company:


rox

rocks的另一種拼寫法，含卓越、偉大義。


hackathon

If these are opinions I'm sure that it happens to have something to do with the immense amounts of caffeine and sugar that I've ingested over the course of his 50hr hackathon.

1985年January20日, Andy Beals, “Re: net.men.only?”, 出自 net.flame (Usenet), retrieved 2016-12-16, message-ID <3466@mit-eddie.UUCP>:

Just after the Hack-A-Thon. A little tired, but it's still early, just after 3 a.m. I log onto the Vax and find that two of the people from the Hack-A-Thon are already on. I VMSphone RJLEWIS, a hacker and the president of our computer club, to ask him why he left the 'thon early. He answers after quite a few rings - no surprise, he was probably doing some hacking. He answers, "This isn't Crash." Hmm...probably one of his roommates. Another person joins the conversation - RLCOLLINS, one of his roommates - saying "This is Crash." Ok, I'm confused. "Why?," I ask. RJLEWIS responds that this is a person named Debbie and it's her first time on the computer.

1990年November30日, P'relan, “A Callahan's Romance”, 出自 alt.callahans (Usenet), retrieved 2016-12-16, message-ID <3009.27556011@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>:

I bet you most programmers started out "hacking." You think you're alone in that, but I'm sure you can find hundreds of people in this newsgroup with "48-hour hack-a-thon" or similar kinds of stories. They may have been working with punched cards or with all-text displays, but hacking is hacking. That's why some of the dreaded professional programmers will see your fixation with obscure tricks as nothing more than a phase they've been through themselves.

1992年February29日, David M. Baggett, “Re: 'Demo crews'”, 出自 comp.sys.atari.st (Usenet), retrieved 2016-12-16, message-ID <1992Feb29.043440.25994@wam.umd.edu>:

UNITED ARTISTS, THE ONION, AND THE VIRTUAL GAMING CENTER PERSENT: THE 24 HOUR HACKATHON! n promotion of the new moive "HACKERS" (the fast-paced cyberpunk thriller opens in theaters September 15th), we are giving away a some great prizes! Be the first person to "hack" into our special web site on the internet and win a BRAND NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM! Fifty runners-up will receive special HACKERS gift packs.

1995年September1日, James Dicke, “HACKERS: Win a new computer!”, 出自 milw.general (Usenet), retrieved 2016-12-16, message-ID <4282s8$15l@earth.alpha.net>:


GG

通常搭配一些新加坡式英語的助詞使用，特別是 liao。

完蛋，遭殃（可能會有不理想的結果，而人無法改變或逃避）

Physics test today was out of the world…Honestly I think I’m going to fail big time…I didn’t know I had to study statics! What’s the point in testing LAST year’s work? Like wtf lawl…So i think I flung that section…GG liao lor…

2007 March 7, Thomas Kwok, Camping Grounds 2.0, What a week, accessed on 2015-10-22:

Liverpool GG liao la. Steven Jialat hamstring problem. Dirk Kuyt ankle problem. take west ham win this saturday.

2010 November 18, QQfufa, Hardware Zone Singapore, Liverpool GG liao la, accessed on 2015-10-22:

GG liao.. I can't get in to my account liao ... Keep say someone inside...

2013 December 23, BBdotcom Enterprise, Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/BBD0TC0MEnterprise/posts/446296825469807, accessed on 2015-10-22:

Gg liao moi go Malaysia forgot to off my data roaming Den i check singtel app saying 1mb data roaming = $25.

2015 October 20, Kitaro9202, Hardware Zone Singapore, GG liao moi go Malaysia forgot off my data roaming, accessed on 2015-10-22:


sidekick

來自 side + kick，在 19 世紀末和 20 世紀初是褲子前面口袋 (也就是最不容易被偷的口袋) 的俚語詞彙。因此，類似的，「side-kick」就是一個人最親密的伴侶。

In the abstract, Stuhlbarg’s twinkly-eyed sidekick suggests Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon 2 by way of late-period Robin Williams with an alien twist, but Stuhlbarg makes a character that easily could have come across as precious into a surprisingly palatable, even charming man.

抽象的說，史都巴格的有著閃亮眼珠的隨從使用外星人麻花通過後期羅賓威廉斯的方式暗示《致命武器 II》中的喬佩西，但史都巴格讓一個容易給人留下珍貴印象的人物變成了一個令人驚奇的合乎趣味，甚至是有魅力的男人。

2012年May24日, 奈森拉賓, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, 出自 The Onion AV Club:

If representation and recruitment is an objective, self-styled mavericks like Kelly and his Queensland sidekick George Christensen have some utility.

如果代表和招募是客觀的，那麼像凱利和他的昆士蘭隨從喬治克里斯騰森這樣自稱持不同政見的人會有一些用處。


play with oneself

plays with oneself
playing with oneself
played with oneself


brain drain

英國皇家學會的發言人最早在20世紀50年代早期使用這個詞，用來描述科學家、技術專家外流到美國和加拿大的情況。


stinky

繼承自中古英語 stinky、stynky，等價於 stink + -y。對照荷蘭語 stinkig (“臭的，骯髒的，腐爛的”)、德語 stinkig (“臭的”)、漢斯立克語 stinkich。

stinkier (comparative)
more stinky (comparative)
stinkiest (superlative)
most stinky (superlative)

壞的，不好的，不受歡迎的

[…] she walked over to the table and switched off the Walkman as she sat down.

1991, Theresa P. Gladden, Romancing Susan, Bantam Books, ISBN 055344123X, page 37,

“School all year round.” The father groaned. “What a good idea.”

2003, Betty Levin, Shoddy Cove, HarperCollins, ISBN 0-06-052272-0, page 151,

The binky drifted up and far away,

2007, Aletha V. Smithson, “Pacifier Breaking” (poem), in As He Was Known, AuthorHouse, ISBN 1-4259-7805-3, page 172,


Red Army

紅色是共產主義的傳統代表色，亦表示蘇聯時期的意識形態。

紅軍 俄羅斯聯邦武裝部隊，尤指其地面部隊


modder

（批量生產之物品或軟體的）改裝者

Content creators (or 'modders') are individuals who create additional content for computer games. [...] The creation of 3D models requires a lot of skill, with modders needing to have knowledge of 3D design software and coding so that the models can function within the game itself.

2021年August11日, Chris Howe, “Inspire the march of the 'Mods'”, 出自 RAIL, 期 937，頁號 62:


toodles

為toodeloo的略縮，帶指小/親暱性質的-s。


Depo

狄波-普維拉（Depo-Provera） （醋酸甲羥孕酮的商標名）。

Researchers find that the women who lived in places affected by the Planned Parenthood cuts had 27 percent more births than the women using Depo in the year prior.

2016年February3日, Sarah Kliff, “When Texas defunded Planned Parenthood, women got less birth control and had more babies”, 出自 Vox，2023-03-26歸檔自原頁面:


stick one's nose in

sticks one's nose in
sticking one's nose in
stuck one's nose in

愛管閒事；過分插手、干涉

I was doing just fine before he came and stuck his nose in.

他過來插手之前，我都一直幹得不錯。


kick back

I'm going to stay at home on Saturday and just kick back.

星期六我打算呆在家里休息一下。


ecologically friendly

more ecologically friendly (comparative)
most ecologically friendly (superlative)

對一個地區的生態有益（或至少無害）的


have a bun in the oven

has a bun in the oven
having a bun in the oven
had a bun in the oven

懷孕，有了（字面意思是「烤箱裡有個圓包」）

Her parents were surprised to learn that she had a bun in the oven.

得知她懷孕了，她的父母很驚訝。


unstrung

衰弱的，情緒低落的，無法保持冷靜的

Waking up in the small room, you feel dull, stupid, gloomy, oppressed, yawny, lax, and all unstrung in body and mind...

1848, Orson Squire Fowler, A Home for All:


Six Counties

此詞幾乎僅由民族主義團體使用，有時被聯合主義者認為是貶義用語。

北愛爾蘭的六個郡，包括安特里姆、阿馬、唐（鄧恩）、弗馬納、德里（倫敦德里）、蒂龍（泰隆）


Viet

more Viet (comparative)
most Viet (superlative)


husman

“Wife, su'mit. As your husman I'm ordering you to su'mit.”

“老婆，屈服。作为你的丈夫，我命令你屈服。”

2007, Bill Spevacek, Millen County Standoff:

"You know my husman works on a giant forklift for this company for years. […]"

“你知道我老公在这家公司修理大型叉车好几年了 […] ”

2010, Jeannie Cheatham, Meet Me with Your Black Drawers On: My Life in Music，頁號 179:

Whosoever that hoochefied, home wrecking heifer is she ain't gon steal my husman from under my nose.

无论这个该死的、破坏家庭的小母牛是谁，她都不会从我的眼皮底下偷走我老公。

2014, The Skegeehawk!, Zee: An Original Naughty Narrative，頁號 357:


MIDI

When you collect a group of MIDIs into an album, you can play them much like a CD, with repeat mode, random mode, and a programmed playlist.

當你將一組 MIDI 檔案整理成專輯時，你可以像播放 CD 一樣播放它們，並使用重複模式、隨機模式和程式化播放列表。

1998, Judi N. Fernandez, WAVs, MIDIs & RealAudio: Enjoying Sound on Your Computer:


Talibanistan

瓦濟里斯坦，瓦澤爾斯坦，瓦齊里斯坦


Sais

借自威爾士語 Sais。


little brother

同類詞：little sister、big brother、big sister


swanky

swankier (comparative)
swankiest (superlative)

His manner never had been modest or retiring. Now it was unmistakably swanky; he was putting on side to an extent that made fellows who observed him smile and shrug their shoulders.

1930, Frank Richards, The Magnet: Tale-Bearer in Chief:


-gasm

orgasm (“性高潮”) 的截斷形式。

構成表示某種性高潮方式的名詞。

nipple (“乳頭”) + -gasm → nipplegasm (“乳頭高潮”)

構成表示某種“極度愉悅的體驗”的名詞。

ear (“耳朵”) + -gasm → eargasm (“聽覺上的享受；耳朵懷孕”)


stat

statistic (“統計量”) 的截斷形式。

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-stat.wav

stat out

為（遊戲中的怪物等）分配統計數據

收集或解釋相關的統計資料

"I went back and statted that match," Shondell said. "Seventy percent of the points, we either finished them with a kill or making an error. So we were in control, it's just that we weren't in control the way we needed to be on a regular basis."

“我回过头来分析那场比赛的统计数据，”肖德尔说。“其中百分之七十的分数，我们要么扣杀得分，要么犯错。所以我们确实控制了局面，只是控制得不像平时那样。”

2014年September16日, Sam King, “Purdue volleyball notes: Madness in Mackey Arena”, 出自 Journal & Courier:

The most important part of the collection, however, is Howe’s folders of stats. […] All up, he reckons he’s statted over 10,000 Australian matches at all levels. It’s all been digitised now, of course, but to this day Howe maintains a hand-written record.

不过，收藏中最重要的部分是豪的统计数据文件夹。 […] 他估计自己已经共统计了一万多场各级别的澳大利亚比赛。当然，现在这些都已经数字化了，但豪至今仍保留着手写记录。

2015年July27日, Joe Gorman, “The stats guru helping keep alive football history in Australia”, 出自 The Guardian:


stat

法定公共假日（也稱作 stat holiday）