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Slang word for "police station"
For a story I'm writing, I've stumbled over a word and dictionaries aren't much help (if they turn up anything at all, they don't give me a good feel for either the exact meaning or usage).
I need a ...
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Are there any words or terms when 'a small daughter dancing with her dad with her feet on top of his'?
I'm writing my story and I had the idea to have both the characters to dance with one of them standing on the other's feet. But whenever I tried to search the word or term nothing showed up. The only ...
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Slang terms for unkempt and badly dressed [closed]
What are some American slang words for someone who is unkempt and badly dressed?
I'm looking especially for terms that girls use to refer to other girls in their social circles in a mean way.
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What is a noun for a person who is underrated despite being really good at something? [closed]
I'm looking for a word (a noun) to describe a person who is really good at something but somehow underrated.
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What's the AmE and BrE for "tartaruga"?
In Italian the term "tartaruga" (turtle) is used also to refer to well defined abdominal muscles on the notion that they look like a turtle shell:
Is there a slang/colloquial term or short ...
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word for a condescending, snarky, yet awkward and jealous, person
i'm looking for a word for a person who is cynical, judgmental, nitpicking, condescending but also flawed, gawky and timid (in an unfamiliar setting), and is harboring some kind of jealousy towards ...
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Single word for "Where are you guys?"
What slang expressions can I use to express "Where are you guys?" in a single word? I am looking for a very short, informal phrase or a single word I could use to ask this question that would still be ...
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A single word for “blind” and “slow on the uptake” [closed]
We have a word tiomny in Russian which has the meanings blind, dim, and dumb. Is there a word (possibly slang) in American English which is as close in meaning to both blind and slow on the uptake?
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