- loquial
- loquial adj. 2 g. Dos lóquios.
Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa . 2012.
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col·loquial — col|·lo|qui|al Mot Agut Adjectiu invariable … Diccionari Català-Català
Cantigas de Amigo — The Cantigas de Amigo (or “songs to a friend”) are Galician Portuguese lyrics written between the 12th and 14th centuries. In this kind of lyric, a female persona sings to or about her lover. Generally the subject is the suffering the woman… … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
cabbaged — adj British drunk. An item of student slang in use in London and elsewhere since around 2000. It probably derives from the col loquial use of cabbage or vegetable to denote someone who is mentally inca pacitated or comatose … Contemporary slang
clobber — n British clothes, accessories or equipment. The word is now so widespread as to be col loquial rather than slang. It dates from the 19th century but its origin is obscure; it may be an invention, a dia lect form of clothes , or from the Yid dish … Contemporary slang
cranking — adj exciting, stimulating, powerful. The words come from the image of cranking up an engine and, by extension, the col loquial cranking up the volume … Contemporary slang
cranked — adj exciting, stimulating, powerful. The words come from the image of cranking up an engine and, by extension, the col loquial cranking up the volume … Contemporary slang
flat — adj British penniless. A shortened form of the col loquial flat broke , heard in raffish speech of the late 1980s … Contemporary slang
honkies — n pl American the backside or buttocks. An American ism of the 1970s, derived from the col loquial verb to hunker down (i.e. to squat), which in turn is related to the word haunches (in mock rustic English, hunkers ) … Contemporary slang
knocked — adj British rebuffed, rejected, disappointed. In this sense the term is a shortening of the col loquial knocked back . It was in use among teenagers from the late 1990s. Bumped is a synonym … Contemporary slang
make out — vb American a. to indulge in necking or heavy petting b. to succeed in having sex. See also make out artist Both are teenagers extensions of the col loquial sense of the phrase; to be success ful. The usage is probably influenced by the verb make … Contemporary slang
