- vogue expression
- nModewort nt
English-german dictionary. 2013.
vogue expression
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vogue words — In its meaning ‘popular use or currency’, vogue dates from the 17c, but the expression vogue word (or term) did not come into general use until the 20c. Fowler, who was one of the first to use the term, defined it as a word that ‘emerges from… … Modern English usage
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pop one's rocks — vb to achieve orgasm, ejaculate. A version of get one s rocks off which was briefly a vogue expression in the early 1970s. Pop has been used in a sexual sense at least since the 19th century. (An American synonym is pop one s cookies .) … Contemporary slang
sick — adj 1. American amusing, funny. An item of black street talk which was included in so called Ebonics, recognised as a leg itimate language variety by school officials in Oakland, California, in late 1996. ► He s such a sick dude when he s tellin… … Contemporary slang
suss — I. adj British suspect or suspicious ► I thought it was a bit suss when they offered it to me for nothing. II. n British 1. knowhow , savvy . A usage in currency since the 1970s, based on suss (out). ► I wouldn t worry about her, she s got a lot… … Contemporary slang
turbo-crush — n British an infatuation. Turbo here is used as an intensifier in the same way as the contemporary and more common mega . To have a turbo crush on someone was a vogue expression among younger British adolescents in the mid 1990s … Contemporary slang
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MODE — Un examen rapide de la définition du mot «mode» montre qu’à ce terme deux autres vocables sont souvent associés: le «monde» (pour société ou univers) et la «modernité». Dérivée du substantif latin modus (façon d’être passagère) et de l’adverbe… … Encyclopédie Universelle
ROCOCO — Les termes qui désignent les styles sont très souvent, dans leur acception primitive, des mots péjoratifs: gothique, maniérisme, baroque, pompier ont été ou sont encore employés avec une valeur polémique. Ils permettent de qualifier, ou plutôt de … Encyclopédie Universelle
