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al-box n.— «Seventy-eight fully grown men were fit in two police cars with the capacity of each only 10. Many Egyptian university students must know those cars quite well—they are referred to in Egypt by an English word borrowed into...
BT n.— «“BT”—from the English slang “bad trip”—is an expression designating a foul mood.» —“Acronyms run amok in Indonesia” by Bhimanto Suwastoyo in Jakarta, Indonesia Mail &...
fooding n.— «One of my favorite bits of franglais is the word le fooding. The meaning of this contraction of “food” and “feeling” is slippery, but it relates to a trend of fresh, original cooking that’s taking hold...
dhodhi n.— «The source of laughter is the name Dodi which, according to the way it is pronounced, would be spelt “Dhodhi” in Shona and is used euphemistically in everyday conversation as a polite way of referring to human...
saiko n.— «In Japanese, “Saiko” means “the best.” In Korean, however, saiko means the same as the English word “psycho.”» —“Of their own kind: Author for the 20-somethings” by Shin Hae...
blue jeans n.— «Todos eliminan los localismos. Hay palabras que ya no se escuchan. Los “blue jeans” han sido naturalmente sustituidos por vaquero en todos estos canales, y hoy en la calle, en muchos países de América...