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shakhidka

shakhidka  n.— «You won’t find it in any Russian dictionary, but a single word dominates newspaper headlines and conversations in the street after two weeks of bombings and mayhem: shakhidka, or female Islamist suicide bomber. A mix of the...

–ting

–ting  suffix— «“Mee-t’ing” or simply “t’ing.” A blind date. Sometimes a “so-gae t’ing” (lit. “introductory date”). Some folks used to speak jokingly of “eh-rae-bae-i-taw t’ing,”...

–ting

–ting  suffix— «Adding or using the English gerund suffix “-ing” (or “-ting”) is quite common in Korean/Konglish, from “sogaeting” to “phone-ting” to “meeting” (group blind...

meeting

meeting  n.— «Adding or using the English gerund suffix “-ing” (or “-ting”) is quite common in Korean/Konglish, from “sogaeting” to “phone-ting” to “meeting” (group blind date)...

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