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有意思的英语单词起源 We focus on the origin of interesting words, idioms, and slang, science and technology...bilingual (Chinese and English) by Lewis Sandler, former lawyer and professor in Beijing, China since 1993 and now (11/19) in Presque Isle, Maine, interviewing ordinary people leading ordinary lives. Welcome to view my other websites listed on the right side of this page.
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Friday Feb 14, 2014
English slang heard on the streets of Beijing (#85)
Friday Feb 14, 2014
Friday Feb 14, 2014
143, spoice, dope, sweet, wicked
143: I love you from Musiq Soulchild's first album,Aijuswanaseing (I just want to sing) "Left messages on your answering machine About three or four times a day There aren't many more ways in words that I can say So I'll just say numerically from my heart to you - 143." -
spoice: excellent from Sage Kotsenburg American gold medal snowboard winner at Sochi Winter Olympics on Feb 9, 2014.
dope: excellent from Dutch doop "thick dipping sauce," from doopen "to dip" (cf. dip (v.)) semantic change
sweet: excellent from Old English swete "pleasing to the senses, mind or feelings;
wicked: very from Boston slang (contronym) see podcast 69 org. Old English "wicca"
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