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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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Tuesday Jan 22, 2013
New Words of 2012 (#70)
Tuesday Jan 22, 2013
Tuesday Jan 22, 2013
Fusband, Earworms, Copernicium, Man cave, Bucket list, tweeps, redic http://artofmanliness.com/2010/07/27/famous-man-caves/ http://www.merriam-webster.com/info/newwords12.htm http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/press-releases/23-august-2012/ Please hit Subscribe button or if in China click Contact button above, leave a comment I will post your comment. You can also download podcast to your MP3 player.
Monday Jan 07, 2013
Contronyms (#69)
Monday Jan 07, 2013
Monday Jan 07, 2013
5 words that have opposite meaning.. The traditional meaning and the slang meaning..These words area called called contronyms, self-antonyms, autoantonyms, antagonyms, or "Janus words" (from the Roman god who looked in two directions at once). Bad, wicked, hot, sick, bitchin.