In this message, Chris discusses the news that the UK will hold a referendum on its EU membership in June, 2016. Please read along using captions (subtitles) on Youtube / Facebook.
Feb 21
In this message, Chris discusses the news that the UK will hold a referendum on its EU membership in June, 2016. Please read along using captions (subtitles) on Youtube / Facebook.
Sep 09
Jul 16
Sozzled (slang) = drunk
“He was sozzled and looked a bit worse for wear, shall we say.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-33541502
Jul 04
Free video about the 2015 Wimbledon tennis championship in London, England:
Dec 31
The Top Words of 2014 (some of these might be U.S. terms)
1. The Heart Emoji (for love) — The Heart Emoji (for love) is the Top Word of 2014. Each emoji represents an emotion, expression, or state of mind, or a person, place or thing.
2. Hashtag — The re-invented pound-sign becomes evermore powerful.
3. Vape — Smoking an electronic or e-cigarette, shorthand for vaporize, or vaping. Vapers are banned from indoor vaping in New York and other locales.
4. Blood Moon — Four total eclipses of the moon in eighteen-month span. Some Christians see it as the presaging a “lunar apocalypse”.
5. Nano — From Greek for dwarf, small; now 1 billionth of a meter, and any number of words surrounding nano technology.
6. Photo Bomb — Breaking into a ‘pre-arranged” photograph without authorization resulting in often humorous outcomes.
7. Caliphate — Literally, a land ruled by an Islamic Caliph typically governed under Sharia Law.
8. (White) privilege — The alleged advantages of having lighter colored skin in a diverse society.
9. Bae — Term of endearment for one’s object of desire.
10. “Bash” Tag — Using a hashtag to undermine your frenemies.
11. Transparency — That state of government openness that is apparently unachievable in the Western World.
12. Sustainable — The Jimmy Carter of words; keeps getting stronger since it was WOTY in 2006.
13. Clickbait — A link you just have to click on, though its more of a paid-for bait-and-switch.
14. Quindecennial — Fifteen year anniversary; 2014 is the quindecinnal of the 21st century.
15. Comet — Comet 67p has a visitor from the Rosetta Spacecraft.
Source: The Independent (UK)
Dec 13
“Brummie” (Birmingham accent) has been voted the least attractive in a UK YouGov poll. What do you think?
Oct 23
“Overshare” and “photobomb” are 2014’s words of the year.
Please read all about them and others in this Independent (UK newspaper) article.
Sep 02
Please click here for a detailed BBC article explaining viewpoints on the possibility of Scottish independence.
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Dec 30
This BBC article discusses the key words in British politics in 2013.
Lots of vocabulary and more to learn, I hope.