VOCABULARY

VOCABULARY

¬ LAYPERSON: Someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person.

¬ SHIWOLETH: A member of a linguistic group.

¬ UNATTESTED: Not supported by attestation, lacking supporting evidence in the form of assurance from an authority.

¬ DIACHRONIC: Used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time; "diachronic linguistics".

¬ SYNCHRONIC: concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents; "synchronic linguistics"; "descriptive linguistics".

¬ SLOPPY: In Spanish: “me ha dao ”, “he trabajao mucho” ...

¬ CORPUS: A collection of words in a context. A collection of writings: "he edited the Hemingway corpus”.

¬ “IT’S A CINCH”: In Spanish: “está chupado”

¬ CUCKOLD: In Spanish: “cornudo”

¬ FROWN UPON: No está bien visto (It’s from upon)

¬ EVICTED: Desahuciado

¬ SASSENACH: Is a word used chiefly by the Scots to designate an Englishman.

¬ CROWNS: Coronas.

¬ STRENGTHEN: reforzó.

¬ LICKSPIT: Persona desdeñable, aduladora.

¬ DRAWL: Speaking ‘slowly’. Arrastrar.

¬ RHOTIC: Pronunciation of a /r/ post-vocalic.

¬ MESOLECT: A mesolect is a register of spoken language whose character falls somewhere between the prestige of the acrolect and the informality of the basilect. Mesolectic speech, where it is distinguished from acrolectic speech, is often the most widely spoken form of a language, generally being used by the middle class.

¬ CREOLE: A Creole language, or just Creole, is a well-defined and stable language that originated from a non-trivial combination of two or more languages, typically with many distinctive features that are not inherited from either parent. All Creole languages evolved from pidgins, usually those that have become the native language of some community.

¬ SOVEREIGNTY: Soberanía, estado soberano.

¬ “NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS”: No hagas gilipolleces.

¬ “TOOTH AND NAIL”: Con uñas y dientes.

¬ PRIVATEERS: Corsarios.

¬ ENDSAY: Conclusion

¬ SAYWHAT: definition

¬ DRYMOCK: irony (mofarse).

¬ RENAISSANCE MAN: A complete man that does a lot of things (“guapo y encima, inteligente”)

¬ “DIOS LOS CRÍA Y ELLOS SE JUNTAN”: Birds of a feather flock together.

¬ “DUCKS AND GEESE”: Police

¬ “TROUBLE AND STRIKE”: Wife

¬ “RABBIT AND PORK”: talk: ‘Stop rabbiting on!’à cállate de una puñetera vez.

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