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noun [ U ] UK old-fashioned informal uk / jɒŋks / us / jɑːŋks / Add to word list. a very long time, usually a number of years: How is Gareth? I haven't seen him for yonks! SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Long periods of time. -athon. a long haul idiom. aeon. age. be in something for the long haul idiom. donkey. eon. epoch. era.
- English (US)
noun [ U ] UK old-fashioned informal us / jɑːŋks / uk /...
- Znaczenie Yonks, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
YONKS definicja: 1. a very long time, usually a number of...
- Yonks in Simplified Chinese
YONKS translate: 很久，很长一段时间;（通常指）很多年. Learn more in the...
- Yonks in Traditional Chinese
YONKS translate: 很久，很長一段時間;（通常指）很多年. Learn more in the...
- Yonder
YONDER definition: 1. in the place or direction shown; over...
- Yore
YORE definition: 1. of a long time ago: 2. of a long time...
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Showing 1 to 65 of 65 entries. List of slurs that generally refer to gay and feminine men. All of these terms are offensive and should never be replicated unless a necessary part of a title or other identifier, in which case enclose in quotation marks to indicate this.
- 'No Can Do' and 'Long Time No See'
- Stan
- Woke
- Queer
- Karen
- Does It Matter?
These are also phrases with racist origins, according to Tony Thorne, language consultant at King's College London and author of the Dictionary of Contemporary Slang. They're forms of mockery of poorly spoken English. "'No can do' began as mockery of 'pidgin English' or 'broken English' as supposedly spoken by non-Europeans," Thorne says. "It's a l...
"Stan" is used by millennials to say they're massive fans of a celebrity. For example: "I love Delta Goodrem. I stan her." But it comes from the Eminem song Stan (the one where he duets with Dido) about an obsessive stalker who kills his pregnant girlfriend. We probably don't want to brag about being that kind of fan. The rapper explainedthe song w...
This is increasingly used as a derogatory term by those on the centre-left (like Obama) after also being ridiculed by the right. "This term has been re-appropriated and twisted until it has become toxic and difficult to use in any acceptable way" says Thorne, who likens it to "politically correct", "snowflake" and "social justice warrior". But its ...
Otherwise known as the Q in LGBTQI. Although some people see this insult as "reclaimed", others may not know its history as a word to other, demean and alienate gay and gender nonconforming people. Reclaiming such a term involves a certain amount of privilege and power. If this was the word hurled at you in the homophobic bullying of your past, it ...
Ah, the great Karen debate. It has been raging. "Karen" is a term used by millennials in reference to a woman who likes to complain — calling the police on her neighbours, snitching on naughty classmates at school, asking to see the manager. There are all sorts of sexist connotations, as Julia Baird, Hadley Freeman and Julie Bindel pointed out in r...
According to Kel Richards, author of The Story of Australian English, not as much as you might think. "Etymology does not control the meaning of words," he says. "It is usage, not etymology, that shapes the meaning of a word." As with most linguistic conundrums, a good guiding principle here might be: back free speech by avoiding censorship, by all...
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noun [ U ] UK old-fashioned informal us / jɑːŋks / uk / jɒŋks / Add to word list. a very long time, usually a number of years: How is Gareth? I haven't seen him for yonks! SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Long periods of time. -athon. a long haul idiom. aeon. age. be in something for the long haul idiom. donkey. eon. epoch. era.
