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Help me with vocabulary queries
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monder78
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Help me with vocabulary queries
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Hello fellow teachers
I have been trying to look up certain words in my English language dictionary and unfortunately I have been unable to find the words. Here is the list of the words I am writing about :
1. how do you call a big � � fat circle � � around your stomach. In some countries it is referred to as someting to do with tyre I know the word starts muffin ...
2. does wedding house exist in English ?
3. does photoshopped photo exist ?
4. what �s the word for pouring or addidng something secretly into somebody else �s drink
5. a person who does everything the other way round
Thx for your help.
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1 Jun 2013
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Jayho
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Hi Monder
Here�s my two cents worth:
2. Not as far as I know. Do you mean wedding reception venue / wedding venue?
3. Not sure - usually I say "it�s been photoshopped" or "photoshopped picture/image"
5. Not sure if there is a word but the description could be �back to front�. "He does everything back to front". See usage here.
Cheers
Jayho
Edit: I�ve never heard of muffin top but I just found an interesting article here written by a lady talking about her muffin top and spare tyre. Yes, as cunliffe says, beer belly (or beer gut) for men. |
1 Jun 2013
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cunliffe
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1. Spare tyre - also, muffin top. A muffin top is when the area immediately under the bust is fat. Spare tyres are a bit lower down. And for the male of the species - a beer belly. Also agree with Jayho for 2 and 4. Don �t know the others.
Edit: No.5 - an awkward so and so.
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1 Jun 2013
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Sglass
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1. Muffin top is when someone wears pants that are too tight and they have fat that hangs over the top of their pants. 2. Most people get married at a church, chapel, or at a courthouse. 3.? Not sure hat you are asking 4. Spiking or Ruffied ( this is a specific drug though) 5. Ass backward but this is a swear word. Not a term to be used at school or work but is ok at home. |
1 Jun 2013
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PhilipR
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1. Spare tyre/tire 2. No, wedding house doesn �t exist 3. Grammatically okay but sounds awkward, I �d say photoshopped image or it was photoshopped 4. Spiked (add extra alcohol such as vodka) or roofied (add a sleeping drug in order to rob or rape the drinker) 5. A contrarian maybe? |
1 Jun 2013
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monder78
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Many thanks to all of you.Now I know what words I should use and not to sound weird. Have a nice Sunday. |
2 Jun 2013
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