A recommandation
A few months back I stumbled over “Urban Dictionary”. It is really useful for finding the meanings behind new slang, and particularly useful for foreigners to explore English expressions and words you might have heard mentioned sometime, but never really understood. Sometimes you might know how and when to use the expressions in question, but perhaps you just want to explore its background or true relevance.
An example could be the highly embedded expression: “I second that”. Query Urban Dictionary and you’ll get:
The slang meaning is “I agree” or “I support that”.
The real meaning comes from parliamentary procedure, the way in which a group of people come together and most efficiently present and discuss possible courses of action, and make decisions. “Roberts Rules of Order” has been the standard of our government, judicial system, and formal organizations since 1876.
September 11th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
Pretty darn cool dictonary you have there dude..
It’s pretty neat, that is also provides a deeper description about the expression!
September 12th, 2007 at 10:34 pm
Yeah, I think so too. Many expression are so incorporated in the English language that they’re sometimes hard to follow.. Now we can