New words you find interesting, useful, etc. )

[Irina]

Одно из последних запомнившихся и показавшихся симпатичным- manspreading - the practice of a man sitting on public transport with his legs wide apart, taking up more space than he needs and preventing other people from sitting down
The subway authority ran a poster campaign against manspreading.

[Avaddon]

Как очередная иллюстрация разницы между Br и Am English:

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary (En-En)
din·ky
/ˈdıŋki/ adj, din·ki·er, -est
informal
1 US : very small and not appealing
a dinky apartment
I used to drive a dinky little car.
2 Brit : small and appealing
wearing nice shoes and dinky [=cute] accessories

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary 8th Ed
Dinky Toy ™ [Dinky Toy ] (also Dinky)noun
a British make of small toy vehicle. Dinky Toys were made from the 1930s until 1980 and included a wide range of model cars and other vehicles. Old Dinky Toys are now collected by adults as a hobby and can cost hundreds of pounds.

[Kind_Punk]

Учитывая современную моду, будет актуальным ))

Frog Eyes
When a mans pants are tight enough that a testicle can be seen on each side of the pant seam. The male version of the camel toe.

[Yety]

din·ky/ˈdıŋki/ 1 US : very small and not appealing

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy™
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy

https://www.knex.com/tinkertoy

[Brow]

Никогда раньше не встречал, но оказывается предостаточно примеров употребления.

Konovalova is not a dyed-in-the-wool supporter of the president. But she is emblematic of a generation that sees him as an immovable part of the political landscape.

dyed-in-the-wool- убежденный , заядлый , истинный
https://www.multitran.ru/c/m.exe?CL=1&s ... -wool&l1=1

[Avaddon]

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary (En-En)
buy it

buy it (or US buy the farm)
informal : to die
I nearly bought the farm when my car skidded off the road.
• • •
Main Entry: ↑buy
...
The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms 2nd Ed
buy it
1. Suffer a severe reversal, as in If they can’t raise the money in time, they’ll buy it. [Slang; mid-1900s]

2. Be killed; die. For example, By the time we could get to the hospital, he had bought it. Originating during World War I as military slang, this term later was extended to peacetime forms of death. A later slang equivalent is buy the farm, dating from about 1950. For example, He’ll soon buy the farm riding that motorcycle. According to J.E. Lighter, it alludes to training flights crashing in a farmer’s field, causing the farmer to sue the government for damages sufficient to pay off the farm’s mortgage. Since the pilot usually died in such a crash, he in effect bought the farm with his life.

3. Believe it; see BUY SOMETHING.

Встречал to buy the farm у Roald Dahl в Over to You, а теперь читаю Starship Troopers by R.A. Heinlein, и оно там на каждом шагу.

[Belka_Teacher]

adorkable = dorky + adorable (urban dictionary)

1) Both dorky and adorable.

2) A person who has an intelligent, quirky and random personality and combines it with being adorable, cute or beautiful.

[Yety]

buy it (or US buy the farm)
informal : to die

Йэтимологические заметки (интересно, что между этими выражениями более ста лет):

Phrase buy the farm "die in battle," is from at least World War II, perhaps a cynical reference to the draftee's dream of getting out of the war and going home, in many cases to a peaceful farmstead. The simple term buy it as slang for "suffer a mishap," especially "to die" is attested by 1825, and seems to have been picked up in airmen's jargon. Meanwhile fetch the farm is prisoner slang from at least 1879 for "get sent to the infirmary," with reference to the better diet and lighter duties there.

That reminded yety (about pets): send [the dog] to the farm, go to (live) on a farm (upstate) as a euphemism for 'euthanasia'
http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meanin ... o-the-farm
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define. ... %20upstate

Maybe it’s related to saying someone “bought the farm”

.........
"It cushions the blow."
"Oh, my God! Chi-Chi!"

[Milanya]

under the wire - (Informal) Just in the nick of time; at the last moment.
This expression was new to me.

[garans]

3. Believe it; see BUY SOMETHING.

Это я встречал чаще.

Buy it from me - поверь мне.

[Kind_Punk]

Buy it from me - поверь мне.

Я чаще встречал в виде отрицания, I don't buy it

(Well that's handy, 'cause I ain't selling it.))

[garans]

Buy it from me - поверь мне.

Я чаще встречал в виде отрицания, I don't buy it

(Well that's handy, 'cause I ain't selling it.))

Это уже на сленг похоже. :)
(там ещё нецензурные слова добавляют)

[deaptor]

adorkable = dorky + adorable

Это напомнило мне другое слов: hangry = hunger + angry
Согласно Urban Dictionary, hangry значит "When you are so hungry that your lack of food causes you to become angry, frustrated or both."
Но единственный раз, когда я встречал эти слова был TED talk: Anne Curzan: What makes a word "real"?

[Belka_Teacher]

deaptor, я adorkable тоже у Anne услышала))) Очень харизматичная женщина.

А hangry - это прямо про меня)))

[Avaddon]

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Adorkable

[well well well]

"We are truly sorry you had a bad experience, but honestly, we are psyched that you are alive and well enough to give us a one-star review the next day."

WE ARE PSYCHED😁😅

http://cheezburger.com/5046277/business ... al-bs-rant

[Avaddon]

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary 8th Ed.
psyched
psyched [psyched] BrE [saɪkt] Play NAmE [saɪkt] Play adjective not before noun (informal, especially NAmE)

excited, especially about sth that is going to happen
• The kids are really psyched about the vacation.
...
Routledge Modern American Slang (En-En)
psyched
adjective

excited, enthusiastic (US, 1970)
♦ I'm so psyched for this concert. Aerosmith are going to kick ass! — Wayne's World 2, 1993
♦ My colds and sore throats disappeared. I was psyched. — Howard Stern, Miss America, p. 109, 1995
♦ I'm psyched to see the Dead in Philly on my birthday, but the tour gets postponed after the Cap theater radio show because Jerry has bronchitis or something. — Scott Meyer, Deadhead Forever, 2001

[Kind_Punk]

discombobulate

disconcert or confuse (someone).

What a funny word )

[Kind_Punk]

It almost resembled somebody pigging out at a buffet.

pig out
phrasal verb

pig out (on something)
(informal) to eat too much food

Хрючить, лол.

[Yety]

It somehow sounds just like what it is...

UK - pernickety (pəˈnɪkɪtɪ) or persnickety - US
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/pernickety

1. excessively precise and attentive to detail; fussy
2. (of a task) requiring close attention; exacting

1. pernickety - characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details;
"a persnickety job"; "a persnickety school teacher"
He's very pernickety about neatness.

http://grammarist.com/usage/pernickety-persnickety/

Persnickety is the American word for fussy, fastidious, or highly detail-oriented. Pernickety is the British word. The British spelling is older, with the earliest known instances dating from the early 19th century. Its exact origins are mysterious, though it may be related to the Scots pernicky. The American spelling dates from the late 19th century.

[September]

Harrumph - to express disagreement or disapproval, especially by making a sound in your throat like a cough
/həˈrʌmf/
(фыркать, хмыкать неодобрительно)

http://www.quickmeme.com/p/3vw3ir

[Juliemiracle]

arrumph - to express disagreement or disapproval, especially by making a sound in your throat like a cough
/həˈrʌmf/
(фыркать, хмыкать неодобрительно)

К этому же: чудесная история Киплинга http://www.boop.org/jan/justso/camel.htm Вообще все его сказки - мечта любителя языка: тут тебе и куча игры слов, и стихи, и такие смешные зарисовки, и классные лит. приемы :)

[Avaddon]

А я по наводке все того же Нила Геймана прочел недавно рассказ Киплинга The Gardener. Концовка сшибает с ног.

И, конечно, благодаря советской адаптации Маугли для вузов я узнал выражение to show off.

[KaeLin]

А мне больше нравятся не новые слова, а неожиданные\новые значения старых слов)
Например, открыла для себя выражение "that's the lot"=it's all. Полезла разбираться - оказывается, lot это еще и жребий. Но откуда взялось значение "много"? Пока теряюсь:/ Буду благодарна если подскажете - читала о происхождении слова тут https://www.etymonline.com/word/lot, но именно этот переход значения не уловила:/

[Avaddon]

Oald8

WHOLE AMOUNT/NUMBER

1. the lot, the whole lot singular + singular or plural verb (informal) the whole number or amount of people or things
• He's bought a new PC, colour printer, scanner— the lot.
• Get out of my house, the lot of you !
• That's the lot! (= that includes everything)
• That's your lot! (= that's all you're getting)