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Word of the day: Fuck you

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It is my firm belief that you can never learn too much. But if you feel this is too much or if you are under 18, stop reading right now. Perhaps one of the most interesting and colourful words in the English language today is the word FUCK. It is the one magical word which, just by its sound, can describe pain, pleasure, love and hate. In language “fuck” falls into many grammatical categories. It can be used as a verb, both transitive and intransitive (I’m not going to give you an example, in case my mother ever reads this), as an adverb ( Mary is fucking interested in John), and as a noun ( also, and for the same reason above I am not going to give you an example) and as an adjective ( Mary is fucking beautiful). As you can see, there are very few words with the versatility of “fuck”.

Beside its sexual connotations, this incredible word can be used to describe many situations

•Greetings                       How the fuck are you?
•Fraud                               I got fucked by the car dealer
•Dismay                             Oh, fuck it
•Trouble                           Well, I guess I’m fucked now
•Aggression                     Fuck you!
•Disgust                             Fuck me
•Confusion                        What the fuck…?
•Difficulty                          I don’t understand this fucking business
•Despair                             Fucked again
•Incompetence               He fucks up everything
•Displeasure                     What the fuck is going on here?
•Disbelief                           Unfuckingbelievable

•It can be used in an anatomical description – He is a fucking asshole
•It can be maternal – as in motherfucker
•It can be used to tell the time- it’s five fucking thirty
•It can be used in business- How did I wind up with this fucking job?
•It can be political – Fuck George Bush

And never forget General Custer’s last words: “Where did all these fucking Indians come from?”
And the famous last words of the Major of Hiroshima:”What the fuck was that?”
And last but not least, the Captain of the Titanic: “Where is all this fucking water coming from?”
How can anyone be offended when you say FUCK? Use it frequently in your daily speech; it will add to your prestige.

Today , say to someone- “FUCK YOU”

Some interesting or , at least, unusual facts about the English language

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•Facetious and abstemious are the only words that contain all the vowels in the correct order.
•”Adcomsubordcomphibspac” is the longest acronym. It is a Navy term standing for Administrative Command, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet Subordinate Command.
•”Almost” is the longest commonly used word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
•”Canada” is an Indian word meaning “Big Village”. •”Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”.
•”Asthma” and “isthmi” are the only six-letter words that begin and end with a vowel and have no other vowels between.
•”Fortnight” is a contraction of “fourteen nights.” In the US “two weeks” is more commonly used.
•”Ma is as selfless as I am” can be read the same way backwards. If you take away all the spaces you can see that all the letters can be spelled out both ways.
•”Ough” can be pronounced in eight different ways. The following sentence contains them all: “A rough-coated, dough-faced ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough, coughing and hiccoughing thoughtfully.

Adapted from www.bored.com

… a pescatarian!!!

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Yes, exactly. This is what I am .
You surely remember that some time ago I wrote something about the different kinds of vegetarians , namely, vegan , ovo-vegetarian , lacto-ovo… and I remember that I didn’t know what to call myself, although it was crystal clear to me that I was not a vegetarian.
Well, I am a pescatarian . New word , by the way. So new, that some British people don’t even know what it means, at least , yet.
It was my teacher in London who taught me this new word. I was so happy with my new acquisition that I jumped at the first opportunity to use it. So, there I was, at a cafe asking for a sandwich.
“What is in there?” I asked the waiter, pointing suspiciously at a sandwich.
“Chicken” he said .
“And this other one?”
“Ham”
Every single time he told me the contents of the sandwich I said “no, no..”
I imagine he was getting quite tired of me when he asked :
“What the hell are you… a vegetarian?
“No, I am a pescatarian.” I happily admitted.
“What on earth is this? “he snapped at me
And, there was a girl behind me, probably as angry at me as the waiter who explained to the man behind the counter that a pescatarian is someone who abstains from eating all meat and animal flesh with the exception of fish.
So this is it… you already know what a pescatarian is.

Now , this is homework …. What is a flexitarian??

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Texting

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What is Texting?
Texting is, according to dictionaries, the process of sending and receiving written messages using the mobile phone. But it is more than that, it has become a written language not only used when sending SMS messages but also when writing e-mails or in the popular chat rooms. So it is increasingly becoming necessary to know some of the basics of this particular language.
Acronyms such as CUL8R or PCM, standing for “see you later” or “please call me” as so popular now that it would seem you don’t know proper English unless you are able to understand them.
But it is not only being used in the conversational style of the Internet but these shortcuts are also being used in every possible piece of writing, especially by teenagers. I am aware that a lot of teachers are beginning to get seriously worried when they see assignments full of these shortened words and are warning their students that they will be taking points off if they use them. They are worried students won’t be able to draw the line between formal and informal conversational writing.
Have a look at this post- it and try to work out what it says.

In a way, it is quite funny. It is like solving an equation.
Here you have a list of the most popular acronyms

2 = To/Two/Too                             2DAY = Today
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