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Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.

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aimed
Language; Slang

(American) identified, singled out and/or victimised. A slang version of ‘targeted’ which probably originated in the argot of black street gangs. It is now used in milder ...

airball
Language; Slang

( American) A dim-witted, eccentric, or unpleasant person. This mildly pejorative term, originating in the 1980s, is a combination of airhead and the more offensive hairball.

airbrained
Language; Slang

(American) Silly, frivolous, empty-headed. Slightly less derogatory than the noun airhead, this term has not been imported into Britain to any significant extent, ...

airhead
Language; Slang

Airhead is a stupid or foolish person.

air hose
Language; Slang

(American) shoes, typically loafers (leather mocca- sins), worn without socks. A preppie term for a preppie sartorial convention, pun- ning on the American sense of ...

airlocked
Language; Slang

(British) Drunk. The term occurs especially in Northern Irish use and it is possibly an inoffensive form of ‘bollocked’ or evoking a loss of faculties as if from ...

airs
Language; Slang

(American) trainers. The word is a shortening of the trademark label Air Jordans which was generalised to denote any sports shoes and widely heard in 1991 and 1992. (The ...

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