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Hot dog!

Language; Slang

Wow! * Hot dog! It’s my turn. * Look at that! Hot dog! It’s coming this way!

Good luck! (A special theatrical way of wishing a performer good luck. Saying good luck is considered to be a jinx.) * “Break a leg!” shouted the stage manager to the heroine. * Let’s all go and do ...

Break it up!

Language; Slang

Stop it! (An order to two or more people to stop doing something, such as fighting.) * All right you two, break it up! * She told the boys to break it up or get sent to the principal’s office.

BTW

Language; Slang

By the way. (Used in electronic mail and computer forum or news group messages. Not pronounced aloud.) * BTW, have you heard about the new communications software upgrade? * I am, BTW, very ...