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Ivanhr Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
AmE counterparts
I'm looking for AmE counterparts of these BrE informal words.
1. grass (on somebody) - tell the police or authorities that someone has done something wrong
2. flog - to sell
3. nick - to steal something
4. nick - to arrest someone
5. doll up - to make someone look attractive
I heard these words in Only fools and horses so I know they're are all relatively common in casual conversation.
Right now, I can only think of "collar" and "bust"for #4 and "rat on" for #1.
Thanks
1. grass (on somebody) - tell the police or authorities that someone has done something wrong
2. flog - to sell
3. nick - to steal something
4. nick - to arrest someone
5. doll up - to make someone look attractive
I heard these words in Only fools and horses so I know they're are all relatively common in casual conversation.
Right now, I can only think of "collar" and "bust"for #4 and "rat on" for #1.
Thanks
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1. To snitch on someone 2. To **** off on someone (an unsuspecting or dimwitted victim) 3.
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- To snitch on someone 2.
- To **** off on someone (an unsuspecting or dimwitted victim) 3.
- To rip off something from someone, to pinch something from someone 4.
- To nail a perp (perpetrator) 5.
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1. To snitch on someone
2. To **** off on someone (an unsuspecting or dimwitted victim)
3. To rip off something from someone, to pinch something from someone
4. To nail a perp (perpetrator)
5. To dress up (nice), to pimp up someone (more pejorative)
American TV uses "collar" a great deal when speaking about arresting someone.
2. To **** off on someone (an unsuspecting or dimwitted victim)
3. To rip off something from someone, to pinch something from someone
4. To nail a perp (perpetrator)
5. To dress up (nice), to pimp up someone (more pejorative)
American TV uses "collar" a great deal when speaking about arresting someone.
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Thanks, John. "**** off on someone" is a new one for me. I usually hear "pimp up" when talking about cars, I don't know why. I think I've also heard "spruce up"
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I usually hear "pimp up" when talking about cars
I do too.
Yet, there is also the connotation of clothing style. He dresses like a pimp.
I do too.
Yet, there is also the connotation of clothing style. He dresses like a pimp.
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Ivanhr I usually hear "pimp up" when talking about cars, I don't know why. I think I've also heard "spruce up"I've not heard "pimp up."
I have heard - I'm going to get the car detailed. Detailing is a cleaning/waxing job that puts the car in a factory-new (spanking new) condition.
Spruce up implies a relatively small effort to make something lo
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AlpheccaStars "I've not heard "pimp up."MTV airs a show called Pimp My Ride. Apparently, it's very popular.
http://www.mtv.com/shows/pimp_my_ride/season_5/series.jhtml#moreinfo
This may have been where "pimp up" someone/thing got its
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Aha. I don't bother watching TV. To me, it's a brain-numbing waste of time.
I'd rather be taking a walk, reading a book, or visiting a museum or friends.
I'd rather be taking a walk, reading a book, or visiting a museum or friends.
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1: Narc
2: If you are selling something to cheat somebody, AmE would say "to rip someone off".
3: To add, shoplifting is sometimes called "five-finger discount".
4: Collar would be something that law enforcement would say, others would use "bust" more often.
5: Old slang, but I've heard "glam". "Makeover" for women. "Pimp" means to make something very ostentatious.
2: If you are selling something to cheat somebody, AmE would say "to rip someone off".
3: To add, shoplifting is sometimes called "five-finger discount".
4: Collar would be something that law enforcement would say, others would use "bust" more often.
5: Old slang, but I've heard "glam". "Makeover" for women. "Pimp" means to make something very ostentatious.
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Thank you all. Your suggesstions have been great.
I have just one more question for Vorpar.
Does "narc" have to do with snitching on someone who is a drug trafficker? (I've only ever heard of "narc" as a noun)
I have just one more question for Vorpar.
Does "narc" have to do with snitching on someone who is a drug trafficker? (I've only ever heard of "narc" as a noun)
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Narc originally meant "narcotics agent", an undercover cop that would bust drug dealers/traffickers. Today, it can mean someone that snitches on any crime, or be used as a verb (to narc on someone). It is slang, though.
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