All posts tagged "slang"
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2.1KVermontJohn Humphrey Noyes Finds Out Sex and Silverware Don’t Mix
John Humphrey Noyes started out in the 19th century as a conventional Yale-trained minister until he found out he was perfect and...
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14.7K1Arts and LeisureHell-Born Babes and Slubbers: Ten Ways to Call Someone Wicked in Colonial Times
Colonists coming from England had plenty of and informal and slang expressions to call someone evil. Here are ten of them: A...
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1.1KArts and LeisureJilts, Flams and Jibber the Kibber – The Art of Lying in Colonial Times
Lying existed in the 1600s, just as it does today. And there were many slang expressions to describe liars and lying. Here...
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15.4K5Rhode IslandHow To Talk Rhode Island
To talk Rhode Island requires more than a passing knowledge of the expression ‘No school Fosta Glosta’ or the difference between a...
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2.3KRhode IslandA Scold’s Cure, Carrion Hunters and Going to Peg Trantum’s – Speaking of Death in Colonial Times
In colonial times, there was the King’s English, and then there was the slang, which was much more fun and colorful. And...
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2.9KToday's History Highlights ArchivePrigstars, Nugs and Cupboard Love – Speaking of Love in Colonial New England
There were all sorts of terms that danced around the topic of love in colonial New England. Some familiar today, but others...
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4.7K3Arts and Leisure
10 Colonial Insults for Lollpools, Doxies and Prigs
Language being an ever-evolving thing, colonial insults of 1700 might be something quite different in 2017. A prig of yesteryear is not...
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13.8K8MassachusettsNonantum, the New England Town With Its Own Special Language
No matter where Nonantum natives go, they can tell someone is from their village when they hear them speak Lake Talk. Lake...