30 Old (and Useful) Slang Names for Parts of the Body
File these away in your brainpan.
Whether it's selling seashells by the seashore or buying Betty Botter's bitter butter, some of these difficult phrases go way back to when elocution was practiced as routinely as multiplication tables.
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'Ma,' 'ba,' and 'pa' are among the first sounds that children around the world learn how to make, regardless of the language they later speak.
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The word has evolved beyond the context of 'Star Wars.'
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The "Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary" is the first work of its kind to be published in nearly 50 years.
Players move the game forward with each word they learn.
Concepts like "nose" and "tongue" share some of the same sounds no matter what language you're listening to.
"One dollar bid, now two, now two, will you give me two?"