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the english goodbye

Used by Europeans, especially from central & eastern Europe, to describe a passive aggressive person who wants to say "no" to a proposition but is either too embarrassed or feeble to come right out with it, so drags things out until you get bored and/or get the message. Based on the alleged characteristic of the English who drift away from parties without really saying "goodbye"
Vlad: these guys have been negotiating for weeks but they never get to a decision
Boris: give up - their giving you the english goodbye, mate
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English

English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England.345 It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then most closely related to the Low German and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary also shows major influences from French (about 29% of modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language).678 Speakers of English are called Anglophones.

The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th centuries. Middle English began in the late 11th century after the Norman Conquest of England, when considerable Old French (especially Old Norman French) and Latin-derived vocabulary was incorporated into English over some three hundred years.910 Early Modern English began in the late 15th century with the start of the Great Vowel Shift and the Renaissance trend of borrowing further Latin and Greek words and roots into English, concurrent with the introduction of the printing press to London.
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English or Spanish?

Question asked to someone followed by a test for one’s sexuality.
Man 1: English or Spanish?
Man 2: English

Man 1: Whoever moves first is gay
Man 2: …
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Englishing

working/writing/speaking with a lack of motivation in regards to the English language
Student 1: I should be Englishing but I'm lazy

Student 2: Love that for you
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The English Slanguage

The English slanguage is composed of all the words or phrases that aren't really words, yet get used on a regular basis through either texting or talking. For example, "brah" or "legit" or "no cap" are part of slanguage.
Dude, they really need to make a dictionary for the English slanguage. Half the time I don't know what people are talking about.

All the cool kids talk in slanguage, no one uses proper grammar any more.
by SuperSavannah October 22, 2019
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English Exit

The route by which a member or members of a small group will beeline to every person and their dogs that they've remotely interacted with at the end of any event, whilst making insincere commitments to keep in touch.

Often but not always there will be an unwilling party that is clearly distressed or eager to leave dragged along.

The route often includes going further from the exit, and a undefined loitering time outside of the event area or doorway.
Example Couple at a club:

Partner 1: I've had enough of this joint, wanna bounce? Irish Exit or English Exit?

Partner 2: Yeah me too, English Exit, don't want to be rude.
Partner 1: If we must
by Johnny Jay English July 8, 2022
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joey english

The sexiest man to ever live. He's been gettin hoes since seventh grade.
by Joeyacme3300 June 8, 2016
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