First defined by RoseNash in 1971 (not Lin Manuel Miranda), Englañol is the English spoken by Puerto Ricans. Englañol is characterized by false cognates, loan translations, and spelling pronunciations.
My father is from Puerto Rico, so his English is more of a Englañol.
A term created by Lin-Manuel Miranda used when describing something written in a mix of English and Spanish. Definetely not Spanglish because there's no fun in that. Englañol is known to be a lot more entertaining.
Lin wrote 3 things for 3 different projects :
1 in English 1 in Spanish
1 in Englañol
A term created by Lin-Manuel Miranda used when describing something written in a mix of English and Spanish. Definetely not Spanglish because there's no fun in that. Englañol is known to be a lot more entertaining.
Lin wrote 3 things for 3 different projects :
1 in English 1 in Spanish
1 in Englañol
British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”
Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
According to the boffins downstairs, the murdererused a serrated blade.
When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing peecalculus.