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megabuck, (1946) $1m, . , , thirty-four million dollars , "". , How much has been assigned? Something like two hundred megabucks? Tell'em we'll need more by Christmas. , , Corporate giants are raking in hundreds of megabucks while small businesses founder in their hundreds.
name-dropper, (1947), name-dropping (1950), to name-drop (1955) , -, , , " , ..." . , "Yeah, I'd known Andy Warhol before he hit big time; Andy would always borrow a tenner or two from me."
no-no, (1942) , , .., - , " " . . : "ordering a Martini was a no-no: we all drank beer and vodka and scotch." "Playing tag is now a no-no at some US schools."
parapants, (1942) "parachute + pants", , , , , . He was amazed to discover that she was wearing parapants; "You've got a boyfriend in the army?" he asked.
passion-killers, (1943)
parapants, , , , , . "I hate those passion-killers," she snapped, "I just can't make myself wear them!"
phoney war, (1940) 1939 1940, , , .
sitzkrieg, "blitzkrieg", "sitzen" "".
phoney war " , ", , "Blair's phoney war on unemplyment".
pissed-off, (1946) angry, irritated, fed-up, depressed , .
supercalifrgilisticexpialidocious, (1949) , .
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Sainsbury's.
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post-industrial 1947
post-modern 1949
press-up, (1947), , , , .
program, (1945) , ,
programme.
squillion 1943
zillion 1944
stateside 1944
straight 1941, " , ", 1960- "".
to swan about 1942
telly 1940, ,
tele, ,
telly ,
belly.