Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Policeman/woman Police officer/law enforcement officer Fat - differently weighted; gravitationally challenged; horizontally challenged; horizontally gifted; people of mass; person of substance Dishonest - Ethically disoriented Handicapped - Differently Abled Mute/Dumb - verbally challenged Perverted - Sexually dysfunctional Poor - economically marginalized; economically unprepared; monetarily challenged Racist - genetically discriminating Really Big Nosed /Large Nose- nasally disadvantaged; nasally gifted The Elderly - Senior citizens Ugly - aesthetically challenged; cosmetically different; facially challenged Broken Home - Dysfunctional Family Clumsy - uniquely coordinated; kinesthetically challenged Drunk - spacially perplexed
Ignorant - factually unencumbered; knowledgebased non-possessor Incompetent - Specially Skilled; Uniquely Proficient Insane People - Mental Explorers; Selectively Perceptive Insult - Emotional Rape Lazy - motivationally dispossessed; motivationally deficient
CR (Comfort Room) water closet; washroom; lavatory; bathroom; washroom Calling card - refers to a business card; a call card, on the other hand, is a phone card. Canteen - as in the British term normally used for cafeteria; Canteen in standard English is a water container. Chit - a restaurant bill, or a card. Dirty kitchen - In a private home, a separate kitchen intended for the household help. Dine in or take home/out for here / to go For a while mostly used in a telephone conversation to mean please wait or stay/hold on the line. Go ahead - Leave in advance (Ill go ahead means I will leave now, earlier than you guys). Ill go ahead is a literal translation of the Tagalog phrase which means Ill leave you now more than Ill go before you now. Hand Carry - Carry-on luggage (when flying commercial aircraft) Holdupper - A holdup man or stickup man.
Step-in - Stylish ladies sandals minus the strap. Squatter area -a shantytown; slum Slang - May refer to strong foreign accents and pronunciation Your English is very slang often implying that someone is hard to understand or that an American accent is used by the speaker. Tricycle - A public (for-hire) vehicle consisting of a motorcycle and an attached passenger sidecar. Xerox -as noun, it means a photocopier; as verb, to make a photocopy of; From the Xerox brand of photocopiers Yaya - This word means grandmother in Spain (Albacete, Aragon), but in the Philippines it means nanny. It is also possible that is an adopted Hindi word (aya) for nanny.
Verbicide
(This is what Koreans mean when they use that word)
trademark of staplers a "frank" or "weiner"(sausage) on a bun (bread) searching for animal to kill Identification sweet food, made from fruit juice, sugar, and gelatin (differs from jam in that Jam has small pieces of fruit in it; while jelly has no pieces of fruit in it.) "make", i.e., name brand of horns "line" has many meanings: see my polysemy page the service of having one's nails clipped, filed, and polished luxury house business gathering over-action drama menu = list of choices a woman's name (short for "Melissa") eat too much
"cruising for members of the opposite gender" Username gelatinous candy (like a "gummy bear")
jelly
Klaxon (see also: Claxon) line manicure mansion meeting melodrama menu missy overeat
say /O-ba-it/
horn managerial staff nail polish luxury apartment building blind date romantic drama today's special miss-like Mrs.
(a married woman who dresses and acts like an unmarried woman)
Fabricated Phrase
A/S (After Service) American-style Coffee Auto-bi~(ke)
Correct Phrase
Warrantee Service (Free-of-charge service) Service (Not free-of-charge service) Black Coffee Motorcycle
Back Mirror Back Number cash corner Dutch pay eye shopping game room golden ball hair band hand phone hard board hyper market ice bar interphone kick board
Rear-view Mirror jersey number ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) [US colloquialism] Dutch treat (Each person pays for themselves) window shopping (video) arcade sudden death (in game) head band [US] cell phone [UK] mobile phone poster board grocery store [US] Popsicle (lollypop + icicle) [UK] Ice Lolly (ice + lollypop) intercom scooter
(non-motorized scooter)
king car'
(abbreviation of "king card")
"The pick of the litter" or "The cream of the crop" diet coke real-life English Swiss Army Knife Username (online) wake-up call club meeting or club initiation = first club meeting for freshmen business card
light coke live English McGuyver Knife Member ID (online) morning call M.T. (Membership Training) name card
office-tel one-piece open car panty stockings pocket ball 4-ball self camera short pants (Konglish?)
Office + Hotel
(Actually has businesses on lower levels and homes on upper levels) (does not exist in America because of building codes)
dress / evening gown convertible car panty hose pool [American game] billiards [UK game] home video / amateur video [US] shorts
Solo Christmas
[I saw this on a Korean website, and it might not be Konglish. It could be a kind of 'code-mixing' (i.e., a mixture of Spanish (solo) and English (Christmas).] sports dancing VTR White Day Maybe...
Solitaire Christmas
Yang Seat
(pronunciation: jang it)
"Y" shirts