English Rewind - 6 Minute English: Slang สาธารณะ

? How many new English words are created every year? Alice and Rob find out. Learn more while you improve your English vocabulary knowledge AND practise your English listening with this archive episode of 6 Minute English. What new English words are you using this year? Join the conversation in the comments ???

Useful vocabulary:
✔️ slang - informal language spoken by a particular group
✔️ dosh - money
✔️ smacker - British pound or US dollar
✔️ Cockney Rhyming Slang - a coded language invented in the 19th Century by Cockneys (people who were born in a particular area of London) so they could speak in front of the police without being understood
✔️ colloquial - informal spoken language
✔️ frowned upon - disapproved of
✔️ lingered - slow to disappear
✔️ booze - alcohol
✔️ swear words / profanity - rude language that offends or upsets people
✔️ jargon - the technical language belonging to a specific subject area

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English Rewind is a collection of programmes from the BBC Learning English archive. This episode of 6 Minute English was first published on the BBC Learning English website in September 2010.

More programmes:
? English Rewind - London Life: Rhyming slang ? https://youtu.be/G1GitpVlK3Q
? English Rewind - People and Places: The Brummie accent ? https://youtu.be/vVCd_IenEEA
? 5 British English slang expressions #shorts ? https://youtube.com/shorts/lI_CaaUc6_M

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