Does your family (or group of friends, for that matter) have words or terminology that are unique to you? I mean, when you say xword, you all know what's meant, but anyone else is likely to go "Huh?"
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The Young Lady recently introduced me to Mock the Week, an improv comedy show based on current news topics. It's available on YouTube. Between the laughs, I found myself thinking about their use of the word "shag" (like Austin Powers says - and apparently it existed as British slang before those movies as well) and how very nice it it to have an alternative ...
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So the compilations of weekly or monthly manga serial issues are called tankoubon in Japanese.
Is it appropriate to use that term for the English compilation volumes?
And can anyone tell me what "RSVP" stands for? And why I am removing the "please" that everyone keeps inserting before it on the official invitations to events like retirement celebrations?
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