Exclamation
91Gee liggedy! — exclamation …
92exclamationpoint — exclamation point n. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation. Also called exclamation mark. * * * …
93all right!, awright! — exclamation American an exclamation of recognition, greeting, approval or admiration. The right is emphasised, high pitched and elongated when shouted. Used in this way the phrase was originally black American; it was picked up by whites,… …
94aya! — exclamation American an exclamation of amazement in vogue among teenagers in 1987 and 1988. The word may be a hearty cry or, more often, an affected shriek (possibly in imitation of Hispanic speech) …
95bar! — exclamation British an exclamation of dismissal or refusal, synonymous to its users with the collo quial no way . The term was recorded in use among North London schoolboys in 1993 and 1994 …
96best! — exclamation British an ambivalent exclamation that may indicate approval or the sarcastic reverse; in these senses it has been defined by one of its users as that s good, ain t it? Not! . The term was recorded in use among North London schoolboys …
97easy-seen! — exclamation British an elaboration of seen, used as an all purpose exclamation of greeting, thanks, approbation, etc. The term was recorded in use among North London schoolboys in 1993 and 1994 …
98eat my shorts! — exclamation American an exclamation of defiance or con tempt, popular among male high school and college students from the 1980s. The shorts in question are of course (unsavoury) male underwear …
99give it up! — exclamation a. a demand by a mugger to give up one s money, possessions, etc. b. an exclamation of joy or solidarity In the second sense the phrase became a fashionable cry uttered by aficionados of dancefloor culture since the mid 1990s …
100nuts! — exclamation an exclamation of defiance which may be used without offence, unlike the synony mous balls. The most famous instance of this (typically American) expression was General McAuliffe s one word riposte to the German army s request for… …
