Origin of American Idioms and Slang

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5 words that have opposite meaning.. The traditional meaning and the slang meaning..These words area called called contronyms, self-antonyms, autoantonyms, antagonyms, or “Janus words” (from the Roman god who looked in two directions at once). Bad, wicked, hot,  sick,  bitchin. Downloa...

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Badminton ( From Badminton House in England) ; Equestrian 马术 1650s, formed in English from L. equester (gen. equestris) “of a horseman,” from eques “horseman, knight,” from equus “horse” (see equine). As a noun, “one who rides on horseback,” from 1791; Fencing 击剑 mid-15c., “defending, act of protecting;”; Archery ...