Badayos, Janna Andrea N.

9- Inspirer

JARGONS

1. Bang for the buck

Meaning: A term that means, to get the most for your money.
Sentence: You might as well get the most bang for your back here.
2. Due diligence
Meaning: Putting effort into research before making a business decision.
Sentence: Media consumers will know if a news outlet did its due diligence.
3. Sweat equity
Meaning: Getting a stake in the business instead of pay.
Sentence: These people have converted their sweat equity and savings into economic
opportunity.
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COLLOQUIAL

1. Bamboozle
Meaning: Fool or cheat (someone), to believe something that is not true.
Sentence: I got bamboozled by the salesperson to buy a more expensive model.
2. Buzz off
Meaning: Used as a rude or angry way to tell someone to go away.
Sentence: Tell her to buzz off and leave me alone.
3. Wanna
Meaning: Used for want to in informal speech and in representations of such speech.
Sentence: I really wanna go to the concert.

COINED WORD

1. Mall rat
Meaning: A person who habitually spends a lot of time in shopping malls.
Sentence: The series mainly focuses on the life of the mall rats.

2. Selfie
Meaning: An image of oneself taken by oneself using a digital camera especially for
posting on social networks.
Sentence: He also gave each shark a personalized selfie plush toys.
3. Techie
Meaning: A person who is very knowledgeable or enthusiast about technology and
especially high technology.
 Sentence: But the text provides a narrative that only a techie could love.

CLIPPED WORD

1. Vet
Meaning: A veterinary surgeon.
Sentence: I took the dog to the vet.
2. Burger
Meaning: A sandwich similar to a burger.
Sentence: I’ll have a burger and fries, please.
3. Bye
Meaning: Used as a shortened form of goodbye to express farewell.
Sentence: She said bye to her mother before leaving.

SLANG

1. Drop dead
Meaning: Sensationally striking, attractive, or impressive.
Sentence: A drop-dead evening gown.
2. Brunch
Meaning: A meal usually taken late in the morning that combines a late breakfast and an
early lunch.
Sentence: One of the hottest tickets in South Florida is the weekend brunch at the Palace
Bar in South Beach.
3. Corny
Meaning: Mawkishly old fashioned: tiresomely simple and sentimental.
Sentence: He tell corny jokes.