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1. America First, phr. and adj. View full entry 1915
...A slogan: ‘put the interests of the U.S. first’....
2. et patati et patata, phr. View full entry 1904
...And so on and so forth; = et cetera1....
3. FYI, phr., adj., and n. View full entry 1941
...For your information (typically preceding or following an explanatory statement)....
4. hic et nunc, phr. View full entry 1935
...At the present time and place; in this particular situation; spatio-temporal nature of a phenomenon (see quot. 1948)....
5. je m'en fous, phr. View full entry 1918
...= je m'en fiche...
6. laissez vibrer, phr. View full entry 1907
...A musical instruction used to indicate that a note played by striking (esp. cymbals) or plucking should be allowed to fade away without damping....
7. les jeux sont faits, phr. View full entry 1922
...‘The stakes are set’: in roulette, the call made by the croupier as the wheel is set in motion. Freq. in collocation with rien ne va plus (cf. rien...
8. no bon, phr. View full entry 1916
...‘No good’: applied to something of no use or value....
9. no entry, phr. and adj. View full entry 1934
...A formula used on a sign, notice, etc., to indicate that entry is not permitted....
10. pas devant les enfants, phr. View full entry 1962
...Not in front of the children; not in present company. Also in extended use and with variants....
11. plus ça change, phr. View full entry 1955
...‘The more things change, the more they stay the same’: used to suggest that human nature, institutions, etc., are always fundamentally the same, despite apparent changes....
12. pour le sport, phr. View full entry 1924
...For amusement, for fun....
13. 'smatter of fact, phr. View full entry 1922
...Repr. colloq. pronunc. of phr. as a matter of fact. Cf. fact6a....
14. snafu, phr., adj., and n. View full entry 1941
...Used acronymically (often with an explanation) as an expression conveying the common soldier's laconic acceptance of the disorder of war and the ineptitude of his superiors....
15. tac-au-tac, phr. View full entry 1907
...the return stroke after parrying with opposition: see quot. 1889 and riposte1....
16. über alles, phr. View full entry 1967
...Above all else. ...
17. watcha, phr. View full entry 1926
...repr. a colloq. or vulgar pronunciation of what do (or are or have) you? Similarly watcher See whatcha...
18. whadd(a)ya, phr. View full entry 1927
...repr. colloq. pronunc. of ‘what do you’....
19. whatcha, phr. View full entry 1934
...repr. a colloq. or vulgar pronunciation of what do (or are, or have) you? See watcha...
