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26/07/2024

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24/06/2024

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20/06/2024

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11/06/2024

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11/06/2024

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05/06/2024

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16/04/2024

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07/03/2024

Swagger (or ‘estilo guay’ in Spanish)

Swagger (or ‘estilo guay’ in Spanish) is a word that is used to describe the behaviour of someone who walks with confidence and is quite charismatic.

The origin of the word is contested. It is used by the mischievous fairy Puck in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1590’s), and it is well known that Shakespeare invented a lot of words that we still use today. Some sources argue that it pre-dates Shakespeare and may have some origins in old Norse.

In recent years ‘swagger’, and having ‘swag’, have been adopted by hip-hop culture to describe someone who is effortlessly ‘cool’ and/or influential.

For example –

‘The man just came swaggering into the bar and demanded a free drink! I couldn’t believe it.’

‘Mick Jagger might be getting older, but he still has a lot of that rock and roll swagger about him.’

‘You’re looking swag in your new trainers Dave.’

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14/02/2024

Poisoning the well (Envenenando el pozo)

Before the advent of modern plumbing people would visit the village/town well to collect water. If this water was not fresh then there was the possibility that the entire population could get sick. In ancient times cutting-off or even poisoning a water supply was a good way of defeating one’s enemies.

In modern English we tend to say that someone is ‘poisoning the well’ in a metaphorical sense. For example, they might be saying negative things about someone, or trying to create a negative atmosphere in order to sabotage a situation. For example –

- ‘I wouldn’t listen to what Cath says… she is just trying to poison the well and make trouble’.

- ‘Clive is so jealous of his brother’s new cafe that he keeps poisoning the well and saying the food is bad… It’s actually delicious!’.

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01/02/2024

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