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Thursday, March 04, 2010

Slang of the Day

Slang

a. (intr) to die

b. (tr) to kill

The old man finally croaked at the age of 92.

(Slang of die )

perish, Many people perished in the earthquake.

buy it (U.S. slang),

check out (U.S. slang),

kick it (slang),

go belly-up (slang),

peg out (informal),

kick the bucket (informal),

buy the farm (U.S. slang),

peg it (informal),

cark it (Austral. & N.Z. slang),

pop your clogs (informal),

hop the twig (informal)

Meaning: a payment made, often secretly or illegally, to someone who has helped to arrange a deal or a job

For example:

Several corrupt politicians were arrested for getting kickbacks from companies that were given huge government contracts.
We'll have to pay a $50,000 kickback to the school's principal if we want to get the job of building their new assembly hall.

Quick Quiz:

The company that built the new national stadium gave the Minister of Sports a kickback that was