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Cards : 
Vocabulary : 
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kick the can down the road = to procrastinate.
"Kicking the can down the road" has been a favorite metaphor politicians have used
to describe someone who is postponing a decision or avoiding an issue.
(onlineslangdictionary.com)
Kicking the can - cartoons (cagle.com)
- The term perp walk
"is an American slang term which refers to the police practice of intentionally parading an arrested suspect (or "perp", short for "perpetrator") through a public place so that the media may observe and record the event.
The suspect is typically handcuffed or otherwise restrained, and is often dressed in prison garb...
A perp walk can be used with intentional disregard for the privacy of a suspect for the purpose of bolstering the image of law enforcement or to humiliate a suspect. Perp walks are often done to politicians or businesspeople accused of white-collar crimes (whose reputations may be susceptible to damage by public spectacle)."
(Wikipedia)
- Hoodie: A hooded sweatshirt. ex: "My mom bought me a black hoodie at the GAP." - American slang
(infosquares.com)
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Don't be 404, know the tech slang
"A study of new slang terms entering English finds that technology is driving and perpetuating them."
(BBC)
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A lolcat
"is an image combining a photograph, most frequently a cat, with a humorous and idiosyncratic caption in (often) broken English—a dialect which is known as "lolspeak", or "kitteh" and parodies the poor grammar typically attributed to Internet slang. The name "lolcat" is a compound word of the phrase "LOL" and "cat". A synonym for "lolcat" is cat macro, since the images are a type of image macro. Lolcats are designed for photo sharing imageboards and other internet forums..."
(Wikipedia)
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Lipstick on a pig (urbandictionary.com)
= "slang for when someone tries to dress something up, but is still that something. usually used on ugly broads, when they put on a skirt and some lipstick and well, they still look like the same digusting pig."
"You put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig"
- SlangSite.com
is a dictionary of slang, webspeak, made up words, and colloquialisms.
(slangsite.com)
- Slang List
- A list of common English slang expressions with examples
and definitions. (eslcafe.com)
- L'Argot
en V.O.
ou "Comment apprendre les expressions idiomatiques de
la langue de Shakespeare, Walt Whitman et U2" :
Mots - Films - Chansons - Phonétique
(perso.orange.fr/argot)
- Learn
the language of the street - what people say and the
topics they like to talk about :
Music - Health - Sport - Relationships - Food - Going out - Moods -
Work - Texting - Money (BBC)
- Dictionary
of Slang - English slang and colloquialisms
used in the United Kingdom. (dictionaryofslang.co.uk)
- Online
Slang Dictionaries and Language Links (peevish.co.uk)
British slang and dialect
General English slang and comparative English/American language
U.S. slang
Australian slang
New Zealand slang
South African slang
Foreign slang and languages
Drug related slang
'Black' slang and rap
Gay/lesbian slang
Crime and prison slang
Other specialist slang sites
Miscellaneous dictionaries and other language related resources
Other links
A Dictionary of Slang promotional banners
- COCKNEY
RHYMING SLANG (traditions-uk)
- Food
words and phrases (BBC)
"Learn the language of the street - what people
say and the topics they like to talk about."
Facts :
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SWEARING : 
£80 fine for swearing in public
"Swearing in public could result in boisterous people being fined £80 in a new police initiative to combat anti-social behaviour...
Officers in Barnsley, in south Yorkshire, have been told to monitor the language of people out shopping, eating or merely relaxing in the town centre...
The fines are a part of a series of monthly campaigns aimed at tackling different types of anti-social behaviour."
(telegraph.co.uk)
- The term perp walk
"is an American slang term which refers to the police practice of intentionally parading an arrested suspect (or "perp", short for "perpetrator") through a public place so that the media may observe and record the event.
The suspect is typically handcuffed or otherwise restrained, and is often dressed in prison garb."
(Wikipedia)
- Say what? A parents' guide to UK teenage slang
"Many phrases were used universally - for example LOL (Laugh Out Loud)
- and for that you can probably blame rap music, text messaging, Facebook and popular TV programmes like Skins and Hollyoaks.
But there were also wild variations, such as with the word for an attractive or beautiful girl..."
+ a VIDEO 
(BBC)
Listening : 
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PM
backs 'bloody' tourism ad campaign 
"Prime Minister John Howard has praised the new advertising
campaign by Tourism Australia,
which features a cheeky tag-line."
- Watch the Related Video
(abc.net.au)
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British
TV bans Australian tourism ad - a lesson plan
with
"a news article, listening (MP3 file), podcast,
communication activities, pair work,
discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises."
(breakingnewsenglish.com)
- UK
lifts Australian advert ban
"An advert aimed at luring tourists to Australia is to be aired
in full on British TV
after regulators lifted a ban on the use of the word 'bloody'."
(BBC)
- American Accent Training
- (americanaccent.com)
- American
Slang - I. Pre-Listening Exercises II. Listening Exercises
III. Post-Listening Exercises.
(esl-lab.com)
- Idem
(long conversation)
(esl-lab.com)
INTERACTIVE activities :
- The Dialectizer
- (rinkworks.com)
"Convert English text to any of several comic dialects." :
Redneck, Jive, Cockney, Elmer Fudd, Swedish Chef, Moron, Pig
Latin, or Hacker
Lesson plans :
INTERACTIVE games :
Games TO PRINT :
Songs :
- Slang
City -
"Check out this cool guide to American slang, including popular
songs and movies, bad words, body parts, and a fortune teller."
(usingenglish.com)
- L'Argot en V.O.
ou "Comment apprendre les expressions idiomatiques de la langue
de Shakespeare, Walt Whitman et U2" :
Mots - Films - Chansons - Phonétique
(perso.orange.fr/argot)
Films :
- Slang
City -
"Check out this cool guide to American slang, including popular
songs and movies, bad words, body parts, and a fortune teller."
(usingenglish.com)
- L'Argot en V.O.
ou "Comment apprendre les expressions idiomatiques de la langue
de Shakespeare, Walt Whitman et U2" :
Mots - Films - Chansons - Phonétique
(perso.orange.fr/argot)
Videos :
Symphony
in Slang
"It tells the story of a man John Brown (voice) who finds himself
at the Pearly Gates explaining his life story to a bewildered Saint
Peter
and Noah Webster using contemporary slang..."
(Wikipedia)
Symphony
In Slang - an analysis
(wardomatic.blogspot.com)
Cartoons :
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