08 setembro 2005

Nueva Yol n. In Caribbean Spanish, New York (City). Also Nueba Yol.

Dominican Republic. Associated with or special to Dominican Republican or Dominican people, places, or things. Dominican Republic. NYC. Puerto Rico. Associated with or special to Puerto Rico or Puerto Rican (or Boricuan) people, places, or things. Puerto Rico. Spanish. The "yol" is due to a clipped final consonant, characteristic of Caribbean Spanish. In most dialects of Spanish, the "V" and "B" are both pronounced as a voiced labiodental plosive, sometimes resulting in the common spelling or transcription nueba for nueva 'new' (also seen in the variable spelling of Havana/Habana).

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love-cum-arranged marriage n. matrimony between a mutually acceptable and consenting couple that has been facilitated by the couple’s parents.

English. India. Associated with or special to India or Indian people, places, or things. India. [Cum is Latin for “with” or “together with.”]

[As long as there's cum...]

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