“Dipso, Fatso, Bingo, Asbo, Tesco”, amour-propre,

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某人提前議用箴言行形容英國特色 “Dipso, Fatso, Bingo, Asbo, Tesco” (Asbo stands for “anti-social behavior order,” a law-enforcement tool, while Tesco is a ubiquitous supermarket chain 舉國都可見特異屋大超商);


Wikipedia article "Anti-Social Behaviour Order". 反社會行為逮捕令




amour-propre,


Quote:

"Sure, I could retire; but what would I do? Play Bingo? I think not!" — Dawn Wells

Word of the Day:
amour-propre
or amour propre
(ah-moor PRO-pruh) noun

Self-esteem; self-respect.

Etymology
From French amour-propre (self-esteem), from amour (love) + propre (own).

Usage

"Diaghilev was always happy to trample on the feelings of his colleagues if he thought that the outcome merited it and at different times we see Fokine, Benois, Bakst, and Nijinsky all desolated by jealousy and injured amour-propre." Luke Jennings; A Tyrannical Genius; The Observer (London, UK); Oct 25, 2009.



bingo 舉國好賭

Game of chance played with cards having a grid of numbered squares corresponding to numbered balls drawn at random. When a number on the card is drawn, the players cover that number (should they have it); the game is won by covering a certain number of squares in a row (vertically, horizontally, or diagonally). Cards are purchased and proceeds are placed into a common "pot"; winning cards are awarded a portion of the pot. Wildly popular in the mid 20th century, bingo has in recent decades suffered a decline in America but has increased in popularity in other parts of the world. The earliest name for bingo — lotto — was recorded in Britain in 1776; the game is sometimes called keno in the U.S.

舉國嗜飲

dipso

(dĭp'sō) 

n. Slang., pl. -sos.
A person who has a compulsion to drink alcohol; a dipsomaniac.
舉國肥胖

fatso

(făt'sō) 

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n. Offensive Slang., pl. -soes.A fat person.