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• Low German — Low Saxon Spoken in Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, United States, Canada Native speakers ≈5 million  (date missing) Language fam …   Wikipedia

• Low German (disambiguation) — Low German may refer to: *Low German, a group of dialects spoken mainly in Northern Germany and in Northeastern Netherlands. *A postulated language group consisting of Low German (as in the previous list item) and Low Franconian. That group goes… …   Wikipedia

• low-rent — /loʊ ˈrɛnt/ (say loh rent) adjective Colloquial 1. cheap and shoddy: low rent clothes; low rent sound effects. 2. inferior; second rate: a low rent job; a low rent actor …  

• low-maintenance — /loʊ ˈmeɪntənəns/ (say loh mayntuhnuhns) adjective 1. not requiring a large amount of effort or money to keep maintained: a low maintenance swimming pool. 2. Colloquial not requiring or demanding a lot of attention at an emotional level: a low… …  

• low-life — /ˈloʊ laɪf/ (say loh luyf) Colloquial –noun 1. (construed as plural) the vulgar or more seamy elements of society. 2. a despicable person; a scumbag. –adjective 3. of or relating to such people: a low life scum. Also, lowlife …  

• low-doc loan — /loʊ dɒk ˈloʊn/ (say loh dok lohn) noun Colloquial a loan from a lending institution, such as a bank, for which minimal documentation of the borrower s ability to service the loan is required. Compare no doc loan. Also, lo doc loan …  

• lay — I. /leɪ / (say lay) verb (laid, laying) –verb (t) 1. to put or place in a position of rest or recumbency: to lay a book on a desk. 2. to bring, throw, or beat down, as from an erect position: to lay a person low. 3. to cause to subside: to lay… …  

• bleeder —    Originally a euphemism employed in British university circles for ‘bloody fool’, bleeder seems to have rapidly come into low colloquial use at the end of the nineteenth century, especially in the London region. ‘You silly bleeder’ would be a… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• motherfucker —    ‘Get the fuck away from my wife, you fucking motherfucker,’ says one man to another in Any Minute I Can Split, by Judith Rossner. The term is used in low colloquial American speech to a man who is detested. The speaker is probably not thinking …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• sod, you —    ‘Sod’ is a taboo word in British English, but commonly occurs as a vocative. Those who use it know that they are expressing contempt for the person addressed, but are probably unaware that ‘sod’ is a short form of ‘sodomist’. The use of… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• flatwoods —    (colloquial: southeastern USA)    Broad, low gradient (generally < 1 % slope but up to 2% near drainageways), low relief interstream areas and characterized by non hydric, poorly drained soils (seasonal saturation or water table) at depths… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms