单词 | pitmatic |
释义 | pitmaticn. English regional (north-eastern). A dialect specific to miners in the north-east of England. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > used by other groups indenture Englisha1568 water language1702 jockeyism1802 slum1812 Polari1846 stable-language1856 scientificism1860 water-slang1860 Oxfordish1863 galley-slang1867 pitmatic1885 commercialese1910 legalese1911 academese1917 Hollywoodese1920 businessese1921 Hollywoodism1925 trade unionese1927 advertisingese1929 officese1935 sociologese1940 Whitehallese1940 Newspeak1949 patter1949 Pentagonese1950 educationese1958 computerese1960 managementese1961 spacespeak1963 computer-speak1968 techno-jargon1972 business-speak1973 Eurospeak1975 Euro-jargon1976 technospeak1976 doctorspeak1977 corporate-speak1978 medspeak1979 mellowspeak1979 technobabble1981 teenspeak1982 management-speak1986 codespeak1987 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > British English > used by miners in north-east pitmatic1885 1885 Times 21 Aug. 4/4 A few minutes delay in the overman's cabin, thronged with men talking an unintelligible language, known, I was informed, as Pitmatic. 1908 Aldersgate Primitive Methodist Mag. New Ser. 7 430/1 Their hostesses would turn to him in fear mingled with amusement in the mystery of the Durham ‘pitmatic’. Dick played the interpreter. 1934 J. B. Priestley Eng. Journey x. 334 When the pitmen are exchanging stories of colliery life..they do it in ‘pitmatik’, which is Scandinavian in origin, far nearer to the Norse than the ordinary Durham dialect. 1961 Listener 23 Nov. 865/2 The ambitious young actor who naturally speaks beautiful English must assume a rough-diamond pitmatic though he has it not. 1977 G. Todd Geordie Words & Phrases 34 He taaks pitmatic. 2016 Oral Hist. Spring 105/1 There are some studies of pit language, also known as ‘pitmatic’ in the north-east England coal fields..but many of these are generic and not specific to a particular region. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1885 |
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