Compound modifiers can be adverbs, too. Often, these compound adverbs come after the verb: She works part-time. And because adverbs can modify adjectives, as in “fabulously wealthy,” compound adverbs ...

Bet,” “dat part,” “chi,” “low-key,” “mama” — words and phrases that would give a Victorian child an aneurysm. Us 21st-century ...

The usage, while texting, of convenient abbreviations, unrecognisable alterations and myriad emojis is now a rule, rather ...

If you want to modify something using two or more adjectives, you change the preceding adjectives to the TE-form. Now, let me tell you how to turn adjectives to the TE-form. You’ve learned that ...

when we use them to modify nouns. So, they are called NA-adjectives. One example is SUKI (to be fond of, to like) in today’s skit. You may think it is an I-adjective, as it ends with I.

That’s right. Machetes. A blade that gardeners associate with hacking troublesome brambles – and keep in a holster for safety - is in London parlance an adjective to modify the noun “attack”, as in a ...

Machetes. A blade that gardeners associate with hacking troublesome brambles – and keep in a holster for safety - is in London parlance an adjective to modify the noun “attack”, as in a ...

Morto (adjective) Another Irish colloquialism we’re fond of, one which refers to that feeling of mortification or extreme embarrassment. The OED cites this example for a phrase: "Our poor waiter.