- Meaning: coming / going out; exit
- In Chinese: 外出;出口
- Where we first met: email from the School Administrator of my school, concerning the construction work taking place in some heavy-traffic area near the school entrance - 'For the time being please take care when accessing and egressing through the quad.'
Monday, October 16, 2006
egress
vilify, vilification
- Meaning: to make vicious and defamatory statements (about someone)
- In Hong Kong slang: 唱衰
- In decent Chinese: 詆毀,抹黑
- Where we first met: reader's comment in Scotsman.com - a certain writer was 'publicy vilified' for saying something against the expansion of British education in the 1960s.
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