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Cards :
Vocabulary : 
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Don't be 404, know the tech slang
"A study of new slang terms entering English finds that technology is driving and perpetuating them."
(BBC)
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A lolcat
"is an image combining a photograph, most frequently a cat, with a humorous and idiosyncratic caption in (often) broken English—a dialect which is known as "lolspeak", or "kitteh" and parodies the poor grammar typically attributed to Internet slang. The name "lolcat" is a compound word of the phrase "LOL" and "cat". A synonym for "lolcat" is cat macro, since the images are a type of image macro. Lolcats are designed for photo sharing imageboards and other internet forums..."
(Wikipedia)

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Lipstick on a pig (urbandictionary.com)
= "slang for when someone tries to dress something up, but is still that something. usually used on ugly broads, when they put on a skirt and some lipstick and well, they still look like the same digusting pig."
"You put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig"

- Gang Slang
(gangsorus.com)
Interviews - Understanding Gang Slang
The Rap Dictionary
Numbers and Symbols...
Gang Initials
- SlangSite.com
is a dictionary of slang, webspeak, made up words, and colloquialisms.
(slangsite.com)

- Slang List
- A list of common English slang expressions with examples
and definitions. (eslcafe.com)
- L'Argot
en V.O.
ou "Comment apprendre les expressions idiomatiques de
la langue de Shakespeare, Walt Whitman et U2" :
Mots - Films - Chansons - Phonétique
(perso.orange.fr/argot)
- Learn
the language of the street - what people say and the
topics they like to talk about :
Music - Health - Sport - Relationships - Food - Going out - Moods -
Work - Texting - Money (BBC)
- Dictionary
of Slang - English slang and colloquialisms
used in the United Kingdom. (dictionaryofslang.co.uk)

- Online
Slang Dictionaries and Language Links (peevish.co.uk)
British slang and dialect
General English slang and comparative English/American language
U.S. slang
Australian slang
New Zealand slang
South African slang
Foreign slang and languages
Drug related slang
'Black' slang and rap
Gay/lesbian slang
Crime and prison slang
Other specialist slang sites
Miscellaneous dictionaries and other language related resources
Other links
A Dictionary of Slang promotional banners
- COCKNEY
RHYMING SLANG (traditions-uk)

- Food
words and phrases (BBC)
"Learn the language of the street - what people
say and the topics they like to talk about."
Listening : 
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PM
backs 'bloody' tourism ad campaign
"Prime Minister John Howard has praised the new advertising
campaign by Tourism Australia,
which features a cheeky tag-line."
- Watch the Related Video 
(abc.net.au)
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British
TV bans Australian tourism ad - a lesson plan
with
"a news article, listening (MP3 file), podcast,
communication activities, pair work,
discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises."
(breakingnewsenglish.com)
- UK
lifts Australian advert ban
"An advert aimed at luring tourists to Australia is to be aired
in full on British TV
after regulators lifted a ban on the use of the word 'bloody'."
(BBC)

- American Accent Training
- (americanaccent.com)

- American
Slang - I. Pre-Listening Exercises II. Listening Exercises
III. Post-Listening Exercises.

(esl-lab.com)
- Idem
(long conversation)
(esl-lab.com)
INTERACTIVE activities :
- The Dialectizer
- (rinkworks.com)
"Convert English text to any of several comic dialects." :
Redneck, Jive, Cockney, Elmer Fudd, Swedish Chef, Moron, Pig
Latin, or Hacker

Lesson plans :
- PM
backs 'bloody' tourism ad campaign
"Prime Minister John Howard has praised the new advertising
campaign by Tourism Australia,
which features a cheeky tag-line."
- Watch the Related Video 
(abc.net.au)
- British
TV bans Australian tourism ad - a lesson plan with
"a news article, listening (MP3 file), podcast, communication
activities, pair work,
discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises."
(breakingnewsenglish.com)
INTERACTIVE games :
Games TO PRINT :
Songs :
- Slang
City -
"Check out this cool guide to American slang, including popular
songs and movies, bad words, body parts, and a fortune teller."
(usingenglish.com)
- L'Argot en V.O.
ou "Comment apprendre les expressions idiomatiques de la langue
de Shakespeare, Walt Whitman et U2" :
Mots - Films - Chansons - Phonétique
(perso.orange.fr/argot)
Films :
- Slang
City -
"Check out this cool guide to American slang, including popular
songs and movies, bad words, body parts, and a fortune teller."
(usingenglish.com)
- L'Argot en V.O.
ou "Comment apprendre les expressions idiomatiques de la langue
de Shakespeare, Walt Whitman et U2" :
Mots - Films - Chansons - Phonétique
(perso.orange.fr/argot)
Videos : 
Symphony
in Slang
"It tells the story of a man John Brown (voice) who finds himself
at the Pearly Gates explaining his life story to a bewildered Saint
Peter
and Noah Webster using contemporary slang..."
(Wikipedia)
Symphony
In Slang - an analysis
(wardomatic.blogspot.com)

Cartoons :
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