EuroLex/E/Twist 1

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 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: v. 10 'dance the twist'

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


 * Annotations: * DEA = Dictionary of European Anglicisms by Manfred Görlach (2001), Oxford: OUP.; ** CODEE = The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology by T.F. Hoad (1986), Oxford: Clarendon.


 * Information on Other Languages: Icelandic: tvista [th vista], 1960s, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (colloquial, archaic); Russian: tvistovat, mid20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: obsolete;

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