Beater (used to describe a car in particularly bad condition)
Shit-box
Bomber
Pig
Convertible
Coupe
Pop culture terms: A hooptie is typically a large car popular with the gangsta and hip-hop culture. ... A luxury car is a relatively expensive car. ...
In many other European countries, it is forbidden under the terms of the European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals, unless "a veterinarian considers [such] non-curative procedures necessary either for veterinary medical reasons or for the benefit of (the) animal".
The list of cat breeds is quite large: most cat registries recognize between 35 and 70 breeds of cats, and several more are in development, with one or more of new breeds being recognized each year on average.
In the United Kingdom and Australia, non-purebred cats are referred in slang as moggies (derived from "Maggie", short for Margaret, reputed to have been a common name for cows and calves in 18th-century England and latter applied to housecats during the Victorian era [4]).
The use of the term dendrite to describe the branching part of a nerve cell came about because of the "branching" and hence `tree-like' aspect of that part of the nerve cell.
Though some believe that the term buck for an American dollar originated from the use of silver dollars for bucks `markers used in poker,' others believe that the term buck `dollar' originated due to the fact that buckskins were used in trade, as a form of money, in early America.
The term arose becaues a law was passed in England in 1266 specifying exactly how much a loaf of bread should weigh, and it imposed a heavy penalty for underweight loaves.
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