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　　This one is for Harry. (Hey, I don’t know why everyone make fun of Harry whenever there is a post remotely related to the topic of sex. So I decided to poke a bit of fun on him too.)
　　64: Jailbait, homewrecker, cock teaser and Vixen
　　Yesterday(* my original post was dated 2007-5-6, posted at wwenglish.) there was a program on the "Space" channel featuring "super-vixens" in science fiction movies. That reminded me of one of the following.
　　
　　(1) A jailbait is a female minor. A minor is one who is "under the age of consent." Having consensual sex with a minor will lend you in jail, thus the term "jailbait."
　　
　　 Different countries, and different provinces or states of different countries, have laws defining what the "age of consent" is: anywhere from as young as 14 to as old as 21. That age is not always synonymous with the "legal" age. In non-muslim countries, consenual sex with a person who is older than the "age of consent" is not unlawful, however, consensual sex with someone who is under-age, i.e. younger than the age or consent, is considered as statutory rape. One of the most famous , or rather, notorious case, was that of the film director Roman Polansky who had a sexual relationship with a teenage girl. To avoid prosecution, he fled the U.S.A. for Europe and has never been able to return to the U.S. since
　　
　　(2) A Home Wrecker . As the term implies, she breaks up marriages. This is a woman who is having an affair with a married man. In most cases, she is also bend on breaking up the marriage either for fun or for her own gains.
　　
　　(3) A Cock Teaser . "Cock" is a slang for the male sexual organ. To tease someone is to entice someone but not actually doing anything : all talk and no action. This woman is not only a flirt, but she teases. Let’s say you have a female co-worker in your office who is constantly dressed in sexually enticing garment, walks around twisting her hips and talks to you as if she wants to have you in the sack (=in bed) right that minute, but is actually not serious about the whole idea, is a "cock teaser."
　　
　　(4) A Vixen : A vixen is a female fox, but it is not the same as the Chinese 狐狸精。In English, a vixen is a vindictive, bad tempered, quarrelsome or even malicious--something akin to a shrew (as in Shakspeare’s "Taming of the Shrew", except that a shrew is not considered to be malicious.
　　

　　65. Girl Friday
　　

　　Girl Friday
　　In the business world, the closest term to "一脚踢" is probably "girl Friday.".
　　
　　From an old post of mine dated 2000/06/20 18:42:22 in another forum (now defunct.)
　　
　　(start of quote) When you need a girl for temporary work to do short hand, typing, filing, fill in as a receptionist, make the coffee, etc.., you put up an ad to look for a "girl Friday." (end of quote)
　　
　　 The term comes from the man whom Robinson Crusoe (魯賓遜) saved and named as "Friday", and who later became his helper and companion.
　　
　　For your interest
　　Source of the following quote
　　bulletin_board/20/messages/1364.html
　　(Start of quote)
　　MAN FRIDAY/ GIRL FRIDAY –
　　
　　A man Friday is: “An efficient and devoted aide or employee; a right-hand man. Friday is a character in Daniel Defoe’s novel, ‘The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner,’ (1) published 1719-1720. Friday is the young native man rescued by Robinson Crusoe, certainly the best-known castaway in literature…(Crusoe) calls him ‘man Friday’ because he met him on a Friday… ‘Girl Friday’ is a term, now frowned upon, for a resourceful female assistant, made popular by the classic 1940 comedy adaptation of ‘The Front Page’ (His Girl Friday) starting Rosalind Russell as an ace reporter and Cary Grant as her cynical editor and ex-husband…” From the “Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Allusions” by Elizabeth Webber and Mike Feinsilber (Merriam-Webster, Springfield, Mass., 1999)
　　(end of quote)
　　
　　

　　Thanks a lot!

　　First panel: This is terrible!
　　
　　2: This contract Bumstead put together has more holes than a piece of swiss cheese! (Hole here means "漏洞“) ( The cliche "more holes than a piece of swiss chess!=your contract/theory/idea has a lot of 漏洞 --> 比 swiss chesse 更多( 漏 )洞.)
　　
　　3: His sloopy work has cost me way too much moeny over the years!
　　
　　4: This time he gets fired!!
　　
　　5: On the other hand, (i) if I do fire Bumstead, there’s no guarantee that I’ll find somebody else(ii) who would take the kind of guff I dish out.
　　
　　(i) Note the use of "on the other hand" is for something opposite. It is NOT use for "additional reasons", but "contrary reason."
　　
　　(ii) Note: "somebody else", and not "somebody". I mentioned that several times in various posts on this forum. My high school English teacher drummed that in my head. "Somebody" means everyone, including yourself. "Somebody else"=everyone else except you.
　　
　　"This kind of guff"="this kind of nonsense"
　　I dish out=> (to dish out something)=to deal out/to dispense: E.g. he is dishing out advice left and right. George is a cruel teacher; he dishes out harsh punishment to the kids for very minor offences.
　　
　　6: Unbelievable! He’s got me over a barrel.
　　(When you are "over a barrel", you are in a weak or defenceless position. When you have someone over the barrel, you have him at your mercy.)
　　
　　7: Bumstead! You really take the cake, you know that?!!
　　("Takes the cake"=you are the most (either good or bad)=you are the worst/your are the best=(either extreme: Can be used for 你是最牛的/你是最采的
　　
　　8:I wonder what that was all about?
　　
　　

　　采---> 菜

　　#67 Padded Resume
　　
　　A "padded resume" is a resume (简历) or C.V. (curriculum vitae) that is exaggerated. E.g. in this cartoon, the pigeon is just a simple, regular pigeon. He must have submitted his resume to the pig, in which he described himself as "the most unique and exotic birds in all of North America." This cartoon is making fun of the trend of "padding one’s resume."
　　

　　#68 Not all native speakers speak good English. (Or "not all native speakers speak their own language well.")
　　
　　There are native speakers and there are native speakers.
　　
　　
　　
　　

　　#69 McMansion

　　From: Workspy words/McMansion.asp
　　{}McMansion
　　 (muhk.MAN.shun) n. A large, opulent house, especially a new house that has a size and style that doesn’t fit in with the surrounding houses.
　　
　　Example Citation:
　　In a world of bloated S.U.V.’s and rambling McMansions, there are times when smaller is better.
　　—Steven E. Brier, "Nikon’s New Digital Camera Fits Easily in a Pocket," The New York Times, August 16, 2001
　　Notes:
　　The word McMansion has only been a part of the lexicon for a little over ten years, but it has already undergone a fairly significant change in meaning. In fact, the word’s current meaning seems to be almost the opposite of its original sense. As the earliest citation shows, McMansion used to mean something similar to cookie-cutter house (that is, a house that has a bland style that’s identical to all the nearby houses). This fits nicely with the formation of the word, which is McDonalds (the fast-food chain) + mansion. After all, what could be more bland and "cookie cutter" than the fare served by McDonalds? {}
　　
　　Note from me: In Canada, houses are called Monster Houses when an older and/or smaller house is bought, dismantled, and a large house (out-of-place with the neighourhood) is build as a replacement. Sometimes it is a mismatching set of additions that are added to a much smaller house. In the 70s and 80s, a lot of Hong Kong multimillionaires were buying up small houses in Vancouver and Toronto, and, much to the dsimay of the neighbours (and the previous owners), turn them into Monster houses.