non-U

Betekenis (Engels)

Not U; not characteristic of the upper classes, particularly regarding language.

Teenoorgestelde van

U

Sinonieme

common

vulgar

Vertalings

sconveniente

coloquial

vulgar

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/nɒnˈjuː/

Etimologie (Engels)

From non- + U (“characteristic of the upper classes”), coined by British linguist Alan S. C. Ross (1907–1980) in an article in 1954, and popularized by the English journalist and writer Nancy Mitford (1904–1973).