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Afternoon Tea
A formal meal where one sits down with cucumber sandwiches, pastries, and fine tea. Usually in a hotel or restaurant around 4 pm.
Chrimbo Limbo
That glorious interregnum between Christmas and New Year’s, where everything stops, including work emails, allowing for joy, sloth, and solitude. Everything is a relaxed atmosphere…
Zebra crossing
British term for pedestrian crossing with black and white stripes, named for resemblance to zebra stripes.
You alright?
British greeting that confuses Americans who think it implies something’s wrong.