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Bookmark or Share- Single word which refers to restaurants, bars and clubs?Horeca is a business term which refers to a sector of the food service industry, to establishments which prepare and serve food and beverages. The term is a syllabic abbreviation of the words Hotel/Restaurant/Café. it hails from Dutch and may be a bit obscure. Share. Improve this answer.
- pejorative language - What is the word(s) for someone who is very ...ratchet freak ratchet freak. 513 2 2 silver badges 10 10 bronze badges. 1.
- More formal way of saying: "Sorry to bug you again about this, but ..."A good question: I'm in a similar quandry with a supplier, but after 'sorry to bother you' email or two, I started to ratchet-up the bluntness. – CJM Commented Aug 22, 2011 at 20:05
- What is the origin of a 'racket', meaning a scam or swindle?According to the OED the term apparently began in Britain, but became equally used on both sides of the Atlantic. It means a dishonest or fraudulent line of business, a method of swindling for
- What does "ratchet" mean and when was it first used?Both skanky and ratchet (as used in the Hudsons’ comical YouTube video, anyway) are not gender-neutral terms, though none of the Gurl.com experts expressly makes this point about ratchet. It will be interesting to see whether the gender connection that "Ratchet Girl Anthem" promotes influences the long-term sense of the word, notwithstanding ...
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