英语词汇sex-up的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	sex-up
词源	sex-up. An expression I’ve heard but haven’t yet seen collect- ed. It means “to liven up, energize,” as in “Sex-up that speech or they’ll fall asleep.” Of recent origin, the term sounds like a Hol- lywood or Washington invention. In her book Start With a Laugh (2001), Liz Carpenter tells how to write a political speech: “Start with a laugh, put the meat in the middle, and wave a flag at the end.”
随便看	born in the middle of the week and looking both ways for sunday born on the wrong side of the blanket born on the wrong side of the tracks born to the purple born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad born with two strikes against him borracho borrow borscht borscht belt bosey bosh bosom bread boss boston boston accent boston baked beans boston brahmin boston braves boston fern boston pops boston strong boy boston tea party boswell boswellize

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