Jinane Itani: Slang and Cultural Expressions

Approx. time	Expression	Explanation
3:40	fearful time	a time of being afraid
4:18	travel agency	company that makes travel arrangements for customers
6:25	the Seventies	the decade from 1970 to 1979
8:20	E.S.L.	English as a Second Language = language classes for immigrants and refugees
8:45	adult foster care	care for elderly adults and adults with disabilities who cannot live alone safely
9:14	in our pocket	in our possession
9:18	green card	a permit allowing a foreign national to live and work permanently in the United States
9:40	Social Security number	a numbered card that identifies to the government that someone may work and pay taxes in the U.S.
10:00	Gulf War	the 1990-1991 war fought by the United States and 33 coalition countries in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait; with military code names of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, it was also known as the Persian Gulf War, First Gulf War, Kuwait War, First Iraq War
10:58	take their cues	learn how to behave by observing
12:25	Nano’s Care	http://bit.ly/1wgkLYU
14:10	citizens of the world	people with a global mindset, rather than one single national identity
15:30	volunteer commitment	participation (without pay) in an organization which benefits the wider community
15:39	Community Relations Commission	http://bit.ly/1tlGZX5
16:03	anti-discrimination	working against unfair treatment of others
16:12	LGBT case	a discrimination complaint brought to the Commission by a person from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender community

Vandana Magal Show: Slang and Cultural Expressions

Approx. time	Expression	Explanation
0:45	millennia	thousands of years
1:35	Times of India	http://bit.ly/1ieIYsz
1:44	Economic Times	http://bit.ly/1hRLq5A
1:58	doctoral program	PhD studies
2:05	trajectory	the arc or pathway of a flying object
2:20	freelance writer	independent person writing for more than one publication
2:30	Toledo Blade	http://bit.ly/1j69D7g
2:45	“From Somewhere Else: Transnational Communities and Media”	http://bit.ly/1rIDA1H
2:50	transnational	moving freely across national boundaries
2:58	heritage communities	cultural locations where people originate
3:25	Indo-American	Americans of (South Asian) Indian ancestry
3:30	hyphenated identity	belonging to two national cultures, e.g., Bosnian-American
4:00	sociological	about social issues, especially related to cultural and environmental aspects (not psychological or personal ones)
4:10	illuminates	shines light on, illustrates, shows
4:13	transcended	went beyond the usual range or limits
5:25	less mobility	not moving as much
5:40	angle to this	way of viewing this
7:02	WhatsApp	instant messaging subscription service for smartphones
7:47	diasporic consciousness	way of thinking for people who are migrated/scattered from their original homeland
8:20	advent	arrival
8:36	tedious	long, slow, tiresome
8:50	hyperactivity	having more action than is usual or desirable
9:18	all walks of life	all kinds of occupations and backgrounds
9:42	relegated to memory	limited to what we remember from the past
10:00	less abrupt	not changing so suddenly
10:45	hyphenation	joining two words together, e.g., Chinese-American
10:53	media-centric	defined from the media’s point of view
12:05	submerse yourself 100%	join something totally (without looking for other options)
12:14	hybrid identity	having two or more ways of seeing oneself
12:30	Sicilians	people from the Italian island of Sicily
12:45	salad bowl	mixing together many vegetables and allowing them to keep their original identity within the new mixture
12:55	intact	together, without coming separated
13:48	parallels	comparisons of similarity
14:25	solitude	aloneness
15:55	give voice to	allow someone to speak, allow someone to represent him/herself

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