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Bitching – is a colloquial expression with a negative connotation. In a bulk sense, it means vocally express your dissatisfaction about something, either with reason or otherwise. When someone is “complaining” about something, there is usually a cause or reason which may or may not stand. ...

When you use "gone" plus an adjective (in this case "missing"), there is an impression that the action is deliberate and that the time scale involved is likely to be long. "He's gone native" he wants to adapt to the society around him and is unlikely to change in the short term. "She's gone...

Itasan wrote: apple polisher LDCE says it is BrE. If so, what is the British equivalent? The BrE equivalent colloquial expression is bootlicker , = a person who behaves obsequiously (It has nothing to do with kicking anything!) Similar to BrE colloquial.. crawle r, = a person who...