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if you'll pardon the expression
if you'll pardon the expression
Fig. excuse the expression I am about to say or just said. This thing is—if you'll pardon the expression—loused up. I'm really jacked, if you'll pardon the expression.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Constantin | | kon-stahn-TEEN (Romanian), kawn-stawn-TEN (French) | Romanian, French |
| Gonzalez | | [gɔn'za:lez] | |
| ErzsÉBet | | ER-zhay-bet | Hungarian |
| Jennie | | JEN-ee (English) | English, Swedish |
| Yefet | | - | Biblical Hebrew |
| Malati | | - | Indian, Hindi |