"call" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Satchels worn by man are often humorously called "Man Purse" due to their similar design to some of the woman purses.
- Ms. Brooke, who writes most of their songs, has humorously called their sound "urban folk acoustic nouvelle cuisine a la something - with mango chutney."
- A mullet haircut is humorously called a "chocopanda" or "chocolo" in Chile, after the mullets usually worn by street vendors selling the ice cream.
- This was clearly demonstrated in the Alps in what were half humorously called "leptogeosynclines", that is troughs with very little sediment.
- Newfoundland English is often humorously called Newfinese.
- This incident is humorously called Nipplegate.
- They were sometimes humorously called "Yellow dog Democrats," or "boll weevils," "Dixiecrats."
- The long, thin tendon of the plantaris is humorously called "the freshman's nerve," as it is often mistaken for a nerve by first-year medical students.
- They have adapted to terrestrial life and are thus sometimes humorously called "winkles-come-ashore".
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