Não somos
obrigados a falar ou escrever palavras que não sejam comuns ao nosso dia a
dia... mas com a globalização as coisas mudaram... e hoje fica difícil não
falar “fast food”.
Daí a
necessidade de compilar apenas 300 (trezentas) palavras que já conhecemos como
produto da globalização.
Porém
podemos e devemos falar e escrever “recorde” e não “record” como se a palavra
tivesse acento agudo (´) na letra “e”.
Alimentos e bebidas: cheeseburger, cookies, diet, fast food, ketchup,
light, milk-shake, pizza, sandwich, self-serve, snack, soda, sundae, sweet,
whisky.
Entretenimento, lazer e jogos: baseball, basketball, bike, camping, cinema,
doping, drive-in, film, fitness, game, golf, handball, handicap, happy end, HP,
jeep, jogging, karting, knockout, match, motocross, mountain-bike, park, poker,
pub, show, skat, story, strip-tease, surf, tennis, topless, trailer, videotape,
volleyball, windsurf, video-game, walkie-talkie.
Diversos: flat,
king-size, kitchen, WC, blackout, checkup, diesel, happening, ice, kit, laser,
mix, premium, spray, standard, step, master, city, house, park, place, rush,
street, flash, freezer, tape, telephone, planet, star, universal.
Informática: output,
input, backbone, backup, batch, bit, byte, CD-ROM, chip, connection, data, sheet,
database, e-mail, enter, fax, modem, graphic, hardware, HD, hard drive,
homepage, internet, intranet, keyboard, media, media player, monitor, mouse,
multimedia, net, off-line, on-line, print, printer, processor, scanner,
software, speaker, update, upgrade, shift, enter, escape, delete.
Música: black music, blues, CD, compact disc, concert, country music,
dancemusic, DJ, disc-jockey, flashback, funk, gospel, heavy metal, jazz, LP, new
age, rap, rock, spiritual, stereo, swing, techno, twist.
Negócios: air mail,
bank, best seller, boutique, business, bypass, cash, charter, club, container,
credit, credit-card, delivery, express, feedback, flat, folder, follow-up,
envelope, franchising, free, gold, hangar, hit, holding, hotel, lobby, Made in…
magazine, management, manager, market, marketing, MBA, megastore,
merchandising, news, offset, outdoor, paper, Ph.D. press, rent a car, report,
royalty, sale, service, shopping center, slide, slogan, speaker, speech,
duty-free, taxi, ticket, trademark, trainee, valet-park, van, design,
drive-thru, export, home banking, import, money, office, motel.
Sociedade e comportamento: boyfriend, friend, girlfriend, lady, mister
black, black power, gay, GLS, high society, king, President, Queen, serial
killer, full-time, part-time, happy, love, relax, sex appeal, sexy, stress,
baby-sitter, barman, cowboy, doctor, freelance, model, movie star, office-boy,
top model.
Vestuário, acessórios e moda: baby doll, black tie, blazer, casual, cotton,
lycra, fashion, jeans, stretch, shorts, tennis shoes.
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