" The two terms, uniformitarianism and catastrophism, were both coined by William Whewell ; in 1866 R. Grove suggested the simpler term continuity for Lyell's view, but the old terms persisted.

Over the course of subsequent centuries, the term persisted and developed into its 21st century meaning of " recreational " or " leisurely pursuit ".

This collective effort was at the origin of many of Britain's building societies, which however developed into " permanent " mutual savings and loan organisations, a term which persisted in some of their names ( such as the former Leeds Permanent ).

In spite of its modern taxonomic irrelevance, the term has persisted, particularly in the names of herpetology, the scientific study of reptiles and amphibians, and herpetoculture, the captive care and breeding of reptiles and amphibians.

The term " windsurfing " has persisted as the accepted name for the sport, and the word " windsurfer " persists for both participants and equipment.

Quain also suggested spinal accessory nerve as a shortened form of the term ; this term, and its more abbreviated variant, accessory nerve, have persisted to modern times.

The use of this term has persisted since then in Egyptian newspapers, the state-controlled press of Syria, Lebanon's Al-Manar, and the Jordanian media.

After his defeat by Joseph Taylor Robinson in 1912 in his attempt at a third term as governor, Donaghey persisted in his quest to complete the Capitol.

In spite of this, the term Regular Baptist has persisted to this day.

As glass bottles started to take over, the slang term ' can ' persisted.

The use of the term ' township ' persisted and has recently been revived as a name for subdivisions of boroughs in northern England.

While the British intervention was meant to be short term, it in fact persisted until 1954.

The use of the slang term " Turkish section " to describe the percussion section of an orchestra apparently persisted into modern times.

This dual meaning has persisted in existence despite the partition of Ireland in 1922 as historically the term included all of Ireland, which between 1800 and 1922 was wholly a part of the United Kingdom.

However the term persisted for internal sports events in the Soviet Union of different levels, from local up to the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR ( Спартакиада народов СССР, Spartakiada narodov SSSR ).

His long term loyalty to the town which persisted until his move to Australia in 1994 earned him the description of ' the hermit of Binghamton ' among his friends.

Ill-health made him less exuberant than his earlier mayoral term, but he nonetheless persisted with his reforms.

The use of the term is thought to have persisted in New England for several decades.

However, the term Indian Civil Service ( ICS ) persisted.

Early historical accounts show that some colonists attempted to learn and record the autonyms of these individual groups, but the use of the general term " Indian " persisted.

The slang term going postal is similar in scope.

* Maybach, the engine company, a slang term

William Safire considered this the coinage, but the Random House Dictionary of American Slang considers the usage " metaphorical or perhaps proverbial, rather than a concrete example of the later slang term ", and Popik likewise does not consider this the coinage.

The term has become common Internet slang.

* GM Buffalo bus, a slang term for several models of intercity motorcoach

* Police, with ' old bill ' as a slang term in the UK

The term " Bolshie " later became a slang term for anyone who was rebellious, aggressive or truculent.

* Crank, slang term for powdered amphetamines, especially methamphetamine

Coyotaje ( the Mexican-Spanish word for coyote ) is a slang term for a person who smuggles illegal immigrants over the border from Mexico to the United States.

In Australian slang the term for an English person is " pommy ", which has been proposed as a rhyme on " pomegranate " rhyming with " immigrant ".

A more recent Australian invention is the term " reginalds " to describe underpants ( referred to as " undies " in Australian slang ), from " Reg Grundies " after Reg Grundy, the Australian media tycoon.

Rhyming slang terms for Jew have included " Chelsea Blue ", " Stick of Glue ", " Four by Two ", " Buckle my shoe ", and " Front Wheel Skid ", which is a more palatable form of the insulting term " Yid ", short for Yiddish, the language spoken by many Jewish immigrants to the UK in the early 20th century.

In December 2004 Joe Pasquale, winner of the fourth series of ITV's I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here !, became well known for his frequent use of the term " Jacobs ", for Jacob's Crackers, a rhyming slang term for knackers i. e. testicles.

Terms invented by Adams in relation to the strip, and sometimes used by fans in describing their own office environments, include “ Induhvidual .” This term is based on the American English slang expression “ duh !” The conscious misspelling of individual as induhvidual is a pejorative term for people who are not in the DNRC ( Dogbert's New Ruling Class ).

The term " domme " () is a coined pseudo-French female variation of the slang dom ( short for dominant ).

This process often occurs in English ( e. g. speed or crank for meth ) and is really slang formation, as it often is not intended to substitute a softer term.

* European Domestic Market in the automobile industry, A slang term used by some North Americans to describe the European Economic Area

From there, the term migrated into military slang, where it merged with FUBAR.

Some fatwās have drawn a great deal of attention in Western media, giving rise to the term fatwā being used loosely for statements by non-Muslims that advocate an extreme religious or political position, and loosely or as slang for other sorts of decrees, for example:

" She gives the example of Hamlet's advice to Ophelia, " get thee to a nunnery ", which is simultaneously a reference to a place of chastity and a slang term for a brothel, reflecting Hamlet's confused feelings about female sexuality.

The English use of hentai is more similar to the way the Japanese use the slang term エッチ ( H or ecchi ), which refers to any sexually explicit content or behaviour.

In the English-speaking world, examples include the word ‘ bazinga ’ from the CBS show The Big Bang Theory and, in Japanese, the term moe has come into common use among slang users to mean something extremely cute and appealing.