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Uber vs Shanghai - What's the difference?

uber | shanghai |

As an adjective uber

is super; high-level; high-ranking.

As an adverb uber

is very; super.

As a proper noun shanghai is

shanghai.

uber

English

Alternative forms

über ueber

Adjective

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  • Super; high-level; high-ranking
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  • Very; super
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    shanghai

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) , with reference to the former practice of forcibly crewing ships heading for the Orient.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To force or trick (someone) into joining a ship which is lacking a full crew.
  • * 1999 June 24, ‘The Resurrection of Tom Waits’, in Rolling Stone'', quoted in ''Innocent When You Dream , Orion (2006), page 256,
    • It was the strangest galley: the sounds, the steam, he's screaming at his coworkers. I felt like I'd been shanghaied .
  • To abduct or coerce.
  • * 1974 September 30, ‘ Final Report on the Activities of the Children of God',
    • Oftentimes the approach is to shanghai an unsuspecting victim.
  • To commandeer; appropriate; hijack
    • Let's see if we can shanghai a room for a couple of hours.
    Synonyms
    * press-gang

    Etymology 2

    From Scottish (m), from (etyl) (m), influenced by the Chinese city.Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, by Eric Partridge, 2006, p. 613

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A slingshot.
  • *1985 , (Peter Carey), Illywhacker , Faber and Faber 2003, p. 206:
  • *:They scrounged around the camp […] and held out their filthy wings to the feeble sun, making themselves an easy target for Charles's shanghai .

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