Verb | Social Alignment
Encyclopedia of British Slang
PALLY-UP
Verb | Neutral | Social Alignment
PALLY-UP Pronunciation: /’pl-i ?p/ Part of Speech: Verb Severity Level: Neutral Category: Social Alignment
Core Definition
To pally-up means:
To become friendly
To form a temporary alliance
To align socially
It can carry suspicion.
Linguistic Origins
Built from pal with informal suffix and phrasal addition.
Common in 20th-century British speech.
Usage Contexts
Politics:
Theyve pally-upped.
Office:
Pallying up with the boss.
It signals strategic friendliness.
Emotional Register
Pally-up can imply calculation.
Not always sincerity.
Final Assessment
Pally-up captures convenient friendliness.
Subtly.
EXPANDED ENTRY 233
Alan Nafzger was born in Lubbock, Texas, the son Swiss immigrants. He grew up on a dairy in Windthorst, north central Texas. He earned degrees from Midwestern State University (B.A. 1985) and Texas State University (M.A. 1987). University College Dublin (Ph.D. 1991). Dr. Nafzger has entertained and educated young people in Texas colleges for 37 years. Nafzger is best known for his dark novels and experimental screenwriting. His best know scripts to date are Lenin’s Body, produced in Russia by A-Media and Sea and Sky produced in The Philippines in the Tagalog language. In 1986, Nafzger wrote the iconic feminist western novel, Gina of Quitaque. Contact: editor@prat.uk
