"Alice" means popular in england since the middle ages. It is one of many casual words teens pick up from friends, social media, music or sport, and on its own it carries no particular warning. If you hear your teen use it, it is fair to ask what they mean by it in their friend group, since meanings drift quickly. Asking out of curiosity rather than alarm tends to keep the conversation open and useful.
Alice
popular in England since the Middle Ages.
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BlueskyMay 2026
บริษัทซอฟต์แวร์ควอนตัม Horizon Quantum ที่เพิ่งเข้าตลาดสาธารณะ ได้รายงานผลประกอบการไตรมาสแรกพร้อมกับความร่วมมือทางกลยุทธ์ ซึ่งรวมถึงการซื้อระบบควอนตัมไอออนแบบ 256-qubit ของ IonQ และการร่วมมือกับ AQT และ Alice & Bob เพ…
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BlueskyMay 2026
חברת תוכנה קוונטית שהפכה לאחרונה לחברה ציבורית, Horizon Quantum דיווחה על תוצאות רבעון ראשון 2026 עם שותפויות אסטרטגיות: רכישת מערכת IonQ בעלת 256 קיוביט של יונים כלואים, שיתופי פעולה עם AQT ו-Alice & Bob למערכות סובל…
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BlueskyMay 2026
Stop scrolling 🛒🖤 12 Alice Pike Barney dark academia masterpieces — instant download, print any size. The moody wall art your space has been craving. Grab it now! 👉 https://usacanvasart.com/product/alice-pike-barn…
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BlueskyMay 2026
Alice Sara Ott überträgt Jóhann Jóhannssons Werke auf Klavier – ein Konzept, das insgesamt wenig Substanz bringt. #alicesaraott #johannjohannsson #klavier #piano #cd orchestergraben.com/alice-sara-o...
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BlueskyMay 2026
Công ty phần mềm lượng tử mới công khai Horizon Quantum đã báo cáo kết quả Quý I với các quan hệ đối tác chiến lược: mua hệ thống ion bẫy IonQ 256-qubit, các hợp tác với AQT và Alice & Bob cho các hệ thống chịu lỗi. C…
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📜 This word in 1898 dialectexpand
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Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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#1·Apr 26, 2026US
popular in England since the Middle Ages.
Origin: From , from , Alice, from , proposed to derive from .. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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"Alice" means popular in england since the middle ages. It is one of many casual words teens pick up from friends, social media, music or sport, and on its own it carries no particular warning. If you hear your teen use it, it is fair to ask what they mean by it in their friend group, since meanings drift quickly. Asking out of curiosity rather than alarm tends to keep the conversation open and useful.
For ESL learners
"Alice" is informal English meaning popular in england since the middle ages. It is used widely across English varieties. A more formal or neutral equivalent would be something like "popular in england since the middle ages" expressed in standard vocabulary. A common mistake is to assume "Alice" can replace its standard equivalent in every register; keep it for spoken or casual situations and use the formal form in writing. If you are a B2 or C1 learner, it is useful to recognise this word when you hear or read it, but think carefully about whether the situation really calls for it before using it yourself.
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“Alice Sara Ott überträgt Jóhann Jóhannssons Werke auf Klavier – ein Konzept, das insgesamt wenig Substanz bringt. #alicesaraott #johannjohannsson #klavier #piano #cd orchestergraben.com/alice-sara-o...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Portrait of Alice Regnault https://www.wikiart.org/en/giovanni-boldini/portrait-of-alice-regnault-1880”
— Bluesky· May 2026“have some of my pjm sprite drawings for Alice and Doc”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Good Morning and Welcome to BREAKFAST CHOONAGE! Coming up this hour we've got a choon from Alice Deejay ... plus loads more Breakfast Bangers on the way! Listen now at bit.ly/choonsUK”
— Bluesky· May 2026“🟢 Alice in Wonderland: 5 minutes (-18 min.)”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 26, 2026US
(AU, slang, often with "the") The city of Alice Springs, Australia.
Party leader Alice Weidel has already hailed the coalition’s collapse as a “liberation” for Germany.
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“บริษัทซอฟต์แวร์ควอนตัม Horizon Quantum ที่เพิ่งเข้าตลาดสาธารณะ ได้รายงานผลประกอบการไตรมาสแรกพร้อมกับความร่วมมือทางกลยุทธ์ ซึ่งรวมถึงการซื้อระบบควอนตัมไอออนแบบ 256-qubit ของ IonQ และการร่วมมือกับ AQT และ Alice & Bob เพื่อพัฒนาระบบที่ทนต่อข้อผิดพลาด บริษัทดำเนินการ testbed ฮาร์ด...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“חברת תוכנה קוונטית שהפכה לאחרונה לחברה ציבורית, Horizon Quantum דיווחה על תוצאות רבעון ראשון 2026 עם שותפויות אסטרטגיות: רכישת מערכת IonQ בעלת 256 קיוביט של יונים כלואים, שיתופי פעולה עם AQT ו-Alice & Bob למערכות סובלות תקלות. החברה מפעילה בדיקת חומרה של ספקים מרובים.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Stop scrolling 🛒🖤 12 Alice Pike Barney dark academia masterpieces — instant download, print any size. The moody wall art your space has been craving. Grab it now! 👉 https://usacanvasart.com/product/alice-pike-barney-printable-wall-art/”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Công ty phần mềm lượng tử mới công khai Horizon Quantum đã báo cáo kết quả Quý I với các quan hệ đối tác chiến lược: mua hệ thống ion bẫy IonQ 256-qubit, các hợp tác với AQT và Alice & Bob cho các hệ thống chịu lỗi. Công ty vận hành testbed phần cứng đa nhà cung cấp.”
— Bluesky· May 2026““Alice laughed. ‘There’s no use trying,’ she said. ‘One can’t believe impossible things.’“ As an Alice - and as someone who has been warning for several of these things for years - I can totally relate.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 26, 2026US
(cryptography, physics) The person or system that sends a message to another person or system conventionally known as Bob.
Origin: \ [edit\] Inherited from Latin allēc(“fish sauce”), or alternatively from hallex, hallecem").[\[1\]](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alice#citenote-1)
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