Slang and uncoventional english part 1 ppt

... Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unc onventional English Tom Dalzell (Senior Editor) and Terry Victor (Editor) The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unc onventional English The ... onventional English The Concise New Partridge presents, for the first time, all the slang terms from the New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English...

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... insult UK, 19 76 and and and and so on, etc UK, 19 84 and away we go! used as a humorous signal that something has just started. A signature line of comedian Jackie Gleason US, 19 54 and co and the ... character US, 19 80 Andy Gump chin noun a receding chin US, 19 70 and you know that! used for expressing approval or praise US, 19 92 and you too!; and you! used as a shar...

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... US, 19 48. 11 to impreg- nate US, 19 49. 12 to hang in loose folds. Especially applied to trousers out of shape at the knees UK, 18 24. 13 to use a resuscitation bag. Medical use UK, 19 80. 14 to ... doze US, 19 94. 15 to leave. Hawaiian youth usage US, 19 81. < bag and tag 1 to place a dead soldier in a body bag and identify the soldier with a tag on the outside of the bo...

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... butter -and- egg man’ US, 19 24 butter and eggs noun an illegal lottery. Most commonly known as a NUMBERS game US, 19 73 butterball noun 1 a fat person or animal US, 19 41. 2 an idiot UK, 19 81 butterbar ... very ugly US, 19 86 buttwipe noun 1 toilet paper US, 19 71. 2 a despicable or offensive person US, 19 91 butty noun 1 a sandwich. Also spelt ‘buttie’. Originally used in...

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... 5th edition of Partridge’s Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English records this term as occuring since about 19 10 and in virtual disuse by 19 60 UK, 19 61 cock it up verb 1 to make a complete ... David Low, 18 91 19 63, and brought to life by Welsh actor Roger Livesey, 19 06–76, in the film The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, 19 43 UK, 19 34 Colonel Gadaffi; col...

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... compartment behind the driver US, 19 76. 5 a holiday cottage NEW ZEALAND, 19 80. 6 a prison cell US, 19 90. 7 agambling establishment UK, 18 23. 8 a brakevan (caboose) US, 19 77. 9 asafeUS, 19 62. 10 ... purchase during C20 UK, 19 00. 13 cribbage (a card game) UK, 18 85. 14 crack cocaine UK, 19 98 crib verb 1 to reside somewhere US, 19 69. 2 to cheat in an examin- ation UK, 18...

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... pejoratively. The present Hiberno- English pronunciation was common in England in C16 and C17, and lasted in common use into C19 IRELAND, 20 01 cutemup noun a prison doctor US, 19 62 cuter verb a twenty-five ... redundant UK, 19 81 currant bread adjective dead. Rhyming slang UK, 19 92 currant bun noun 1 a nun. Glasgow rhyming slang UK, 19 96. 2 the sun. Rhyming slang. Somet...

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... rhyming slang UK: SCOTLAND , 19 88 Duke of Teck; duke noun a cheque. Rhyming slang UK, 19 60 Duke of York noun 1 a cork. Rhyming slang UK, 19 31. 2 talk. Rhyming slang UK, 19 92. 3 a fork. Rhyming slang ... a wave US, 19 91 . 10 an admission ticket for a paid event. An abbreviation of DUCAT US, 19 45. 11 a firefighter. New York police slang US, 19 97. 12 inexpensive w...

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... ball US, 19 88. 9 abombUS, 19 50. 10 a theatrical failure US, 19 52. 11 crack cocaine US, 19 94. 12 a short surfboard with a round tail and a round nose, extremely common in the late 19 60s and early ... UK, 19 99 Eiffel Tower; eiffel noun 1 a shower. Rhyming slang UK, 19 92. 2 a good look. Rhyming slang and homophone, EYEFUL UK, 19 92 eight noun 1 heroin. ‘H’ is the...

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... escape from prison and the wider world US, 19 33. 2 to go to prison UK, 19 17. < go some 1 to fight US, 19 68. 2 to go well, to proceed with notable vigour US, 19 11. < go south 1 to deteriorate; to ... characteristic. Originally, and still, applied to horses UK, 18 25. 9 used of a busy period or energetic activity UK, 19 65. 10 a fight, especially a prize- fight; an argu...

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