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Slang and uncoventional english part 3 ppsx
... of
communication.
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Notes/bibliography
1 Slang Today and Yesterday, 1 933 : George Routledge &
Sons, London
2 Slang Today and Yesterday, 1 933 , quoting Greenough
and Kittredge, Words and their Ways in English
Speech, ... and dignified writing and
in professional speaking, a vivid and extensive slang is
perhaps preferable to a jejune and meagre vocabulary
of stand...
Slang and uncoventional english part 21 ppsx
... 1980
catty-catty adjective promiscuous TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 20 03
cat wagon noun a mobile brothel US, 37 2
cat-walk verb on a motorcyle or bicycle, to perform a wheelstand
and then ride forward on the rear wheel ... on something. Rhyming slang,
formed on the US country and western musician (b.1 938 ) UK, 20 03
Charlie rats noun US Army c-rations. A combination of the phonetic
alpha...
Slang and uncoventional english part 41 ppsx
... 1882
fork and knife noun 1 life. Rhyming slang, generally used in the
phrases ‘not on your fork and knife’ and ‘never in your fork and
knife’
UK, 1 934 . 2 a wife. Rhyming slang UK, 1 937
forked ... on NEW ZEALAND, 1905. 2 to slaughter a horse
for fox food
CANADA, 1980
fox and badger noun the penis. Rhyming slang for TAD GER UK, 20 03
fo x and hound noun a round of drinks....
Slang and uncoventional english part 75 ppsx
... adjective English, or more loosely, British AUSTRALIA, 1960
Pomland nickname England AUSTRALIA, 1984
Pommified adjective having taken on an English character AUSTRALIA,
1 936
Pommy; Pommie noun an English ... money. Rhyming slang for SKINT,basedon
the famous ‘mint with the hole’ UK, 2002. 2 a girlfriend; a young
woman. Rhyming slang for
BINT. Also based on the branded mint
sweet UK,...
Slang and uncoventional english part 79 ppsx
... the slang side of conventional English
US,
1968
R and R noun 1 rest and rehabilitation; rest and recovery; rest and
recreation; rest and recuperation; rape and restitution; rape and
ruin; rape and ... of the British Soldier: 1914–1918, John Brophy
and Eric Partridge, 3rd edition, 1 931 . Recorded in the US in 19 43
UK, 1 931 . 2 an informer. Rhyming slang for L OUSE (...
Slang and uncoventional english part 82 ppsx
... West Indian and UK black patois
JAMAICA, 1967
rudeness noun sex TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 19 73
rude parts noun the most obvious erogenous zones: male and
female genitals and posteriors, and female ... cigarette. Rhyming
slang for
SNOUT UK, 1974. 2 gout. Rhyming slang. Sometimes varied
as ‘salmon trout’ UK, 1 932 . 3 the nose. Rhyming slang for ‘snout’ UK,
1974. 4 an informer. Rh...
Slang and uncoventional english part 98 ppsx
... percussion, collectively.
Musicians’ slang US, 19 03. 2 the trapezius muscles connecting the
neck and shoulder US, 1984. 3 your usual haunts AUSTRALIA, 1 933
trap smasher noun in lobstering, a ... upset TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1956
touch the dog’s arse noun car theft. Prison slang for the initialism
TDA (taking and driving away)
UK: ENGLAND, 1998
touch up verb 1 to caress and fond...
Slang and uncoventional english part 103 ppsx
... TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1916
wine and dine verb to entertain someone with wine and food.
Earlier as ‘dine and wine’ UK, 1916
wine grape noun a Roman Catholic. Glasgow rhyming slang for PAPE
UK: SCOTLAND
, ... Rhyming slang,
formed from the famous landmark, celebrated in song and geogra-
phy
UK, 1998
white cloud noun crack cocaine US, 1989
white cockroach noun a white person TRINIDA...
Slang and uncoventional english part 39
... give
five
to shake hands or to slap hands in a greeting
US
, 1 935
.
< take
five
to take a short break
US
, 1929
five and dime
noun
in poker, a hand with a five and a ten and
three other unpaired ... unskilled players with a lot
of money to lose
US
, 1996
fish and shrimp
noun
a pimp. Rhyming slang
US
, 1 935
fish and tank
noun
a bank. Rhyming slang
UK
, 1998
fishbelly
noun...
Slang and uncoventional english part 42
... Vulnerable Prisoners’ Unit and return
to the main prison
UK
, 1996
front and back
noun
a sack, the sack. Rhyming slang
UK
, 20 03
front bottom
noun
the vulva and vagina
UK
, 20 03
front botty; front ... homosexual
US
, 19 73
fruit salad
noun
1
a display of military medals
UK
, 19 43
.
2
a pooled
mix of different types of pills contributed by several people and
then consumed rand...