Slang and uncoventional english part 4 doc

... a department of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party respon- sible for agitation and propaganda on behalf of communist ideals; aconflationofagitatsiya and propaganda UK, 19 34 aglish ... 1876 by Agnes Weston (1 840 –1918) to try and save sailors from ‘booze and brothels’ and still trying. Grateful sailors used to call Weston-Super-Mare in the southwest of England ‘A...

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Slang and uncoventional english part 2 doc

... PREFACE Eric Partridge made a deep and enduring contribution to the study and understanding of slang. In the eight editions of The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English published between 1937 and ... and 19 84, Partridge recorded and defined the slang and unconventional English of Great Britain, and to a lesser extent her dominions, fr om the 1600s to the 197...

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Slang and uncoventional english part 8 docx

... activites US, 19 74 B and E noun burglary. From the initials for ‘breaking and entering’ US, 1965 Band House nickname the Chicago House of Corrections US, 1 946 bandicoot noun < as a bandicoot completely ... rubbish. Contemporary rhyming slang for SHITE, based on the name of soul singer Barry White, 1 944 –2003 UK, 2002. 2 a fright. Popney rhyming slang, based on the name of soul...

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Slang and uncoventional english part 10 docx

... biblical top tonight Lo and behold! And, yea, I can see the promised land. And, hallelujah! – there is milk and honey! One on each tap’ UK, 19 84 bic verb to understand. Vietnam war usage; a ... A euphemism, true in the entertainment industry, jocular elsewhere US, 19 54 between you and me and the gate-post; between you and me and the bedpost between ourselves. Conjuring the...

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Slang and uncoventional english part 14 doc

... or sausage NEW ZEALAND, 1963 boneroo noun high quality drugs US, 1992 bones noun 1 dice. The term has journeyed from colloquial to standard English and now to slang UK, 140 0. 2 heroin US, 19 84. 3 crack cocaine ... slang for PRICK (the penis) UK, 19 74 Bob and Dick; Bob, Harry and Dick adjective sick. Rhyming slang; from the people who brought you TOM AND DICK; TOM, HARRY A...

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Slang and uncoventional english part 20 docx

... 1966 candy C; candy cee noun cocaine. An elaboration of CANDY (cocaine) by combination with C (cocaine) US, 1953 candycaine; candycane noun cocaine. Punning on the Christmas hard peppermint ‘candy ... 19 74 candy striper noun a teenaged volunteer nursing assistant in a hospital. From their pink and white uniforms US, 1963 candy wagon noun in trucking, a truck with a light load US, 1 942 c...

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Slang and uncoventional english part 23 doc

... car taken in part- exchange. Second-hand car dealers’ slang UK, 1965. 13 a ticket taker US, 1960. 14 a bad mood. Used by printers and compositors. No longer in use by 1960 UK, 1 948 chopper verb ... 19 64. 2 to depart, to go UK, 19 94 . 3 to find fault with someone; to reprimand someone AU STRALIA, 1915. 4 in shuffleboard, to barely touch another disc US, 1967. < chip the ivories...

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Slang and uncoventional english part 24 docx

... understand what is happening and what is being said US, 1962 clock and house verb to see and remember suspects’ faces, and then follow them to their home. From CLOCK (to see; to watch and follow) ... noun a can and bottle opener. With the advent of pull- ring (1962), the pop-top (1963), and the stay-on tab can (19 74) , the device and term all but disappeared US, 1951 Church o...

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Slang and uncoventional english part 27 docx

... 19 84 cough and a spit noun 1 a small part in a play or a film UK, 19 84. 2 a short distance UK, 2003 cough and choke verb to smoke. Also used as a noun to mean ‘a cigarette’ UK, 1998 cough and ... US, 1991 cough and drag noun a cigarette. Rhyming slang for FAG (a cigarette), pitched somewhere between irony and black humour UK, 1992 cough and sneeze noun cheese. Rhyming sl...

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Slang and uncoventional english part 32 doc

... noun 1 the penis US, 1 944 . 2 a sing-song. Rhyming slang for ‘a song’ UK, 1960. 3 a gas-powered railway coach used on a branch line US, 1 945 . 4 a heated quarrel UK, 1922. 5 a party. Extended from the ... DINGER AUSTRALIA , 1957. 3 a party, especiallly a wild party. A shortening of WINGDING AUSTRALIA, 1956. 4 marijuana US, 19 54. 5 a dent, scratch, scrape or rip US, 1 945 . 6 the expe...

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