Slang and uncoventional english part 15 pps
Slang and uncoventional english part 15 pps
... BOSSY-BOOTS, ‘lazy-boots’, SLY-BOOTS and ‘smooth-boots’ UK,
159 9
boots and all adverb enthusiastically, in a totally committed way
AUSTRALIA, 1953
boots and socks noun syphilis; hence any sexually ... to study US, 1968. 2 to realise; to see and understand UK,
1970. 3 to assume something UK, 1999. 4 to depart, usually hurriedly
US, 1974. < book a party of two to arrange for oral s...
Slang and uncoventional english part 3 ppsx
... i n formal and dignified writing and
in professional speaking, a vivid and extensive slang is
perhaps preferable to a jejune and meagre vocabulary
of standard English; on the other hand, it will ... cliché’s and long-windedness.
7 To enrich the language.
8 To give solidity and concreteness to the
abstract and the idealistic, and nearness to the
Observations on slang and...
Slang and uncoventional english part 13 pps
... between one person and multiple partners,
consensual or not, heterosexual or homosexual
NEW ZEALAND, 1998
block-rockin’ adjective expressive of greatness with regard to hip-hop
and club culture. ... arespiratorUS, 1994.
4 in a jazz band, a soloist US, 1960. 5 a handkerchief US, 1960. 6 a
marijuana smoker
US, 1949. 7 a party US, 2001. 8 a pistol US, 1976. 9 in
hot rodding and drag racing...
Slang and uncoventional english part 21 ppsx
... who carefully hone their
craft US, 1945
cat and class noun cataloguing and classification. Librarians’ use UK,
1984
cat and mouse noun a house. Rhyming slang UK, 1857
catapult noun in the language ... TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO,
1956. < catch no ball to fail to understand SINGAPORE, 2002.
< catch on the flipper; catch on the (old) flip-flop to make
contact on your return. Citizens’ b...
Slang and uncoventional english part 37 pps
... of a band TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO,
1990. 3 the mid-boat rowers in an eight-person racing shell US, 1949
England noun < go to England to have a baby in secret TRINIDAD
AND TOBAGO
, 1960
English ... known as ‘ex’s’, ‘exs’
and ‘x’s’ UK, 1864. 2 six; in betting, odds of 6–1. Backslang. Also
variant ‘exis’ UK, 1951
exes and a half noun in betting, odds of 13–2. In bookmaker slang
EXES i...
Slang and uncoventional english part 41 ppsx
... (a
horse)
US, 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, 1934. 2 a wife. Rhyming slang UK, 1937
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, 2003
fo x and hound noun a round of...
Slang and uncoventional english part 48 pps
... NEW ZEALAND, 1998. 2 expert AUSTRALIA, 1916
gun and bomb noun a condom. Rhyming slang; the plural is ‘guns
and bombs’
UK, 2003
gun and rifle club noun an inner-city hospital’s casualty
department
US, ... noun 8see: HALF-JACK
hale and hearty adjective a party. Rhyming slang UK, 1992
Hale and Pace; hale noun the face. Rhyming slang, from comedy
double act Gareth Hale and Norman...
Slang and uncoventional english part 62 pps
... heroin and cocaine UK, 2002
love and kisses noun a wife. Rhyming slang for MISSUS UK, 1992
love and marriage noun a carriage. Rhyming slang, possibly
acquired from the 1955 song ‘Love and Marriage’, ... lyrics by Sammy
Cahn: ‘Love and marriage, love and marriage / Go together like a
horse and carriage’
UK, 1992
love an romancin noun dancing. Glasgow rhyming slang UK:
SCOTLA...
Slang and uncoventional english part 65 pps
... person. Rhyming
slang for SNIDE, informed by rhyming slang JEKYLL AND HYDE (two-
faced) and the character of Mr Hyde in Robert Louis Stevenson’s
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde UK, ... be great and white (and you can have ‘a
whale of a time’?)
UK, 2001. < on the Moby Dick; on the moby
on sick leave. Rhyming slang UK, 1992
Moby Dick; moby adjective sick. Rhyming sl...
Slang and uncoventional english part 72 pps
... party animal noun a person dedicated to making merry and having
a good time. A creature born of the 1990s
US, 1997
party central noun an apartment or house where parties are
frequently ... have a ‘party hat on’
US,
1976. 2 acondomUS, 1989
party hearty verb to party in a diligent fashion US, 1979
party lights noun the coloured, flashing lights on top of a police car
US, 1992
party ... Origin...