Slang and uncoventional english part 32 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 ... compilation and analysis of a rur al New Zealand English lexicon from the years 18 42 20 02. She was contributing editor for the New Zealand Oxford Dictionary and is c...

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... 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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... GRENADA, 1996 Bananaland nickname the state of Queensland. Named after the banana industry there AUSTRALIA, 188 0 Bananalander noun a person from Queensland AUSTRALIA, 188 7 banana oil noun nonsense; ... is recorded in Australia by Sidney J. Baker in 1943 UK, 19 38 B and S noun brandy and soda. A popular drinker’s abbreviation UK, 186 8 bandwidth noun attention span. A borrowing of a te...

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... 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, 1984 bic verb to understand. Vietnam war usage; a ... cocaine and heroin. In memory of the SPEEDBALL mix that killed film actor John Belushi, 1949–82 US, 1998 Belyando spruce; Belyando sprue noun marijuana from the Belyando area of Queensland AU...

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... mince 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, 1984. ... slang for PRICK (the penis) UK, 1974 Bob and Dick; Bob, Harry and Dick adjective sick. Rhyming slang; from the people who brought you TOM AND DICK; TOM, HARRY AND DICK UK...

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... SINGAPORE, 200 2 candle noun 1 a semi-solid stalactite of nasal mucus UK, 200 0. 2 an emergency flare US, 1971 candle money noun a pay-out on fire insurance. Police and underworld use; derives from a candle ... 1972 candy butcher noun a walking vendor who sells sweets US, 1966 candy C; candy cee noun cocaine. An elaboration of CANDY (cocaine) by combination with C (cocaine) US, 1953 candy...

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... greeting and as a farewell. A variation of CIAO. Recorded in this spelling in a 1961 letter to Partridge from Nicholas Bentley noting its popularity as a form of both salutation and goodbye, and particularly ... crucial moment US, 1943 chips and peas; chips noun the knees. Rhyming slang UK, 1998 chips and salsa noun a computer’s hardware US, 1997 chips and whetstones noun odds...

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... 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) ... 1559, in slang use since late C19; noted by the Oxford English Dictionary as obsolete ‘except in modern slang UK, 1961. 6 the face UK, 1918. 7 a punch to the face. From the verb NE...

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... US, 1991 cough and drag noun a cigarette. Rhyming slang for FAG (a ciga- rette), pitched somewhere between irony and black humour UK, 1992 cough and sneeze noun cheese. Rhyming slang, generally ... soldiers in Vietnam, and the writers of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Simpsons US, 1955 cow and calf noun 1 half; thus, 50 pence (half £1). Rhyming slang. Variants are ‘cow...

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... have a long and colourful history with most venues still providing a ‘digs-list’ for touring players UK, 1893. 2 ajobUS, 1973 dig up; dig out verb to research and discover, or find and obtain ... to parleyaree; or, pehaps Larin dinarius, into Persian and wider Arabic dinar (various coins), via gypsy; thence general Cockney usage and adoption as part of the polari vocabulary UK, 18...

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... Rhyming slang UK, 1992 fleapit noun a shabby cinema UK, 1937 flea powder noun weak and/ or diluted heroin US, 1956 fleas and itches noun motion pictures. Rhyming slang AU STRALIA, 1967 fleas and lice ... 1834 flummy dumm noun in Newfoundland, a hunters’ and trappers’ bread CANADA, 1988 flunk noun a locked and fortified compartment within a safe US, 1928 flunk verb to completely...

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... is BAD and WICKED is ‘good’ US, 1978 gay 90s noun US Treasury 3.5% bonds issued in 1958, due to return in 1990 US, 1960 gay and frisky noun whisky. Rhyming slang UK, 1919 gay and hearty noun a party. ... 1930 George and Ringo noun bingo. Rhyming slang, formed from the names of two of the Beatles, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, and probably not heard since the Beatles broke up...

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... of greed TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO , 2003 grab and snatch noun the Goods and Services Tax (GST) NEW ZEALAND , 1998 Grab and Steal Tax; Gouge and Screw Tax noun the Canadian Goods and Services Tax. ... 1915 grand bag noun in homosexual usage, a large scrotum US, 1981 grand canyon noun in homosexual usage, a loose anus and rectum US, 1981 grand charge noun an empty threat or boast TRINI...

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... absolutely UK: SCOTLAND, 2002. 2 to ruin, to destroy. Extended from the previous sense UK: SCOTLAND, 2002 horse and buggy; horse and wagon noun heroin and the equipment needed to prepare and inject it US, ... 1992 horse and trap noun 1 an act of defecation. Rhyming slang for CRAP, ararerformofPONY AND TRAP UK, 1961. 2 gonorrhoea. Rhyming slang for CLAP UK, 1961 horse and tro...

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... that the crease of the trousers stands out and the turn-ups fall over the shoes US, 1994 Jack Lang noun slang; rhyming slang; Australian slang. Rhyming slang, formed from the name of Australian ... and ascent from the ground US, 1985 jader noun in Newfoundland, a person not liked, a nuisance CANADA, 1944 jafa noun 1 a resident of Auckland. From ‘just another fucking Auklander’ NEW ZEA...

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