Slang and uncoventional english part 38 potx

... pads that aggrandise the apparent size of a girl or woman’s breasts US, 1943 falsitude noun a lie US, 2001 falsy noun a chipped marble TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2003 fam noun 1 the hand. English gypsy ... 1989 FAR noun a hard and fast rule US, 1991 far and near noun beer. Rhyming slang; glossed as C19, but remains a familiar term, perhaps because of its neat reversal with NEAR AND FAR (...

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... stimulant and a barbitu- rate US, 1971. 4 a soda fountain drink made with chocolate syrup, seltzer and vanilla ice-cream US, 1947. 5 night. Rhyming slang, always spoken in full UK, 1937 black and white ... station cook NEW ZEALAND, 1941 black snake noun a freight train composed entirely of coal tenders US, 1 938 Black Sox nickname the New Zealand international men’s softball team NEW...

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... 1965 dog and bone; dog noun a telephone. Rhyming slang UK, 1961 dog and boned; doggo adjective drug-intoxicated. Rhyming slang for STONED UK, 1998 dog and cat noun a mat. Rhyming slang UK, 1992 dog and ... ‘mad’, ‘drunk’ and ‘broken’ UK, 2001 doolander noun a powerful blow UK: SCOTLAND, 1985 dooley noun 1 a privvy; an outdoor toilet US, 1968. 2 heroin US, 1994 doolie noun afoo...

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... or cargo US, 1991 grumble and grunt; grumble noun the vagina; hence women objectified sexually. Rhyming slang for CUNT UK, 1 938 grumble and mutter noun a bet. Rhyming slang for FLUTTER UK, 1992 grume ... 1949 green and black noun a capsule of Librium, a central nervous system depressant US, 1992 green and brussel; greens and brussels noun a muscle; muscles. Rhyming slang UK,...

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... race NEW ZEALAND, 1944 invitation noun a speeding ticket. A humorous euphemism US, 1976 invite noun an invitation. A verb-as-noun that began as standard English and then evolved into slang UK, 1659 in ... 1970 Island noun < the Island the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England; in particular the prisons: HMP Camp Hill, HMP Albany or HMP Parkhurst UK, 1956 Isle of Man noun a pa...

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... wheels and tyres (large enough to drive over and crush a standard passenger car) and an enhanced engine and transmission. Only in America US, 1984 Montana maiden noun a ewe. Sheep will be sheep and ... 1978 Moody and Sankey; moody noun deception, trickery. Rhyming slang for HANKY PANKY, formed on US evangelists Dwight Lyman Moody and Ira D. Sankey, jointly known (and vilified...

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... after and by 1915 the pair were a national phenomenon. Adopted into UK theatrical slang and consequently reduced in pronunciation to ‘mutton’ UK, 1960 mutter and stutter noun butter. Rhyming slang ... the guilty party (or parties) will not be named and, therefore, cannot be punished. Originally used of, or by, army lower-ranks; now general use UK, 1923 nan; nana; nannie; nanny noun...

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... popular slang term for marijuana in the 1950s. No agreement on the etymology, with competing conjectures and little supporting evidence US, 1 938. 2 heroin us, 1999. 3 in Queensland, Victoria and ... written by Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse for the comedy characters Smashie and Nicey UK, 2003 pop top noun a truck carrying bottled soft drinks. Citizens’ band radio slang, elabora...

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... condition. Glasgow rhyming slang UK: SCOTLAND, 1988 southpaw noun a left-handed person, especially a left-handed athlete US, 1891 South Pole noun the anus. Rhyming slang for HOLE UK, 1992 souvenir ... dummy and crying AUSTRALIA, 1984 spit! be quiet! US, 1950 spit and drag; spit and a drag noun a cigarette; a cigarette being smoked, especially when the act of smoking is clandestine....

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... ‘loving’ kiss and a ‘nice’ kiss. Widely known, and well used by servicemen, then a nearly mandatory sign-off line in any American teenage love letter of the 1950s and 60s, now a part of the coded ... 1993 . < swallow the olive to lose your composure and concentration US, 1961 swallow and sigh noun a collar and tie. Rhyming slang UK, 1 938 swallower noun a person who swallo...

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