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... 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...