Slang and uncoventional english part 50 ppt

... Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unc onventional English Tom Dalzell (Senior Editor) and Terry Victor (Editor) The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unc onventional English The ... onventional English The Concise New Partridge presents, for the first time, all the slang terms from the New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English...

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... insult UK, 1976 and and and and so on, etc UK, 1984 and away we go! used as a humorous signal that something has just started. A signature line of comedian Jackie Gleason US, 1 954 and co and the rest ... noun UK, 1832 and all that 1 used for intensifying US, 1992. 2 et cetera UK, 1931 and all that caper et cetera UK, 1964 and all that jazz and so on. From JAZZ (nonsense) US...

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... future tense UK, 1 973 . < have your balls torn off to be severely reprimanded UK, 1 977 . < lay your balls on the chopping-block to take responsibility (for an action or opinion) and thereby risk humiliation ... the ‘backglass’ US, 1 977 back f lip verb in pinball, to flip the ball to the same side of the playing field as the flipper US, 1 977 back forty noun a large, remote piece...

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... comedy Fibber McGree and Moll (radio 193 5 195 7, television 195 9 196 0). Repeated with referential humour US, 195 8 by golly! used as a euphemism for ‘by God!’ US, 1833 by guess and by gosh adjective ... or shack TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 195 6. 6 a cooking shed CAYMAN ISLANDS, 198 5 caboose bounce noun a train consisting of nothing more than an engine and a brakevan (caboose) US,...

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... 1972 coat and badge noun < on the coat and badge scrounging; on the cadge. Rhyming slang, from the verb COAT AND BADGE (to cadge) UK, 1960 coat and badge verb to cadge something. Rhyming slang, ... jive to understand what is being said US, 1947 collar and cuff noun a homosexual male. Rhyming slang for PUFF UK , 1934 collars and cuffs noun < matching collars and cuffs;...

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... Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) IRELAND, 2000 Cromwell noun a Vauxhall Cavalier car. Citizens’ band radio slang; Cromwell and the Cavaliers were on opposing sides in the English Civil War UK, 1981 cronky ... victim withdraws from the hand US, 1968 cross my heart and hope to die used as an oath, often with humour US, 1926 cross my heart and hope to spit used as an oath and pledge...

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... 1859 cut along verb to depart. Often as an imperative UK, 1902 cut and carried adjective married. Rhyming slang UK, 1960 cut and paste noun cosmetic surgery US, 1997 cut and paste verb to open ... Rhyming slang UK, 1960 cut and shut adjective used to describe a secondhand car that has been illegally contrived from the best parts of two damaged cars. Often hyphenated as a noun UK,...

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... Rhyming slang UK, 1992 Duke of Montrose noun the nose. Glasgow rhyming slang UK: SCOTLAND , 1988 Duke of Teck; duke noun a cheque. Rhyming slang UK, 1960 Duke of York noun 1 a cork. Rhyming slang ... up and down by use of hydraulic lifts. To ‘dribble’ a basketball is to bounce it, hence the transference here US, 1980. 2 to meander, to walk US, 1960 dribs and drabs noun pubic lice....

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... Recorded by Partridge in the 1st edition of his Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English and still familiar. Other variations noted at that time include ‘easy as pissing the bed’ and ‘easy ... term US, 1941 E and E noun evasion and escape. Korean war usage US, 1982 E and E verb to avoid combat duty. From the accepted ‘escape and evasion’. Military use in Vietnam US, 19...

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... resemble hands clasped in a handshake US, 1975 glad-hand verb to greet with profuse, if insincere, enthusiasm. Often found in the context of politicians US, 1895 glad-handing adjective insincere and ... ball/testicle for to give everything for AUSTRALIA, 1988 give -and- get noun a bet. Rhyming slang UK, 1998 give -and- take noun a cake. Rhyming slang. UK, 1960 give-a-shit lobe noun the f...

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... legislation and is claimed to be a natural substitute for MDMA UK, 2004 herbals noun marijuana US, 1995 herb and a’ noun marijuana and alcohol. A lazy clipping of HERB AND AL US , 1980s Herb and Al; ... War 2; adopted by Jimmy Perry and David Croft as the title (and catchphrase) of a television situation comedy set in a 1950s holiday camp (BBC, 1980–88); the call and response...

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... AUSTRALIA, 1983 husband noun in a homosexual relationship (male or female), the more aggressive and domineering partner US, 1941 husband and wife; husband noun a knife. Rhyming slang UK, 1992 hush ... the official ‘R and R’ (rest and recreation). An abbreviation of ‘intercourse and intoxication’, the main activities during rest and recreation US, 1960 I believe you but thousands...

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... New Zealand. The kiwi is a flightless bird native to New Zealand NEW ZEALAND , 1918 Kiwi adjective of or relating to New Zealand or New Zealanders AUSTRALIA, 1935 Kiwi Ferns nickname the New Zealand ... team. From the logo of New Zealand Rugby League: a pictogram of a kiwi and a fern NEW ZEALAND, 1998 Kiwi green noun a variety of marijuana grown in New Zealand NEW ZEALAND , 1976 KJ noun 1 h...

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... good. Originally surfer slang, then migrated into the argot of the San Fernando Valley and then into mainstream US youth slang US, 1967 radio noun a prisoner who talks loudly and without paying attention to ... AUSTRALIA, 2001 rag and bone noun 1 a telephone. Rhyming slang UK, 1984. 2 a lavatory pedestal and receptacle, especially the lavatory seat. Rhyming slang for THRONE UK...

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... Originally, ‘a down -and- out’ UK, 1973 scruff puppy noun a girl as the object of social and sexual desire US, 1988 scruffy and dirty noun in betting, odds of 100–30. Rhyming slang UK, 1991 scrum ... minimum standard of living TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1976 scruples noun crack cocaine US, 1994 scuba diver; scuba noun a five-pound note. Rhyming slang for FIVER UK, 1998 scud noun 1 wine UK...

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