Slang and uncoventional english part 61 docx
Slang and uncoventional english part 61 docx
... their pockets
with the other hand
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1959
lock and load verb to prepare for an imminent confrontation.
Originally military, and originally ‘load and lock’, then reversed for
the ... rodding, a big and powerful
engine that is noisy when it idles US, 1993
lopp noun a perpetually naive and ignorant person US, 1989
lord and master noun 1 the backside, the buttocks....
Slang and uncoventional english part 8 docx
... to, and makes herself
available to, musicians. An early term for what would come to be
known as a ‘groupie’
US, 1 961
B and D adjective b ad and dangerous US, 1993
B and D; B/D noun bondage and ... a radio call for a
‘band-aid’ was a call for a medic
US, 1991
B and B gang noun on the railways, a building and bridge crew US,
1977
band box noun a county jail US, 1992
band chick n...
Slang and uncoventional english part 10 docx
... 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...
Slang and uncoventional english part 20 docx
... 1966
candy C; candy cee noun cocaine. An elaboration of CANDY
(cocaine) by combination with C (cocaine) US, 1953
candycaine; candycane noun cocaine. Punning on the Christmas
hard peppermint ‘candy ... 1992
cash and carried adjective married. Rhyming slang, from CASH AND
CARRY
(to marry); not ‘cashed’ UK, 1 961
cash and carry verb to marry. Rhyming slang UK, 1 961
cash ass noun sex...
Slang and uncoventional english part 24 docx
... 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, 1 961. 6 the face UK, 1918. 7 a punch to the face.
From the verb N...
Slang and uncoventional english part 27 docx
... 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...
Slang and uncoventional english part 40 docx
... 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...
Slang and uncoventional english part 46 docx
... 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...
Slang and uncoventional english part 70 docx
... (1887)
UK, 1844. 2 old. The first
headword is, of course, standard English; the second and third
variants are variously colloquial, informal and slang as
circumstances dictate UK, 1844. 3 used as a ... benefit of a stimulant US,
1994
oats and barley; Oats noun Charley or Charlie. Rhyming slang.
Ostensibly and rarely a man’s given name but usually in its older
slang senses (a ni...
Slang and uncoventional english part 81 docx
... match. Rhyming slang, from Rolly Hatch, a prominent
and popular horse racing figure in New Zealand and later Australia
AUSTRALIA, 1989
roll-your-own noun a hand-rolled cigarette NEW ZEALAND, 2002
roly ... youth
fashion and music genre identified as an exaggeration of hillbilly
country and western style. An ellision of
ROCK ’N’ ROLL and ‘hillbilly’
US, 1993
rock and boulder noun t...