Slang and uncoventional english part 66 potx
Slang and uncoventional english part 39
... give
five
to shake hands or to slap hands in a greeting
US
, 1935
.
< take
five
to take a short break
US
, 1929
five and dime
noun
in poker, a hand with a five and a ten and
three other unpaired ... intention is made obvious
UK
, 1998
fish and chip; fish
noun
1
the lip; lip (impudence). Rhyming slang
UK
, 1992
.
2
a gratuity. Rhyming slang for ‘tip’
UK
, 1992
fish and chips
n...
Slang and uncoventional english part 42
... excellent
IRELAND
, 1999
Freud squad
noun
psychiatrists. UK Doctors’ slang, punning on
‘fraud squad’
UK
, 2003
Friar Tuck; friar; friar’s
used for all noun, verb and expletive
senses of ‘fuck’. Rhyming slang, ... a double. Rhyming slang from ‘froth and
bubble’ to ‘double’
AUSTRALIA
, 1989
froth
verb
to engage in an abusive verbal attack
UK
, 2001
froth and bubble
noun
trouble. Rhymi...
Slang and uncoventional english part 1 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...
Slang and uncoventional english part 2 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...
Slang and uncoventional english part 12 potx
... 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 ... fib)
but may also derive from an English gang of blacking boys and
torch-carriers in London known for their scurrilous language. In
the form ‘blackguarding’, it is in use in part...
Slang and uncoventional english part 33 potx
... 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...
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 (...
Slang and uncoventional english part 47 potx
... 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, 1992
green and friendly ... or cargo US, 1991
grumble and grunt; grumble noun the vagina; hence women
objectified sexually. Rhyming slang for
CUNT UK, 1938
grumble and mutter noun a bet. Rhyming slang fo...
Slang and uncoventional english part 54 potx
... 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...
Slang and uncoventional english part 66 potx
... 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...
Slang and uncoventional english part 67 potx
... 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...
Slang and uncoventional english part 76 potx
... for grazing. Circus and
English gypsy use UK, 1933
poov; poove verb < poov the gry; poov the grey to graze a
horse, especially without permission from the land’s owner.
English gypsy use; a ... 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, elaborated...
Slang and uncoventional english part 90 potx
... seeped
into the language and, post-1984, provides a neat formula for book
titles and media headlines concerned with jargon and slang.
‘Jackspeak’ 1989, ‘Low Speak’ 1989, ‘Artspeak’ 1 990, ‘Eurospeak’
1992, ... 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...
Slang and uncoventional english part 94 potx
... (Devon and Cornwall)
AUSTRALIA, 1942
tackety bit; tackety noun the female breast. Glasgow rhyming slang
for TIT from the local pronunciation of ‘tackety’ (steel-tipped and
-heeled) boots UK: SCOTLAND, ... ‘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...
Slang and uncoventional english part 106 potx
... ‘a sex offender’, and animals are kept in a
zoo
UK, 1996. 2 a police station. Citizens’ band radio slang US, 1976.
3 in motor racing, the pit area where cars stop for fuelling and
repairs
US, 1980. ... characterised by fashion and as flashy and
vulgar
US, 1943
zoot up verb to dress in a zoot suit and accessories US, 1947
zooty adjective fashionable, stylish. Derived from, and an...