Slang and uncoventional english part 67 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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