Slang and uncoventional english part 74 pdf

... 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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... 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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... Orange and we’re true / Scotland is our country, our colours white and blue, / We’re Protestants and proud of it , we’re known near and far, / Glasgow Billy Boys they call us.’ UK: SCOTLAND , ... major issue US, 1977 big full noun in poker, a hand consisting of three aces and two kings. This hand represents the best possible variation of the hand conventionally known as a ‘full hous...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 16:20

... stewed dried apricots NEW ZEALAND, 1992 dead man’s hand noun in poker, a hand with a pair of aces and a pair of eights. Although it is the modern belief that this was the hand held by Wild Bill Hickok ... UK, 1922 damn and bastar dry! used as a mild oath. Modelled on conven- tional ‘damn and blast’ UK, 2000 damn and blast noun the last position in a race. Rhyming slang UK, 1992 damn...

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... dark-skinned native of a foreign land. A soldier’s term, originally for a Sudanese warrior, widened to include all of Africa and islands such as Fiji. Now offensive and disdainful UK, 1892. 2 (during ... successive, serial copulation between a single person and multiple partners US, 1927 gang-splash noun serial sex between one person and multiple partners, heterosexual or homosexual,...

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... time AUSTRALIA, 1998 handbrakie noun a handbrake turn AUSTRALIA, 1996 H and C noun a mixture of heroin and cocaine. A play on ‘hot and cold’, shown on taps as H and C US, 1971 hand cannon noun a ... ‘hand-to-hand combat’ AUSTRALIA, 1998 hand tools noun lockpicks, screwdrivers and other tools used by burglars US, 1982 hand to rouf noun in betting, odds of 5–4. A combination of HAND (...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 16:20

... a train crew who loads and unloads freight at stops on a run US, 1946 jughandle noun in caving and pot-holing, a handle-shaped outcrop of rock used as an anchor-point UK, 2004 jughandles; juglugs noun ... rhyming slang ‘Kate Carney’ (or Karney), for ‘army’; Kate Carney was a popular music hall entertainer in the late C19 UK, 1964 Kate and Sidney noun steak and kidney, especially in...

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... 1854 land icing noun manure. Variant ‘land dressing’ is a term for the same thing CANADA, 1992 Landie noun a Land Rover vehicle AUSTRALIA, 1992 landing deck noun the top of the head US, 1947 landing ... phone or radio US, 1987 land of cakes noun (from the perspective of people on Nova Scotia islands) the mainland CANADA, 1984 land of hope noun soap. Rhyming slang UK, 1961 land of the big PX...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 16:20

... pigeon. Rhyming slang UK, 1992 merry noun marijuana. A play on the name Mary, featured in many slang terms for ‘marijuana’ US, 1938 merry and bright noun light, a light. Rhyming slang UK, 1992 merry ... noun a beard. Glasgow rhyming slang (a good rhyme in the local accent) UK: SCOTLAND, 1988 merry old soul noun 1 a hole. Rhyming slang UK, 1992. 2 the anus. Rhyming slang for ARSE...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 16:20

... 2002 one and a half noun a prison sentence of eighteen months UK, 1961 one and eight noun a plate (in all uses, conventional or slang) . Rhyming slang UK, 1992 one and half noun a scarf. Rhyming slang ... child CAYMAN ISLANDS, 1985 outside work noun any external alteration of dice for cheating US, 1963 outstanding adjective excellent. Conventional English converted to slang by...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 16:20

... licker noun a vicar. Rhyming slang UK, 1992 pie and mash noun 1 an act of urination. Rhyming slang for SLASH UK , 1 974. 2 radio interference. Rhyming slang for citizens’ band radio jargon ‘hash’ (channel ... interference) UK, 1981. 3 cash. Rhyming slang UK, 1992 pie and mash adjective showy. Rhyming slang for FLASH UK, 2002 pie and one noun a son; the sun. Rhyming slang UK,...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 16:20

... and 70s only, coming after the BODGIE and WIDGIE and preceding PUNK ROCK AUSTRALIA , 1965. 4 an uncircumcised penis US, 2002 sharpish adverb quickly UK, 1984 sharps noun a hypodermic needle and ... Rhyming slang UK, 1857 shipoopi noun a woman US, 1954 shippie noun a prostitute focused on visiting sailors as customers NEW ZEALAND, 1999 ship’s anchor noun a contemptible person. Rhymi...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 16:20

... by titled undergraduates at Oxford and Cambridge, and, by 1755, was university slang for a person of rank and title and hence down the social scale to ‘swell’ and ‘nob’. In 1865 there was a music ... acting obsequiously and in a servile manner US, 1967 Tom adjective shoddy, inferior US, 1989 Tom and Dick; Tom, Harry and Dick; Harry, Tom and Dick; Tom Harry adjective sick. R...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 16:20

... young. Rhyming slang UK, 1992 wellie verb 1 to smash something or defeat someone. Used by the Royal Marines in the Falklands war, made familiar in the SAS fictions of Chris Ryan and Andy McNab UK, ... 1991 song ‘What Part of No’, written by Wayne Perry and Gerald Smith – ‘I’ll be glad to explain it / If it’s too hard to comprehend / So tell me what part of no / Don’t you understand?...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 16:20

... (a wife) and XYM (a husband) US, 1976 XYL noun a wife. A partial acronym: ‘ex-young lady’ US, 1976 XYM noun a husband. A partial acronym: ‘ex-young-man’ US, 1976 XYZ noun a citizens’ band radio ... used in Hiberno -English IRELAND, 1991 your one noun a specific female individual. An idiomatic phrase used in Hiberno -English IRELAND, 1995 yours and ours noun flowers. Rhyming slang; note...

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