Slang and uncoventional english part 78 pptx

... 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...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 16:20

... From JAZZ (nonsense) US, 1959 and a merry Christmas to you too! used ironically in response to a disparagement or an insult UK, 1976 and and and and so on, etc UK, 1984 and away we go! used as a ... humour, often imitating the lilt and bass of Cronkite’s voice US, 1962 and then some and more; and much more. Probably an elabor- ation of C18 Scots and some’ US, 1908 and there...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 16:20

... financially UK, 1654 bacon and eggs noun 1 the legs. Rhyming slang AUSTRALIA, 1942. 2 a black person who is partly or completely albino TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO , 2003 bacon assegai noun the penis and testicles ... Birmingham’s Sparkhill and Sparkbrook districts. Named for the area’s preponderance of restaurants and takeaways offering Indian and Pakistani cuisine. (Balti is a kind of...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 16:20

... 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;...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 16:20

... 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,...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 16:20

... 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 UK, 1931. 2 talk. Rhyming slang UK, 1992. 3 a fork. 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...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 16:20

... 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...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 16:20

... 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...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 16:20

... Rhyming slang, formed from ‘St Louis Blues’, a song by William Christopher Handy, published in 1914, and now a jazz classic UK, 1980. 2 news; the news. Glasgow rhyming slang UK: SCOTLAND, 1985 St. ... or stop sign US, 1999 St. Martins-le-Grand; St Martin; Martin-le-Grand; martin noun the hand. Rhyming slang UK, 1857 stoat verb (of a bet) to win UK: SCOTLAND, 1988 stoat down verb to rai...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 16:20

... 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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