Slang and uncoventional english part 90 potx
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 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 ... noun the ears. Rhyming slang, formed on
the name of popular singer and recording artist Donald Peers,
1909 –73
UK, 1984
Donald Trump noun an act of defecation. Rhyming sl...
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 ... US, 1965
grubs noun old, worn and comfortable clothes US, 1966
grudge-fuck verb to have sex out of spite or anger US, 1 990
gruesome and gory noun the penis. Rhyming slang for...
Slang and uncoventional english part 54 potx
... noun information US, 1907
Ingerland noun England, especially the England football team. A
phonetic representation of the word England as chanted by a
sports crowd
UK: ENGLAND, 2005
Ingersol Willie ... 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 pan. Rhymin...
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 ... shorthand in Internet
discussion groups and text message to mean ‘mind your own
business’ US, 2002
Myrna Loy noun a saveloy. Rhyming slang, formed from the name
of the US film actre...
Slang and uncoventional english part 76 potx
... Programme, 1 990, 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 ... 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.
Eng...
Slang and uncoventional english part 94 potx
... ‘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 part
of the coded ... contraction of ‘sweaty’ and ‘ass’
CANADA, 2003
swatch noun a quick look UK: SCOTLAND, 1911
swatty-blouse noun an effeminate intellectual NEW ZEALAND, 1995
swave and blaze adjective su...