dictionary of slang and unconventional english part3 pps

... easy. Variation of EASY AS PIE AUSTRALIA, 1984 easy as damn it adjective very easy. Recorded by Partridge in the 1st edition of his Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English and still familiar. ... by Partridge in the 1st edition of his Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English UK, 1937 easy as kiss my eye adjective very easy. Euphemistic variation o...

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... New Zealander. Named after the national bird of 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, ... rhyming slang, perhaps from the name of a gang in the Govan area of Glasgow UK: SCOTLAND, 1985 kelper nickname a native of the Falkland Islands FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) ,...

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... 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 noun the ... 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,...

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... of conventional English US, 1968 R and R noun 1 rest and rehabilitation; rest and recovery; rest and recreation; rest and recuperation; rape and restitution; rape and ruin; rape and run. Despite ... exaggeration of hillbilly country and western style. An ellision of ROCK ’N’ ROLL and ‘hillbilly’ US, 1993 rock and boulder noun the shoulder. Rhyming slang UK, 193...

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... bottoms noun 1 in poker, a hand consisting of a pair of aces (the highest card) and a pair of twos (the lowest card) US, 1951. 2 a roll of trimmed paper ‘topped’ and ‘bottomed’ with a genuine banknote ... knife US, 1945 to and fro noun snow. Rhyming slang UK, 1992 to -and- fro’ing; to’ing -and- fro’ing noun a constant moving about UK, 1961 to and from noun an English perso...

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... noun LSD US, 1972 yells, bells and knells noun newspaper announcements of births, marriages and deaths. A journalistic summation of life; a variation of HATCH, MATCH AND DISPATCH AUSTRALIA, 1984 yen ... 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. Rhymi...

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... 1988 Bela and Boris noun in hold ’em poker, the two of clubs and the two of spades. An allusion to Bela Lugosi and Boris Korloff of horror film fame, with a nod to the horror that they visit upon a hand ... the Berkeley political activists and the love generation of the Haight Ashbury and thousands of young men and women from every state in the nation embrace at the gath...

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... study and understanding of s lang. In the eight editions of The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English published between 1937 and 1984, Partridge recorded and defined the slang and unconventional ... general and Australian slang in par- ticular. He was assistant editor of The Macquarie Dictionary of New Words and general editor of The Macquari...

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... editor of The Macquarie Dictionary of New Words and general editor of The Macquarie Book of Slang and The Macquarie Slang Dictionary. John Loftus manages the online archive at www.hiberno english. com. ... Dictionary of Slang and Unc onventional English The Concise New Partridge presents, for the first time, all the slang terms from the New Partridge Dictiona...

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