dictionary of slang and unconventional english doc

... for the support of the revolutionary overthrow of the English government in Ireland UK, 2000 fen-phen noun a combination of fenfluramine and phentermine, used as a diet drug and/ or central nervous ... 1929 five and dime noun in poker, a hand with a five and a ten and three other unpaired cards in between US, 1968 five and two noun used as a formula for the services of a...

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... of DANDER UK, 2002 Gandhi’s flipflop noun used in similes as an example of extreme dryness. Mahatma Gandhi, 1869–1948, wore sandals UK, 1999 gandies noun underwear US, 1970 G and T noun gin and ... resemble hands clasped in a handshake US, 1975 glad-hand verb to greet with profuse, if insincere, enthusiasm. Often found in the context of politicians US, 1895 glad-handing adjective in...

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... name of the island off the north west of England UK, 1992 Isle of Wight noun a light. Rhyming slang UK, 1998 Isle of Wight adjective 1 right; both as an expression of approval and indicative of ... 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...

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... Zealand green noun a strain of marijuana, known elsewhere as Tasmanian tiger, Thai Buddha and Hawaiian head NEW ZEALAND, 2002 New Zealand mafia noun a notional organisation of New Zealand professionals ... betting, odds of 16–1. A combination of NET (ten) and a slurring of ‘six’, adding up to sixteen UK, 1991 net and rouf noun in betting, odds of 14–1. A combination of NET...

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... noun 1 a variety of LSD identified by a picture of television puppets Zig and Zag UK, 1996. 2 an act of sexual intercourse. Rhyming slang for SHAG, formed from a double act of television puppets, ... suiter noun a member of an identifiable group of zoot-suit- wearing young men, characterised by fashion and as flashy and vulgar US, 1943 zoot up verb to dress in a zoot suit...

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... US, 1972 Scotland the brave; scotland verb to shave. Rhyming slang UK, 1998 Scotland the brave; scotland noun a wave. Glasgow rhyming slang UK: SCOTLAND, 1988 Scotsman’s grandstand noun a vantage ... 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, 1931 rock and ro...

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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...

Ngày tải lên: 24/01/2014, 08:20

... 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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... combination of cocaine and heroin. In memory of the SPEEDBALL mix that killed film actor John Belushi, 1949–82 US, 1998 Belyando spruce; Belyando sprue noun marijuana from the Belyando area of Queensland ... forces UK, 1999 band moll noun a woman who makes herself sexually available to the members of a rock group; a groupie AUSTRALIA, 1969 band of hope; bander noun soap. Rhyming...

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... by Partridge and Beale in the appendix to the 8th edition of the Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English and called ‘Oxford -er(s)’ UK, 1955 champion noun a completely inept and unlucky ... was often sold in Cambridge coffee houses US, 1967 coffee -and noun a light meal US, 1901 coffee -and adjective small-time, insignificant US, 1937 coffee -and- cakes noun a sma...

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