Slang and uncoventional english part 43 pdf

full of yourself adjective conceited, self-involved UK, 1866 full-on adjective maximum, complete, absolute, very US, 1970 full out adverb completely, intensely US, 1918 full personal noun sexual intercourse, as distinct from masturbation, when advertised as a service offered by a prostitute UK, 2003 full sails adverb in trucking, driving at top speed with the wind behind you US, 1976 full screw noun a corporal in the army UK, 1995 full service noun in the coded language of massage parlours, sexual intercourse US, 2002 full stop; full stop – end of story a catchphrase used as a firm signal that a matter is at an end. Verbalised punctuation, exactly matching US use of ‘period’ UK, 1976 full-timer noun a person who lives in a recreational vehicle all year US, 1997 full tit noun an all-out effort NEW ZEALAND, 1998 full tub noun in poker, a hand consisting of three cards of the same rank and a pair. Conventionally known as a ‘full house’ US, 1988 full up to dolly’s wax replete with food; entirely full AUSTRALIA, 1945 full weight noun a package of drugs that weighs as much as it is claimed to weigh US, 1992 fully adverb very US, 1982 fuma d’Angola; fumo d’Angola noun marijuana. Portuguese, meaning ‘smoke of Angola’ US, 1969 fumble verb in college, to do poorly and receive a notification of academic deficiency US, 1968 fumble fingers noun clumsy hands US, 1986 fumed-up adjective marijuana-intoxicated UK, 2002 fumigate verb to take an enema before or after anal sex US, 1972 fummydiddle verb to waste time or to bungle US, 1975 fun noun a grain of opium US, 1964 fun verb to tease, to joke US, 1967 fun adjective amusing, interesting, light-hearted US, 1950 fun and frolics noun the testicles. Rhyming slang for BOLLOCKS, recorded as Anglo-Irish, 1960 fun and games noun 1 a (very) agreeable time; love-making, petting and/or sexual intercourse. The sexual sense is, of course, a special- isation of the general sense UK, 1961. 2 ironically, a disagreeable time; a brush with an enemy. Originally navy usage when the enemy was at sea UK, 1948 fun bags noun thefemalebreastsUS, 1965 fun book noun a collection of discount coupons given to guests by casinos US, 1991 fun box noun in skateboarding and foot-propelled scootering, any manufactured obstacle (usually made of wood) that provides varying configurations of ramps and surfaces for the boarder to employ US, 1992 funch noun sex during lunch US, 1976 Fun City nickname New York. Coined by Mayor John Lindsay in 1965 US, 1966 fundage noun money US, 1993 fundie; fundi; fundy noun 1 of religious faith, fundamentalist; a fundamentalist, especially a Christian fundamentalist but also applied in non-religious uses UK, 1982. 2 an expert, a teacher SOUTH AFRICA , 1937 funeral noun < it’s your funeral; your funeral it’s of no concern to me (regardless of what the business, circumstance or situation that is being referred to is) US, 1895 funeral train noun a long line of cars whose progress is impeded by one slow driver who refuses to pull over and let them pass US, 1962 fun factor noun the ratio of a car’s power to its weight US, 1992 fungee; fungy noun a fruit dumpling or a deep-dish blueberry pie CANADA, 1952 fungoo! fuck you! Often accompanied by graphic body language US, 1942 fun hog noun an obsessed enthusiast of thrill sports US, 1992 funk noun 1 a strong human smell; the smell of human sexual activity US, 1917. 2 semen; smegma US, 1976. 3 a genre of dance music that combines soul, blues, gospel and jazz with irresistible beats and rhythms. From the sense as ‘the smell of sex’ US, 1958. 4 a depressed state of mind UK, 1820 funk! used for expressing anger or disgust US, 1963 funk; funk it verb to lose your nerve, to have your courage or deter- mination give way UK, 1857 funked out adjective drug-intoxicated US, 1971 funki dred noun a young black man who wears his hair in dreadlocks as a part of his fashionable style – not as a profession of Rastafarianism. Deliberate misspellings of FUNKY (fashionable) and ‘dread’ (a dreadlock wearer) UK, 1994 funk out verb to become exhausted BAHAMAS, 1982 funky adjective 1 sexual in a primal sense, earthy US, 1954. 2 bad, distasteful, dirty, smelly US, 1946. 3 earthy, fundamental, emotional, and when applied to music, characterised by blues tonalities US, 1954. 4 fashionable US, 1969. 5 in computing, descriptive of a feature that works imperfectly but not poorly enough to justify the time and expense to correct it US, 1991 Funky Fourth nickname the Fourth Army Division US, 1991 funk y-fresh adjective fashionable, stylish US, 1982 funky yellow noun a variety of LSD UK, 1996 funny adjective 1 homosexual US, 1962. 2 odd, strange; hence, unwell UK, 1806 funny bomb noun a fragmenting explosive. Army use US, 1991 funny bone noun the extremity of the humerus, specifically that part of the elbow over which the ulnar nerve passes; a notional part of the body that is stimulated by comedy. A pun on ‘humerus’ and ‘humorous’, stressing the funny-peculiar sensation that is felt when the nerve is struck UK, 1840 funny book noun 1 a pornographic book or magazine US, 1976. 2 in trucking, a driver’s daily log book US, 1976 funny boy noun a male homosexual US, 1977 funny bunny noun an eccentric US, 1966 funny business noun dishonest enterprises, criminal activities UK, 1891 funny car noun 1 in the language of car salesmen, a small car, especially a foreign-made car US, 1975. 2 in drag racing, a car with a drag racing chassis and engine covered with a fibreglass replica of a conventional car body US, 1960s funny cigarette noun a marijuana cigarette US, 1949 funny fag noun a marijuana cigarette. Formed on FAG (a cigarette) UK, 1998 funny farm noun a hospital for the mentally ill US, 1959 Funny Farm Express nickname in trucking, a Frozen Foods Express truck. A back-formation from the company’s initials US, 1976 funny five minutes noun a temporary aberration UK, 2004 funny ha-ha; ha-ha funny adjective amusing, inviting of laughter, as opposed to ‘funny’ in the sense of peculiar. From the oft-cited contrast of FUNNY PECULIAR and ‘funny ha-ha’ by British novelist and dramatist Ian Hay UK, 1938 funny kine adjective strange, unexpected, abnormal. Hawaiian youth usage US, 1981 funny money noun 1 counterfeit or play currency US, 1938. 2 during the Vietnam war, military payment certificates. The certificates were handed out to the military instead of currency to prevent black market use of the US dollar. Denominations of the certificates ranged from five cents to 20 dollars US, 1965. 3 any foreign currency. A resolutely English coinage, disregarding Scottish notes and sneering at the Euro UK, 1984. 4 the scrip issued in Alberta by the Canadian Social Credit party, which advocated free credit and monetary reform; the party became known as the full of yourself | funny money 276 ‘funny-money party’ CANADA, 1958. 5 promotional coupons issued by casinos to match money bets US, 2003 funnyosity noun a funny-peculiar curiosity. By elision UK, 1962 funny papers noun 1 LSD. A reference to the cartoon images printed on, or simply the effect of, LSD impregnated blotting paper UK, 1996. 2 topographical maps. Vietnam war usage; a tad cynical about the accuracy of the military’s maps US, 1980. 3 building plans US, 1989 funny peculiar adjective funny in the sense of peculiar, as opposed to ‘funny ha-ha’ (amusing) UK, 1938 funny puff noun a marijuana cigarette US, 1976 funny valentine noun a tablet of Dexedrine™, a central nervous system stimulant. A reference to the tablet’s heart shape US, 1966 funny ward noun a hospital ward reserved for the mentally ill US, 1963 funny water noun any alcoholic beverage US, 1974 funster noun a joker; a person who reminds you how much fun we are having. The name of a model of Chrysler outboard boat and given a nod in ‘Tenement Funster’, a song composed by Roger Taylor and recorded by Queen in 1974 US, 1974 funsy-wunsy noun sex US, 1956 funsy-wunsy adjective fun, cute US, 1995 funt; foont; pfund noun a pound (£); money. From German pfund pronounced ‘foont’ and Yiddish funt, incorporated into parleyaree and thence polari UK, 1857 fun tickets noun money US, 1997 funzine noun a purportedly humorous single-interest fan magazine US, 1982 fur noun 1 the female pubic hair; a woman as a sex object. Contemporary use mainly in FURBURGER, FUR PIE, etc US, 1959. 2 a woman’s hairpiece US, 1972. < make the fur fly to cause uproar, to disturb the status quo US, 1814 furball noun an aerial dogfight involving several planes US, 1983 fur beef noun a prison sentence for rape US, 1976 furburger noun the vagina, especially as an object of oral pleasure- giving; a woman as a sex object. A term that is especially popular with Internet pornographers US, 1965 fur coat and no knickers applied to someone whose surface rectitude masks a less than respectable morality UK, 1980 fur cup noun the vagina US, 1966. < drink of the fur cup to perform oral sex on a woman US, 1966 furious fifties noun the latitutes of 50 to 59 degrees south ANTARCTICA, 1906 furkid noun a pet whose owner makes much of it CANADA, 2002 furlough baby noun a baby born after a serviceman’s brief visit home CANADA, 1989 furnace and organ noun a car radio and heater US, 1959 furniture noun a rifle’s or a similar weapon’s stock UK, 1995 furphy noun 1 a rumour. A similar semantic development can be seen with SCUTTLEBUTT. Rarely ‘furfy’ AUSTRALIA, 1915. 2 an iron water cart. From the name of a manufacturer of such carts AUSTRALIA, 1938 fur pie noun the vulva and pubic hair US, 1934 furra noun heroin UK, 2002 furry folds noun the vagina US, 2001 furry hoop noun the vagina AUSTRALIA, 1971 furry letterbox noun the vagina UK, 2001 furry monkey noun the vagina UK, 1999 fur shur adverb 8see: FER S HUR further noun < in the further in the future. Used when saying goodbye US, 1973 further adverb < have it further back to know a lot and share that knowledge in talk CANADA, 1972 furthermucker noun used as a humorous euphemism for ‘motherfucker’ US, 1965 fur tongue noun a sycophant or toady US, 1977 fur-trapper noun a thief who distracts hotel guests in the lobby or at the hotel desk long enough to steal their furs US, 1954 fusebox noun the head US, 1946 fuselighter noun an artillery soldier US, 1988 fuss noun < don’t make a fuss a bus. Rhyming slang UK, 1960 fuss verb used as a euphemistic replacement for ‘fuck’ US, 1974 fuss-arse noun a fussy person. In 2003, usage appears to be mainly limited to south and southwest Wales UK, 1961 fuss-box noun a finicky, fussy person UK, 1901 fussbudget noun a chronic worrier US, 1904 fussed adjective < not fussed unconcerned UK, 1988 fusspot noun a very fussy person. A combination of ‘fuss’, as an indicator of the dominant characteristic, and -POT (a person) UK, 1921 fussy adjective finicky UK, 2002. < not fussy not especially keen; unconcerned CANADA, 1984. < not that fussy about having an aversion to something, not liking it CANADA, 2000 futz around verb to waste time; to tinker with no results US, 1930 futz up verb used as a euphemism for ‘fuck up’, meaning to bungle US, 1947 fuzz noun 1 a police officer; the police US, 1929. 2 the pubic hair, usually on a female US, 1981 fuzz verb to shuffle (a deck of playing cards) by simultaneously drawing cards from the bottom and top of the deck US, 1967 fuzzball noun a fart. Generally phrased in the manner of ‘someone dropped a fuzzball’ and ‘who’s made the fuzzballs?’ UK, 1979 fuzz box noun in electric line work, a noise-producing voltage tester US, 1980 fuzzburger noun the vagina as an object of oral pleasure-giving US, 1967 fuzz-buster noun an electronic radar-detection device US, 1976 fuzzed adjective drug-intoxicated US, 1961 fuzzie noun a girl or young woman US, 1974 fuzz one; fuzz two; fuzz three noun used as a rating system by US forces in Vietnam for the films shown on base; the system rated films on the amount of pubic hair shown. The more, the better US, 1990 fuzz-spotter noun a rear view mirror. From FUZZ (the police) UK, 1979 fuzztail noun a horse US, 1958 fuzzy noun 1 in horse racing, a horse that is seen as certain to win a race US, 1956. 2 in a deck of playing cards, the joker US, 1988 fuzzy-wuzzy noun 1 any black or 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 World War 2) a native of Papua New Guinea AUSTRALIA, 1942. 3 a dust ball US, 1947 fuzzy-wuzzy angel noun (during World War 2) a native of Papua New Guinea who gave assistance to Australian service personnel AUSTRALIA, 1942 fwefen noun the vagina TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2003 f-word noun 1 the word ‘fuck’. The intent is to specify one word, out of thousands that begin with ‘f’, that the speaker will not use US, 1970. 2 fusion (of musical genres). In music such fusion is viewed with great trepidation, stressed here by its deliberate confusion with ‘fuck’ UK, 2002 FYA used as Internet shorthand to mean ‘for your amusement’ US, 1997 FYI used in computer message shorthand to mean ‘for your infor- mation’ US, 1991 277 funnyosity | F YI Gg G noun 1 one thousand dollars; one thousand pounds; one thousand. From GRAND US, 1928. 2 a gram. Used mainly in a drug context UK, 1997. 3 one grain (of a narcotic) US, 1966. 4 a generic manufactured cigarette US, 1992. 5 a gang member US, 1990. 6 a close friend US, 1989. 7 a girlfriend US, 1991. 8 a G-string US, 1992 g’ adjective good, especially in g’day, g’night, g’morning UK, 1961 gaar noun the buttocks TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1987 gab noun unimportant conversation UK, 1790 gabacho; gavacho noun a white person. Derogatory border Spanish used in English conversation by Mexican-Americans US, 1950 gabalash verb (of quilting) to lash the quilt into the frame with big stitches, so that the precise, tiny stitches of the quilting design itself may be done. The word may derive from blending the two words ‘gab’ and ‘lash’, as the quilting sessions are also occasions for talk CANADA, 1999 gabber noun any central nervous system stimulant US, 1987 gabbleguts noun a talkative person AUSTRALIA, 1966 gabby bench noun a bench favoured by idle talkers BAHAMAS, 1982 gabbyguts noun a talkative person AUSTRALIA, 1969 Gabby Hayes hat noun the field hat worn by US soldiers in Vietnam. Likened to the narrow brim and low crown of the hat worn by the US western film star Gabby Hayes US, 1977 gabfest noun a group talk, usually about gossip or trivial matters US, 1897 gabins noun money TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2003 Gabriel nickname a prisoner who plays the chapel organ UK, 1950 gabs noun trousers made of gabardine (a twill-woven cloth) UK, 1955 gack noun 1 cocaine UK, 1997. 2 a despised person US, 1997 gack verb in poker, to fold holding a hand that would have won had the player stayed in the game US, 1996 gack-blowing noun the process of anally ingesting cocaine UK, 2002 gacked adjective cocaine-intoxicated UK, 2003 gack-nag; gak-nag noun a cocaine user UK, 2002 gack scab noun a crusting of damaged mucous membrane that forms around the nostrils as the result of inhaling cocaine. Combines GACK (cocaine) with conventional ‘scab’ UK, 1999 gad noun in horse racing, the whip used by jockeys US, 1976 gadabout noun a Lada car. Citizens’ band radio slang UK, 1981 Gadaffi noun the NAAFI (Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes). In Royal Air Force use; rhyming slang, based on the name of Lybian leader Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi UK, 2002 gad daigs! used for expressing surprise BAHAMAS, 1982 gadget noun 1 used as a general term for any cheating device used in a card game US, 1988. 2 in poker, any special rule applied to a game using wild cards US, 1967. 3 a G-string or similar female article of clothing US, 1980. 4 aUSAirForcecadetUS, 1944 gadgie noun 1 a man; an idiot or fool UK: SCOTLAND, 1985. 2 an old man. Urban youth slang UK, 2005 gaff noun 1 a location UK, 1999. 2 a place of residence; home; a shop or other place of business UK, 1932. 3 a prison cell. A narrower sense of ‘a place of residence’ UK, 1996. 4 a fair or fairground; a place of public amusement. Circus usage UK, 1753. 5 a cheating device US, 1893. 6 a device used to hide the shape of a male transvestite’s penis US, 1973 gaff verb 1 to fix or rig a device US, 1934. 2 to cheat UK, 1811. 3 to talk aimlessly and pleasantly TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1994 gaffer noun 1 used as a form of address. A loose variation of ‘gaffer’ as ‘boss’ or ‘old man’, usually showing respect UK: ENGLAND, 1748. 2 an employer, a boss, a foreman UK, 1659. 3 a senior electrician in a film unit US, 1969. 4 on the railways, a track crew supervisor US, 1977. 5 in motorcyle racing, a leader of a racing team US, 1965. 6 in circus and carnival usage, a manager US, 1981 gaffle noun in street gambling, a protocol under which the winner shares his winnings with other players US, 1997 gaffle verb 1 to steal US, 1900. 2 to arrest; to catch US, 1954. 3 to cheat, to swindle, to defraud US, 1998 gaffs noun dice that have been altered for cheating US, 1950 gaff shot noun in pool, an elaborate shot, especially an illegal one US, 1985 gaffus noun a hypodermic syringe and needle, especially when improvised US, 1967 gafu noun a colossal mistake. A ‘god almighty fuck-up’ NEW ZEALAND, 1998 gag noun 1 a manner of doing something, a practice US, 1890. 2 in the television and film industries, a stunt US, 1988 . 3 any artifice employed by a beggar to elicit sympathy US, 1962. 4 an event or activity contrived to provide amusement or excitement UK, 1996. 5 an indefinite prison sentence US, 1958. 6 a small group of close friends US, 1994. 7 a quick use of cocaine US, 1997. 8 in craps, a bet that the shooter will make his even-numbered point in pairs US, 1950 gag verb to panic in the face of a great challenge US, 1988 gaga adjective 1 infatuated, silly UK, 1917. 2 mad, especially as a result of senility UK, 1920 gag-awful adjective horrible US, 1981 gage noun 1 marijuana. Also variants ‘gayge’ and ‘gages’ US, 1934. 2 alcohol, especially whisky US, 1932. < get a gage up to smoke a marijuana cigarette UK, 1998 gage butt noun a marijuana fashioned cigarette US, 1938 gaged adjective drug-intoxicated US, 1932 gage out; gauge out verb to become, or be, sleepy as a result of marijuana intoxication UK, 1996 gagers; gaggers noun methcathinone US, 1998 gagged adjective disgusted US, 1968 gagging adjective desperately craving something, such as a cigarette, a drink or sex UK, 1997 gagging for a blagging adjective used of banks, etc, that exhibit poor security. A combination of GAGGING (desperate for something) and BLAGGING (a robbery with violence) UK, 2001 gaggle noun a formation of several military aircraft flying the same mission US, 1942 gaggler noun 1 MDMA, the recreational drug best known as ecstasy UK, 2003. 2 amphetamines UK, 2003 gag me!; gag me with a spoon! used for expressing disgust. A quintessential Valley Girl expression of disgust US, 1982 gagster noun acomedianUK, 1935 Gainesburger noun in the military, canned beef patties. Alluding to a dog food product. Vietnam war usage US, 1983 Gainesville green noun marijuana grown in or near Gainesville, Florida US, 1976 gal noun a woman or a girl. This gal is a woman with a chequered history: ‘Cockney for girl’, 1824, but then the pronunciation worked its way up the social ladder until, by about 1840, it was quite upper-class. From around 1850 a ‘gal’ was a ‘servant girl’ or a ‘harlot’, and from about 1860, a ‘sweetheart’ as used by Albert Chevalier in My Old Dutch, 1893. The current sense is recorded in US jazz and jive circles from the 1930s. By the turn of the millennium, having passed through respectability once again, ‘gal’ was patronising or kitsch, and rarely found without ‘guys’ UK, 1795 galactic adj ective great, wonderful, amazing US, 1998 galah noun a fool. From the name of an endemic Australian cockatoo, commonly kept as a cage bird, and able to be coaxed into antic behaviour. The name of the bird comes from the Australian Aboriginal language Yuwaalaraay AUSTRALIA, 1938 galba noun the penis TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2003 gal block noun a section of a prison reserved for blatantly homosex- ual prisoners US, 1972 gal-boy noun an effeminate young man US, 1987 galf noun a girlfriend. A reduction of ‘galfriend’ US, 1979 Galilee stompers noun in homosexual usage, sandals US, 1987 gall noun effrontery, impudence US, 1882 gallery 13 noun a prison graveyard US, 1982 gallery god noun a theatre-goer who sits in the uppermost balcony US, 1947 gallon noun a container for liquid, without regard to the precise volume FIJI, 1993 gallop verb < gallop the lizard (of a male) to masturbate AUSTRALIA, 1985 galloper noun aracehorseAUSTRALIA, 1960 galloping adjective worsening UK, 1785 galloping bones noun dice US, 1920 galloping dandruff noun body lice US, 1920 galloping dominoes noun dice US, 1918 galloping horse noun heroin. An elaboration of HORSE (heroin) US, 1959 gallops noun horse racing AUSTRALIA, 1950 gallup noun heroin. Building on the HORSE image UK, 2002 gallus; gallows adjective attractive, wonderful; self-confident, quick- witted, brave, ostentatious, nonchalant; also used as an intensifier. A phonetic slurring of ‘gallows’, suggesting ‘fit for the gallows’ and thus ‘wicked’ – a very early example of ‘bad’ means ‘good’. In the US from the 1840s to 1940s UK, 1789 galoot; galloot noun a man, especially if hulking, stupid, boorish, foolish, clumsy or otherwise objectionable. Possibly from Dutch gelubt (a eunuch) UK, 1818 gal pal noun 1 a woman’s female friend US, 2001. 2 a female friend of a male homosexual US, 1977 gal tank noun a holding cell in a jail reserved for homosexual prisoners US, 1972 galvanise noun sheets of corrugated iron BARBADOS, 1965 galvo noun galvanised iron. Iron corrugated sheets are a common building material in rural Australia AUSTRALIA, 1945 gam noun 1 the leg. Originally applied to a crippled leg, later to a woman’s leg UK, 1785. 2 an act of oral sex. Also variant ‘gambo’ UK, 1954 gam verb 1 to pretend IRELAND, 1989. 2 to boast US, 1970. 3 to perform oral sex UK, 1910 gamahuche noun an act of oral sex. Possibly a combination of Scots dialect words gam (gum, mouth) and roosh (rush), hence a ‘rushing into the mouth’; more likely from French gamahucher which shares the same sense UK, 1865 gambage noun showing off TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1940 Gamble and Procter; gamble noun a doctor. Rhyming slang, formed on a reversal of the pharmaceutical company Procter and Gamble UK, 1998 gambler’s bankroll; gambler’s roll noun a bankroll consisting of a large-denomination note on the outside of a number of small- denomination notes US, 1986 game noun 1 an athlete’s style and ability US, 1997. 2 aperson’sstyle, visual and oral US, 1976. 3 a conventional attitude. A counterculture concept that refuses to accept non-drop-out society as anything more than a game with unnecessary rules UK, 1967. 4 a criminal activity; crime as a profession UK, 1739. 5 business AU STRALIA, 1877. 6 an attempt to con US, 1975. 7 sex appeal US, 1999. 8 an interest in the opposite sex US, 2001. 9 a romantic or sexual relationship outside your primary relationship. Synonymous with PLAY AROUND; also, ‘game’ has strong sexual overtones, as in ON THE GAME (engaged in prostitution) UK, 1958. < give the game away to cease doing something; to abandon; to give up AUSTRALIA, 1953. < on the game to be working as a prostitute UK, 1898. < out of the game married, engaged or dating only one person US, 2001. < run a game to fool, to swindle US, 1940. < the game the business of prostitution UK, 1898. < the Game the criminal life- style US, 1976 game verb 1 to deceive, to mislead, to trick US, 1963. 2 to flirt; to woo US, 1988 game! used for expressing that enough is enough US, 1997 game as a pissant adjective very courageous AUSTRALIA, 1944 game face noun in sports, a serious expression and demeanour reflecting complete concentration on the competition at hand. Now used outside of sports, extended to any serious situation US, 1972 gameless adjective unskilled US, 1983 game of nap noun 1 a cap. Rhyming slang, from the card game UK, 1976. 2 an act of defecation. Rhyming slang for CRAP UK, 1992 game over! used for expressing that enough is enough US, 1997 gamer noun 1 a video game or role-playing game enthusiast US, 1977. 2 an athlete who can always be counted on for a gritty, all-out effort US, 1977. 3 a person engaged in swindles and hustles as a way of life US, 1975 game refuge noun any institution where traffic violators who are under pursuit are free from further pursuit once they pass the gates US, 1962 games and sports; games noun warts. Rhyming slang UK, 2003 gamey eye noun a tendency to flirt IRELAND, 1995 gamma delta iota noun a college student who is not a fraternity or sorority member; a notional fraternity or sorority comprised of students who don’t belong to fraternities or sororities. A back- formation from GDI (god damn independent) US, 2000 gammon noun one microgram. The unit of measurement for LSD doses, even in the non-metric US US, 1969 gammon rasher noun a superlative thing. Rhyming slang for SMASHER UK, 1974 gammy adjective 1 inferior, of low quality. As in ‘gammy gear’ (inferior goods) UK, 1979. 2 lame UK, 1879 gammy chant noun a bad situation IRELAND, 1997 gamoosh noun a fellow, usually not referring to a winner in the zero- sum game of life US, 1988 gamot noun heroin; morphine UK, 1998 gander noun alookUS, 1914. < cop a gander to look at someone or something, especially with discretion US, 1950. < get your gander up to become annoyed or angry. A variation, probably by mis- hearing, 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 tonic. Initialism UK, 1966 gandy noun in Newfoundland, a pancake CANADA, 1966 gandy dancer noun 1 a railway track worker. Thought to be so called from the Gandy Manufacturing Company of Chicago, which made many of the tools used by the section gangs US, 1918. 2 aroad worker US, 1976. 3 in trucking, a tractor trailer that weaves back and forthontheroad US, 1971 gandy gang noun on the railways, a crew of track workers US, 1977 279 galactic | gandy gang gang noun 1 a work crew. Still heard on occasion, but largely replaced with the standard English ‘crew’ US, 1989. 2 a person’s social group. From earlier conventional senses UK, 1945. 3 a great many US, 1811. 4 marijuana BAHAMAS, 1982 gang verb to engage in serial, consecutive sex, homosexual or het- erosexual, especially to engage in multiple rape. A shortened form of GANGBANG UK, 1972 gangbang noun 1 successive, serial copulation between a single person and multiple partners US, 1945. 2 an orgy at which several couples have sex. 3 a cluster of reporters descending on a public figure with microphones, cameras, notepads and shouted questions. Sometimes shortened to ‘bang’ or the variant ‘major bang’ US, 2001. 4 a social gathering. A humorously ironic use of the orgiastic sense UK, 1977. 5 a group of friends talking together on citizens’ band radio US, 1977. 6 a television writing session involving multiple writers US, 1997. 7 the utilization of a large number of computer programmers to create a product in a short period of time US, 1991. 8 a fight between youth gangs US, 1967 gangbang verb 1 to engage in successive, serial copulation with mul- tiple partners. Also in figurative use US, 1949. 2 to be an active part of a gang; to battle another gang US, 1968 gangbanger noun a youth gang member US, 1969 gangbuster noun a zealous, energetic police official or prosecutor who targets organised crime US, 1936 gangbusters noun < like gangbusters aggressively, with force US, 1940 gang cheats noun two or more people working as confederates in a cheating scheme US, 1988 gange noun marijuana. A shortening of GANJA (marijuana) US, 1971 gang-fuck noun an uncoordinated mess UK, 1995 gang-fuck verb to engage in serial, consecutive sex, homosexual or hetereosexual US, 1916 gangie noun Serial sex between one person and multiple, partners, consensual or not NEW ZEALAND, 1971 gangplank noun a bridge US, 1976 gangplank fever noun in the military, a fear of transfer to an assignment overseas US, 1945 gang-shag noun 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, consensual or not AUSTRALIA, 1971 gangsta noun a young black member of a (criminal) gang. A deliberate respelling of ‘gangster’ US, 1998 gangsta adjective good, exciting. Hip-hop US, 2002 gangsta-lette noun a female gang member US, 2001 gangstamuthafucka noun a gangster, especially one who is con- sidered powerful. An intensification of GANGSTA UK, 1997 gangsta rap; g-rap noun a rap music genre characterised by explicit sex and violence which, it is claimed, reflects black urban exist- ence. Combines GANGSTA or ‘g’ (a black urban anti-hero) with RAP (a musical style) US, 1992 gangsta rapper noun a rap artist who reflects on the black urban experience in an explicitly sexual and violent manner. GANGSTA RAP has been an influential music genre since the late 1980s US, 1990 gangster noun 1 marijuana. Promotes the outlaw self-image enjoyed by smokers of the illegal substance; possibly playing on GANJA US, 1960. 2 a cigarette US, 1972 gangster bitch noun a female who associates with youth gang members US, 2001 gangster doors noun any four-door sedan US, 1980 gangster lean noun 1 a style of driving a car in which the driver leans towards the right side of the car, leaning on an arm rest, steering with the left hand; by extension, a slouching walk or posture US, 1973. 2 a car with hydraulic shock aborbers that are set to leave the car higher on one side than the other US, 1991 gangster pill noun any barbiturate or other central nervous system depressant US, 1994 gangster whitewalls noun showy, flashy, whitewalled tyres US, 1972 gang-up noun serial sex between multiple active participants and a single passive one US, 1951 gangy noun a close friend; a fellow member of a clique. Hawaiian youth usage US, 1982 ganja noun 1 marijuana, notably from Jamaica. Hindi word for ‘cannabis’, possibly derived from BHANG and adopted around 1920 by ‘Anglo-Indian drug addicts’, by 1970 the UK Home Office ‘could ascribe it to West Indians’. Celebrated in song by, among many others, Clancy Eccles, ‘Ganja Free’, 1972 and Leslie Butler, ‘Ashanti Ganja Dub’, 1975. With many spelling variations including ‘ganj’, ‘ganjah’, ‘ganjuh’ and ‘ganga’ JAMAICA, 1972. 2 the white establishment US, 2000 ganja adjective white-skinned US, 2000 gank noun 1 marijuana US, 1989. 2 a substance sold as an illegal drug that is actually fake US, 1994 gank verb 1 to steal US, 1996. 2 in Internet game-playing, to ‘kill’ a player, especially unfairly. Also used as a noun UK, 2003 ganky adjective ugly, repulsive IRELAND, 2004 GAP noun the Great American Public US, 1965 gap verb to watch, to witness a crime US, 1949. < gap it to make a quick exit SOUTH AFRICA, 2000. < gap your axe to annoy NEW ZEALAND , 1998 gape noun a completely relaxed, distended anus. A term used by anal sex fetishists, especially on the Internet US, 1999 gape verb to idle, to wander US, 1966 gaper noun 1 a dolt. An abbreviation of GAPING ASSHOLE US, 1966. 2 a novice skier, or a non-skier watching others ski US, 1990. 3 a mirror US, 1931 gaper-block; gapers’ block noun a traffic problem created by motorists slowing down to gawk at an accident US, 1961 gaping and flaming adjective (used of a party) wild, rowdy, fun US, 1968 gaping asshole noun a dolt US, 1966 GAPO noun used as an abbreviation of gorilla armpit odour US, 1967 gaposis noun a notional disease involving a gap of any kind US, 1942 gap out verb to daydream and miss something for lack of attention CANADA, 1993 gapper noun a mirror. Prisoner usage to describe a mirror used to watch for approaching guards as the prisoners do something which they ought not to do US, 1934 gappings noun a salary US, 1955 gap up verb to fill capsules with a powdered narcotic US, 1971 gar noun 1 a black person. An abbreiviation of NIGGER US, 1962. 2 marijuana rolled in cigar leaf US, 2001 gar adjective excellent, pleasing US, 1993 garage noun a subset of a criminal organisation US, 1975 garage action noun a legal action for libel (usually against a newspaper) brought by the police on their own behalf. The damages awarded are often substantial enough to buy a new garage for the police officer’s home UK, 1998 garage band noun an amateur rock group with a basic, three-chord approach to music. From the custom of practising in the garage at the home of the parents of a band member US, 1977 garage man’s companion noun a truck manufactured by General Motors Corporation. A back-formation from the initials GMC US, 1971 garans! certainly. Hawaiian youth usage; shortened from ‘guaranteed’ US, 1981 garbage noun 1 anything of poor quality or little or no worth; nonsense. From the sense as ‘refuse’ UK, 1592. 2 heroin; low quality heroin US, 1962. 3 farm produce US, 1976. 4 any and all food, usually low in protein and high in carbohydrate, not in a bodybuilder’s gang | garbage 280 diet US, 1984. 5 cocktail garnishes US, 1998. 6 in hot rodding, a surfeit of accessories unrelated to the car’s performance US, 1960. 7 in poker, the cards that have been discarded US, 1967 garbage barge noun a tuna fish sandwich US, 1985 garbage down verb to eat quickly US, 1959 garbage dump noun the California State Prison at San Quentin US, 1992 garbage guts noun a glutton AUSTRALIA, 1977 garbage hauler noun a truck driver hauling fruit or vegetables US, 1971 garbage head noun an addict who will use any substance available. A term used in twelve-step recovery programmes such as Alcoholics Anonymous US, 1970 garbage in – garbage out a catchphrase employed as an admonition to computer users: if you program mistakes into a computer then an output of rubbish will surely result US, 1976 garbage mouth noun a person who regularly uses profanity US, 1970 garbage rock noun crack cocaine, especially of inferior quality UK, 1998 garbage shot noun in pool, a shot made with luck, not with skill US, 1979 garbage stand noun in circus and carnival usage, a novelty concession US, 1981 garbage time noun the minutes at the end of an athletic contest when the outcome is not in doubt and substitute players are used freely by either or both teams; games at the end of a season when a team’s record is such that a win or loss will not make a differ- ence and substitute players are freely used US, 1971 garbage up verb 1 to eat US, 1955. 2 in bodybuilding, to eat food that is not in your regular diet US, 1984 garbage wagon noun a standard Harley-Davidson motorcyle. The term came from those who stripped the Harley of all the ‘garbage’ they didn’t want, keeping only the functional necessities US, 1966 garbanzos noun thefemalebreastsUS, 1982 garbo noun 1 a rubbish collector AUSTRALIA, 1953. 2 a rubbish bin AUSTRALIA, 1987 garbologist noun a rubbish collector AUSTRALIA, 1973 garburator noun a garbage disposal unit mounted in the sink CANADA, 1998 garden noun 1 a woman’s pubic hair US, 1982. 2 a railway yard US, 1946 Gardena miracle noun in a game of poker, a good hand drawn after a poor dealt hand. Gardena is a city near Los Angeles where poker rooms are legal US, 1982 gardener noun 1 a bookmaker who extends his prices beyond his competitors AUSTRALIA, 1989. 2 in pool, a betting player who wins US, 1990 garden gate noun 1 eight pounds, £8 UK, 1992. 2 a magistrate. Rhyming slang UK, 1859 garden gate verb to perform oral sex on a woman. Rhyming slang for PLATE (to engage oral sex) UK, 2002 garden gnome noun a comb. Rhyming slang UK, 1992 garden plant; garden noun an aunt. Rhyming slang UK, 1992 garden punk noun a male homosexual BAHAMAS, 1982 garden tool noun a promiscuous girl or woman. Alluding, of course, to a ‘hoe’ US, 1990 Gareth Gate verb to masturbate. Rhyming slang, inspired by the name of pop singer Gareth Gates (b.1984) who came to fame in 2002 UK, 2003 Gareth Hunt noun an unpleasant or despicable person. Rhyming slang, formed on the name of a well known London-born actor (1943–2007) UK, 2003 gargle noun alcoholic drink AUSTRALIA, 1965 gark noun ascratchNEW ZEALAND, 1998 garlo noun a police officer. English gypsy use UK, 2000 garm noun clothing; an item of clothing. An abbreviation of ‘garment’; current in the black community UK, 1997 garmed up adjective fashionably or smartly dressed UK, 1997 gar-mouth verb to issue threats which cannot and will not be implemented. In honour of the ‘gar’, a fish of the pike family with long jaws – a big mouth US, 1984 garms noun clothes. From conventional garments UK, 2006 garn! go on! AUSTRALIA, 1911 garnish noun cash US, 2003 garnot noun heroin UK, 2002 Garrison finish noun in horse racing, a sprinting finish by a horse that has lagged back until the final moment US, 1890 garrity adjective madly over-excited. Presumably after someone who exhibited such characteristics; possibly Freddie Garrity (b.1940), prancing and dancing lead singer of Freddie & The Dreamers, a 1960s pop group from Manchester UK, 1999 Gary Ablett noun a tablet, especially of MDMA, the recreational drug best known as ecstasy. Rhyming slang, ironically based on Australian Rules Football player Gary Ablett whose career was marred by a controversial involvement with drink and drugs. The etymology is confused by Liverpool FC player Gary Ablett AUSTRALIA, 1992 Gary Cooper noun in craps, a roll of 12. From Cooper’s starring role in the western film High Noon US, 1983 Gary Glitter noun the anus; a lavatory. Rhyming slang for SHITTER. The original 1980s use for entertainer Gary Glitter (Paul Francis Gadd b.1944), as inspiration for a rhyming slang term was as ‘bitter’ (beer), however in the mid-90s allegations of under-age sex changed the public’s perception and Gary Glitter became an ARSEHOLE or was associated with toilets. In 2006 he was found guilty in Vietnam of charges concerning under-age sex . Unlike much rhyming slang this is generally used in full, if only to avoid confusion with GARY LINEKER (vinegar) UK, 2001 Gary Lineker noun vinegar. Imprecise rhyming slang, based on the name of Gary Lineker (b.1960), a popular footballer and television personality. Walkers Crisps, whose advertising he is closely associ- ated with, introduced a ‘Salt and Lineker’ flavour after this slang term was in circulation UK, 1998 Gary Player; Gary noun an ‘all-dayer’ event. Rhyming slang, based on the name of South African golfer Gary Player (b.1936) UK, 2002 gas noun 1 a pleasing and/or amusing experience or situation. A jazz term that slipped into mainstream youth slang US, 1953. 2 anabolic steroids. The term drew national attention in the US on 14th July 1994, when Terry Bollea (aka Hulk Hogan) testified in criminal proceedings against wrestling promoter Vince McMahon in Uniondale, New York. Asked if he had heard any slang for steroids, Bollea/Hogan answered ‘Juice. Gas’ US, 1994. 3 batteries. From the radio as CAR metaphor US, 2002. 4 money SOUTH AFRICA, 1977. 5 in pool, momentum or force US, 1993. < cut the gas to stop talking US, 1951. < take gas to be knocked from a surfboard by a wave; to fall from a skateboard US, 1963. < take the gas to lose your composure US, 1961 gas verb 1 to talk idly; to chatter. The ‘gas’ is hot air US, 1847. 2 to tease, to joke, to kid US, 1847. 3 to please, to excite US, 1941. 4 to inhale glue or any volatile solvent for the intoxicating effect US, 1970. 5 to straighten (hair) with chemicals and heat US, 1953 gasbag noun a very talkative individual, a boaster, a person of too many words US, 1862 gas-cooker verb to catch out; to put in a difficult position; to trick or delude. Glasgow rhyming slang for SNOOKER UK: SCOTLAND, 1988 gaseech noun afaceUK, 1992 gas ’em stop noun a petrol station US, 1976 gas factor noun (among Canadian forces personnel) a measure of a person’s commitment to a project. The initials represent ‘give a shit’ CANADA, 1995 gas gun noun a large-bore shotgun loaded with tear-gas cannisters US, 1962 281 garbage barge | gas gun gas-guzzler noun a motor vehicle that demands immoderate quan- tities of fuel, either by design or in consequence of a driver’s excessive demands US, 1973 gash noun 1 the vagina; sex with a woman; a woman as a sex object US, 1866. 2 a male homosexual who is sexually passive US, 1950. 3 rubbish, refuse. A British contribution to South Pole slang ANTARCTICA, 1958. 4 a second helping of food AUSTRALIA, 1943. 5 marijuana US, 1986 gash verb to have sex US, 1989 gash adjective useless, of poor quality UK, 1997 gas-head noun 1 an abuser of industrial solvents for their psychoactive effects UK, 1996 . 2 a person with chemically straightened hair US, 1968 gash hound noun a man who is obsessed with women US, 1955 gasket noun 1 any improvised seal between the end of a dropper and the hub of a needle US, 1970. 2 a doughnut US, 1942 gasket jint; gask et noun a pint, especially of beer. Glasgow rhyming slang, formed on the local pronunciation of ‘joint’ UK: SCOTLAND, 1988 gasoline! in oil drilling, used as a shouted warning that a boss is approaching US, 1954 gasoline alley noun in motor racing, the area at the race track where race teams repair and prepare cars for the race US, 1965 gasp and grunt; grunt noun the vagina; a woman or women sexually objectified. Rhyming slang for CUNT UK, 1961 gas-passer noun an anaesthetist US, 1961 gasper noun 1 a cigarette. Descriptive of the respiratory effect of tobacco-smoking. Originally military slang for an inferior cigarette, popularised in World War 1, in wider usage by 1930 UK, 1914. 2 a marijuana cigarette. From the earlier sense (cigarette) US, 1984. 3 something that is astonishing US, 1970. 4 in typography, an exclamation mark (!) UK, 2003 Gaspers nickname the Asper family of Winnipeg, Manitoba, socially, culturally and politically prominent CANADA, 2002 gasper stick noun a marijuana cigarette UK, 1998 Gaspe steak noun fried bologna CA NADA, 1998 gas pump jock noun in the days before self-service, a petrol station attendant US, 1986 gas queen noun a male homosexual who patronizes young male prostitutes working on the street US, 1997 gassed adjective 1 tipsy, drunk. World War 1 military use from the stupefying effects of gas; then, its origins soon forgotten, just another synonym for ‘drunk’ US, 1919. 2 describes a drug that is considered to be terrific or very enjoyable, used especially of marijuana, US, 1946 gasser noun 1 something wonderful, very exceptional; extraordinarily successful US, 1944. 2 a cigarette. Partidge suggests ‘perhaps a slovening of the synonym GASPER’; a darker etymology reflecting the cough-inducing and life-shortening properties of tobacco is also possible AUSTRALIA, 1984. 3 an anaesthetist. Medical slang. Often teamed with surgeons as ‘gassers and SLASHERS’ UK, 2002. 4 in drag racing, a car that only uses petrol for fuel US, 1965. 5 in oil drilling, a well that produces no oil US, 1954 gassy adjective excellent, pleasant, humorous US, 1962 Gastown noun now a section of downtown Vancouver, named after a Victorian-era saloonkeeper CA NADA, 1952 gastro noun gastroenteritis AUSTRALIA, 1975 gat noun 1 a gun, especially a pistol; in the Royal Air Force, a rifle US, 1897. 2 the anus. From Afrikaans (a hole) SOUTH AFRICA, 1968 gat verb to shoot US, 1990 gat-creeper noun a sycophant. From GAT (the anus), and kruiper (creeper) SOUTH AFRICA, 1985 gate noun 1 a jazz musician; hence a fashionable man. A pun on ‘swinging’ (swing gate, abbreviated from GATOR US, 1936. 2 used as a term of address among jazz lovers of the 1930s and 40s US, 1936. 3 a young person US, 1936. 4 release from prison US, 1966. 5 a vein into which a drug is injected US, 1986. 6 the mouth US, 1936 gate verb in private dice games, to stop the dice while rolling, either as a superstition or to check for cheating US, 1963 -gate suffix used as an embellishment of a noun or name to suggest a far-reaching political scandal. From the Watergate scandal that consumed and ultimately destroyed the Nixon presidency between 1972 (the burglary) and 1974 (the resignation from office) US, 1973 gate-crash verb to achieve entrance to a place, or an event such as a party, without proper credentials or an invitation US, 1922 gate-crasher noun a person who achieves entrance to a place, or an event such as a party, without proper credentials or an invitation US, 1927 gate-crashing noun the act of achieving entrance to a place, or an event such as a party, without proper credentials or an invitation US, 1927 gate fever noun the anxiety suffered by prisoners as they approach their release date UK, 1958 gate happy adjective (of prisoners) exuberant or excited at the approach of a release date UK, 1996 gate jaw noun in trucking, a driver who monopolises conversation on the citizens’ band radio US, 1976 gatekeeper noun a person who introduces another to a first LSD experience US, 1967 gate money noun the cash given to a prisoner upon release from prison US, 1931 gatemouth noun a gossip US, 1944 Gatemouth nickname jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong (1901–1971) US, 1936 gates noun 1 used as a term of address, male-to-male, usually collegial US, 1936. 2 marijuana US, 1966. 3 a house BERMUDA, 1985 Gateshead noun < get out at Gateshead during sex, to withdraw the penis from the vagina just before ejaculation, to practise coitus interruptus UK, 1970 gates of Rome noun home. Rhyming slang UK, 1960 gate to heaven; jade gate noun the vagina. Notable for what seems to be the first slang uses of ‘gate’ as ‘vagina’ – not for the sub-‘Perfumed Garden’-style of metaphorical imagery US, 2001 Gateway to the South noun Balham, a district in South London. An ironic title, coined in the early 1960s for a satirical ‘travelogue’ ‘Balham – Gateway to the South’ written by Frank Muir and performed by Peter Sellers UK, 1977 gatey adjective of prisoners, suffering anxiety as the date of release from prison approaches UK, 1959 gather noun a police officer UK, 1999 gather verb to arrest. Usually as the passive ‘be gathered’ AU STRALIA, 1975 Gatnick noun London Gatwick airport. A pun on NICK (to steal), based on the reputation of the baggage handlers UK, 1999 gato noun heroin. Spanish gato (a cat) US, 1980 gator noun 1 an alligator US, 1844. 2 an all-purpose male form of address. Originally a Negro abbreviation of ‘alligator’; in the 1930s it was adopted into JIVE (black/jazz slang) as an equivalent of CAT (a man); gato is a ‘male cat’ in Spanish. Eventually rock ’n’ roll spread the word and it died out US, 1944. 3 a swing jazz enthusiast. An abbreviation of ALLIGATOR US, 1944 Gator nickname Ron Guidry (b.1950), one of the best pitchers to ever play for the New York Yankees (1975–88). Guidry came from Louisiana, a state with swamps that are home to alligators US, 1978 gator boy; gator girl noun a member of the Seminole Indian tribe US, 1963 gator grip noun in television and film-making, a clamp used to attach lights. An abbreviation of ‘alligator grip’, from the resemblance to an alligator’s jaws US, 1987 gatted adjective drunk UK, 2002 gas-guzzler | gatted 282 . 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. resolutely English coinage, disregarding Scottish notes and sneering at the Euro UK, 1984. 4 the scrip issued in Alberta by the Canadian Social Credit party, which advocated free credit and monetary. 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