"AA" IN DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH POTX
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QQ IN DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH POT
Queen noun < for the Queen used to describe extra days added aspunishment to a sentence of imprisonmentUK, 1996. < goQueen’s; turn Queen’sto turn Queen’s evidence, that is, to giveevidence against co-defendants, usually to your own advantage UK,1996. < the Queen the Natio[r]
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RR IN DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH PPSX
offensive. From the boxing senseUS, 1979rope dope noun low grade marijuana US, 1995ropehead noun 1 a Rastafarian with long matted braids JAMAICA, 1987.2 a dark-skinned person. Prison usage NEW ZEALAND, 1997roper noun in a confidence swindle, a confederate who identifies andlures the victim in[r]
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UU IN DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH POTX
UuUbangi noun a black person. Offensive US, 1979U-barrel noun a large steel drum used for collecting urine wherethere is no plumbing ANTARCTICA, 2003über-; uber- prefix super-high in quality or degree. Adopted directlyfrom German preposition über (over, above), combines to formwords that exce[r]
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TT IN DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH PPSX
tanglefoot noun 1 strong, homemade whisky US, 1860. 2 barbed wirestaked to the ground as a defensive perimeter around a militarycamp or base US, 1990tango noun a type of MDMA, the recreational drug best known asecstasy. From the colour of the tablet; possibly an abbreviation ofTANGERIN[r]
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VV IN DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH POTX
here used in English carries the sense of ‘outside the law’ CANADA,2002VP noun a sex offender. An initialism of ‘vulnerable prisoner’ UK,1996VPL a visible panty line, the most heinous of fashion crimes.Popularised by Paul Simon in Woody Allen’s Annie HallUS,[r]
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PP IN DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH POTX
judging by their culinary habits. It is claimed that the word wascoined during World War 2, and referred then specifically toconscripted criminals who deserted and thence scrounged freepies from the army buffet in Hyde Park, Sydney. There may besome truth in this, but the[r]
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NN IN DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH DOC
Norfolk ’n’ Chance nickname used as a team name in light-heartedcontests. A barely euphemistic rendering of ‘no fucking chance’;especially popular among quiz teams. Recorded in 1983 as thewinners of the University of Essex Rugby 7’s Plate UK, 1983no risk! for sure;[r]
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YY IN DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH PPS
HIPPIE philosophy: 1) thefemale cannabis plant is considered superior; 2) in Eastern philos-ophy, the concept of two complementary forces that make life isyin yang. ‘Yin’, mispronounced here as ‘ying’, represents thefemaleUK, 2003ying yang noun 1 the anus and/or rectum US, 1968.[r]
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DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH_PART4 DOC
UK, 1896cords noun corduroy trousers US, 1926corduroy noun in surfing, a swell lined up like ribbing US, 1991corduroy road noun a road built over a swamp or muddy land bylaying logs side by side at right angles to the way CANADA, 1961core adjective 1 said of pornography that shows pene[r]
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ZZ IN DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH DOCX
one. Most commonly used in variations of ‘I zigged when I shouldhave zagged’ US, 1948zags noun thin papers used for rolling cigarettes. From the brandedname Zig Zag™, the dominant rolling papers during the hippieyears US, 1970zambi noun marijuana presumed to originate in the Rep[r]
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XX IN DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH PPSX
XYM noun a husband. A partial acronym: ‘ex-young-man’ US, 1976XYZ noun a citizens’ band radio user of undiscovered gender; hence,a homosexual. By extension from XYL (a wife) and XYM (a husband)US, 1976XYZ used to alert someone that their fly zipper is open. A partialacronym: ‘examine y[r]
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WW IN DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH POT
UK, 1970We, as official Video Rangers, hereby promise used withhumour as an oath or pledge. From the US children’s televisionprogramme Captain Video and his Video Rangers (1947–57), inwhich the viewers were asked to join with Captain Video in prom-ising to ‘support forever the causes <[r]
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DD IN DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH POT
Davina McCalls noun nonsense. Rhyming slang for BALLS, formedfrom the name of UK television presenter Davina McCall (b.1967)UK, 2004davvy noun a sofa or couch. A corruption of ‘Davenport’ US, 1997Davy Crockett noun a pocket. Rhyming slang, formed on the nameof an American[r]
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GG IN DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH DOCX
to secure a needle to an eye dropper as part of an improvisedmechanism to inject drugs US, 1960. 8 the vagina. The term givesrise to the ‘gee bag’ condom, ‘missed by a gee hair’ (a near missor accident) and the expression ‘do ya the gee’ said by a boy to agirl and meaning ‘do yo[r]
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FF IN DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH DOCX
US, 1955. 10 in poker, an unskilled player who is alikely victim of a skilled professional US, 1996. 11 in on-line poker,the weakest player in the game, 2003. 12 in cricket, a weak batsmanTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1990. 13 a poor chess player US, 1971. 14 in
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MM IN DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH PPTX
monjaree verb 8see: MUNGAREEmonk noun amonkeyUS, 1841. < have a monk on to be angry UK,1995. < out the monk completely drunk NEW ZEALAND, 1964monkey noun 1 an addiction, especially to heroin or another drug US,1949. 2 five hundred pounds sterling; five hundred US dollars; fivehundred A[r]
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EE IN DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH PPSX
eleventh gear noun in trucking, neutral, used for conserving fuelwhen coasting down a hillUS, 1971elf noun a technical market analyst US, 1986el fabuloso! used for expressing strong approval NEW ZEALAND, 1998el foldo noun an utter, relentless collapse US, 1943Eli nickname Yale University; a Y[r]
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CC IN DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH PDF
North Vietnamese presence northeast of Phu Loi. Based on avague resemblance between the area and a catcher’s mitt on amapUS, 1990catch hand noun a casual workman who moves from job to job toget more favourable rates and conditions but has no intention ofstaying with any job unti[r]
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BB IN DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH POT
1926. 4 (of a horse) not being run on its merits; being run to lose;(of a jockey) not riding to win. Literally, the money that has beenbet on the horse will stay in the bookmaker’s bag AUSTRALIA, 1903.< on someone’s bag in golf, working as a caddie US, 2000. &l[r]
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