English slang vocabulary ppsx

... cockney rhyming slang china plate, meaning mate. E.g."Alright china! How's it going then?"chingNoun. Cocaine.chinglishNoun. Pigeon English, a mixture of Chinese and English. ChinkyNoun. ... rhyming slang bubble and squeak meaning speak.E.g."If you bubble me to the boss, I'll lose my job."Noun. A person from Greece. From bubble and squeak, cockney rhyming slang on ... [1600s]barnetNoun. Hair. From the Cockney rhyming slang barnet fair. [Mid 1800s]barneyNoun. An argument. [Late 1800s] {Informal}barney(rubble)Adj. Trouble. Rhyming slang. [1960s]barryAdj. Good, nice....

... writing or speech, a soundthough restricted vocabulary of standard English ispreferable to an e qually small vocabulary of slang, however vivid may be that slang. 1The Gentle Art of LexicographyI ... of that vocabulary. Except i n formal and dignified writing andin professional speaking, a vivid and extensive slang isperhaps preferable to a jejune and meagre vocabulary of standard English; ... American slang is apt to be more brutal than Englis h[.]1Canada also has an extensive and picturesqueobjective slang, but that slang is 80 per centAmerican, with the re mainder rather more English than...

... DrakesUK,1998. 2 a break. Rhyming slang, formed as above UK, 1998Charlie Howard noun a coward. Rhyming slang UK, 1936Charlie Hunt; Charlie noun 1 the vagina. Rhyming slang for CUNT.Also variant ... Extends fromCAVE! pronounced ‘kay-vee’ (beware!); school slang UK, 1906cave verb to have sex with someone US, 1973cave! beware! School slang, pronounced ‘kay-vee’, from Latin cavere(to beware). ... second. Rhyming slang, from ‘Charlie Chase’ (to place)AUSTRALIA, 1989Charlie Chester; charlie noun a paedophile, a child molester;oftenused as a nickname for a headmaster. Rhyming slang, used...

... and knife noun 1 life. Rhyming slang, generally used in thephrases ‘not on your fork and knife’ and ‘never in your fork andknife’UK, 1934. 2 a wife. Rhyming slang UK, 1937forked adjective ... Korean and Vietnam war usageUS, 1989foul adjective unpleasant, unfriendly. Conventional English rendered slang with attitudeUS, 1999foulball noun a despised person US, 1925fouler noun a very ... Rhyming slang, originallymilitary. Variants include ‘four by’, ‘fourby’ and ‘four-he’– but‘three by two’, a civilian variation, is now obsolete UK, 1936. 2 aprison warder. Rhyming slang forSCREW...

... 1984Pommified adjective having taken on an English character AUSTRALIA,1936Pommy; Pommie noun an English person, or more loosely, a personfrom Britain. Originally used of English immigrants to Australia, ... in oral sex. Rhyming slang for ‘plate of ham’,GAM (to perform oral sex) UK, 1968. 2 to engage in oral stimulationof the anusUK, 2003plate and dish noun a wish. Rhyming slang UK, 1998501 pixie ... desirable’UK,1926plum pud; plum pudd noun good. Rhyming slang AUSTRALIA, 1927plums noun no sexual contact (when the expectation of intimacy ishigh). Royal Navy slang; derives, possibly, from a ‘plum’representing...

... TheOxford English Dictionary offers both Scottish and US origins, butthe earliest slang sense is from English writer R.H. Froude UK, 1827real bikini noun something that is excellent. Teen slang ... Rhyming slang; first recorded inSongs and Slang of the British Soldier: 1914–1918, John Brophyand Eric Partridge, 3rd edition, 1931. Recorded in the US in 1943UK, 1931. 2 an informer. Rhyming slang ... dutyin Japan US, 1989rakli noun a girl; a woman. Romany in current English gypsy use UK,2000Raleigh bike noun a lesbian. Rhyming slang for DYKE,formedonaproduct of a well-known bicycle manufacturer...

... cigarette. Rhyming slang forSNOUT UK, 1974. 2 gout. Rhyming slang. Sometimes variedas ‘salmon trout’ UK, 1932. 3 the nose. Rhyming slang for ‘snout’ UK,1974. 4 an informer. Rhyming slang for SNOUT ... irritated condition. Rhyming slang for POX UK, 1992royally adverb greatly, extremely US, 2002royal mail; royal noun bail. Rhyming slang UK, 1961Royal Navy noun gravy. Rhyming slang. Presumably served ... Rhyming slang, based on popularsinger Ruby Murray, 1935–96. In Cardiff, a local variant is DonMurray, named after the Cardiff City footballerUK, 1992ruby rose; ruby noun the nose. Rhyming slang...

... lottery US, 1957trouble and fuss noun bus. Rhyming slang UK, 1992trouble and strife; trouble noun 1 a wife. Rhyming slang UK, 1908.2 life. Rhyming slang UK, 1998troubled adjective drunk UK, 2002trough ... Uncertainty surroundsthe first slang usage of the term. US slang lexicographer PeterTamony argued in American Speech (Summer 1981) that the termwas first used in a slang sense by Jack Gelber in ... derrick US, 1954Tower Bridge, tower noun a refrigerator. Rhyming slang for ‘fridge’UK, 1992Tower Hill verb to kill. Rhyming slang, formed on an area of LondonUK, 1998towie noun a tow-truck...

... potato crisp. Rhyming slang UK, 1992Will’s Whiff noun syphilis. Rhyming slang, formed from a brand ofsmall cigar UK, 1992willy noun 1 the penis. Originally northern English, not dialect, for ... smoker. Rhyming slang UK, 1931widow’s wink; widow’s noun a Chinese person. Rhyming slang forCHINK (a Chinese person) UK, 1979Widow Twankey; widow noun 1 a handkerchief. Rhyming slang forHANKY, ... 1998William P owell noun a towel. Rhyming slang, formed from the USfilm actor, 1874–1944UK, 1961William Tell verb to give off an unpleasant smell. Rhyming slang, formed from a legendary Swiss heroUK,...

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