... 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 ... resident of a remote area, especially the area
beyond the river gorges in Canterbury and Otago, New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND, 1910
backblocks noun remote and sparsely populated land beyond the
outskirts of ... for
registering approval of the achievements of a daring, risk-taking
rider UK, 2004
Beefa nickname the Balearic island of Ibiza UK, 2002
beef and shrapnel noun in the Vietnam war, a meal of beef and
potatoes...
... 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 small salary US, 1925
coffee ... early to mid-1970s
between Britain and Iceland, especially between the British and
Icelandic fishing fleets and fishermen, over the fishing rights off
Iceland. A journalists’ term that allowed ... by Partridge and Beale
in the appendix to the 8th edition of the Dictionaryof Slang and
Unconventional Englishand called ‘Oxford -er(s)’
UK, 1955
champion noun a completely inept and unlucky...
... stewed dried apricots NEW ZEALAND, 1992
dead man’s hand noun in poker, a hand with a pair of aces and a
pair of eights. Although it is the modern belief that this was the
hand held by Wild Bill Hickok ... 1956
Duchess of Fife noun a wife. Rhyming slang; often suggested as the
origin of
DUTCH (a wife) and/ or DUCHESS UK, 1961
Duchess of Teck; duchess noun a cheque. Rhyming slang, formed
from the title of ... follower of Grateful Dead, a band strongly associ-
ated with psychedelic drugs, seen by many to epitomise the
hippie ideal. Grateful Dead’s choice of name was the result of
browsing a dictionary; ...
... betting, odds of 11–1. A shortening and
slovening of ‘eleven’
UK, 1991
elef a vier noun in betting, odds of 11–4. A phonetic slurring of
ELEF (11) and ‘four’ UK, 1991
elegant adjective 1 (used of a homosexual ... easy. Variation of EASY AS PIE
AUSTRALIA, 1984
easy as damn it adjective very easy. Recorded by Partridge in the 1st
edition of his Dictionaryof Slang and Unconventional English and
still familiar. ... autographing copies of her latest book
in Sydney and a woman handed her a copy and asked in her best
Australian accent ‘How much is it?’. Monica Dickens took the
book and wrote: ‘To Emma Chisit’ and signed...
... 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, ... 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 prostitute
–herfeeandtheroomfee
US,...
... grandpa noun a grandfather; also used as an affectionate form of
address to an old man. Abbreviation of ‘grandpapa’
UK, 1848
grandpappy noun grandfather US, 1952
grandpa’s dozen noun ... 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 insincere and ... smell UK:
SCOTLAND
, 1988
gink verb to give off an unpleasant smell UK: SCOTLAND, 1988
289 GIGO | gink
Gg
G noun 1 one thousand dollars; one thousand pounds; one thousand.
From
GRAND US, 1928....
... masturbation
UK, 1997
hand shoe noun a glove US, 1977
hands off cocks – feet in socks!; hands off your cocks and
pull up your socks!; hands off cocks – on with s ocks!;
hands off cocks, on socks!
used ... ‘hand-to-hand combat’ AUSTRALIA,
1998
hand tools noun lockpicks, screwdrivers and other tools used by
burglars US, 1982
hand to rouf noun in betting, odds of 5–4. A combination of HAND
(five) and ... 1976
handsome! excellent, first-rate; used for registering approval UK, 1997
hand thing noun the act of masturbating a man. A variation of
HAND-JOB US, 2001
hand-to-gland combat noun an act of masturbation,...
... 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 ... AFRICA, 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 noun a pan. ... substitute for the
official ‘R and R’ (rest and recreation). An abbreviation of
‘intercourse and intoxication’, the main activities during rest and
recreation
US, 1960
I believe you but thousands wouldn’t...
... 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)
, 1900
kelsey hair noun ... nickname the New Zealand women’s international Rugby
League team. From the logo of New Zealand Rugby League: a
pictogram of a kiwi and a fern NEW ZEALAND, 1998
Kiwi green noun a variety of marijuana...
... 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, 1947
landing ... deck of playing cards, the two of spades US,
1988
little cat noun in poker, a hand comprised of five cards between
three and eight and no pairs among them
US, 1963
little D noun a tablet of hydromorphone...
... loss of manhood,
‘paralysis, and softening of the brain’. These claims were revised
with the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906. Its
sphere of influence was largely in New England US, ... characterised
by its detailed dress sense and use of motor-scooters. Abbreviated
from ‘modernist’. Wittily defined in the 6th edition of The
Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 1967, as ‘a
teenager ... affects such artificial speech and background in search of
cool. A compound of ‘mock’ (false) and ‘Cockney’ (the accent and
identity of anyone born ‘within the sound of Bow bells’ or, loosely,
an...