... Moss Side Massive , p . 10 , 1994 3 to steal something UK • Backup matches just in case some fucker skanks his three ... skate noun 1 an easy task us • It wouldn't be a real long hump , but it wouldn't be a real skate either - about six ...
The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: A-I
Eric Partridge Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor. 339 candy kid | cankle candy kid ... wrapper noun a hundred - dollar note us , 1983 Probably because of its ... term comes from the combining into one word of shortened forms of ' Canadiens ' and ...
21st Century American English Compendium: A Portable Guide to the Idiosyncrasies, Subtleties, Technical Jargon, and Conventional Wisdom of American English
... adjectives which are normally hyphenated when they both immediately precede a noun. A typical example would be a weekend trip, which for years was hyphenated and now usually appears as the single word weekend. Frequently, one of the words ...
... SIDLE OUT . To get out sideways ; to back out . Southern . If he tried to sidle out of the quarrel , Arch would get as mad as wrath , an ' swar , an ' curse , an ' run . -Southern Sketches , p . 31 . SIDLING . A place at which to turn ...
Americanisms - Old & New: A Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Colloquialisms Peculiar to the United States, British America, the West Indies, Etc. Etc., Their Derivation, Meaning and Application, Together with Numerous Anecdotal, Historical, Explanatory, and Folk-lore Notes
... daypo , " or deppo , " or " dee- pot . ' " 44 It is the height of pretentious absurdity to give the name of DEPOT to a little lonely shanty , which looks like a lodge outside a garden of cucumbers , a staging of a few planks upon which ...
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
... pull the plug on the defendants himself . " AAB " At a certain point [ ... ] they decided to pull the plug on his ... death simply to watch them . Pull the plug now . " QJB plugged in / into Adj einen Draht haben zu etw / jm ; wissen ...
Street Talk 1: How to Speak & Understand American Slang
The "Words on Words" section will also have readers laughing at the hilarious chapter on the many words and metaphors encompassing the word "foot," from "put your foot in your mouth" to "footlights."
Providing a foundation in the structure of the language by gradually building students' understanding of the basic grammar, vocabulary, and functions of English.
... fix in America which would not fairly represent the meaning of one or other of the two verbs fingo and figo . I do hope you'll like everything ; it's ... alone can be called butter , thus describes some of the tricks of the trade , or , as it ...
The Facts on File Dictionary of American Regionalisms
... Pennsylvania Dutch term. When you dunk your doughnuts you are using a Pennsylvania Dutch word, just as you are when you put a hex on someone or buy a good-luck hex sign or hex mark that the plain people put on their barns. The important ...
A Dictionary of Catch Phrases, American and British, from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day
... man ' , who deliberately perverted chalk ; phonetically , challik is a ... your arm ! is the c.p. shape of chance it !, in the nuances ' have a go ... good old C .; hold my C .; kiss my arse ; vas you dere . Charley's Aunt . See : still ...
NTC's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions provides more than 10,000 slang expressions--colorful words and phrases used by subgroups like surfers, hackers, rappers, and brokers.
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: The supplement. 7th rev. and enl. ed. 1970
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: Colloquialisms and Catch Phrases, Fossilised Jokes and Puns, General Nicknames, Vulgarisms and Such Americanisms as Have Been Naturalised
... pet - name form of kitten : C.18–20 : coll . till C.19 , then S.E. - 4 . for ... captain ( or owner ) who does this . With a pun on Klondyke mines and ' gold ... klutz . A stupid lout : adopted , ca. 1970 , ex US . ( An Observer TV review ...
... Between a rock and a hard place . In a very difficult ( almost impossible ) situation . ( = ) Between the devil and the deep blue sea . Equiv .: Fr. Tomber de Charybde en Scylla . { Between scylla and charybdis } { Between a sharp ...
Dictionary of American Regional English: Introduction and A-C
