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
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‘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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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