Slang and uncoventional english part 42

freeside
adjective
outside prison
US
, 1960
freestyle
noun
heterosexual intercourse
UK
, 2000
freestyle
verb
to improvise and perform a rap lyric, often a capella
US
, 1995
freeware
noun
computer software provided free of charge
US
, 1983
freeway
noun
in a prison dormitory, the aisle through the centre of
the room. Alluding to the constant foot traffic
US
, 1996
freeway surfer
noun
a person who embraces the mannerisms of
surfing, owns the equipment needed to surf, but who chooses to
watch from the safety of the car

US
, 1987
free, white and 21
adjective
possessing free will and able to exercise
self-determination
US
, 1949
free world
noun
life outside prison
US
, 1960
free-world
adjective
civilian; from outside prison
US
, 1967
free-world gal
noun
a male prisoner who practised homosexuality
before entering prison
US
, 1972
free-world punk
noun
a male prisoner who engaged in homosexual
sex before prison
US
, 1972

freeze
noun
1
cocaine. From the numbing, cooling effect
US
, 1984
.
2
a
small amount of cocaine placed on the tongue
US
, 1989
.
3
a
rejection of affection. Colder than the proverbial ‘cold shoulder’
US
,
1942
freeze
verb
1
to stop moving completely
UK
, 1848
.
2
in draw poker, to
decline the opportunity to discard and draw any new cards
US

, 1971
.
< freeze your nose
to use cocaine. From the drug’s numbing
effect on mucuous membranes
US
, 1972
.
< freeze your nuts
to
be extremely cold
UK
, 2001
freeze-out
noun
a poker game in which all participants must play
until they lose all their money or win all the other players’ money
US
, 1975
freezer
noun
in poker, an early call made even as other players
continue to raise their bets
US
, 1967
.
< the freezer
Antarctica
ANTARCTICA
, 1993

freeze up
verb
to become paralyzed with fear. An occupational
hazard of those who work high above the ground
US
, 1989
freight
noun
the cost of something, especially a bribe
US
, 1950
.
< pull freight
on the railways, to quit a job
US
, 1977
freight train
noun
a wave breaking powerfully in perfect formation
US
, 1987
French
noun
1
oral sex, especially on a man
US
, 1916
.
2
an open-

mouthed, French kiss
US
, 1978
.
3
profanity
US
, 1865
.
< excuse my
French!; pardon my French!
employed as an apology for a use
of spoken language which may cause offence. Often used in a
cursory manner or with insincerity. The original intention,
presumably, was to allow the apologee the pretence not to have
understood a ‘foreign’ word; now the apology is a cliché which
merely acknowledges an inappropriate use of robust
unconventional English
UK
, 1936
French
verb
1
to perform oral sex. The term derives from the widely
held belief that the practice is very common in France
US
, 1923
.
2
to

French kiss; to kiss with open lips and exploratory tongues
US
, 1955
.
3
in drag racing and hot rodding, to fit the bonnet (hood) over the
headlights to create the apperance of recessed headlights
US
, 1968
French blue
noun
a manufactured combination of tranquillizer
(methaqualone) and stimulant (amphetamine) taken recreationally
UK
, 1964
French bull-hook
noun
a deceptive explanation
BAHAMAS
, 1982
French date
noun
oral sex performed on a man by a prositute
US
,
1972
French deck
noun
a deck of cards decorated with art ranging from
naughty and nude to pornographic

US
, 1963
French dip
noun
precoital vaginal secretions
US
, 1987
French dressing
noun
semen. An allusion to
FRENCH
(oral sex)
US
,
1987
French Embassy
noun
a premises of the Young Men’s Christian
Association. An allusion to the association between the YMCA and
homosexual men who enjoy
FRENCH
(oral sex)
US
, 1963
French fits
noun
tremens. Possibly combines a conventional fit of
the
SHAKES
with an allusion to the stereotypical French character-

istic of shrugging
US
, 1940
French fries
noun
1
3 inch sticks of crack cocaine with ridged edges
US
, 1993
.
2
the thighs. Rhyming slang
UK
, 2002
French harp
noun
a harmonica
US
, 1983
Frenchie
noun
a light-skinned person; an unlikeable person
SAINT
KITTS AND NEVIS
, 1998
8see also:
FRENCHY
French inhale
verb
to draw cigarette smoke into the mouth and

then allow it to drift out and upwards for inhalation through the
nose. The French credit is presumably to signal how sophisticated
such technique is thought to be
US
, 1957
French joint
noun
an over-sized, conical marijuana cigarette
US
, 1997
French kiss
noun
1
a kiss with the mouths open and tongues
adventuring. With variant ‘Frenchie’
US
, 1949
.
2
an act of urination;
urination. Rhyming slang for
PISS UK
, 1992
French kiss
verb
to kiss with the mouth open and the tongue active
US
, 1918
French lay
noun

oral sex
US
, 1972
French leave
noun
a departure without intimation; flight
UK
, 1771
French lessons
noun
oral sex
US
, 1970
French letter
noun
a condom. In the mid-C20 so common in use
as to be almost conventional; however usage inevitably
diminished with the advent of the contraceptive pill. In post-AIDS
society ‘French letter’ is now just one among hundreds of newer
slang terms for the condom. Unusual variations are ‘American’,
‘Italian’ or ‘Spanish’ letters. The French repaid the compliment
with capote anglaise (a condom), literally an English hooded cape,
which abbreviates as capote; interestingly, when ‘French letter’ is
abbreviated the nationality remains and it becomes a
FRENCHY
or a
FRENCHIE UK
, 1856
French loaf
noun

four. Rhyming slang, on back slang ‘rofe’ (
RUOF
)
UK
,
1974
Frenchman’s acre
noun
an arpent or since the 1970s, a hectare,
French measures of land
CANADA
, 1992
French massage
noun
oral sex
AUSTRALIA
, 1985
French postcard
noun
a photographic postcard depicting anything
ranging from simple female nudity to full-blown sexual activity
US
,
1926
French safe
noun
acondom
US
, 1870
French screwdriver

noun
a hammer
US
, 1987
French tickler
noun
a condom with external protrusions marketed
as giving pleasure to the wearer’s partner
US
, 1916
French trick
noun
oral sex performed by a prostitute
US
, 1972
French wank
noun
an act of sexual gratification in which the penis
is rubbed between a female partner’s breasts
UK
, 1997
Frenchy; Frenchie
noun
1
a French or French Canadian person,
often as a nickname
UK
, 1883
.
2

a fundamentally honest gambler
who will cheat occasionally if the right opportunity arises
US
, 1961
.
3
a condom. A familiar shortening of
FRENCH LETTER UK
, 1998
.
4
an
act of oral-genital sex
US
, 1957
Frenchy; Frenchie
adjective
French
UK
, 1883
freq; freak
noun
a radio frequency
US
, 1969
frequency
noun
a level of understanding
US
, 1959

frequently outwitted by inanimate objects
adjective
extremely
incompetent. US naval aviator usage
US
, 1986
fresca
noun
an affectionate pat on the head. From the film Caddy
Shack
US
, 1984
fresh
verb
to flatter
US
, 1989
fresh
adjective
1
good, sharp, stylish. Possibly shortened from ‘We’re
fresh out the pack / so you gotta stay back, / we got one Puerto
Rican / and the rest are black’, an early 1980s signature routine by
269 freeside | fresh
Grand Wizard Theodore and the Fantastic 5 MCs
US
, 1984
.
2
impudent. Possibly from German frech (impudent)

US
, 1845
.
3
bad
smelling
BARBADOS
, 1965
fresh and sweet
adjective
very recently released from jail
US
, 1982
freshener
noun
any alcoholic drink
US
, 1969
freshen up
verb
to clean, to smarten, to revive. An example of a
conventional term, ‘freshen’, being made colloquial by the
addition of an unnecessary adverb
UK
, 1937
fresher
noun
a university freshman
UK
, 1882

fresh-fucked
adjective
energised and happy, whether the result of
recent sex or not
US
, 1994
freshie
noun
a freshwater crocodile
AUSTRALIA
, 1964
freshies
noun
1
in snowboarding, the first tracks in virgin snow
US
,
1995
.
2
fresh fruit and vegetables
ANTARCTICA
, 1990
fresh meat
noun
1
a person, especially a virgin, seen merely as a
object for sexual conquest
UK
, 1896

.
2
a newly arrived soldier. Also
referred to as ‘new meat’
US
, 1908
fresh money
noun
in horse racing, the cash actually brought to the
track and bet on a given day
US
, 1947
fresh-water American; fresh-water Yankee
noun
a person who
has never been to the US but speaks with an American accent and
embraces other American mannerisms
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
, 1961
fress
verb
1
to eat greedily or to excess. From the German for
‘devour’
US
, 1968
.
2
to engage as the active partner in oral sex. From
the sense ‘to eat greedily’

US
, 1998
fret
adjective
enthusiastic; excellent
IRELAND
, 1999
Freud squad
noun
psychiatrists. UK Doctors’ slang, punning on
‘fraud squad’
UK
, 2003
Friar Tuck; friar; friar’s
used for all noun, verb and expletive
senses of ‘fuck’. Rhyming slang, often in phrases like ‘not give a
friar’s’, from the name of one of Robin Hood’s band of merry
men. Friar Tuck is also the source of a popular Spoonerism
UK
, 1956
Friar Tucked
adjective
thwarted. Rhyming slang for
FUCKED UK
, 1996
frick and frack
noun
the testicles
US
, 1980

fricko
noun
a chicken stew
CANADA
, 1951
friction
noun
a match
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
, 1953
Friday car; Friday afternoon car
noun
a car that is constantly
going wrong. Hence anything that is imperfect may be prefixed by
‘Friday’ or ‘Friday afternoon’. From the notion that car-factory
workers may skimp on the last shift of the week
UK
, 1979
fridge
noun
1
arefrigerator
US
, 1926
.
2
(usually of a woman) a person
who is sexually unresponsive. A play on ‘frigid’
US
, 1996

fried
adjective
1
drunk or drug-intoxicated
US
, 1923
.
2
mentally
exhausted
US
, 1980
.
3
in computing, not working because of a
complete hardware failure
US
, 1981
.
4
sunburnt
US
, 1989
fried, dried, and swept aside
adjective
said of bleached hair that
suggests straw
US
, 1997
fried, dyed, combed (swooped) to the side

adjective
used as a
description of a black person’s hair that has been chemically
straightened
US
, 1980
fried egg
noun
the insignia of the US Military Academy
US
, 1908
fried eggs
noun
small female breasts
UK
, 1997
friend
noun
in poker, any card that improves a hand
US
, 1988
.
< have a friend visiting
to experience the bleed period of the
menstrual cycle
UK
, 1889
friend
verb
1

to engage in sexual foreplay. Reported in Toronto as a
term used by Trinidadian teens
CANADA
, 1993
.
2
to have sex; to take
part in a romantic relationship
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
, 1971
friendly
adjective
used as a coded euphemism for ‘passive’ in
sadomasochistic sex
US
, 1987
Friendly City
nickname
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA
, 1951
friend of Dorothy
noun
a homosexual. Thought to be from the
Judy Garland character in The Wizard of Oz; Garland is a gay icon
AUSTRALIA
, 1988
friend of Pedro
noun
someone in possession of cocaine.

PEDRO
(cocaine) has lots of friends
UK
, 1999
friends
verb
to court. Used only in the present participle
BARBADOS
,
1965
fries
noun
pieces of crack cocaine. Shortened from
FRENCH FRIES US
,
1994
frig
noun
< give a frig; care a frig
to care, to be concerned –
usually in a negative context
UK
, 1955
frig
verb
1
to masturbate
UK
, 1598
.

2
to digitally stimulate/explore the
vagina as a part of sexual foreplay. A nuance of the sense to
‘masturbate’
UK
, 2003
.
3
to dawdle or waste time
US
, 1975
frig
used now as a euphemism for ‘fuck’ in all its senses
UK
, 1879
frig about
verb
to waste time doing little or nothing
UK
, 1933
frigger
noun
used as a euphemism for ‘fucker’
IRELAND
, 1996
frigging
adjective
1
damned
AUSTRALIA

, 1948
.
2
used as a euphemism
for ‘fucking’, usually as an intensifier. With variant ‘fricking’
UK
, 1893
frigging
adverb
damned well
AUSTRALIA
, 1948
-frigging-
infix
damned
AUSTRALIA
, 1983
frigging hell!
used for registering surprise, anger, amazement.
Euphemism for
FUCKING HELL
!
UK
, 1982
frigging in the rigging
wasting time idling when on duty. From a
bawdy ballad
AUSTRALIA
, 1962
fright

noun
an ugly person
UK
, 1832
.
< he (she) wouldn’t give you
a fright on a dark night
said of a person with a reputation for
meanness. Glasgow use
UK
, 1988
frightener
noun
a scare
UK
, 1965
.
< put the frighteners on
to
scare someone
UK
, 1958
frightful
adjective
used as a general-purpose intensifier
UK
, 1752
frightfully
adverb
very, extremely

UK
, 1809
frigidaire
noun
a sexually frigid woman. An allusion to the refriger-
ator brand
US
, 1949
frig off
verb
to go away, to leave. Often in the imperative
US
, 1961
frig up
verb
to botch, to ruin
US
, 1933
frillies
noun
women’s underclothing, especially insubstantial
‘feminine’ garments
UK
, 1937
fringe
noun
thin strips of material attached to the G-string worn by a
striptease dancer
US
, 1981

fringe
verb
to get something from somebody else by imposing on
their hospitality or generosity
US
, 1947
fringes
noun
the eyes
US
, 1947
fringie
noun
a person on the fringes of a gang, not a hardcore
member
US
, 1966
frios
noun
marijuana mixed with phencyclidine, the recreational
drug known as PCP or angel dust
UK
, 1998
frip
adjective
lousy. Youth usage
US
, 1949
frisbee
noun

1
a biscuit from an army c-ration
US
, 1991
.
2
an agent of
the Federal Bureau of Investigations
US
, 1993
’Frisco
nickname
San Francisco, California. Never used by San
Franciscans, and a sure sign of a tourist
US
, 1849
Frisco speedball; Frisco special; San Francisco bomb
noun
a
combination of cocaine, heroin and LSD. Up, down and out – all
at once; a combination of a
SPEEDBALL
(cocaine and heroin) with
the drug that made
FRISCO
(San Francisco) psychedelic
US
, 1969
frisk
verb

1
to search the person for illicit goods
UK
, 1789
.
2
to laugh
UK
, 1996
frisker
noun
a pickpocket
UK
, 1802
frisky
noun
cocaine
US
, 1986
frisky powder
noun
cocaine
US
, 1955
frit
noun
in Quebec, a French fried potato
CANADA
, 1986
Frito

noun
a woman who is sexually expert. A pun on the Frito Lay
company name – a ‘good lay’
US
, 1967
fritterware
noun
computer software that is seductive to users,
consumes time, and adds little to functionality
US
, 1991
fresh and sweet | fritterware 270
fritz
noun
< on the fritz
broken
US
, 1902
Fritz
noun
a German
UK
, 1915
fritz
verb
to break
US
, 1918
friznaughti
adjective

drug-intoxicated
US
, 1995
frizzle
adjective
very cold
NORFOLK ISLAND
, 1992
’fro
noun
a bushy Afro hair style
US
, 1970
frob
noun
any small object
US
, 1991
frob
verb
to manipulate dials or settings
US
, 1983
frobnicate
verb
to manipulate dials or settings
US
, 1983
frobnitz
noun

any device the name of which is unknown, escapes
the speaker’s mind, or is not relevant
US
, 1991
frock
noun
women’s clothing; a theatrical costume
UK
, 2002
frock
verb
to decorate as a military officer. From the C19 sense of
‘investing with priestly office’
US
, 1986
frock and frill
noun
a chill, a cold. Rhyming slang
UK
, 1992
frock billong lallies
noun
trousers. A combination of Tok Pisin, a
Melanesian pidgin, billong (belong) and polari
FROCK
(clothing) and
LALLY
(the leg)
UK
, 2002

froffy
adjective
poor and shabby looking
BARBADOS
, 1998
frog
noun
1
a social outcast
US
, 1968
.
2
a promiscuous girl
US
, 1995
.
3
a
French Canadian
CANADA
, 1966
8see:
FROGEATER
.
4
acondom.
Probably as a play on
FRENCH LETTER
or

FRENCHY
(a condom)
AUSTRALIA
, 1952
.
5
the French language
UK
, 1955
.
6
one dollar
US
, 1962
Frog
noun
a person from France. Like all the ‘frog’ terms for the
French, it refers to the eating of frogs
UK
, 1778
frog
verb
to fail (a test or exam)
US
, 1968
Frog
adjective
French. Said with unkind intensions
US
, 1910

frog!
used for expressing disgust
US
, 1991
frog and toad; frog
noun
the road. Rhyming slang
UK
, 1859
frog-choker
noun
a heavy rain
CANADA
, 2002
frogeater
noun
a French person; a French-Canadian. This term,
highly derogatory along with ‘Frog’, has passed out of use, and in
any case could be more aptly applied to the Acadians of Louisiana,
who are fond of frog-legs from the bayous
US
, 1812
frogeyed sprite
noun
an Austin-Healy Sprite
UK
, 1992
Froggie; Froggy
noun
1

France
UK
, 1999
.
2
a person from France
US
,
1870s
froggy
adjective
1
aggressive
US
, 1939
.
2
used to describe a dry mouth
after smoking marijuana. Probably from the phrase ‘frog in the
throat’ (hoarse)
UK
, 2002
Froggy; Froggie
adjective
French
UK
, 1872
frog hair
noun
a very short distance

US
, 1958
frog-march; frog’s march
verb
to push someone forward holding
them by their collar and the seat of their trousers
UK
, 1884
frog salad
noun
in carnival usage, any performance that features
scantily clad women
US
, 1981
frog show
noun
a dance performance that features scantily clad
women
US
, 1973
frogskin
noun
1
money; paper money; a one-dollar note
US
, 1902
.
2
a
condom

NEW ZEALAND
, 1998
frogskins
noun
a wetsuit and other cold-water garments
US
, 1991
frog-spawn
noun
tapioca pudding. One of the joys of a public
school education
UK
, 1949
frogsticker
noun
a knife
US
, 1972
frog-strangler
noun
a torrential downpour
US
, 1942
frog-walk
verb
to forcefully carry somebody face-down
US
, 1960
frolic
noun

a New Brunswick work bee and party
CANADA
, 1964
from arsehole to breakfast time
all the time, all the way
UK
, 1984
from away
adjective
from any place other than the area of the
eastern Canadian coast speaker’s own local region or town. Exactly
opposite of ‘from around here’, this term is flexible in application
and odd in that the object of the preposition is a word not
ordinarily used in the noun position
CANADA
, 1985
from here to there without a pair
in poker, used for describing a
hand of sequenced cards. Conventionally known as a ‘straight’
US
,
1951
frompy
adjective
unattractive
US
, 1948
from way downtown – bang
used as a humorous comment on a
witty remark, a correct answer, or other verbal victory. Coined by

ESPN’s Keith Olberman to describe three-point shots in basketball
US
, 1997
frone
noun
an ugly woman
US
, 1947
frone
adjective
terrible
UK
, 1945
front
noun
1
a person’s public appearance; stylish clothing
US
, 1899
.
2
the genitals; sex
BAHAMAS
, 1982
.
3
the beginning. Especially in the
phrase ‘from the front’
US
, 1959

.
< at the front
used of a drug
that is taken before another
UK
, 1978
.
< more front than
Selfridges/Harrods/Buckingham Palace/Albert
Hall/Brighton/Brighton beach/Woolworths/Myers
audaciousness; impudence. Puns ‘front’ (cheek) with the
exceptional frontage of Selfridges, a very large department store in
Oxford Street; Harrods is another impressive London shop;
Buckingham Palace is the Queen’s official London residence; the
Albert Hall is a major concert venue; and Brighton is a seaside
resort on the south coast – ‘front’ in this instance abbreviated
from ‘seafront’. In Australia, Myers is a large department store in
Melbourne
UK
, 1958
.
< out front
owing someone who has
extended goods to you for payment later
US
, 1989
.
< the front
the
main road or street within the area of a Teddy Boy gang’s influ-

ence
UK
, 1959
.
< up front
in advance
US
, 1970
Front
nickname
< the Front
1
Piccadilly, as an area of homosexual
commerce and prostitution
UK
, 1964
.
2
Oxford Street, London
UK
, 1977
front
verb
1
in jazz or popular music, to be a band leader, or lead
singer of a band
US
, 1936
.
2

to lie; to project a false image of
yourself
US
, 1993
.
3
to show up; to make an appearance
AUSTRALIA
,
1968
.
4
to confront someone
AUSTRALIA
, 1945
.
5
to appear before a
court
AUSTRALIA
, 1941
.
6
to provide something of value to someone
with the expectation of being paid later
US
, 1989
.
7
to back down

from a physical confrontation
US
, 1987
.
8
to pretend, to fake
US
, 1993
.
< front an air biscuit
to pretend innocence of generating a
guilty fart
UK
, 2002
.
< front it
to face up to a difficult problem or
situation; hence, to leave a Vulnerable Prisoners’ Unit and return
to the main prison
UK
, 1996
front and back
noun
a sack, the sack. Rhyming slang
UK
, 2003
front bottom
noun
the vulva and vagina
UK

, 2003
front botty; front bum
noun
the vagina
AUSTRALIA
, 1988
front bumpers
noun
the female breasts. An elaboration of
BUMPER
UK
, 1973
front door
noun
1
the vagina. As opposed to the
BACK DOOR
(the
rectum)
UK
, 1890
.
2
the leading vehicle in a convoy of citizens’ band
radio users
US
, 1975
front doormat
noun
a woman’s pubic hair

UK
, 1980
fronter
noun
1
an inexperienced swindler working on a scam by
telephone who makes the initial call to potential victims
US
, 1988
.
2
a person who appears to be something he is not and who does
not deliver on promised action
US
, 1997
front line
noun
an urban area where a mainly black community
may come into conflict with an adjacent white community or
with the laws of white society. West Indian and UK black usage
UK
,
1978
front-liner
noun
apersoninayouthgangwhoiscapableofmurder
US
, 1995
frontload
verb

to drink at home before going out for a night of
drinking on the town
US
, 1999
front-loading
noun
a technique for observing the dealer’s down card
in casino blackjack as the dealer tips the card up to slide it under
his up card
US
, 1991
271 fritz | front-loading
front man
noun
someone who is employed to cover for a criminal
operation by posing as the legitimate owner/leader or by acting as
spokesperson
US
, 1934
front money
noun
1
money paid in advance for the purchase of
drugs
US
, 1978
.
2
money needed to start a venture
US

, 1925
front off
verb
1
to place yourself in a highly visible position
US
, 1960
.
2
to sell drugs on credit
US
, 1995
front porch
noun
in poker, the earliest position in a hand
US
, 1996
front-running
noun
support given to a person or team only when
they are doing well
US
, 1970
fronts
noun
legitimate, square, unaltered dice
US
, 1950
8see:
GOLD

FRONTS
front street
noun
< on front street
in the open; in public
US
, 1992
.
< put on front street
to inform on, to betray
US
, 1995
front up
verb
to appear in front of; to confront;
AUSTRALIA
, 1945
front wedgy
noun
the condition that exists when a tight-fitting pair
of trousers, shorts, bathing suit, or other garment forms a wedge
between a woman’s labia, accentuating their shape. The
WEDGY
brought around to the front of the body
US
, 2003
front wheel skid; four wheel skid; four-wheeler
noun
a Jewish
person. Rhyming slang for

YID
. Intentionally offensive
UK
, 1943
front yard
noun
in trucking, the road ahead of you
US
, 1977
frosh
noun
a freshman (first-year student), either in high school or
college
US
, 1915
frost
verb
to anger. Often in combination with a body part
US
, 1895
.
< frost someone’s balls
to anger someone
US
, 1994
frost boil
noun
the irregular road surface caused by frost heave
CANADA
, 1995

frosted
adjective
1
angry
US
, 1956
.
2
bejewelled, well-ornamented
UK
,
2005
frosted face
noun
the photographic depiction of a woman’s face
covered with semen. American heterosexual pornography has long
shown a fascination for ejaculations on a woman’s face. In the late
1990s, this fascination expanded to embrace the depiction of mul-
tiple ejaculations on a woman’s face. Any Internet search engine
will uncover dozens of sites boasting ‘frosted faces’, a term that
puns on the branded cereal ‘Frosted Flakes’ while inviting a visual
comparison with the cereal’s sugar glaze
US
, 2001
frost freak
noun
a person who inhales freon, a refrigerant, for its
intoxicating effect
US
, 1970

frosty
noun
a cold beer
US
, 1961
frosty
adjective
cool, calm, collected
US
, 1970
frot
verb
to rub against another person for sexual stimulation,
usually surreptitiously
UK
, 1973
froth
noun
in horse racing, a double. Rhyming slang from ‘froth and
bubble’ to ‘double’
AUSTRALIA
, 1989
froth
verb
to engage in an abusive verbal attack
UK
, 2001
froth and bubble
noun
trouble. Rhyming slang

AUSTRALIA
, 1955
frothing
adjective
(used of a party) populated by many girls
US
, 1988
froudacity
noun
lying about something you know nothing about. A
blending of ‘audacity’ and ‘fraudulence’
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
, 1967
frou-frou
adjective
fussy, overly fancy
US
, 1951
frown
noun
lemon syrup or fresh lemon added to a coca-cola
US
, 1946
frowney; frowney face
noun
the emoticon depicting a frown – :(
US
, 1991
froyo
noun

frozen yogurt
US
, 1998
froze
adjective
1
cocaine-intoxicated. Evocative of the C18 meaning
of the word as ‘drunk’
US
, 1974
.
2
frozen
UK
, 1590
frozen
adjective
1
excellent. Teen slang
US
, 1954
.
2
dull, lacking action
NEW ZEALAND
, 1998
.
3
in pool, directly touching (a ball or the rail of
the table)

US
, 1984
frozen chosen
noun
the people who work in Antarctica
US
, 1997
frozen Chosin
nickname
the Chanjin Reservoir, identified on
Japanese maps as the Chosin Reservoir, scene of heroic military
action by the US Marine Corps in the winter of 1950–51
US
, 1952
frozen custard
noun
the vagina of a frigid woman
US
, 1977
frozen fireworks
noun
jewellery
US
, 1979
frozen mitt
noun
1
a rejection; a brush off. A variant of ‘cold
shoulder’
UK

, 1915
.
2
an intentionally unwelcoming reception. With
‘icy mitt’ as a variant
UK
, 1903
frug
verb
to dance. Originally a fashionable dance which was
contrived and flourished briefly in the mid-1960s. Its re-emergence
is as an ironic generic for all non-specific dancing
UK
, 1999
fruit
noun
1
a homosexual, especially an obviously homosexual male
person
US
, 1900
.
2
an eccentric or even mentally unstable person. A
shortening of
FRUITCAKE US
, 1959
.
< do your fruit
to go mad; to

lose your temper. Probably suggested by
BANANAS
(crazy, mad);
UK
,
1978
fruitbait
noun
a man who attracts the attention of other men
US
,
1973
fruit basket
noun
the male genitalia when offered to view from
behind. Strong homosexual overtones:
BASKET
(the male genitals)
combined with
FRUIT
(a homosexual)
US
, 2001
fruitbat
noun
acrazyperson
AUSTRALIA
, 1992
fruit boot
noun

1
a style of shoe popular in the 1950s and 60s,
ankle-high suede shoes with crepe rubber soles conventionally
known as ‘desert boots’. English mods embraced desert boots
made by Clarks, and their popularity spread to the US, where they
were labelled ‘fruit boots’ because of their perceived popularity
with perceived homosexuals
US
, 1964
.
2
an in-line skater. Derogatory
UK
, 2000
fruitcake
noun
1
an eccentric or even mentally unstable person
US
,
1942
.
2
a blatantly homosexual man
US
, 1960
fruit cupper
noun
an amateur racing car driver, especially in sports
car races

US
, 1993
fruiter
noun
a homosexual
US
, 1918
fruit fly
noun
a heterosexual woman who befriends homosexual
men
US
, 1965
fruit fuzz
noun
a police officer assigned to an anti-homosexual vice
operation
US
, 1979
fruit hustler
noun
a homosexual prostitute; a criminal who preys on
homosexual victims
US
, 1959
fruiting
noun
promiscuous behaviour
US
, 1982

fruit jacket
noun
a prison record identifying a person as a homosex-
ual
US
, 1986
fruitliner
noun
a White Freightliner truck
US
, 1971
fruit loop
noun
1
an effeminate homosexual man. An elaboration of
FRUIT
, from the brand name of a popular breakfast cereal
US
, 1989
.
2
a psychiatric patient
US
, 1994
.
3
the cloth loop on the back of a
man’s shirt
US
, 1966

fruit on the sideboard; fruit for the sideboard
noun
something
easily obtained; unexpected financial gain. It is claimed this
originated with the famous Sydney bookmaker Andy Kerr
AUSTRALIA
,
1953
fruit pinch
noun
an arrest of a homosexual man
US
, 1970
fruit ranch
noun
a mental hospital or a psychiatric ward
US
, 1985
fruit roll
noun
the violent robbing of a homosexual
US
, 1973
fruit salad
noun
1
a display of military medals
UK
, 1943
.

2
a pooled
mix of different types of pills contributed by several people and
then consumed randomly
US
, 1969
.
3
a group of stroke patients who
cannot care for themselves
US
, 1978
.
4
a person of mixed race
FIJI
,
1992
.
< do the fruit salad
to expose your genitals in public
US
,
1994
fruit show
noun
a display in which a prostitute will stimulate and
masturbate herself utilising any of a variety of fruits or vegetables,
especially when advertised as a service
UK

, 2003
fruit tank
noun
a jail cell reserved for homosexual prisoners
US
, 1981
front man | fruit tank 272
fruity
adjective
1
of language or content, very rich or strong; sexually
suggestive; amorous
UK
, 1900
.
2
obviously homosexual
US
, 1940
frumpy
adjective
poorly dressed, rumpled, messy
US
, 1947
frups
noun
afart
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
, 1987
frupse

noun
nothing at all. Something that is ‘not worth a frupse’ is
‘worthless’
BARBADOS
, 1965
fruta
noun
a homosexual. A literal application of Spanish to English
slang
US
, 1997
fry
noun
1
crack cocaine
US
, 1994
.
2
crack cocaine mixed with
embalming fluid or LSD. Probably from ‘fry your brains’ but the
presence of embalming fluid in this potentially lethal mixture
suggests
FRY
(to execute by electrocution)
US
, 1998
.
3
marijuana

mixed with embalming fluid or LSD
UK
, 2003
.
4
LSD
US
, 1992
.
5
acar
accident in which an occupant or occupants of the car are burnt
US
, 1962
fry
verb
1
to put to death by electrocution
US
, 1928
.
2
in computing, to
fail completely
US
, 1983
.
3
to use and be under the influence of LSD
US

, 1993
.
4
of a drug, to destroy or impair the mind by extreme
intoxication; of a drug-user, to experience the consequences of
LSD
US
, 1996
.
5
to alter the mind irreparably
US
, 1972
.
6
to straighten
your hair, chemically or with heat
US
, 1945
.
7
in motor racing, to
overheat (an engine or component)
US
, 1993
fry daddy
noun
a marijuana and crack cocaine cigarette
US
, 1989

frying size
noun
said of children of elementary school age
US
, 1954
fry stick
noun
a marijuana cigarette laced with embalming fluid or
phencyclidine, the recreational drug known as PCP or angel dust
UK
, 2003
fry-up
noun
a quickly cooked collation of any foodstuffs prepared by
frying
UK
, 1967
FTA
fuck the army. A popular sentiment shared by those both in
and not in the army during the Vietnam war. Country Joe
McDonald of ‘Look’s Like I’m Fixin’ To Die Rag’ fame, took an
anti-war show named ‘FTA!’ on the road to GI coffee houses in
1971
US
, 1968
FTW
used as a defiant stance against everything – fuck the world
US
, 1972
FUBAR

adjective
1
used as an expression of disgust because a situ-
ation is fucked up beyond all recognition. Of the many military
acronyms with a prominent ‘F’ coined during World War 2, one of
the few to survive
US
, 1944
.
2
drunk. A sense created by using
‘fucked up’ to mean ‘drunk’, not ‘botched.’
US
, 1985
fuck
noun
1
the act of sex
UK
, 1675
.
2
a person objectified as a sex-
partner
UK
, 1874
.
3
a despicable or hapless person
UK

, 1927
.
4
used as
an intensifier. Often used with ‘the’, as in ‘Get the fuck out of
here!’
US
, 1934
.
5
an extreme example or degree
UK
, 1928
.
6
something of no value
UK
, 1790
.
< and fuck
and so on, etc
UK
,
2002
.
< as fuck
an intensifier, used in combination with an
adjective. Other examples include: ‘heavy as fuck’, ‘daft as fuck’,
‘queer as fuck’, etc
UK

, 1999
.
< couldn’t organise a fuck in a
brothel
used of an inefficient person
UK
, 1961
.
< for fuck’s
sake!; fuck sake!
used as a register of exasperation or
impatience
US
, 1961
.
< for the love of fuck
used as an
expression of exasperation or entreaty
UK
, 2005
.
< like fuck
like
hell; very much
UK
, 1995
.
< running fuck at a rolling doughnut
an extremely difficult manoeuvre or operation
UK

, 1979
fuck
verb
1
to have sex
UK
, 1500
.
2
to damage beyond repair
UK
, 1775
.
3
used as an intense verb of abuse, as in ‘fuck the police’
UK
, 1915
.
4
to confound
AUSTRALIA
, 1998
.
< be fucked in the car
to have
had something done to you that you did not deserve
CANADA
, 1969
.
< fuck a duck

to shirk, to avoid work. Vietnam war usage.
US
,
1933
.
< fuck a duck!
used for registering surprise
UK
, 1940s
.
< fuck anything that moves
applied to a person’s rampant
sexuality. The variations of this catchphrase are manifold, all
formed on ‘fuck anything’ – with ‘a hole’, ‘a crack’, ‘a cock’, ‘a
dick’, ‘a vagina’, ‘hair on it’, ‘breasts’, ‘tits’, ‘a heart beat’, ‘a pulse’
etc; that moves; on ‘two legs’.
UK
, 1977
.
< fuck in the ass
to
victimise; to force into submission. Figurative
US
, 1995
.
< fuck the
arse off
to have exceptionally vigorous sex. Applied to conven-
tional sexual intercourse; despite the use of ‘arse’, anal sex is
neither included or precluded. Usage is generally something of a

boast
UK
, 2000
.
< fuck the dog
to idle instead of working
US
, 1935
.
< fuck the fucking fuckers
used for expressing contempt and
defiance of and towards just about everyone
US
, 1980
.
< fuck
them if they can’t take a joke
during the Vietnam war, used as
a cynically humorous retort when things went wrong. Multiple
variants
US
, 1980
.
< fuck up the arse
to betray. Combines
FUCK
(to damage) with ‘up the arse’, which makes it personal
UK
, 2001
.

< fuck you very much!
used as a humorous expression of
defiance
US
, 1980
.
< fuck your fist
to masturbate
US
, 1966
.
< who
do you have to fuck?
used as an impatient enquiry: who do I
have to persuade?, who is responsible for something? how can I
do or get something? Probably hyperbolic
US
, 1968
fuck
adjective
< a fuck sight
a lot
UK
, 2001
fuck!
used as a simple exclamation
UK
, 1929
.
< do you fuck!; will

you fuck!
used as a strong and disapproving denial: no you did
not, no you will not
UK
, 1961
.
< is it fuck!
used as an emphatic
negative
UK
, 1984
.
< will I fuck!
used as an expression of strong
disagreement. Often applied in the third person: ‘will he fuck!’,
‘will they fuck!’
UK
, 1961
fuck
prefix
used to create a non-specific type within a recognisable
series, e.g. ‘fuckism’, fuckology. Dismissive
UK
, 1991
fuckable
adjective
sexually appealing
UK
, 1891
fuck about; fuck around

verb
to play the fool, to waste time; to
make a mess of; to inconvenience
UK
, 1922
fuck-a-doodle-doo!
used as an ironic exclamation of delight
UK
, 1994
fuckaholic
noun
a person obsessed with sex
US
, 1981
fuck all; fuckall
noun
nothing, nothing at all
UK
, 1918
fuck almighty!
used in despair when others may call upon God.
Euphemistic use of
FUCK
for what might otherwise border on
blasphemy
UK
, 2001
fuck and blind
verb
to swear. A frank variation of

EFF AND BLIND UK
,
1974
fuck-around
noun
1
a promiscuous person
FIJI
, 1992
.
2
a young street
ruffian
FIJI
, 1984
fuck-arse around
verb
to play the fool, to waste time; to make a
mess of; to inconvenience
UK
, 2000
fuckass
noun
a despicable person
UK
, 1960
fuckass
adjective
despicable
US

, 1961
fuckathon
noun
an extended bout of sex
US
, 1968
fuckbag
noun
a despicable person
US
, 1989
fuck book
noun
a sexually explicit book, usually heavily illustrated
US
,
1944
fuckboy
noun
a young man as the object of homosexual desire
US
,
1971
fuckbrain
noun
an idiot. A variation of the equally derisive
FUCKWIT
UK
, 1997
fuck buddy

noun
a friend who is also a sex companion
US
, 1972
fucked
adjective
1
ruined, spoiled, potentially doomed
UK
, 1955
.
2
extremely weary, exhausted
UK
, 1984
.
3
drunk or drug-intoxicated
US
, 1965
.
4
insane, crazy, senseless
US
, 1970
fucked if I can
it is very unlikely that I will be able to do
something
UK
, 2000

fucked off
adjective
1
fed up, disgruntled, annoyed, angry
US
, 1945
.
2
having been told to fuck off or to have been on the receiving
end of a similar injunction or intimation
UK
, 1998
fucked up
adjective
1
drunk or drug-intoxicated
US
, 1944
.
2
mentally
unstable; depressed; anguished;
UK
, 1939
.
3
despicable
US
, 1945
.

4
ruined, spoiled, broken
US
, 1965
fucked-upness
noun
a depressed or ruined condition
UK
, 2003
fucken
adjective
used as a general intensifier. A variant spelling of
FUCKING UK
, 2001
fucker
noun
1
a man, a spirited person. Often used affectionately or
derisively; not generally a term of abuse unless combined with an
appropriate adjective e.g. ‘dirty’, ‘miserable’, etc
UK
, 1893
.
2
a
contemptible person
UK
, 1890
.
3

a nuisance, an awkward thing
US
,
1945
273 fruity | fucker