A slang term that can alternately mean bisexual, the state of being attracted to two or more genders; unisex, being used by or suitable for any gender; or having characteristics shared by male and female genders (especially sexual characteristics). For example: “Pat is pretty ambisextrous. T...
31: Pieces, short for ‘masterpieces,’ are the names, usually consisting of four or more letters, that are painted on the outsides of subway trains. 1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 71: On an abandoned building around the corner from my tenement, a two-story gr...
Bespoke- We say something is bespoke if it has been created especially for someone, in the same way that you say custom. For example a computer program might be bespoken for a client, or you may order a bespoke holiday, where the travel agent creates an itinerary around your exact requirem...
"He was drawing three pensions under three different names until his neighbour dobbed him in."doco (pronounced dock'oh) documentary. Aussie Taryn East tells me that this is also business slang for documentation.doctor The word doctor is used in all the same ways as it is in American ...
126: Among the names of revolvers I remember the following: Meat in the Pot, Blue Lightning, Peacemaker, Mr. Speaker, Black-eyed Susan, Pill-box, My Unconverted Friend. 1890–1904 Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues. 1907 S.E. White Arizona Nights 7: There I grabbed old Meat-in-...
The addition of 'o' and 'ie' to words and names. - It is very common for names to be changed by adding either the letter 'o' or the letters 'ie', as in Johnno for John or Hughie for Hugh. There is no hard and fast rule for how this gets done but it is something you learn...
Hampton/Wick (Hampton Wick) - prick or dick (penis - see mainHampton Wickentry above - Hampton and Wick each became strongly established slang from the one slang phrase, giving rise - no pun intended - to the jocular names for the male member, Hugh Jampton [ huge hampton], and Lionel...
1972 Foxfire Book 317: ‘Busthead’ and ‘popskull’ are names applied to whiskey which produces violent headaches due to various elements which have not been removed during the stilling process [DARE]. 1985 (con. 1968) D.A. Dye Citadel (1989) 181: You fuckers grab for the $3.98 bust...
1925 Western Mail (Perth) 28 May 21/1: [from Daily Mail, London] A sovereign had a lot of slang names [...] a portrait, a yellow boy, [...] a foont, a poona [and] a bean. 1999 G. Seal Lingo 36: A bean is a guinea or money in general, retaining this meaning in the ...