Others incorporate molon labe into usernames and use it as a hashtag on social media. While the slogan signals passionate, sometimes provocative, support of broad gun rights and the Second Amendment, it can also communicate enthusiasm for firearms more generally. Molon labe often carries political...
Becky is a stereotype for a white woman, especially one who is unaware or takes advantage of her social privilege. Becky is also used more generally to mock a young white woman as “basic.”Where does Becky come from? Becky follows in the tradition of using first names to generalize a ...
A“Metro Tux” is an outfit worn by Metro officers who visit the bar at the training academy on Wednesday night--payday for cops. It is simple garb, consisting of a white T-shirt with the sleeves rolled up or tightened to accentuate the biceps, dark blue uniform pants and black patent ...
From The Simpsons, a rival town adjacent to Springfield that contained alternate versions of the regular characters and their names. Used as a one-off joke to refer to the drunk Hicks making up alternate names for the people of Letterkenny. e.g. "Hey, what's with all the Shelbyville nam...
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...
2010 Codella and Bennett Alphaville (2011) 285: The crooks weren’t the only ones that knew our names and talked shit about Rambo and Fastback. 2019 N. Walker Cherry 210: Nine times out of ten, you have a friend, he’s gonna talk shit about you. 5. (US black) to talk slang. 19...
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...
This uprising has its roots in the belief that our planet is not dying, it is being killed; and the ones doing the killing have names and faces. Since the GPU began in the late 20th century, dozens of prominent corporate executives, politicians, economists and sell-out non-governmental ...
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-...
3/3: Names for police officers: ‘pig,’‘Philistines,’‘bobby’. 1915 Bulletin (Sydney) 11 Dec. 30/3: A find like that ain’t good for business – exceptin’ the peeler’s business. An’, of course, we thought you was another pig with the same snout. 1968 N.Y. Times 2 Dec...