• ‘Deener,’ alternative term for one shilling (from ‘dinar,’ a Middle Eastern coin from the WWI era); • ‘Sov’ for sovereign = one pound sterling; • ‘Guinea’ – although the last guinea was officially minted in 1815, a sum of twenty-one shillings was still referred to ...
A slang term for five-dollar bills. The source is likely from the German/Yiddish word for five: German—Funf, Yiddish—Finnif. 41. Five spot A five-dollar bill. 42. Fiver Another term for the five-dollar bill, as in: “I make about a fiver on each t-shirt I sell.” 43. Foldin...
term for a weak or subservient man; thus as a term of address. 1749 175018001850190019502000 2021 1749 Fielding Tom Jones (1959) 567: I can tell your landlord is a vast comical bitch, you will like un hugely. 1756 W. Toldervy Hist. of the Two Orphans III 186: The apothecary jumped ...
Smackershas been used to refer to money since the 1920s, and the silliersmackeroos(orsmackarolas,smackeroonies,smackerolas,smackeroonyos, andsmackolas) emerged in the 1940s. While we don’t know for sure, it is possible that the term references “smacking” dollar bills into someone’s ha...
Woolly woofta - (offensive term for a homosexual) (No) Wucking Furries - (no flipping worries - polite version - actually this is a spoonerism rather than conventional rhyming slang) You beaut - ute (utility vehicle - predates Blundstone by 50 years, ack Larry Hall) Young and old - cold...
Bag -Uncomplimentary term for a woman or to criticize something. 'She was a real old bag!' or 'Hey don't bag my footy team!' Bag, in the -A sure thing. 5 minutes to go and my team is 2 goals in front, it's in the bag. ...
C-note is a slang term for a $100 banknote in U.S. currency. The "C" in C-note refers to the Roman numeral for 100, which was printed on $100 bills, and it can also refer to a century. The term came to prominence in the 1920s and 1930s, and it was popularized in a number...
1607 Middleton Michaelmas Term III i: (Enter Mother Gruel) sho: How now? What piece of stuff comes here? 1607 Beaumont Woman Hater III iii: Shee’s a piece of dainty stuffe my rogue, smooth, and soft as new Satten. 1664 H. Falkland The mariage night 11: Duke. A Fair young Lady an...
50 Cent,who seems tojoyously troll Diddywhenever he can, hopped on his Instagram page on Saturday (March 23) and cosigned the term "No Diddy." Fif's post can be viewed below. Sharing an image of tweets from BNYX and another person who posted that "No Diddy" is replacing "No homo,...
1. adj. Slang term for ‘big deal’ “So what if you supposed to be holdin’ weight, big dilly; I’m still gonna charge you up next time I see you butt.” bill 1. Short for a hundred dollars; as in a hundred dollar bill. “Eh Mike, Jay told me he only paid six “Bills”...