Slang Terms for Money It’s interesting that decimal currency hasn’t brought abbreviation of our coins and notes like there was with pre-decimal money that I found out when I dived into some in depth research into slang monetary terms. It’s interesting and amusing how some of these slang ...
Interestingly, the slangdoughfor money predates the slangbread, as it has been used in this sense since at least the 1830s. However, it is commonly thought that usingdoughfor money is related to the use ofbreadas “livelihood” (“to earn one’s bread”) that has been attested since the...
(to be/to have been) “in the wars” – to have suffered in some way, particularly in terms of physical injuries or dishevelled appearanace *“in / to hospital” –in British English, this phrase is used without the article, for example, “take him to hospital” or “my sister is ...
but judging from their slang terms that’s simply not true. Romans spoke filthy slang that got awfully precise, and those who spoke ye olde Middle English had some of the most disgusting terms you’ve ever heard. Begin recycling some of these third-degree dead language burns, and experience...
AUSTRALIAN SLANG Originally I just sat down and put a few Aussie slang terms together thinking it would help those from other countires 'get an handle' on some of the common slang terms in use today. Since then the list has grown and grown and I guess it could now be recognised as one...
If you ever get to meet me, I’ll be using a lot of these Australian Slang Terms! I’ve even put them in alphabetical order for you for quick reference! Here we go! Australian Slang Words: Everything You Wanted To Know. From Funny Phrases, Sayings, Quotes, Insults, Idioms, Expressions...
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2012 n.p.: The speedo variety [of trunks] developed an extraordinary number of risqué or simply curious synonyms: [...] dick daks (daks is an Australian term for ‘trousers’), dick pointers (sometimes abbreviated to DPs), dick pokers, dick stickers, dick togs (sometimes abbreviated to ...
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Poppy - money or cash (derivation: Poppy red - Bread. Bread and honey - money.) (Thanks to N Halsey, S Hartill, Adam, and J Saunders for contributions) Australian Rhyming Slang Australian Rhyming Slang Some of these Australian rhyming slang expressions have origins in England. Many have ...