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(McCain, in a 2008 appearance on David Letterman's Late Show gamely uttered the idiom himself in a comedy turn.) [10] The Capitol Steps album I'm So Indicted included "Hey, You, Get Off of My Lawn" (a parody of "Get Off of My Cloud"), and comic social commentator Jon Stewart described United States Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as "a ...
While slang is usually inappropriate for formal settings, this assortment includes well-known expressions from that time, with some still in use today, e.g., blind date, cutie-pie, freebie, and take the ball and run. [2] These items were gathered from published sources documenting 1920s slang, including books, PDFs, and websites.
Pogo (revived as Walt Kelly's Pogo) was a daily comic strip that was created by cartoonist Walt Kelly and syndicated to American newspapers from 1948 until 1975. Set in the Okefenokee Swamp in the Southeastern United States, Pogo followed the adventures of its anthropomorphic animal characters, including the title character, an opossum.
Bruh, seriously: The "mommy" to "bruh" pipeline is real. You may hear this word from your kid when they're annoyed, frustrated, amused or all of the above. Now you're wondering what it means, and ...
A pejorative and slang insult; see Shit § Dominance; Combat boots, military boots designed for soldiers; Cowboy boots, riding boots historically worn by cowboys; Wellington boots, waterproof, almost knee-high boots made from rubber or PVC; those who wear the footwear listed above: Cowboys or cowgirls and by extension rednecks in general
Away from the perplexing slang terms, 61 per cent of children surveyed chose “kindness” as the Children’s Word of the Year, with some of them associating the word with mental health.
(slang) idiot; a general term of abuse, from Red Dwarf. snog (slang) a 'French kiss' or to kiss with tongues (US [DM]: deep kiss, not necessarily with tongues). Originally intransitive (i.e. one snogged with someone); now apparently (e.g. in the Harry Potter books) transitive. [citation needed] soap dodger one who is thought to lack personal ...
As the more dimwitted of the two, he is often saddled with more than his fair share of the grunt work, especially if the job involves something embarrassing or unappealing. His name is taken from an old west slang term for a graveyard. Barney Finkleberg (voiced by Tim Curry) is a con artist who used the alias of Jacques La Beef.