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Main article: Glossary of names for the British. 1. Englishman, Briton, or person of British descent; an English or British immigrant [289] 2. English or British ship [290] line 1. Untruth or exaggeration, often told to seek or maintain approval from others e.g. "to feed one a line" [291] 2. Insincere flattery [287] lip 1.
Dictionaries of slang, vocabulary (words, phrases, and linguistic usages) of an informal register, common in verbal conversation but avoided in formal writing. Pages in category "Slang dictionaries" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
Sexual slang is a set of linguistic terms and phrases used to refer to sexual organs, processes, and activities; [1] they are generally considered colloquial rather than formal or medical, and some may be seen as impolite or improper. [2] Related to sexual slang is slang related to defecation and flatulence (toilet humor, scatolinguistics).
Urban Dictionary is a crowdsourced English-language online dictionary for slang words and phrases. The website was founded in 1999 by Aaron Peckham. Originally, Urban Dictionary was intended as a dictionary of slang or cultural words and phrases, not typically found in standard English dictionaries, but it is now used to define any word, event, or phrase (including sexually explicit content).
Detroit slang is an ever-evolving dictionary of words and phrases with roots in regional Michigan, the Motown music scene, African-American communities and drug culture, among others.
A slang dictionary is a reference book containing an alphabetical list of slang, which is vernacular vocabulary not generally acceptable in formal usage, usually including information given for each word, including meaning, pronunciation, and etymology.
The dictionary was updated in 2005 by Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor as The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, [3] [4] and again in 2007 as The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, [5] which has additional entries compared to the 2005 edition, but omits the extensive citations.
Believe it or not, there are at least 35 funny names for the toilet that are sure to make you laugh—or at least smile and shake your head. Ancient civilizations like the Romans used toilet ...