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"Friend" or "bro". It is often used to describe people or animals that are out of place. [19] Derived from Jamaican slang and believed to come from the term "blood brothers". boujee (US: / ˈ b uː ʒ i / ⓘ) High-class/materialistic. Derived from bourgeoisie. [20] bop A derogatory term, usually for females, suggesting excessive ...
According to Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, the meaning also means "to kill, to murder; to execute judicially," likely referring to the size of a standard grave being 2.5 feet wide by 8 feet long and 6 feet deep. [1] [5] This usage was derived from the slang term used in restaurants. [6] Other slang dictionaries confirm this definition. [7] [8] [6]
English/Australian slang term short for jackboots. The term can be used to describe a police officer, informant or an unreliable person. "To go jack on a mate" is the act of betraying associates or implicating them in a crime. A "jack" is someone who is considered not to be trusted. Also old slang for CID in Liverpool. [35] Jackboots
Live to fight another day (This saying comes from an English proverbial rhyme, "He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day") Loose lips sink ships; Look before you leap; Love is blind – The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act II, Scene 1 (1591) Love of money is the root of all evil [16] Love makes the world go around
Google Dictionary is an online dictionary service of Google that can be accessed with the "define" operator and other similar phrases [note 1] in Google Search. [2] It is also available in Google Translate and as a Google Chrome extension .
The first recorded usage of google was as a gerund, on July 8, 1998, by Google co-founder Larry Page himself, who wrote on a mailing list: "Have fun and keep googling!". [7] Its earliest known use as an explicitly transitive verb on American television was in the "Help" episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (October 15, 2002), when Willow asked Buffy, "Have you googled her yet?".
Willy-nilly is an English-language idiom and a slang which describes an activity, an action or event that is done in a disorganized, unplanned, or vacillating manner. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The term is derived from Shakespearian expression " will ye, nill ye ", which is a contraction that means “whether one wants to or not.” [ 4 ]
(from sluagh meaning "a large number") a great amount (OED). Note: as in a slew of new products; the noun "slew" is unrelated to the verb slay. slob (from slab) mud (OED). Note: the English words slobber and slobbery do not come from this; they come from Old English. [21] slogan