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Broad term for a man or woman, sometimes indicating "unusual," behavior e.g. "what a funny old bird" [8] biscuit Pettable flapper [31] bit Prison sentence [35] black hats Bad person, especially a villain or criminal in a movie, novel, or play; Heavy in a movie e.g. The Black hats show up at the mansion [36] blaah No good [8] blind 1.
Geezer: A significantly aged old man. In the UK, it is a slang term used most often to refer simply to a "man" or "guy". Geriatric: Offensive slang only when used in a non-medical context. [14] Gerry: (Not to be confused with the pejorative ethnic term towards German people; "gerry" in this context is short for "geriatric"). [19]
5. Muffin walloper. Used to describe: An older, unmarried woman who gossips a lot. This colorful slang was commonly used in the Victorian era to describe unmarried old ladies who would gossip ...
(slang) lucky (person, woman) JCB generic name for a mechanical excavator or backhoe loader, based on the eponymously named company which manufactures such devices. jemmy To break into a lock, from the tool that is used in such an occasion as burglary (US: jimmy) jerry (slang) pejorative term for a German or Germans jerrybuilt or jerry-built
G-man, Government-man, G-woman: First used in 1928. [8] According to popular legend, when American gangster Machine Gun Kelly was arrested, he shouted "Don't shoot, G-men! Don't shoot!". [9] The term is primarily used to refer to FBI agents. KGB: Acronym for the principal security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 to 1991, now used as a ...
Its first printed use came as early as 1991 in William G. Hawkeswood's "One of the Children: An Ethnography of Identity and Gay Black Men," wherein one of the subjects used the word "tea" to mean ...
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Born right smack on the cusp of millennial and Gen Z years (ahem, 1996), I grew up both enjoying the wonders of a digital-free world—collecting snail shells in my pocket and scraping knees on my ...