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Notes Works cited References External links 0-9 S.S. Kresge Lunch Counter and Soda Fountain, about 1920 86 Main article: 86 1. Soda-counter term meaning an item was no longer available 2. "Eighty-six" means to discard, eliminate, or deny service A abe's cabe 1. Five dollar bill 2. See fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck absent treatment Engaging in dance with a cautious partner ab-so-lute-ly ...
Hardboiled (or hard-boiled) fiction is a literary genre that shares some of its characters and settings with crime fiction (especially detective fiction and noir fiction).
boiled sweet type of confection (US: hard candy) bollocks (vulgar; originally ballocks, colloquially also spelled as bollox) testicles; verbal rubbish (as in "you're talking bollocks") (US: bullshit). The somewhat similar bollix is found in American English, but without the anatomical connotations or vulgar sense meaning 'mess up'.
Skibidi toilet, gyatt, Ohio, rizz — what are the kids going on about these days? Each generation is known for adopting its own set of slang words, thrown around among friends and confusing for ...
Getty Images 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.
The phrase Aussies use to describe a place very far away from them. It’s usually remote, and sometimes the word insinuates that it’s a backward place, too. “They’re living out in woop woop.”
A hard candy (American English), or boiled sweet (British English), is a sugar candy prepared from one or more sugar-based syrups that is heated to a temperature of 160 °C (320 °F) to make candy. Among the many hard candy varieties are stick candy such as the candy cane , lollipops , rock , aniseed twists , and bêtises de Cambrai .
Hard-boiled eggs are a wonderful breakfast, great addition to a salad or delicious afternoon snack on their own. Boiling the eggs is easy, but the real tricky part is peeling them properly. If you ...