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The person who dominated all the conversations [251] let george do it Work evading phrase i.e.Let someone else cover the cost of achieving the shared benefit [290] let's blouse Work evading phrase e.g.Let's blouse this clambake! [251] lettuce Green folding money i.e. lettuce leaves [291] level with me Be honest, trustworth, true [291] lid Hat ...
stupid; person of low intelligence. throw a wobbly (informal) to lose one's temper, throw a tantrum thruppennies (rhyming slang) breasts/tits (from thrupenny bits, obsolete British coin) tinned canned as in "tinned soup" or "a tin of tuna" tip a dump or to throw something away Tipp-Ex
Shmendrik (Yiddish: שמענדריק), also rendered as schmendrick or shmendrick is a Yiddish word meaning a stupid person or a little hapless jerk ("a pathetic sad sack" [1]). Its origin is the name of a clueless mama's boy played by Sigmund Mogulesko in an 1877 comedy Shmendrik, oder di komishe Chaseneh ( Schmendrik or The Comical Wedding ...
Schmuck, or shmuck, is a pejorative term meaning one who is stupid or foolish, or an obnoxious, contemptible or detestable person. The word came into the English language from Yiddish (Yiddish: שמאָק, shmok), where it has similar pejorative meanings, but where its literal meaning is a vulgar term for a penis.
Here are 12 words and phrases we all use at work from time to time that may be dumbing us down: 'Whatever' "This is part of a 'set' or family that goes with 'Totally,' 'Like' and 'Um.'
Jonathon Green, in his 1999 book The Cassell Dictionary of Slang, defines slang as "A counter language, the language of the rebel, the outlaw, the despised and the marginal". [6] Recognising that there are many definitions, he goes on to say, "Among the many descriptions of slang, one thing is common, it is a long way from mainstream English". [6]
Short for opposition or enemies; describes an individual's opponents. A secondary, older definition has the term be short for "other peoples' pussy". Originated from street and gang culture. Dexerto claims that the primary definition stems from the secondary one, which was derived from a 1991 Naughty by Nature song titled "O.P.P.". The ...
The Idiot by Evert Larock (1892). An idiot, in modern use, is a stupid or foolish person. 'Idiot' was formerly a technical term in legal and psychiatric contexts for some kinds of profound intellectual disability where the mental age is two years or less, and the person cannot guard themself against common physical dangers.