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  2. British slang - Wikipedia

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    Homosexuality was a crime until 1967 and Polari has a history going back at least a hundred years. [11] Sometimes the purpose of slang is to cause offence, insults such as wanker or gobshite for example; and sometimes the purpose is to prevent it by substituting a slang word for the offensive one, berk (rhyming slang for cunt) for example. [ 12 ]

  3. Mouth breathing - Wikipedia

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    Mouth breathing, medically known as chronic oral ventilation, is long-term breathing through the mouth. It often is caused by an obstruction to breathing through the nose, the innate breathing organ in the human body. [3][4][5] However, by the early 20th century, the term "mouth-breather" had developed a pejorative slang meaning connoting a ...

  4. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    Clothing to 'go out on the town; Attire to wear to parties or special occations [193] glom The act of stealing; also glaum [194] glorious regalia Chic clothing of a flapper [150] go chase yourself Get lost; Scram [193] gold digger. Main article: Gold digger. Woman who associates or marries a man for his wealth (1915) [9] goods, The 1.

  5. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    Every dog has his day [a] Every Jack has his Jill [a] Every little bit helps [a] Every man for himself (and the Devil take the hindmost) [a] Every man has his price [a] Every picture tells a story [a] Every stick has two ends [a] Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die [a] Everyone has their price.

  6. Retard (pejorative) - Wikipedia

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    Retard was previously used as a medical term. The verb "to retard " means 'to delay or hold back', and so "retard" became known as a medical term in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to describe children with intellectual disabilities, or retarded mental development. [5] For context, until the 1960s, the terms moron, idiot, cretin, and ...

  7. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    shouting, ranting or swearing a lot about something or someone. e.g.: "that guy was just mouthing off about something" (US [DM]: backtalk; often shortened to mouth ["I don't need your mouth".]) move house, move flat, etc. to move out of one's house or other residence into a new residence (US: move, move out) multi-storey

  8. Category:Slurs related to low intelligence - Wikipedia

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    This is a set category. It should only contain pages that are Slurs related to low intelligence or lists of Slurs related to low intelligence, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Slurs related to low intelligence in general should be placed in relevant topic categories.

  9. List of South African slang words - Wikipedia

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    Depending on context, the slang/derogatory version can mean prat, twat, idiot but most commonly understood as a translation of "arsehole" or "cunt", which in that case would be considered highly offensive. domkop – idiot (lit. dumbhead), same as German "Dummkopf" or Dutch "domkop" dom nool – emphasis of "stupid idiot" donner – to beat up ...