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In the 1930s, a slang version rendered the saying as "Mind your own beeswax".It is meant to soften the force of the retort. [4] Folk etymology has it that this idiom was used in the colonial period when women would sit by the fireplace making wax candles together, [5] though there are many other theories.
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The whole nine yards" or "the full nine yards" is a colloquial American English phrase meaning "everything, the whole lot" or, when used as an adjective, "all the way". [1] Its first usage was the punch line of an 1855 Indiana comedic short story titled "The Judge's Big Shirt". [2]
Pot, a common slang name for cannabis, on a sign at a 2012 cannabis rights demonstration in New York City. More than 1,200 slang names have been identified for the dried leaves and flowers harvested from the cannabis plant for drug use. [1] This list is not exhaustive; it includes well-attested expressions.
Slang name for a puff of cannabis smoke or vapor. [10] [See cannabis consumption.] toker A slang word meaning one who smokes cannabis. [23]: 996 trees A slang word for cannabis. [32] [33] trichomes Structures giving the cannabis leaf a powdery appearance and containing most of the THC. [63] trimmigrant
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 local ...
The term has been around in Black American communities since the 1990s, appearing as early as 1992 on "It Was a Good Day" by Ice Cube, who raps: "No flexin', didn't even look in a n----'s direction."
Faggot: The origin of the slur usage of the word "faggot" (originally referring to a bundle of firewood) may be from the term for women used in a similar way to "baggage", i.e. something heavy to be dealt with. The usage may also have been influenced by the British term "fag", meaning a younger schoolboy who acts as an older schoolboy's servant ...