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Pensioner: [36] An older person living on an old-age pension; sometimes used as an insult to refer to aging people draining the welfare system. Peter Pan : A term describing a grown adult, typically a man, who behaves like a child or teenager and refuses, either actively or passively, to act their true age.
An alternative suggestion for the etymology is that it is an alteration of the word get, dating back to the 14th century. [5] A shortening of beget, [6] get insinuates that the recipient is someone's misbegotten offspring and therefore a bastard. [7] In parts of northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland get is still used in preference to ...
American's guide to the British language : really, they talk like this every day. Green, Jonathon (2008). Chambers Slang Dictionary. James, Ewart (1999). Contemporary British slang : an up-to-date guide to the slang of modern British English. Parody, A. (Antal) (2007). Eats, shites & leaves : crap English and how to use it. Dorset Press.
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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 ...
(v.) to store away [old criminals' slang revived in US] (n.) a hiding place, or something (esp. drug or liquor) stored away* staycation: travelling for pleasure within one's own country (US: domestic vacation) a holiday or vacation where the people return home each night (or most nights) stick abuse, insult, or denigration ("to give stick")
Kieran Culkin has charmed audiences once again while discussing his love affair with British slang.During a recent appearance on The Graham Norton Show, the New York native embraced the quirks of ...
It was reportedly British military slang in the 1950s. [12] Terry Pratchett used the word in this sense when he referred to his Alzheimer's disease, which had prevented him from attending conventions, as "the Embuggerance". [14]