Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
CB slang is the distinctive anti-language, argot, or cant which developed among users of Citizens Band radio (CB), especially truck drivers in the United States during the 1970s and early 1980s. [1] The slang itself is not only cyclical, but also geographical. Through time, certain terms are added or dropped as attitudes towards it changed.
This compilation highlights American slang from the 1920s and does not include foreign phrases. The glossary includes dated entries connected to bootlegging, criminal activities, drug usage, filmmaking, firearms, ethnic slurs, prison slang, sexuality, women's physical features, and sports metaphors.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... List of police-related slang terms; List of Puerto Rican slang words and phrases; R.
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 20th century was a truly special time. One day we were "cruisin' for a bruisin'" with some "greasers" at the "passion pit," the next we're telling a Valley Girl to "talk to the hand"—or ...
cab Cabernet Sauvignon cabriolet caff (UK slang) café cal calorie (in combination, especially "lo-cal") Cal or Cali California Calcutta cam camera camouflage camo camouflage Can Canada or Canadian (in combination)
Definition: Impressive or outstanding, metaphorically meaning to "devour" a look or moment. Origin: "Ate" originated in the Black and Latina LGBTQIA+ community, used as a form of admiration and ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "American slang" ... List of Puerto Rican slang words and phrases; 0–9. 86 (term) A.