• ANLIGODLIN
adj. 1970 Amer. dial. – of an object: lopsided, askew, aslant
• ANN
n. 1. 1940s African-American sl. – any White female
n. 2. 1970s sl., derogatory – a Black woman who apes her White sisters
• ANNABEL GILES
n. 2003 UK rhyming sl. for ‘piles’ – haemorrhoids
• ANNABELS
n. 2003 UK rhyming sl. for ‘piles’ – haemorrhoids
• ANNAHYDION
n. Bk1997 Irish sl. – an ignorant, ill-informed person
• ANNA MARIA
n. L19 Brit. rhyming sl. – a domestic fire (pronunciation = Mar-eye-a)
• ANNA MAY WONG
n. 1920s Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘pong’ – a stink; a smell
• ANNANAB
n. 20C Brit. back-slang – a banana
• ANNARUGIAN
n. 1856 Amer. dial. – a crude, unruly person; a member of a rough party of fun-makers; orig. applied to residents of Fulton Co., Illinois
• ANN ATOMY
n. Bk1942 Amer. college sl. – an attractive girl
• ANNE’S FAN
n. 19C Brit. – a rude gesture, thumbing the nose; touching the tip of the thumb to the end of one’s nose and spreading the fingers wide; it can be made worse by wiggling the fingers
• ANNET
n. 1. 1857 Eng. dial. – a silly fellow
n. 2. 1885 Eng. dial. – the common gull, Larus Canus
• ANNEX
vb. 1845 US jocular – to lay hold of roughly, to grab; to get; to steal
• ANNEX THE WHOLE CONFECTIONER’S SHOP
vb. 1885 sl. – to be the best of a kind; to rank the highest; to carry off the honours
• ANNIE
n. 1. 1922 Amer. sl. – a free ticket or pass to a game or entertainment
n. 2. 1953 sl. – an effeminate male homosexual
• ANNIE FROM ARKANSAS
n. 1993 US sl. – in craps: an eight
• ANNIE LAURIE
n. 1. 20C Eng. rhyming sl. – a lorry
n. 2. 1940s sl. – a bus conductress
• ANNIE LOUISE
n. 20C Aust. rhyming sl. – cheese
• ANNIE NO RATTLE
n. Bk1997 Irish sl. – one who pipes up at the end of a conversation
• ANNIE OAKLEY
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – excellent; first-rate
n. 1. 1916 US sl. – a complimentary ticket; a free pass, orig. to a circus, but latterly to the theatre
n. 2. 1940 Amer. dial. – in baseball: a base on balls
n. 3. 1940s US criminals’ sl. – a pardon or discharge certificate given to a convict
vb. 1910s US sl. – to punch an admission ticket, thus rendering it free
• ANNIE ROONEY
n. 1988 UK sl. – an outburst of bad temper
• ANNIE’S ALLEY
n. 1949 US sl. – the vagina
• ANNIE’S ROOM
phr. 1910s Aust. sl., orig. military – used when one does not know the answer to the question “Where is …”
• ANNIE UP
vb. 1968 Amer. dial. – to pay a debt; to contribute one’s share
• ANNIHILATED
adj. 1975 sl., orig. US college – extremely drunk or drug-intoxicated
• ANNISEED ROBIN
n. L17 – a hermaphrodite; later, a prostitute
• ANNISH
n. 1982 US sl. – an anniversary issue of a single-interest fan magazine
• ANNIVERSE
n. 1625 obs. – an anniversary
• ANNO DOMINI
adj. B1890 Eng. society sl. – old
n. 1885 colloq. – advance or advancing age and its effects, esp. on physical prowess
• ANNOINTED
adj. Bk1890 sl. – ripe for mischief, full of courage and energy for any desperate exploit
• ANNOISOME
adj. B1900 Eng. dial. obs. – hurtful
• ANNOY
vb. 1. 1580 Eng. dial. – to hurt, to trouble, to damage
vb. 2. 1991 Irish sl. – to upset, to distress
• ANNOYANCE
n. 1886 Eng. dial. – offense, damage
• ANNOYFUL
adj. 1. c1386 obs. – troublesome, annoying, tiresome
adj. 2. 1850 obs. – harmful, unpleasant
• ANNOYMENT
n. 1886 Eng. dial. – intent to injure, malice
• ANNOYOUS
adj. B1900 Eng. dial. – troublesome
• ANNOYSOME
adj. B1900 Eng. dial. obs. – hurtful
• ANNUAL
n. 1. L19 sl. – an annual holiday
n. 2. 1900s Aust. sl. – a year’s jail sentence
n. 3. 1940s Aust. sl. – a bath
• ANNY
n. 1958 Amer. dial. – a choice marble
• ANODYNE NECKLACE
n. L18 sl. – the hangman’s noose
• ANOINT
vb. 1. c1500 – to flog, to beat, to thrash; to chastise by word or act
vb. 2. 1876 Eng. dial. – to run, to hurry away
• ANOINTED
adj. 1. 1856 Eng. dial. – of persons: thoroughly bad, wholly given up to evil courses; notorious
adj. 2. 1877 Eng. dial. – very great, terrible
• ANOINTER
n. 1. 1884 Eng. dial. – a scapegrace, a mischievous fellow
n. 2. 1885 Eng. dial. – a trickster, a sharp, crafty person
n. 3. 1887 Eng. dial. – an energetic, pushing person
n. 4. 1892 Eng. dial. – a miser, a skinflint
n. 5. B1900 Eng. dial. – something perplexing or puzzling
• ANOINTING
adj. B1900 Eng. dial. – mischievous
n. 1876 Eng. dial. – a beating, a thrashing
• ANOINT WITH BIRCHEN SALVE
vb. L16 sl. – to beat, to thrash
• ANOINT WITH OIL OF HAZEL
vb. c1678 – to beat with a hazel rod
• ANON
adv. 1790 Eng. dial. – tonight
• ANON?
phr. 1789 Eng. & Amer. dial. – What? What did you say?
• ANONDER
prep. 1925 Irish sl. – beneath
• ANONSKER
adj. 1876 Eng. dial. – eager, desirous, set upon a thing
• ANONYM
n. 1. 1805 – an anonymous person or publication
n. 2. 1805 – an assumed or false name
• ANONYMA
n. M19 Brit. – a courtesan, a high-class prostitute
• ANOPISTHOGRAPH
adj. 1887 – having no writing or printing on the back; inscribed only on one side
• ANOPISTHOGRAPHIC
adj. 1871 – having no writing or printing on the back; inscribed only on one side
• ANORAK
n. 1. 1984 Brit. sl., derogatory – someone obsessively involved with something, as a hobby, that is generally regarded as boring or unfashionable
n. 2. 1999 UK sl. – a person who is socially inept and therefore unable to be, or not interested in becoming, part of a peer group
• ANORAKY
adj. 1992 UK sl., depreciative – boring, overly studious, unfashionable, or socially inept; displaying obsessive or fastidious concern with the details of a hobby or special interest; nerdy
• ANOTHER BREED OF CAT
n. 1929 Amer. dial. – a person inferior or different from the rest
• ANOTHER CLEAN SHIRT OUGHT TO SEE YOU OUT
phr. 1930s NZ sl. – you look very ill, i.e. you look as if you’ll soon be dead
• ANOTHER COUNTRY HEARD FROM
phr. 1970 US sl. – used for humorously acknowledging that someone who had previously been silent has spoken up
• ANOTHER COUNTY HEARD FROM
phr. 1930s Can. sl. – a remark made when one of a group breaks wind
• ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER DOLLAR
phr. 1. 1910s sl. – a phrase of relief used at the end of a working day
phr. 2. 1910s sl. – a phrase used to point up the tedium of daily existence
• ANOTHER DAY UP THE QUEEN’S ARSE
phr. 1980s – a day of one’s sentence completed (Aust. prison sl..)
• ANOTHER DOUBLE MUG IS BROKE
phr. 1980s – said when a new misfortune or disaster has occurred (Aust. prison sl.)
• ANOTHER-GATES
adj. B1900 – of a different kind (Eng. dial.)
• ANOTHER-GUESS
adj. 1615 – different in kind; of another kind (arch.)
• ANOTHER-KINS
adj. 1876 – of a different kind (Eng. dial.)
• ANOTHER ONE FOR THE VAN
phr. 1920s – another person’s gone mad (sl.)
• ANOTHER PAIR OF SHOES
n. 1868 – something entirely different; quite a different state of things
• ANOTHER PUSH AND YOU’D HAVE BEEN A CHINK
phr. 20C – a general insult; the implication (in this context a slur) is that one’s mother was happy to have sex with all races (sl.)
• ANOTHER PUSH AND YOU’D HAVE BEEN A NIGGER
phr. 20C – a general insult; the implication (in this context a slur) is that one’s mother was happy to have sex with all races (sl.)
• ANOTHER-WHEN
adv. B1900 – another time (Eng. dial.)
• ANOTHERY
n. 1963 – another, esp. another drink of beer (Aust. sl.)
• ANPARSIL
n. 1859 – the sign & (ampersand), formerly written at the end of the alphabet in schoolbooks (Sc. & Eng. dial.)
• ANPARSY
n. 1859 – the sign & (ampersand), formerly written at the end of the alphabet in schoolbooks (Sc. & Eng. dial.)
• ANPASTY
n. 1859 – the sign & (ampersand), formerly written at the end of the alphabet in schoolbooks (Sc. & Eng. dial.)
• ANSABLE • ANSIBLE
adj. 1908 – heedful, attentive, obedient (Sc.)
• ANSE
vb. 1908 – to heed, to care, to mind, to pay attention to (Sc.)
• ANSERINE
adj. 1607 – stupid, foolish, silly
• ANSEROUS
adj. 1. 1810 – resembling a goose (obs.)
adj. 2. 1826 – as stupid as a goose; silly, foolish
• ANSHUM-SCRANSHUM
n. 1856 – bewilderment, confusion, disorder (Eng. dial.)
• ANSINE
n. 1. a1200 – a looking for, longing, desire, want (obs.)
n. 2. a1200 – a person’s face (obs.)
n. 3. a1250 – outward aspect, look, appearance, form (obs.)
• ANSLAIGHT
n. a1625 – an onslaught, a fierce or destructive attack, an affray (obs.)
• ANSQUARE
n. c1175 – an answer (obs.)
• ANSTAND
vb. c1425 – to withstand, to resist (obs.)
• ANSWER
n. 1. B1900 – in fishing: a bite (Ireland)
n. 2. 1922 – a message (Amer. dial.)
n. 3. 1995 – a rap artist’s response to another’s song (US sl.)
vb. 1. B1900 – of a fish: to bite (Ireland)
vb. 2. B1900 – to last, to endure (Eng. dial.)
vb. 3. 1979 – to score soon after an opponent has scored (US sl.)
• ANSWERABLE
adj. 1887 – durable, lasting (Eng. dial.)
• ANSWERAGE
n. 1642 – an answering (obs.)
• ANSWER-BACK
n. 1925 – a rejoinder or repartee
• ANSWER LIKE A NORMAN
vb. Bk1922 – to reply evasively
• ANSWER NATURE’S CALL
vb. 20C – to retire to the W.C.; to defecate or urinate (euphemism)
• ANSWER SCOTCH FASHION
vb. Bk1921 – to reply by asking another question (sl.)
• ANSWER THE CALL OF NATURE
vb. Bk2004 – to go to the bathroom to relieve oneself
• ANSWER THE FINAL SUMMONS
vb. L19 – to die
• ANSWER THE LAST CALL
vb. 1915 – to die (Amer. dial.)
• ANSWER THE LAST MUSTER
vb. 1940s – to be killed; to die (Amer. sl.)
• ANSWER THE LAST ROLL
vb. 1940s – to be killed; to die (Amer. sl.)
• ANSWER THE LAST ROLL CALL
vb. 1915 – to die (Amer. dial.)
• ANSWER THE LAST ROUND-UP
vb. 1930s – to die (sl.)
• ANSWER THE ROLL CALL
vb. 1915 – to die (Amer. dial.)
• ANSWER TO A HE-MAN’S PRAYER
n. Bk1942 – an attractive young woman (Amer. sl.)
• ANSWER TO A MAN’S PRAYER
n. Bk1942 – an attractive young woman (Amer. sl.)
• ANSWER TO A SHE-GAL’S DREAM
n. 1940s – a male member of the armed forces (Amer. sl.)
• ANSY-PAY
n. 20C – a homosexual male (Pig Latin for ‘pansy’)
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Updated: February 27, 2023
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