• CIBARIOUS
adj. 1656 rare – relating to food, useful for food, edible
• CIG
n. a1889 sl. – a cigarette
• CIGAR BOX
n. 1970 Amer. dial. – a cheaply constructed building
• CIGARETTE ROLL
n. 1962 US sl. – a parachute jump in which the parachute fails to open
• CIGGER
n. 1922 Aust. sl. – a cigarette
• CIGGIE; CIGGY
n. 1915 sl. – a cigarette
• CIMARRON
n. 1892 Amer. dial. – a wild or solitary person; a shy, bashful child
• CIMBICK
n. 19C – a miserly fellow; a miser, a niggard
• CINCH
n. 1. 1888 – something sure or easy
n. 2. 1921 Amer. dial. – a warning or deficiency notice sent by a college to a student
n. 3. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a gullible person; a dupe
n. 4. 20C colloq. – a person or thing certain to fulfil an expectation, esp. a team or contestant certain to win a sporting event
vb. 1. 1875 Amer. dial. – to squeeze into a small place
vb. 2. 1905 colloq. – to seize on or make sure of; to guarantee
• CINCI
n. 1981 Amer. dial. – a small glass of beer; the glass itself
• CINCINNATI CHICKEN
n. 1864 US West. sl. – salt pork
• CINCINNATI TURKEY
n. 1864 US West. sl. – salt pork
• CINDER BULL
n. E20 US tramps’ usage – a nickname for a railroad yard policeman or detective
• CINDER-CRUNCHER
n. 1931 sl. – on the railway: a switchman
• CINDER DICK
n. E20 US tramps’ usage – a nickname for a railroad yard policeman or detective
• CINDER-GARBLER
n. 18C sl. – a female servant
• CINDER-GRABBER
n. 19C sl. – a female drudge
• CINDER-KNOTTER
n. 1909 Royal Navy sl. – a stoker
• CINDER-SHIFTER
n. 1. c1924 Aust. sl. – a motorcycle speedway rider
n. 2. World War II Amer. sl. – an infantryman marching on a drill field packed with cinders
• CINDER-SIFTER
n. 1930 Amer. dial. – a tramp, esp. one travelling along the railroads
• CINDER SKIPPER
n. 1945 Amer. dial. – a yard clerk on the railroad
• CINDER-SNAPPER
n. 1945 Amer. dial. – a passenger who rides open platforms on observation car
• CINDER TRAIL
n. 1. 1927 Amer. dial. – the railroad
n. 2. 1927 Amer. dial. – tramp life in general
• CINNAMON HEAD
n. 1939 Amer. dial. – a feeble-minded person
• CINNAMON VINE
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – clematis
• CINQUA SOLDI
n. Bk1903 sl. – fivepence
• CIPHER
n. 1. 1967 Amer. dial. – an insignificant person; a nonentity
n. 2. 1990s African-American & teen sl. – a circle of Black friends; a group of people, as marijuana smokers, rap MC’s
vb. 1806 – to calculate; to think out
• CIPHER ABOUT
vb. 1889 Amer. dial. – to snoop, to nose around into other people’s business
• CIPHER AROUND
vb. 1. 1889 Amer. dial. – to snoop, to nose around into other people’s business
vb. 2. 1929 Amer. dial. – to loaf, to idle
• CIPHERING
n. 1905 Amer. dial. – arithmetic
• CIRCLE
n. 1. 17C euphemism – the female genitals
n. 2. 1930s US jazz sl. – a gramophone record
• CIRCLE JERK
n. 1. 1940s sl., orig. US – joint masturbation, often in competition, by a group of boys or men, usually sitting in a circle
n. 2. 1970s US sl. – chaos, a mess
n. 3. 1990s Can. sl. – a man who harasses prostitutes and their customers for fun
n. 4. 2000s sl., orig. US – a pointless or inconclusive discussion by a number of people
vb. 1950s US sl. – of boys or men: to indulge in group masturbation
• CIRCLE-JERKER
n. 1950s US sl. – one who joins a group of masturbators
• CIRCLE OF DEATH
n. 20C teen & high school sl. – a bad pizza
• CIRCUIT
n. 1990s US sl. – a series of homosexual parties held each year around the US, with participants from city to city for the festivities
• CIRCUIT GIRL
n. 2002 US sl. – a travelling prostitute
• CIRCUIT QUEEN
n. 1994 US sl. – a male homosexual who follows the circuit from party to party
• CIRCULAR FILE
n. 1947 US sl. – a wastepaper-basket
• CIRCULAR PROTECTOR
n. 19C Brit. advertising usage – a condom
• CIRCULATION
n. 2001 Can. sl. – traffic
• CIRCUMAMBAGIOUS
adj. 1834-43 rare – roundabout in speech, etc.; not keeping to the point
• CIRCUMBENDIBUS
n. 1681 – a roundabout or indirect way or method; a roundabout, long-winded story; circumlocution
• CIRCUMBILIVAGINATE
vb. a1693 obs. – to speak in a roundabout way; to use circumlocution
• CIRCUMFORANEOUS
adj. 1650 now rare or obs. – wandering from place to place, as from market to market or house to house; strolling about, vagrant
• CIRCUMQUAQUE
n. 1556 obs. – a circumlocution
• CIRCUMSTANCE
n. 1853 Amer. dial. – an unusual or unique person
• CIRCUMVENGEMOUS
adv. 1927 Amer. dial. – in a roundabout manner
• CIRCUS
n. 1. 1940 Amer. dial. – something gaudy, garish, or overdone
n. 2. 1958 sl. – a group of people acting or performing together in some activity
n. 3. 1967 Amer. dial. – a traffic circle, a road junction in which traffic moves in one direction around a circular island
• THE CIRCUS
n. 1963 sl. – the British secret service
• CIRCUS CLOWN
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a woman who uses a lot of cosmetics
• CIRCUS HORSE
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a woman who overdresses
• CIRCUS LOVE
n. M20 US sl. – a real or imagined sexual orgy
• CIRCUS QUEEN
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a woman who uses a lot of cosmetics
• CIRCUS WATER
n. World War II Amer. sl. – iced drinks served with meals
• CISOR
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a large front tooth
• CIT
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a civilian
• CIT DUDS
n. World War II Amer. sl. – civilian clothing
• CITIREEN
n. 1929 Amer. dial. – an old resident, an old-timer, and old fogy of either sex, esp. one familiar with all the old signs and superstitions
• CITIZEN
n. 1897 Amer. dial. – a rough, tough, or uncouth fellow
• CIT RAGS
n. World War II Amer. sl. – civilian clothing
• CITRON
n. M19 sl. – anything or anyone undesirable; esp. used of a woman
• CITS
n. 1829 US services’ sl. – civilian clothes
• CITTERN-HEAD
n. 1623 – a blockhead, a dunce; an empty-headed person; a term of scorn
• CITY ARAB
n. 1910 colloq. – a young vagrant; a poor boy playing much in the streets
• CITY BUG
n. 1936 Amer. dial. – a person from the city
• CITY COKE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a glass of water
• CITY COW
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – canned milk
• CITY JAKE
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a person from the city
• CITY LIGHT
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – the low beam of a headlight
• CITY MINUTE
n. 1920s US sl. – an instant
• CITY SQUASH
n. 1949 Amer. dial. jocular usage – a retired male farmer
• CIVET
n. 19C Brit. sl. – the female genitals
• CIVIES
n. 1889 services’ sl. – civilian clothes
• CIVIL
adj. 1. 1930 Amer. dial. – of weather: fine, temperate
adj. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – excellent; first-rate
• CIVILIZE
vb. 1920 Amer. dial. – to spruce up in dress
• CIVVIES
n. 1889 sl. – civilian clothes
• CIVVY
n. 1915 sl. – a civilian
• CIVVY STREET
n. 1943 sl. – civilian life
• C.J.
n. M20 US drug culture sl. – ‘crystal joint’; PCP
• C-JAM
n. M20 US drug culture sl. – cocaine
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Updated: March 1, 2023
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