Dictionary: EW – EXH

• EWE
n. L17 UK criminals’ sl. –  a young and beautiful female member of a criminal gang  
 
• EWE CAT
n. 1914 Amer. dial. – a female cat  
 
• EWE-MUTTON
n. 1. L19 sl. – an ageing prostitute  
n. 2. L19 sl. – an amateur prostitute
 
• EWE-NECK
n. 1820 Amer. dial. – a horse’s neck which is thin and concave  
 
• EWE-NECKED
adj. 1858 Amer. dial. – of a horse: having a long and hollow neck like a ewe   
• EWIF
n. M19 back-slang – the number 5  
 
• EWIF GENS
n. M19 sl. – 5 shillings, a crown  
 
• EWIF YENEPS
n. M19 back-slang – fivepence  
 
• EWIF YENNEPS
n. M19 back-slang – fivepence
 
• EWSCRAY
vb. 1. 1930s US sl. – to go away, used as a command  
vb. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to depart hurriedly  
 
• EX
adj. 1. 20C sl. – superlative, first-rate  
adj. 2. 1950s sl. – angry  
int. 1. 1920s UK juvenile sl. – excellent!  
int. 2. 1968 Amer. dial. – an exclamation used to demand a pause, exemption, or truce during a fight or game  
n. 1942 Amer. sl. – a ten-dollar bill  
vb. 1950s Aust. & US college sl. – to stop, to eliminate  
 
• THE EX
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a former sweetheart  
 
• EXACCURATE
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – careful, exact and accurate
 
• EXALT
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to intoxicate; to make dead drunk
 
• EXALTED
adj. 1. M17 sl. – slightly drunk  
adj. 2. 1934 Amer. sl. – hanged  
 
• EXALTIFICATION
n. 1841 Amer. dial. – exaltation  
 
• EXALTIFY
vb. 1931 Amer. dial. – to exalt  
 
• EXAMPLE
n. 1926 Amer. dial. – a sample  
 
• EXASPER
vb. 1545 obs. – to exasperate, provoke
 
• EXASPERATE
vb. 1909 Amer. dial. – to bleach  
 
• EXCEED
vb. 1922 Amer. dial. – to succeed  
 
• EXCEPTION
n. 1906 Amer. dial. – a noteworthy example  
 
• EXCEPTIONS
n. 1869 Amer. dial. – exception, offense  
 
• EXCEREBROSE
adj. 1727 obs. – wanting brains, brainless
 
• EXCESS BAGGAGE
n. 1940s US criminals’ sl. – a second-rate confidence man  
 
• EXCHANGE
vb. 1966 Amer. dial. – to castrate  
 
• EXCHANGE CRACKS
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to talk, to converse  
 
• EXCHANGE IS NO ROBBERY
n. 1546 sl. – an excuse for a forced or jesting imposition  
 
• EXCHANGE OF CRACKS
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a conversation; discussion  
 
• EXCHANGE SPIT(S)
vb. 1. 19C Brit. sl. – to kiss
vb. 2. 19C Brit. sl. – to copulate  
 
• EXCHEQUER
n. E16 sl. – the vagina  
 
• EXCITATE
vb. 1548 obs. – to excite, to rouse, to stir up
 
• EXCITED AS A CAT AT A MOUSE-SHOW
adj. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – highly excited  
 
• EXCITING AS WATCHING PAINT DRY
adj. 20C – very dull  
 
• EXCLUSIVITY
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – something exclusive  
 
• EX-CON
n. 1906 sl. – an ex-convict
 
• EXCREMENTAL
adj. 1960s euphemism for ‘shitty’ – unpleasant, disgusting; second-rate  
 
• EXCREMENTIZE
vb. c1670 obs. rare – to ease oneself, to void excrement
 
• EXCREMENTUM CEREBELLUM VINCIT
phr. 20C Brit. military mock-Latin – ‘bullshit’ baffles brains”  
 
• EXCUSE HOUSE
n. 1970 Amer. euphemism – an outside toilet building  
 
• EXCUSE-ME
n. 1960s S. Afr. sl. – a member of the educated middle class  
 
• THE EXCUSE ME
n. 20C euphemism, rhyming of ‘W.C.’ – a toilet; a bathroom; a restroom  
 
• EXCUSE-ME-MA’AM
n. 1933 Amer. dial. – a bump in the road  
 
• EXCUSE ME WHILE I WHIP THIS OUT
phr. 1. 1970s African-American teen sl. – one’s last words before commencing a fight  
phr. 2. 2000s African-American teen sl. – a phrase said before exposing one’s penis  
 
• EXCUSE MY FRENCH
phr. 20C Brit. & US colloq. – a phrase signifying ‘please excuse my use of swear words or taboo words’  
 
• EXCUSES ARE LIKE ASSHOLES, EVERYONE HAS ONE AND THEY ALL STINK
phr. 1985 Amer. sl. – said of a poor excuse  
 
• EXCUSE-US
n. 1938 Amer. dial. – a gift in exchange for hospitality  
 
• EXCUSING
conj. 1922 Amer. dial. – unless, without  
prep. 1887 Amer. dial. – except for, with the exception of, not counting  
 
• EXECT
vb. 1641 obs. – to cut off or out
 
• EXES
n. 1864 sl. – expenses  
 
• EXFLUNCT
vb. 1831 Amer. dial. – to cause to fail, to render useless, to overcome completely  
 
• EXFLUNCTED
adj. 1831 Amer. dial. – rendered useless  
 
• EXFLUNCTICATE
vb. 1842 Amer. dial. – to demolish; to utterly destroy  
 
• EXFLUNCTICATED
adj. 1839 Amer. dial. – rendered useless  
 
• EXFLUNCTIFIED
adj. 1840 Amer. dial. – rendered useless  
 
• EXFLUNCTIFY
vb. 1840 Amer. dial. – to cause to fail, to render useless, to overcome completely  
 
• EXFLUNCTOFICATED
adj. 1836 Amer. dial. – rendered useless  
 
• EX-HEART
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a former sweetheart  
 
• EXHEREDATE
vb. 1552 – to disinherit
 
• EXHORTER
n. 1843 Amer. dial. – a lay preacher