• G GUY
n. 1925 – a government agent → US sl.
• GHAN
n. E20 – an Afghan or Muslim immigrant to Australia, esp. one who drives or breeds camels → Aust. sl.
• THE GHAN
n. M20 – a train that runs between Adelaide and Alice Springs → Aust. sl.
• GHASTFUL
adj. 1. 1422 – full of fear, scared → arch.
adj. 2. 1449 – dreadful, terrible → arch.
• GHETTO BLASTER
n. 1983 – a large and powerful stereo radio-cassette player → sl., orig. US
• GHETTO FABULOUS
adj. 1996 – pert. to or favouring an ostentatious style of dress associated with the hip-hop subculture → orig. US
• GHOST
n. 1. 1000 – a wicked-looking person; a villain
n. 2. 1400 – a corpse → obs.
n. 3. 1590 – an emaciated person
n. 4. 1942 – a substitute → US sl. (Bk.)
vb. 1589 – to give up the ghost, to die → obs.
• GHOSTBUSTER
n. 20C – a person who investigates tax fraud → US colloq.
• GHOST FEATHERS
n. 1965 – soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → Amer. dial.
• GHOST STORY
n. 1942 – an incredible story → US sl. (Bk.)
• GHOUL
n. 1969 – an unattractive female → US Air Force Academy cadets’ sl. (Bk.)
• GIAM
n. 1747 – jam; a fruit conserve
• GIANT GOOSEBERRY
n. 1942 – an incredible story → US sl. (Bk.)
• GIB
adj. 1980 – sexually proficient; Good in Bed (pronounced as separate letters) → US sl.
• GIBBET
vb. 1913 – to beat, to punish, to hurt severely → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• GIBBLE-GABBLE
n. 1913 – nonsense → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• GIBBY
n. 1. 1790 – a child’s name for a sheep; a pet lamb → Eng. dial.
n. 2. 19C – a spoon → Eng. nautical usage
n. 3. 1807 – an old woman, generally bent with age → Eng. dial.
n. 4. 1970 – a person who has a lot of guts and doesn’t care about what happens to himself or anyone else → US sl. (Bk.)
• GIBERY
n. L17 – mockery; jeering → sl.
• GIBLICK
n. 1923 – an unfledged bird → Sc.
• GIBRALTAR OF THE WEST
n. 1860 – Vicksburg, as seen by the South → US Civil War usage
• G.I. CAN
n. 1918 – a German artillery shell in World War I → US sl.
• GIDDAY
n. 1928 – hello → Aust.
• GIDDIFY
vb. 1628 – to make giddy; to daze; to confuse
• GIDDISH
adj. 1566 – giddy, fickle, foolish → obs.
• GIDDY GAL
n. 1942 – a giddy girl → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
• GIDDY-GAPPER
phr. 1965 – said to a child when he asks “What are you making?” → Amer. dial.
• GIDDY-GO-LUCKY
adj. 1942 – foolishly happy-go-lucky → US sl. (Bk.)
• GIDDY-HEAD
n. 1641 – a giddy, frivolous person; one without serious thought or sound judgement
• GIDGET
n. 1. 1940 – the penis → sl.
n. 2. 1950 – a lithe and pert young woman → sl.
• GIER
n. 1565 – a vulture → obs.
• GIFFLE-GAFFLE
n. 19C – nonsense → Amer. dial.
• GIFFY
adj. 1829 – of weather: humid, muggy, damp; hence, moist, pliable → Amer. dial.
• GIFT OF GAB
n. 1650 – the ability to talk interestingly, colourfully, and/or persuasively
• GIFT-OF-GABBY
adj. 1942 – talkative → US sl. (Bk.)
• GIFT OF THE GAB
n. 1650 – the ability to talk interestingly, colourfully, and/or persuasively
• GIG
n. 1. 1689 – the vulva → sl.
n. 2. ..20C – a criminal act; a swindle → sl.
n. 3. 1905 – a playing date or engagement, esp. a one-night job → US jazz musicians’ usage
n. 4. 1915 – a party for jazz musicians and devotees → US jazz musicians’ usage
n. 5. 1924 – a look, a glance → Aust. sl.
n. 6. 1940 – a demerit; a report of deficiency or breach of rules → US services’ sl.
n. 7. 1950 – an old car→ (US sl.
n. 8. 1950 – work; any job or occupation → US sl.
n. 9. 1984 – one who betrays associates to the police or other authorities; an informer → Aust. sl.
vb. 1. 1513 – to creak, to make a creaking noise → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. 1913 – to back down → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 3. 1913– to cheat → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 4. 1971 – to have a party → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
• GIGABUCKS
n. 1990 – very much money → US sl.
• GIGANTINE
adj. 1. 1605 – very great in quantity or amount → obs.
adj. 2. 1664 – large, huge, gigantic → obs
• GIGANTOMACHIZE
vb. 1599 – to rise in rebellion like the giants against heaven; to rise in revolt against one’s betters → obs.
• GIG BACK
vb. 1913 – to back down → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• GIGG
n. 1903 – a farthing (1/4d) → sl. (Bk.)
• GIGGE
n. 1300 – a term of contempt applied both to man and woman; an inferior person → obs.
• GIGGISH
adj. 1. 1523 – lively, flighty, wanton, trifling, silly, foolish
adj. 2. 1837 – resembling a gig; directed towards driving a gig
• GIGGLE
n. 1940 – badly fitting items of clothing of the type issued to Australian service personnel during World War II → Aust. sl.
• GIGGLEBY
n. 1903 – a silly, flighty or giggling girl → Sc.
• GIGGLE-HOUSE
n. 1919 – a mental hospital → Aust. & NZ sl.
• GIGGLE-JUICE
n. 1929 – alcohol; often applied specifically to champagne → jocular usage, orig. US
• GIGGLEMUG
n. L19 – an habitually smiling face → sl.
• GIGGLE-WATER
n. 1926 – alcohol; often applied specifically to champagne → jocular usage, orig. US
• GIGGY
n. 1. 1950 – the anus → US sl.
n. 2. 1950 – the vulva → US sl.
• GIGHEAD
n. 1965 – a White person → African-American
• GIGI
n. 1. 1950 – the anus → US sl.
n. 2. 1950 – the vulva → US sl.
► GIG-LAMPS n. 1. spectacles → 1853 sl.
n. 2. the lamps at either side of a gig (carriage) → 1888
n. 3. jewellery → 1896 sl.
n. 4. a person who wears spectacles → 1899 sl.
n. 5. eyes → 1901 sl.
• GIGLET
n. 1. 1340 – originally, a lewd, wanton woman; a strumpet → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. 1340 – a giddy, laughing, romping girl; a merry, light-hearted, playful girl
n. 3. 1529 – applied to a man: one excessively given to merriment → obs.
• GI JOE
n. 1940 – a US soldier, esp. an enlisted soldier of and since World War II → US sl.
• GIKE
vb. 1513 – to creak, to make a creaking noise → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GILBERT
n. 1480 – a proper name, used as the appellation of a male cat; usually shortened to ‘Gib’ → obs.
• GILD
vb. 1942 – to intoxicate; to make dead drunk → US sl. (Bk.)
• GILDED ROOSTER
n. 1888 – a man of importance → sl.
• GILDED SPURS
n. 1641 – the distinctive mark of a knight → obs.
• GILES’S BREED
n. 18C – criminals → sl.
• GILGUY
n. 1886 – a thingamajig → US nautical sl.
• GILHICKEY
n. 1940 – a thingamajig → US sl.
• GILHOOLEY
n. 1. 1940 – a thingamajig → US sl.
n. 2. 1950 – a skid in which a car ends up facing in the reverse direction → US car racing sl.
• GILKIE
n. 1836 – a lively young girl → Sc.
• GILL
n. 1942 – a gullible person; a dupe → US sl. (Bk.)
• GILLIAN
n. 1573 – a woman, especially a young woman; a flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman; also, a prostitute → obs.
• GILLIE
n. 1942 – a gullible person; a dupe → US sl. (Bk.)
• GILL LAGGOOSE
n. 1573 – a personification of sloth → obs.
• GILLOT
n. 1. 1375 – a mare → Sc. obs.
n. 2. 1557 – a loose or wanton woman → obs.
• GILLY
n. 1. ..19C – the wallflower, Cheiranthus Cheiri → Eng. & Amer. dial.
n. 2. 1889 – a fool, a simpleton, an idiot → Amer. dial.
n. 3. 1942 – a gullible person; a dupe → US sl. (Bk.)
• GILPY
adj. 1. ..19C – of eggs: not quite fresh → Sc.
adj. 2. 1863 – sportive → Sc.
n. 1. 1718 – a frolicsome young fellow; a roguish or mischievous boy → Sc. obs.
n. 2. 1785 – a lively or saucy young girl; a brisk, light-hearted girl; a young, growing girl → Sc.
n. 3. ..19C – a soft, stupid person → Sc.
• GILT
n. 1903 – money → sl. (Bk.)
• GILT SPURS
n. 1377 – the distinctive mark of a knight
• GILT-TICK
n. 1903 – money → sl. (Bk.)
• GILTY
adj. 1970 – shiny; sparkling → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
• GILVER
vb. 1830 – to ache, to throb (said of the head in a headache, of a wound, etc. – not of the heart or pulse) → Eng. dial.
• GIM
adj. 1513 – smart, spruce, fine, neat, pretty → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GIMBALJAWED
adj. 1942 – talkative → US sl. (Bk.)
• GIMLET-NOSE
n. 2002 – a gnat→ Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• GIMME GUY
n. 1942 – a toady → US sl. (Bk.)
• GIMMER
n. 1850 – a woman, esp. an old one → colloq.
• GIMME SOME SKIN
phr. 1942 – shake or slap hands in friendship or solidarity → African-American
• GIMMICK
n. 1. 1920 – the brake on a gambling wheel → Can. carnival usage
n. 2. 1930 – a conjuror’s trick → magician’s usage
n. 3. 1930 – any device or plan or trick calculated to ensure success → sl.
• GIMMY
adj. 1750 – spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GIMP
adj. 1950 – handicapped → US sl.
n. 1. 1893 – courage → sl.
n. 2. 1925 – a lame person or leg → sl., orig. US
n. 3. 1925 – a simpleton; a fool → Aust. sl.
vb. 1925 – to limp, to hobble → sl., orig. US
• GIMPER
n. 1910 – a special and most dependable buddy; a highly competent airman → US sl.
• GIMP UP
vb. 1910 – to dress oneself up smartly → army sl.
• GIMPY
adj. 1930 – lame in the leg → sl., orig. US
• GIN
n. 1. 1830 – a native woman; the wife of an Aborigine → Aust.
n. 2. 1880 – any woman or wife; also, an old woman → Aust.
vb. 1. 1913 – to give → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 2. 1942 – to intoxicate; to make dead drunk → US sl. (Bk.)
• GIN AND FOG
adj. 1880 – of a voice: hoarse with that peculiar quality of ‘fruitiness’ which spirituous indulgence causes → sl., orig. theatrical usage
• GIN AND IT
n. 20C – gin and Italian vermouth → sl.
• THE GIN AND JAGUAR BELT
n. 1955 – the upper-class districts of (esp.) Surrey, and a fruitful area for worthwhile housebreaking → sl.
• GIN AND JAGUAR BIRD
n. 1970 – a wealthy (usually married) woman from the upper-class districts, and in some senses likely to be ‘racy’ or sexually accommodating → sl.
• GIN-AND-TATTERS
n. 1887 – a dilapidated dram-drinker → colloq.
• GIN AROUND
vb. 1942 – to chase around → US sl. (Bk.)
• GIN-BOTTLE
n. 1909 – a dirty, abandoned, debased woman; the victim of alcoholic abuse, within an ace of inevitable death → sl.
• GIN-BUD
n. 1820 – a gin-induced spot or pimple on the face → sl.
• GIN BURGLAR
n. 1930 – a White man habitually consorting with Aborigine women → Aust.
• GIN-COASTER
n. 1880 – a pink gin with soda → sl.
• GIN-CRAWL
n. 1883 – a drinking bout on gin → sl.
• GINFUL
adj. 1300 – ingenious; crafty, guileful; deceitful, treacherous → obs.
• GINGAMBOBS
n. 1. 1690 – toys, baubles → sl. obs.
n. 2. ..19C – a man’s testicles → obs.
• GING-DING
phr. 1965 – said to a child when he asks “What are you making?” → Amer. dial.
• GINGER
adj. 1959 – homosexual → rhyming sl. for ‘queer’
n. 1. 1942 – a spirited horse → US sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. 1959 – a homosexual → rhyming sl. for ‘queer’
• GINGER-BEER
adj. 1959 – homosexual → rhyming sl. for ‘queer’
n. 1959 – a homosexual → rhyming sl. for ‘queer’
• GINGERBREAD
n. 1903 – money → sl. (Bk.)
• GINGER MARKS
n. 20C – excrement stains on underpants and knickers → UK sl
• GINGLEBOY
n. 1903 – £1 → sl. (Bk.)
• GINGLEBOYS
n. 1903 – money → sl. (Bk.)
• GINGLERS
n. Bk1903 – money → sl.
• GINICOMTWIG
vb. 1598 – to copulate → sl.
• GIN-JOCKEY
n. 1920 – a White man habitually consorting with Aborigine women → sl.
• GINK
n. 1. 1906 – a male person; a fellow → sl., orig. US, mainly derogatory
n. 2. 1913 – a sissy → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
n. 3. 1945 – a look, a glance → Aust. sl.
• GIN KEN
n. L18 – a gin shop → sl.
• GINKY
adj. 1970 – out of style; unfashionable → US high school sl. (Bk.)
• GIN-LANE
n. 1830 – the throat → sl.
• GIN MILLER
n. 1942 – a bartender → US sl. (Bk.)
► GINNOUS adj. crafty, guileful, cunning → 1425 obs.
• GINNY
n. 1942 – Virginia → US sl. (Bk.)
• GIN PALACE
n. 1942 – a staff car; any luxurious vehicle for the use of a superior officer → army sl.
• GIN UP
vb. 1942 – to intoxicate; to make dead drunk → US sl. (Bk.)
• GINZO
n. 1931 – (derogatory) a person of Italian extraction → US sl.
• GIP
n. 1. 1859 – a thief → sl.
n. 2. 1889 – a swindler, a cheat; a crook → US sl.
n. 3. 1910 – pain, actual or figurative → UK sl.
n. 4. 1914 – the victim of a swindle → US sl.
n. 5. 1930 – a cabdriver who does not start the meter, hence, can pocket the fare → US sl.
n. 6. 1942 – a female dog → US sl. (Bk.)
vb. 1. 1880 – to cheat; to defraud; to deceive; to charge exorbitantly; to swindle; to renege on one’s debts → US colloq.
vb. 2. 1918 – to steal, to filch; to rob from → US sl.
vb. 3. 1928 – to disappoint → US sl.
vb. 4. 1970 – to play truant from school → sl.
• GIP ARTIST
n. 1935 – a short-changer or other swindler → US sl.
• GIPPIE
n. 1889 – (usually offensive, often used contemptuously) an Egyptian → US military sl.
• GIPPO
adj. 1. 1910 – Egyptian → sl.
adj. 2. 1930 – pert. to a gypsy or gypsy culture → sl.
n. 1. ..L19 – (usually derogatory) a gypsy → sl.
n. 2. ..L19 – an Egyptian → sl.
n. 3. 1910 – bacon grease; fat → US sl.
n. 4. 1914 – any greasy gravy or sauce → sl., chiefly services’ usage
n. 5. 1916 – (usually derogatory) a native Egyptian soldier → sl.
n. 6. 1920 – contract work, a sub-contractor, a piece-worker → US sl.
n. 7. 1990 – an impoverished, badly dressed schoolchild → UK juvenile sl.
• GIPPY
adj. 1. 1910 – Egyptian → sl.
adj. 2. 1930 – pert. to a gypsy or gypsy culture → sl.
n. 1. 1889 – (usually derogatory) a native Egyptian soldier → sl.
n. 2. 1913 – a gypsy → sl.
n. 3. 1914 – any greasy gravy or sauce → sl., chiefly services’ usage
n. 4. 1920 – an Egyptian cigarette → sl.
• GIPPY TUMMY
n. 1943 – stomach troubles; diarrhoea; orig., that contracted in Egypt, but now extended to any such problems that tourists experience abroad or in ethnic restaurants at home → sl.
• GIPSEN SNOW
n. 1913 – a slight snowfall → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• GIPSY
adj. 1. ..20C – interfering, irritatingly inquisitive → W. Indies sl.
adj. 2. 1980 – independent of any organization, legal or otherwise → sl.
n. 1. 1950 – a prostitute who travels around for trade or lives in a trailer park → US sl.
n. 2. 1950 – an independent cab-driver or taxi-cab → US sl.
n. 3. 1953 – in trucking: an independent migratory trucker who owns and operates usually only a single tractor-trailer; hence, a truck so operated → US sl.
• GIPSY-LEGGED
adj. 19C – having slender ankles → Eng. dial.
• GIPSY’S (KISS)
n. 1970 – urination → rhyming sl. for ‘piss’
• GIPSY’S DEAL
n. 1990 – a business deal that never actually materializes → US sl.
• GIPSY’S GINGER
n. 20C – a pile of human excrement found out of doors → sl.
• GIPSY’S LEAVE
n. 20C – departure without warning and without settling one’s debts → sl.
• GIPSY’S WARNING
n. 1. 20C – morning; also as ‘good morning’ → rhyming sl.
n. 2. 20C – no warning at all → sl.
• GIRENE
n. 1894 – a US Marine → US sl.
• GIRG
n. 1820 – a creaking noise → Sc.
vb. 1513 – of a door or gate: to make a creaking noise, to grate, to jar, to vibrate → chiefly Sc., obs.
• GIRKE
n. 1555 – a stroke with a whip or wand; a stripe, a lash \→ obs.
• GIRL
n. 1942 – a mare or filly → US turf sl. (Bk.)
• GIRL-CATCHER
n. 19C – the penis → sl.
• GIRL-CHASER
n. 1942 – a philanderer → US sl. (Bk.)
• GIRL-DEB
n. 1940 – a female member of a street gang → US teen sl.
• GIRLEEN
n. 1836 – a young girl → Anglo-Irish
• GIRLERY
n. 19C – a brothel → sl.
• GIRLESK • GIRLESQUE
n. 1930 – a show featuring striptease women → US sl.
• GIRL FRIDAY
n. 1930 – a female secretary or personal assistant → sl., orig. US
• GIRLFRIEND
n. 1. 1950 – the male lover of another prisoner → S. Afr. prison sl.
n. 2. 1970 – a form of address from a man to a woman, not necessarily known → African-American sl.
n. 3. 1970 – cocaine → African-American sl.
n. 4. 1980 – a term of address between homosexual men → sl.
n. 5. 1980 – a term of address between lesbians, not necessarily in relationship → sl.
n. 6. 1990 – a term of address between women → sl., orig. & chiefly African-American
n. 7. 1990 – a woman → African-American sl.
n. 8. 1990 – any friend, irrespective of gender or sexuality; a lesbian → US homosexual sl.
• GIRL-GETTER
n. L19 – an effeminate male → sl.
• GIRL ON THE LOOSE
n. 1942 – an unmarried or widowed woman → US sl. (Bk.)
• GIRLY-MON
n. 20C – an effeminate or weak man → teen & high school sl.
• G.I.’s
n. 1946 – diarrhoea → Amer. dial.
• GISM
n. 1. 1842 – energy, vigour, vitality → sl.
n. 2. 1943 – pus → Amer. dial.
• G.I. SICKNESS
n. 1965 – diarrhoea → Amer. dial.
• GISMO
n. 1942 – a device or gadget; an unnamed thing → sl., orig. & chiefly US
• GIT
n. 1946 – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male → Brit. sl.
• GIT-BOX
n. 1937 – a guitar → US jazz sl.
• GIT-BOXER
n. 1942 – a guitar player → US sl. (Bk.)
• GIT-BUCKET
n. 1984 – a guitar → Amer. dial.
• GIT-FIDDLE
n. 1935 – a guitar → Amer. dial.
• GIT-FIDDLER
n. 1942 – a guitar player → US sl. (Bk.)
• GIT-FLIP
n. 1936 – a guitar → Amer. dial.
• GITLET
n. 1927 – an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
• G.I. TROTS
n. 1965 – diarrhoea → Amer. dial.
• GITTER PLINKER
n. 1942 – a guitar player → US sl. (Bk.)
• GITTSEY
n. 1887 – a term of endearment to an infant or baby → Eng. dial.
• GIT UP AND GIT
vb. 1942 – to depart hurriedly → US sl. (Bk.)
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