• GO TO ABNEY PARK
vb. L19 sl. – to die
• GO TO BALLWHACK!
int. 1967 Amer. dial. – go to hell!
• GO TO BALLYHACK!
int. 1859 Amer. dial. – go to hell!
• GO TO BALLYWACK!
int. 1905 Amer. dial. – go to hell!
• GO TO BATH
int. 1837 – go away, you’re insane!
vb. M17 – to take up life as a beggar
• GO TO BEAT THE BAND
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to go fast
• GO TO BEAT THE CARS
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to go fast
• GO TO BEAT THE DEUCE
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to go fast
• GO TO BEAT THE DEVIL
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to go fast
• GO TO BEAT THE DUTCH
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to go fast
• GO TO BEE-BO
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to go to sleep
• GO TO BEO
phr. 1891 Eng. dial. – go to sleep
• GO TO BLAZES!
int. 1965 Amer. dial. – go to hell!
• GO TO BLUE BLAZES!
int. 1937 Amer. dial. – go away!
• GO TO CA-CA
vb. L19 sl. – to defecate
• GO TO CAMP
vb. 1887 Aust. sl. – to go to bed; to take rest
• GO TO DADDOCKS
vb. 1887 Eng. dial. – to be utterly rotten, to go to pieces
• GO TO DAVY JONES’S LOCKER
vb. M18 sl. – to die
• GO TO GRASS
int. 1891 Amer. dial. – go to hell! get lost!
vb. 1858 Amer. dial. – to die
• GO TO GRASS AND EAT BOG HAY!
int. 1844 Amer. dial. – go to hell! get lost!
• GO TO GRASS AND EAT HAY!
int. 1939 Amer. dial. – go to hell! get lost!
• GO TO GRASS AND EAT MULLEIN!
int. 1890 Amer. dial. – go to hell! get lost!
• GO TO HABERTY-GRASS!
int. 1967 Amer. dial. – go to hell! go to the devil!
• GO TO HABIDYGRASS!
int. 1927 Amer. dial. – go to hell! go to the devil!
• GO TO HALIFAX!
int. 1875 Eng. & Amer. dial. – a mild substitute for direction to go to a place not to be named to polite ears; go to hell!
• GO TO HANOVER!
int. B1900 Eng. & Amer. dial. – go to hell!
• GO TO HANOVER AND HOE TURNIPS!
int. B1900 Eng. dial. – go to hell!
• GO TO HAVERTY-GRASS!
int. 1895 Amer. dial. – go to hell! go to the devil!
• GO TO HAZE!
int. 1968 Amer. dial. – go to hell!
• GO TO HEAVEN IN A HAND BASKET
vb. 1. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – to have a sinecure
vb. 2. 1923 Amer. dial. – to do something easily
• GO TO HELENA MONTANA!
int. 1966 Amer. dial. – go to hell
• GO TO HELL ACROSS LOTS!
int. M19 US sl. – exclamation of dismissal, the implication being that they should go with speed
• GO TO HELL IN A HANDBAG
vb. 1987 Amer. dial. – to be in a bad state, to be heading for trouble
• GO TO JERICHO
int. c1635 colloq. – an exclamation of dismissal; go to the devil!; go to hell!
vb. M18 sl. – to become drunk
• GO TO LEATHER
vb. 1922 Amer. dial. – to hold on to the saddle while riding a horse
• GO TO LOGGERHEADS
vb. 1755 Amer. dial. – to come into conflict, to argue, to come to blows, to fight
• GO TO LOVERS’ LAIR
vb. c1560 Sc. obs. – to study or take instruction in love
• GO TO MARKET
vb. 1. 1870 Aust. & NZ sl. – to be or get angry
vb. 2. 1890 – to make an attempt at something
• GO-TO-MEETING BAGS
n. 1870 sl. – best clothes
• GO TO MERRY-MOKUS!
int. 1893 Eng. dial. – an expletive
• GO TO NAPPER’S HOUSE
vb. 1944 Amer. dial. – to go to sleep
• GO TO NAPPY’S HOUSE
vb. 1966 Amer. dial. – to go to sleep
• GOT ONE’S HOPS IN
vb. c1933 sl. – to be tipsy
• GO TO ONE’S LONG HOME
vb. c1657 Amer. dial. – to die
• GO TO PECKHAM
vb. 19C colloq. – to go to, to sit down to a meal
• GO TO PEEPY-BY
vb. c1840 sl. – to fall asleep
• GO TO PIGS AND WHISTLES
vb. 1786 – to be ruined, to go to utter ruin; to be dissipated
• GO TO QUAT
vb. 1. 19C colloq. – to defecate
vb. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to collapse
• GO TO REPPS!
int. Bk1904 Eng. dial. – an exclamation of contempt or disbelief
• GO TO RICHMOND
vb. 1944 Amer. dial. – to become pregnant; to be near to giving birth to a child
• GO TO SCAT AND BURST
vb. Bk1904 Eng. dial. – to go to pieces
• GO TO SEE EARL
vb. 1960s US sl. – to vomit
• GO TO SEE THE PRESIDENT’S WIFE
vb. 1967 Amer. dial. – to go to the outhouse
• GO TO SIEGE
vb. c1400 obs. – to go to stool, to ease oneself; to defecate
• GO TO STICKS
vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – to go to pieces
• GO TO STIR
vb. Amer. World War I sl. – to go to prison
• GO TO THE BAD
vb. 1. B1860 Eng. sl. – to go to ruin
vb. 2. c1960 Amer. dial. – to deteriorate morally or physically; to become slovenly, careless, or immoral
• GO TO THE BASKET
vb. 1632 – to go to prison
• GO TO THE BOW-WOWS
vb. 1839 Amer. sl. – ‘go to the dogs’; to fail
• GO TO THE BUGS
vb. 1828 Amer. dial. obs. – to go to destruction; to come to nothing
• GO TO THE DOGS
vb. 1619 colloq. – to go to ruin physically or morally
• GO TO THE FEATHER BALL
vb. 1950 Amer. dial. – to go to bed
• GO TO THE LAST MUSTER
vb. 20C US euphemism – to die
• GO TO THE MAT
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to hold open discussion or debate
• GO TO THE PACK
vb. 1. 1919 Aust. & NZ colloq. – to go to pieces; to lose a leading position; to deteriorate; to fall into disrepute
vb. 2. 20C Aust. sl. – to give up; to admit defeat
vb. 3. E20 Aust. & NZ colloq. – to fail persistently
• GO TO THE SCHOOL OF PLACEBO
vb. M14 sl. – to be a toady or sycophant
• GO TO THE WALL
vb. 1. 1589 – to give way, to succumb in a conflict or struggle
vb. 2. 1842 – to fail in business, to be ruined, to collapse financially
vb. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to die
• GO TO TORMENT!
int. 1965 Amer. dial. – go to hell!
• GO TO TOWN
vb. 1. 1933 UK sl. – to make the utmost effort; to tackle something with zest and vigour
vb. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to go fast
• GO TO TOWN ON
vb. 1992 Ireland – to attack excessively either verbally or physically
• GO TO WORK WITHOUT A STAFF
vb. 2001 US sl. – of a female: to masturbate
• GOTROCKS
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a nickname for a rich, high-society person
• GO TROPPO
vb. 1941 Aust. sl. – to become mentally unhinged, as if from exposure to a tropical climate
• GOT THE BUG
adj. 1966 Amer. dial. – eager to get married
• GOT UP
adj. 1858 sl. – dressed in unusual clothing
• GOT UP LIKE A DOG’S DINNER
adj. 1934 sl. – dressed smartly or flashily
• GOT UP LIKE A POX DOCTOR’S CLERK
adj. 1949 Brit. sl. – smartly dressed; used derisively
• GO ‘TWIXT THE OAK AND THE RIND
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to make fine distinctions; to split hairs, to quibble
• GOT YOUR BOYFRIEND
phr. 1969 Amer. dial. – said when your skirt is turned up accidentally just a little
• GOUBER
n. 1900 Amer. dial. – a peanut
• GOUBER-GRABBLER
n. 1869 Amer. dial. – an inhabitant of Georgia
• GOUBER PEA
n. 1833 Amer. dial. – a peanut
• GOUDY
n. 1865 Amer. dial. – a beating, a hard time
• GOUGE
vb. 1. 1834 Amer. dial. – to jab, to poke
vb. 2. 1863 Amer. dial. – to lunge, to dart
vb. 3. Bk1905 Amer. sl. – to cheat
vb. 4. 1965 Amer. dial. – to gobble, to gorge oneself, to eat greedily
• GOUK
n. 1910s sl., orig. US – a dull, stupid, foolish person
• GOULASH
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – nonsense
• GO UNDER
vb. 1848 Amer. dial. – to fail; to perish; to die
• GO UNDER THE HAMMER
vb. 1828 – to be sold by auction
• GOUNSH
n. 1939 Amer. dial. – a swing
vb. 1872 Amer. dial. – to swing, to bounce
• GOUP
n. 20C US sl. & colloq. – a clod, an oaf
• GO-UP
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a ladder
vb. US Civil War usage – (as ‘go up’) to be killed
• GO UP IN THE AIR
vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – to lose self-control from vexation
• GO UP KING STREET
vb. 1950s Aust. sl. – to become bankrupt
• GO UP ONE’S BACK
vb. 1932 Sc. – to be beyond one’s power
• GO UP SALT RIVER
vb. 1945 US sl. – to die
• GO UPSTAIRS
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to travel in an airplane
• GO UP THE BACK DOOR
vb. 19C sl. – to have heterosexual anal intercourse
• GO UP THE LADDER
vb. 19C – to be hanged
• GO UP THE MUSTARD ROAD
vb. 1970s US sl. – to sodomize
• GO UP THE RAINBOW
vb. 1972 UK sl. – to experience sexual ecstasy
• GO UP THE SKIMMER HANDLE
vb. 1986 Amer. dial. – to be extremely annoyed
• GO UP THE WALL
vb. 1951 sl. – to become angry; to become crazy or furious
• GO UPTOWN
vb. 1976 Amer. dial. – to gain respectability
• GOURD
n. a1844 Amer. dial. – the head
• GOURDE
n. c1867 Amer. dial. – a dollar
• GOURD HANDLES
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – men’s long underwear
• GOURDHEAD
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – the head
• GOURDS
n. Bk1896 sl. – dice
• GOURDY
adj. 1. 1942 Amer. dial. – green
adj. 2. 1953 Amer. dial. – inexperienced, unsophisticated, countrified
• GOUT
n. 1899 Amer. dial. – a lump of something semiliquid; a lump of clotted blood; a lump of snow
• GOUTY
adj. 1899 Amer. dial. – of thread: full of knots, tangles, and kinks
• GO VEAKING ABOUT
vb. 1892 Eng. dial. – to be fretful
• GOVERNMENT BEEF
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – an illegally shot deer or its meat
• GOVERNMENT COW
n. 1933 Amer. dial. – deer
• GOVERNMENT HOUSE
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – an outside toilet building
• GOVERNMENT JOB
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – personal work done on company time
• GOVERNMENT MEAT
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – an illegally shot deer or its meat
• GOVERNMENT SOCKS
n. 1923 Amer. dial. – no socks at all; bare legs
• GOVERNMENT YEARLING
n. 1933 Amer. dial. – deer
• GOVERNOR
n. 1. 1827 sl. – father
n. 2. 1888 Amer. dial. – one’s grandfather, or husband
n. 3. 1942 Amer. sl. – a superior, a boss; a manager or owner; a superintendent
• GOVERNORS
n. 1983 Amer. dial. – the testicles of livestock
• GOVERNOR’S BEEF
n. 1982 Amer. dial. – an illegally shot deer or its meat, venison
• GOVERNOR’S GATE
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – the gap left in a child’s mouth where he has lost a front tooth
• GOV’NOR
n. 1. M19 – a boss; an important, influential person
n. 2. M19 – a general term of address
n. 3. M19 – one’s father
n. 4. 1999 UK sl. – the landlord of a public house
• GOW
n. 1930 Amer. dial. – a gelding
• GO WALKABOUT
vb. 1. 1927 Aust. – of an Aboriginal: to go on a walkabout
vb. 2. 1969 Aust. sl. – of a person: to go off somewhere else
vb. 3. 1984 UK sl. – of an important person: to make an informal tour on foot
• GO WALLOP
vb. 1896 – to fall noisily
• GO ‘WAY!
int. 1922 Amer. dial. – an expression of disbelief
• GO WAY BACK AND SIT DOWN!
int. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – don’t be ridiculous!
• GO WAY BACK IN THE WOODS AND SIT DOWN!
int. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – don’t be ridiculous!
• GO-‘WAY BAG
n. 1927 Amer. dial. – a travelling bag or suitcase
• GO ‘WAY FROM HERE!
int. 1965 Amer. dial. – an expression of disbelief
• GO WAY TO HALIFAX
vb. 1903 Amer. dial. – to go out of the way, or an unnecessarily long distance
• GOWDY
n. 1865 Amer. dial. – a beating, a hard time
• GOWED UP
adj. Bk2004 World War I navy sl. – drunk
• GO WEST
vb. 1915 sl. – to die
• GO WIDE
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to go at full speed
• GO WIDE OPEN
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to go at full speed
• GO WITH
vb. 1892 sl. – to have a sexual relationship with
• GO WITH A BUZZ
vb. 1899 – to advance rapidly or ‘swimmingly’
• GOWL
n. 1930 Amer. dial. – a horse
• GO WRONG
vb. 20C US criminals’ sl. – to turn informer
• GOWROW
n. 1935 Amer. dial. – a fabulous monster
• GOWSTER
vb. 1674 Eng. dial. – to behave in a noisy, boisterous, or swaggering fashion; to frolic and romp; to brag or boast; also, to laugh noisily
• GO-YONDERS
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – diarrhoea; looseness of the bowels
• GOYSTER
vb. 1674 Eng. dial. – to behave in a noisy, boisterous, or swaggering fashion; to frolic and romp; to brag or boast; also, to laugh noisily
• GOZZARD
n. 1. E15 – a gooseherd, one who tends to a flock of geese
n. 2. B1900 Eng. dial. – a fool, a simpleton
• GOZZIE
n. L19 Aust. sl. – a gooseberry
• GOZZLE
n. 1906 Amer. dial. – the throat as a whole, or the gullet, the windpipe, or Adam’s apple
vb. 1966 Amer. dial. – to swallow or drink greedily
• GOZZLE PIPE
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – the throat
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