• I.D.
n. 1. c1920 US sl. – an identity card or other means of identification
n. 2. 1950s US sl. – the penis
vb. 1944 US sl. – to identify someone .
• IDA
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – Idaho
• I DAD!
int. Bk1905 Amer. dial. – an exclamation of surprise
• IDAHO BRAINSTORM
n. 1934 Amer. sl. – a dust-storm, a sandstorm
• IDAHO RAIN
n. c1971 Amer. sl. – a dust-storm, a sandstorm
• IDAHO RAINSTORM
n. 1930s US sl. – a dust storm
• IDAHO SHOWER
n. 1934 Amer. sl. – a dust-storm, a sandstorm
• I.D.B.
n. 1. 1884 S. Afr. colloq. – an Illicit Diamond Buyer
n. 2. 1920s Cockneys’ sl. – an Ignorant Dutch Bastard
• I’D CRAWL THREE MILES OVER BROKEN GLASS TO USE HER SHIT FOR TOOTHPASTE
phr. 1950s sl. – a hugely exaggerated phrase implying the extent of one’s infatuation
• IDEA
n. 1591 obs. – a person or thing regarded as perfect in its kind; the ideal realized in an individual
• THE IDEA!
int. 20C sl. – implies one’s (supposed) shock or disgust on hearing a proposition
• IDEA BOX
n. 1785 sl. – the brain, the head, knowledge
• IDEAGENOUS
adj. 1881 – producing or giving rise to an idea
• IDEA HAMSTER
n. 2001 UK sl. – a person who is employed to generate new ideas
• IDEAL HOME
n. 1950s rhyming sl. – a comb
• IDEALTY
n. 1635 obs. rare – a standard of excellence, an ideal
• IDEA-POT
n. 1751 – the head, the brain, knowledge
• IDEAS HAMSTER
n. 2001 UK sl. – a person who is employed to generate new ideas
• IDEATE
vb. 1610 – to form the idea of; to construct an idea; to imagine, to conceive
• IDEATION
n. 1829 – the formation of ideas or mental images of things not present to the senses
• IDEATIONAL
adj. 1853 – pert. to the formation of ideas
• IDEATIVE
adj. 1887 rare – pert. to the formation of ideas
• I’D EAT MY CHIPS OUT OF HER KNICKERS
phr. 1970s sl. – a statement of absolute (sexual) devotion
• I DECLARE
int. 1849 Amer. dial. – an exclamation of surprise
n. 1930s US rhyming sl. – a chair
• I DECLARE BEFORE THE LORD!
int. 1960 Amer. dial. – an exclamation of surprise
• IDEE
n. 1493 obs. – an idea
• IDEIST
n. 1697 obs. – an idealist
• I-DEME
vb. a900 obs. – to deem, to judge
• IDENT
adj. 1591 Sc. – diligent, persistent
• IDENTIC
adj. 1664 – identical
• IDENTIFIC
adj. 1678 obs. rare – doing the same; concurring in action
• IDENTITIAL
adj. 1635 obs. rare – identical
• IDENTITY
n. 1. 1862 Aust. & NZ sl. – a resident of long standing in a particular place
n. 2. 1874 Aust. & NZ sl. – a noted person; an odd, eccentric, or interesting person
• IDEOLATRY
n. 1869 – the worship of ideas
• IDEOPRAXIST
n. 1831 – one whose practice is actuated by an idea; one who embodies an idea in action
• I DESIRE
n. Bk1896 rhyming sl. – a fire
• IDGETS
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – very little things
• I’D HAVE DONE IT FOR A FARTHING
phr. L19 sl. – it would have taken very little persuasion to make me do it
• IDI
adj. 2003 UK sl. – cruel
• IDIASM
n. 1868 – a peculiarity, mannerism
• I DIDN’T COME DOWN IN THE LAST SHOWER
phr. 20C Aust. & NZ sl. – I’m not stupid; don’t take me for a fool
• I DIDN’T COME DOWN IN THE LAST SHOWER OF RAIN
phr. 20C Aust. sl. – I’m not stupid; don’t take me for a fool
• I DIDN’T FALL OFF A CHRISTMAS TREE
phr. 1940s sl. – I’m not stupid; don’t take me for a fool
• IDIOCETY
n. 1822 Sc. – idiocy
• IDIOCRACY
n. 1878 nonce word – personal rule or government
• IDIOCRASY
n. 1681 obs. – an idiosyncrasy
• IDIOGLOTTIC
adj. 1888 – using words of one’s own invention
• IDIOGRAPH
n. 1656 – one’s private mark or signature
• IDIOLATRY
n. a1626 nonce word – self-worship
• IDIOMACY
n. 1813 rare – idiomatic quality
• IDIOMATICISM
n. 1862 rare – an idiomatic expression
• IDIOMATISM
n. 1771 obs. rare – an idiomatic expression
• IDIOMATOLOGY
n. 1690 obs. rare – a collection of idioms
• IDIONOMY
n. 1651 obs. – individual constitution
• IDIOPT
n. 1833 rare – one who has some peculiarity of vision
• IDIOSYNCRASICAL
adj. 1633 obs. rare – pert. to idiosyncrasy
• IDIOSYNCRASIS
n. 1654 obs. rare – an idiosyncrasy
• IDIOT
n. 1950s sl., orig. US – the television; implies that TV watchers are less than normally intelligent
• IDIOTA
n. 1624 obs. rare – an idiot
• IDIOTACY
n. 1583 obs. rare – idiocy
• IDIOT BLOCKS
n. 1986 US sl. – options placed at the end of a staffing paper designed to allow the reader simply to tick the option which describes his decision
• IDIOT BOARD
n. 1952 UK sl. – in television: an out-of-camera board on which a performer’s lines are displayed
• IDIOT BOX
n. 1. 1955 sl., orig. US – the television; implies that TV watchers are less than normally intelligent
n. 2. 1990s sl. – a computer
n. 3. 1993 US sl. – an automatic car transmission
• IDIOT CARD
n. 1957 US sl. – in the television and film industries: a poster board with the dialogue written in huge letters for actors to read
• IDIOT FRINGE
n. L19 sl. – a popular hairstyle for girls and young women
• IDIOT-HEAD
n. 1988 Aust. sl. – a stupid person
• IDIOTICAL
adj. 1751 Sc. – idiotic, senseless, stupid
• IDIOTICALS
n. 1826 Sc. – foolish things; nonsense; cheap, trashy news
• IDIOTICON
n. 1842 – a dictionary confined to a particular dialect, or containing words and phrases peculiar to one part of a country
• IDIOTISH
adj. 1559 obs. – idiotic
• IDIOTISM
n. 1. 1588 obs. – the speech, language, or dialect peculiar to a country, age, etc.
n. 2. 1612 rare – the condition of being void of intellect or reason
n. 3. 1620 obs. – a peculiarity of action, manner, or habit
n. 4. 1635 – ignorance, lack of knowledge or culture
• IDIOTIST
n. 1715 obs. rare – a person without learning; an ignorant, uneducated man; a simple man; a clown
• IDIOTISTICAL
adj. 1715 obs. – used by the unlearned
• IDIOTIZE
vb. 1. 1716 obs. – to act in a way peculiar to themselves
vb. 2. a1800 – to become idiotic or stupid
vb. 3. 1831 – to make a fool of; to befool
• IDIOT JUICE
n. 1974 US sl. – any alcoholic beverage brewed in prison, esp. a nutmeg/water mixture
• IDIOT LIGHT
n. 1968 sl. – a warning light, usually red, that goes on when a fault occurs in a mechanical or electrical device
• IDIOTLY
adj. 1662 obs. rare – idiotic
• IDIOT OIL
n. 1980s sl. – alcohol
• IDIOT PILL
n. 1953 US sl. – a barbiturate or central nervous system depressant
• IDIOT-PROOF
adj. 1980s sl. – of a machine or mechanical process: supposedly designed to be comprehensible to even the least technologically minded person
• IDIOTRY
n. 1826 Sc. – folly, idiocy, idiotic behaviour
• IDIOT’S DELIGHT
n. 1959 US sl. – in dominoes: the 5-0 piece
• IDIOT-SHEETS
n. Bk1996 Aust. sl. – instruction sheets; cue cards; operation manuals
• IDIOT’S LANTERN
n. 1950s sl., orig. US – the television; implies that TV watchers are less than normally intelligent
• IDIOT SPOON
n. 1948 Amer. sl., esp. among loggers and miners – a shovel or other digging tool
• IDIOT STICK
n. 1. 1930s US sl., esp. among loggers and miners – a shovel
n. 2. 1930s US sl., esp. among loggers and miners – a hoe
n. 3. 1980 US sl. – a digging bar
n. 4. 1989 Can. sl. – a small carved copy of a totem pole
• IDIOT-STICK OPERATOR
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a common labourer
• IDIOT TOOL
n. 1980s US sl. – a shovel
• IDIOT TUBE
n. 1960s US sl. – the television
• IDIWUT
n. 1826 Sc. – an idiot
• IDJIT
n. Bk1997 Amer. dial. – an idiot
• IDJUT
n. Bk2002 Aust. sl. – an idiot
• IDLE
adj. 1. c825 obs. – empty, vacant; void of
adj. 2. 1548 –void of meaning or sense; foolish, silly, incoherent; also, of persons: light-headed, out of one’s mind, delirious
adj. 3. 1892 Eng. dial. obs. – mischievous, full of fun; saucy; flippant; restless
adj. 4. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – handy, useful
n. 1. a1000 obs. – idleness
n. 2. c1000 obs. rare – that which is useless, vain, or frivolous
n. 3. 1633 obs. – an idle person; an idler
n. 4. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – the cuckoo
• IDLE-BACK
n. 1. 1828 – an indolent or lazy person
n. 2. 1877 Eng. dial. – a loose piece of skin about the fingernail; a hangnail
• IDLE-BEING
n. 1562 obs. – being idle, idleness
• IDLE BELLIES
n. a1300 obs. – indolent sluggards or gluttons
• IDLE BREAD
n. 1972 Amer. dial. – unearned sustenance
• IDLEBY
n. 1589 obs. – an idle fellow; a loafer
• IDLED
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – idle
• IDLED-BACK
n. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – an idle person
n. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a piece of loose skin by the fingernail
• IDLEDOM
n. 1902 Sc. – idleness
• IDLE-EMPLOYED
adj. 1846 Sc. –at a loss for work, with little to do
• IDLEFUL
adj. 1483 obs. – full of idleness, idle
• IDLE HALL
n. 20C W. Indies sl. – a notional place used to mean a state of unemployment
• IDLEHEAD
n. c1250 obs. – idleness
• IDLE-HEADED
adj. 1. 1598 obs. – of little understanding or intellect; silly, foolish; crazy
adj. 2. 1599 obs. – off one’s head; out of one’s wits; distracted, delirious
• IDLEHOOD
n. c1540 arch. – idleness
• IDLE HUSSY
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – an immoral woman
• IDLE JUBBIE
n. 1990s W. Indies sl. – a young unemployed person
• IDLELAIK
n. c1200 obs. – idleness
• IDLEMAN
n. 1. 1331 rare – one who has no occupation; formerly, in Ireland, a ‘gentleman’, as opposed to a working man
n. 2. 1889 Eng. dial. – a man employed on a farm to do odd jobs
• IDLEMENT
n. 1622 obs. – idle or profitless occupation; an idling
• IDLE-MINDED
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. – slow-witted; wandering in mind; dull and stupid
• IDLENESS
n. 1. c825 obs. – vanity
n. 2. a1536 obs. rare – light-headedness, imbecility; delirium; also, folly, foolishness, silliness
n. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – wantonness, wickedness
• IDLE-PACK
n. 1. 1624 obs. – an idler
n. 2. 1888 Eng. dial. – a bad woman
• IDLE POOR
n. 1933 US prison sl. – unemployed convicts
• IDLERT
n. 1930 Sc. – one who wastes time; an idler
• THE IDLES
n. 1616 colloq. – idleness as an affection or distemper
• IDLESBY
n. 1611 obs. – an idle or lazy fellow; a loafer
• IDLE-SET
adj. 1880 Sc. – without work, idle
(nouns usually as ‘idleset’)
n. 1. 1591 Sc. – the condition of being reduced to idleness; want of employment
n. 2. 20C Ulster sl. – a fat stomach
• IDLESHIP
n. 1. a1250 obs. – vanity
n. 2. 1357 obs. – inactivity, want of occupation, indolence
• IDLESOME
adj. 1953 Amer. dial. – lazy, shiftless, slothful, unambitious
• IDLESS(E)
n. 1596 arch. – idleness, viewed in a poetic or romantic light
• IDLETIES
n. Bk1905 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – idle frolics
• IDLETON
n. 1762 Eng. dial. – an idle fellow
• IDLETY
n. 1825 Sc. – idleness; idle frolic, frivolity
• IDLE-WART
n. 1856 Eng. dial. – a hangnail
• IDLE-WEAL
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a hangnail
• IDLE-WELT
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a hangnail
• IDLE WORMS
n. 1607 – worms, once jocularly supposed to be bred in the fingers of lazy maidens
• IDLE YELP
n. c900 – vain boasting
• I’D LIKE TO HAVE THAT NOSE FULL OF GOLD-DUST
phr. Bk1996 Aust. sl. –said of a person with a very big nose
• IDLISH
adj. 1865 rare – somewhat idle
• I-DO
vb. 971 obs. – to do
• IDOCITY
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – quick comprehension, ability
• I DO DECLARE!
int. 1965 Amer. dial. – an exclamation of surprise
• IDOL
n. 1. 1548 obs. – a statue of a person or thing
n. 2. 1579 obs. – an inert, inactive person
n. 3. 1590 obs. – a counterpart, likeness, imitation
n. 4. 1590 obs. – a fictitious personation; a counterfeit, sham; a pretender
n. 5. 1937 Amer. dial. – a duck or goose decoy
n. 6. Bk1942 Amer. sl. –a loved one; a sweetheart
• IDOLANT
n. 1592 obs. – an idolater
• IDOLASTER
adj. 1584 obs. – idolatrous
n. c1386 obs. – a worshipper of idols or images; one who pays divine honours to an image or representation of a god, or to any natural object as a deity
• IDOLATER
n. 1. c1380 – a worshipper of idols or images; one who pays divine honours to an image or representation of a god, or to any natural object as a deity
n. 2. c1566 –an adorer, idolizer or devoted admirer of some person or thing
• IDOLATRESS
n. 1613 – a female idolater
• IDOLATRIC
adj. 1669 rare – pert. to idolatry; idolatrous
• IDOLATRICAL
adj. 1550 obs. – pert. to idolatry; idolatrous
• IDOLATRICALLY
adv. 1669 obs. – in an idolatrous way
• IDOLATRIOUS
adj. 1563 rare – idolatrous
• IDOLATRIZE
vb. 1. 1592 obs. – to worship an idol; to commit or practice idolatry
vb. 2. 1615 – to make an idol of; to worship idolatrously; fig: to adore; to admire excessively; to idolize
• IDOLATRIZER
n. 1642 – one who idolizes
• IDOLATROUS
adj. 1. 1550 – pert. to idolatry
adj. 2. 1600 – of a person: worshipping images or idols; given to the worship of idols or false gods
• IDOLATRY
n. 1. c1250 – the worship of idols or images; the paying or offering of divine honours to any created object
n. 2. c1386 – immoderate attachment to or veneration for any person or thing; admiration savouring of adoration
• IDOLEEZE
vb. 1837 Sc. – to idolize
• IDOLET
n. 1674 obs. – a little idol
• IDOLIFY
vb. 1838 – to make idol of
• IDOLILLO
n. 1646 obs. – a diminutive idol
• IDOLISH
adj. 1577-87 obs. – pert. to idols or their worship; heathenish; also, idolatrous
• IDOLISM
n. 1. 1608 – the practice of idolatry
n. 2. 1671 – a false mental image or notion; a fallacy
n. 3. 1825 – the act of idolizing, or making an idol of anything
• IDOLIST
n. 1614 – a believer in or worshipper of idols; an idolater
• IDOLISTIC
adj. 1846 – recognizing idols, idolatrous
• IDOLOCLAST
n. 1843 – a breaker or demolisher of idols; an iconoclast
• IDOLODOULIA
n. 1579 – veneration of any inferior kind given to idols or images
• IDOLOGRAPHICAL
adj. 1826 – descriptive of idols
• IDOLOLATER
n. a1641 obs. – an idolater
• IDOLOLATRIC
adj. a1711 obs. – idolatrous
• IDOLOLATRICAL
adj. 1550 obs. – idolatrous
• IDOLOLATRIFY
vb. a1641 obs. – to make the object of idolatry
• IDOLOLATROUS
adj. a1641 obs. – idolatrous
• IDOLOLATRY
n. 1550 obs. – idolatry
• IDOLOMANCY
n. 1652 – divination by idols, images, or figures
• IDOLOMANIA
n. 1660 – an infatuated devotion to idols; zealous idolatry
• IDOLOMANY
n. 1654 obs. – an infatuated devotion to idols; zealous idolatry
• IDOLOTHISM
n. 1607 obs. rare – the practice of offering to idols
• IDOLOTHYOUS
adj. 1607 obs. – offered or sacrificed to an idol
• IDOLOTHYTE
adj. 1562 obs. – offered to an idol
n. 1579 obs. – a thing offered to an idol
• IDOLOUS
adj. 1546 obs. – of the nature of an idol; affected to idols; idolatrous
• IDOLRY
n. 1535 obs. – idolatry
• IDOLUM
n. 1. 1619 – an image or unsubstantial appearance; a spectre or phantom; a mental image, an idea
n. 2. 1640 – a false mental image or conception; a fallacy
• IDONEAL
adj. 1760 rare – idoneous; apt, fit, or suitable
• IDONEITY
n. 1617 – fitness, suitableness or aptitude
• IDONEOUS
adj. a1615 rare – apt, fit, or suitable
• IDONEOUSNESS
n. 1727 – fitness, suitableness
• I DON’T CARE
n. 1930s US rhyming sl. – a chair
• I DON’T CHAW MY TERBACKER BUT ONCE
phr. Bk1997 Amer. dial. – I don’t say something more than once, I don’t repeat myself
• I DON’T GIVE A BUGGER
phr. 1960s Aust. sl. – I don’t care at all
• I DON’T GIVE A FAT RAT
phr. Bk1998 NZ sl. – an indication of supreme indifference
• I DON’T GIVE A HAPPY!
int. 1966 Amer. dial. – a mild oath
• I DON’T GIVE A HAPPY DAMN!
int. 1966 Amer. dial. – a mild oath
• I DON’T GIVE A HAPPY HOOLIGAN!
int. 1966 Amer. dial. – a mild oath
• I DON’T GIVE A HAPPY HOOT!
int. 1966 Amer. dial. – a mild oath
• I DON’T KNOW IF MY ARSEHOLE IS BORED OR PUNCHED
phr. E20 sl. – I am flummoxed, at a loss, too busy to think straight
• I DON’T LIKE THIS MOVIE
phr. 1960s US sl. – this is unpleasant or boring; I am not happy or comfortable
• I DON’T MAKE THE FRIES
phr. 1990s US teen sl. – used to express the fact that one does not have any influence on the outcome of life
• I DON’T THINK SO
phr. 1969 US sl. – used as a humorous rejection of the sentiment that has been expressed
• I DON’T WANT TO KNOW
phr. 1946 UK sl. – used as refusal to accept unwelcome news or facts
• IDREN
n. 1994 W. Indian, Rastafarian, and Black British usage – a friend; friends
• I’D SOONER SLEEP IN THE PASTURE AND PICK CORN OUT OF HORSEDROPPINGS
phr. Bk1997 Amer. dial. – I’d rather do almost anything else than what you propose
• IDY
n. Bk1997 Amer. dial. – an idea
• IDYAT BWAI
n. 1997 W. Indian patois – a fool (idiot boy)
• IER-OE
n. 1701 Sc. – a great-grandchild
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