• NOG
n. 1969 Aust. sl., derogatory – a person from Vietnam; a North Vietnamese or Vietcong soldier
• NOGAL
n. 1869 Amer. dial. – a walnut tree; a walnut
• NOGGER
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a lump on the head caused by a sharp blow or knock
• NOGGIN
n. 1. 1866 sl. orig. & chiefly US – the head
n. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a headache
n. 3. 1967 Amer. dial. – small pieces of wood used to start a fire
n. 4. 1969 Amer. dial. – a lump on the head caused by a sharp blow or knock
• NOGGIN-HEAD
n. 1970 Amer. dial. – the head
• NOGGLE
n. 1. 1966 Amer. dial. – a person’s head
n. 2. 1968 Amer. dial. – a lump on the head caused by a sharp blow or knock
• NOGGLE-HEAD
n. 1970 Amer. dial. – a person’s head
• NOGGY
adj. 1. B1900 Eng. dial. – drunk, slightly intoxicated, tipsy
adj. 2. B1900 Eng. dial. – of flax: full of knots and unevenness
n. 1. B1900 Eng. dial. – a young fool, a blockhead
n. 2. B1900 Eng. dial. – a small log or rough block of wood
n. 3. B1900 Eng. dial. – coarse thread
n. 4. B1900 Eng. dial. – a clog
n. 5. 1954 Aust. sl., derogatory or offensive – an Asian immigrant to Australia
• NOGHEAD
n. 1800 – a foolish or stupid person
• NO-GOOD
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – insignificant; trivial; worthless
n. 1924 Amer. sl. – a worthless individual
• NO-GOODER
n. 1936 Amer. sl. – a worthless individual
• NO-GOODNIK
n. 1936 US sl. – a worthless individual; a bad person; an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male
• NO GOOD TO GUNDY
adj. 20C Aust. sl. – unsatisfactory; broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless
• NO-GO PILL
n. 1961 military sl. – a sedative
• NO GREAT CATCH
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – insignificant; trivial; worthless
• NO GREAT KILL-ER-CURE
phr. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – no great importance
• NO GREAT SCRATCH
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – insignificant; trivial; worthless
• NO GREAT SHAKES
adj. 1. 1819 – indifferent
adj. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – insignificant; trivial; worthless
n. c1850 Amer. sl. – an unimportant or average person or group
• NO HAIR OFF ONE’S BROWS
phr. 20C sl. – implies one’s contemptuous lack of interest; I don’t care
• NO-HITTER
n. Bk1974 Amer. sl. – a baseball game in which a team makes no hits
• NO-HOPER
n. 1. 1943 sl., orig. Aust. – a hopeless case; one who displays marked incompetence; an ineffectual or incompetent person
n. 2. 20C Aust. sl. – an unpromising animal, as a second-rate racehorse, greyhound, etc.
• NO-HORN
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a cow that has never had horns
• NOHOW!
int. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – by no means; on no account
• NOINT
vb. 1. 1843 Eng. & Amer. dial. – to beat, to thrash, to chastise by word or act
vb. 2. 1876 Eng. dial. – to run, to hurry away
• NOINTED
adj. 1856 Eng. dial. – of persons: thoroughly bad, wholly given up to evil courses; notorious
• NOINTER
n. 1. 1884 Eng. dial. – a scapegrace, a mischievous fellow or child; a brat
n. 2. 1885 Eng. dial. – a trickster, a sharp, crafty person
n. 3. 1887 Eng. dial. – an energetic, pushing person
n. 4. B1900 Eng. dial. – something perplexing or puzzling
• NOINTING
adj. B1900 Eng. dial. – mischievous
n. 1876 Eng. dial. – a beating, a thrashing
• NO IRISH NEED APPLY!
int. Bk1896 Amer. – you’re not wanted; Git!
• NOISANT
adj. a1440 obs. rare – harmful, troublesome, grievous
• NOISE
n. 1. 1871 Amer. sl. – nonsensical talk; hence, foolishness
n. 2. 1908 Amer. sl. – a self-important person
n. 3. 1928 Amer. drug culture sl. – heroin
n. 4. 1942 Amer. sl. – information, news
n. 5. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – boasting
n. 6. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – rumour
n. 7. Bk1974 Amer. sl.- a gun
• NOISE-BOX
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – one who talks too much
• NOISE TOOL
n. 1922 Amer. jocular usage – a firearm
• NOISY-BOX
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – one who talks too much
• NOKES
n. 1679 – a fool, a simpleton, a ninny
• NO KID
phr. Bk1974 – a somewhat doubting response to a statement that seems not quite credible → Amer. sl.
• NO KIDDING!
int. 1914 – expresses sincerity → sl.
• NOLA
n. 1931 – an effeminate homosexual man: usually used derisively → Amer. sl.
• NOLITION
n. 1653 – unwillingness, absence of willing → obs.
• NOLL
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – a person’s head
• NOLLIE
n. 20C Aust. skateboarding usage – in skateboarding: a manoeuvre similar to an ‘ollie’ but off the nose of the board, rather than the tail
• NO-LOAD
n. 1929 Amer. dial. – a gloomy or lazy individual
• NO-MANNERS
adj. 1922 Amer. dial. – ill-mannered; rude, impolite, unmannerly
n. 1922 Amer. dial. – lack of manners; rudeness; impoliteness
• NO MILK IN THE COCO-NUT
adj. c1850 Brit. sl. – silly; mentally deranged
• NO MONEY IN HIS PURSE
adj. 19C Brit. sl. – impotent
• NO MORE ASS THAN A SODA CRACKER
phr. 1916 Amer. sl. – said of a woman with flat buttocks
• NO MORE USE THAN A DUCK QUACKING AGAINST THUNDER
adj. 1886 Eng. dial. – quite useless
• NO NAMES – NO PACK DRILL
phr. 1923 Brit. sl., orig. army sl. – the guilty party (or parties) will not be named and, therefore, cannot be punished
• NO-NATION
adj. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – worthless
• NONCE
n. 1975 prison sl. – a rapist or child molester; a sexual offender
• NONCE-BASHING
n. 20C Brit. & Aust. prison sl. – violent attacks against rapists, child molesters, or sexual offenders, esp. inside a prison
• NON COMPOS
adj. 1628 – not in control of the mind, insane, mad
• NONCURANTIST
adj. 1882 – marked by indifference
• NO-NECK
n. 20C Aust. sl. – a muscular, stupid man
• NONE OF ONE’S BUTT-IN
phr. 20C US sl. – none of one’s business
• NONE OF YOUR PALAVER
phr. 20C – no business of yours
• NONE SO DUSTY
phr. 1856 Brit. sl. – satisfactory
• NONESUCH
n. L18 Brit. sl. – the female genitals
• NONG
n. 1944 Aust. sl. – an oaf; a dolt; a stupid person; a fool; an idiot
• NONG-NONG
n. 1944 Aust. sl. – an oaf; a dolt; a stupid person
• NON-HEINOUS
adj. 1991 US sl. – good
• NONNOCK
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to play the fool; to play when one should be working; to idle away one’s time; to fidget
• NONNUCK
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to play the fool; to play when one should be working; to idle away one’s time; to fidget
• NONNY
n. 19C Aust. sl. obs. – an act of sexual intercourse
• NONNY-NONNY
n. 1. 18C Brit. sl. – a general term of avoidance; a word used to replace any word which is considered impolite or indelicate
n. 2. 19C Brit. sl. – an oaf; a blockhead; a stupid person
n. 3. 19C Brit. sl. – the female genitals
• NO-NO
n. 1. 1942 US sl. – something that ought not to be done
n. 2. 1975 UK sl. – an impossibility; a failure; any negative outcome
• NO NOTHING
n. 1884 UK sl. – nothing whatever
• NO-NO WAR IN NEVER-NEVER LAND
n. 1990 US sl. – the US secret war against Pathet Lao communist forces in Laos
• NONPATIENCE
n. 1486 obs. – an alleged term for a ‘company’ of wives
• NONPRODUCER
n. 1963 US sl. – a professional gambler who cannot be counted on to lose a great deal of money while gambling in a casino
• NON-RESIDENTING
adj. 1709 Sc. – non-resident
• NON-SCENE
adj. 20C Aust. sl. – of a homosexual: not partaking or involved in the public homosexual word, such as frequenting gay bars, etc.
• NONSELLER
n. 1986 US sl. – a plan that almost certainly will be rejected
• NONSENSE
n. Bk1903 sl. – money
• NONSICAL
adj. 1876 Eng. dial. – nonsensical; eccentric
• NON-SKID
n. 1. 1920s US sl. – a woman who can hold her drink
n. 2. 1930s rhyming sl. for ‘Yid’ – a Jew
• NON SPEAKS
n. 1977 UK sl. – a state of having been excluded from society
• NON STARTER
n. 1934 UK sl. – something or someone that has no chance of success
• NONSUCH
n. L18 Brit. sl. – the female genitals
• NON-THOUGHTED
adj. 1968 Amer. dial. – thoughtless
• NONTLE
vb. 1820 Eng. dial. – to raise; to elevate gently
• NON TRIER
n. 1966 Aust. sl. – a racehorse that is not being run to win
• NONTRIVIAL
adj. 1997 US sl. – extremely complex
• NONTRUST
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a treacherous person
• NONTY-NIDDLETY
n. B1900 Eng. dial. – a silly fellow
• NO-NUTS
n. 20C Aust. sl. – an effeminate male; a wimp; a wuss
• NOOB
n. 2005 UK sl. – in snowboarding: a beginner
• NOOBY
n. 1927 Amer. dial. – a scarf
• NO ODDS
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – insignificant; trivial; worthless
• NOODLE
n. 1. 1753 sl. – a silly, stupid, unthinking, or forgetful person; a foolish person
n. 2. 1914 sl. – the head
n. 3. 1966 Amer. dial. – the rump of a cooked chicken
vb. Bk1974 Amer. sl. – to think, to think over, to study
• NOODLE-NETTLE TO WIND UP THE SUN
phr. 1965 Amer. dial. – said to a child when he asks “What are you making?”
• NOODLE SOUP
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – nonsense
• NOOGIE
n. 1988 Amer. dial. – the act of striking or vigorously rubbing someone, usually on the head, with the knuckles
• NO OIL PAINTING
n. 1930 euphemism – an ugly person or thing
• NOOK
n. 1959 sl., orig. US – a nuclear bomb, missile, etc.
vb. 1967 sl. – to bomb or destroy with nuclear weapons
• NOOKER
n. 1. E20 US sl. – the female genitals; the vagina
n. 2. M20 US sl. – copulation
• NOOKIE
n. 1. 1928 sl. – sexual intercourse
n. 2. E20 US sl. – the female genitals; the vagina
n. 3. E20 US sl. – women considered solely as sexual objects
• NOOKY
adj. 1875 Eng. dial. – cross, ill-tempered, ill to deal with
n. 1. 1928 sl. – sexual intercourse
n. 2. E20 US sl. – the female genitals; the vagina
n. 3. E20 US sl. – women considered solely as sexual objects
• NOON
vb. 1805 Amer. dial. – to take a midday break from work or travel for food and rest
• NO ONE AT HOME
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – inattentive; absent-minded
• NOONEY
n. M20 US homosexual sl. – the penis
• NOONING
n. 1687 Amer. dial. – a midday break
• NOON OF NIGHT
n. 1710 poetic usage – midnight
• NOORSE
vb. 1950s sl. – to cause problems, to annoy, to ruin a plan
• THE NOOSE
n. 20C US sl. – marriage
• THE NOOSE IS HANGING
phr. c1955 Amer. sl. – everything is ready; everyone is waiting, eager, and expectant
• NOOSHNICK
n. 1945 Amer. dial. – a privy
• NOOSHNIK
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a privy
• NOOV; NOOVE
n. 1984 Brit. sl., derogatory – a member of the nouveuax riches
• NO PANIC
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – mediocre
• NOPER
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – anything large of its kind
• NO PICNIC
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – unpleasant; disagreeable
• NOPLACEVILLE
adj. Bk1974 Amer. sl. – a place or time suitable to squares, hence: square, dull, corny
n. Bk1974 Amer. sl. – a dull or boring place or town; a small town; a jerkwater town
• NOPPER
n. B1900 sl. – the head
• NOPPY
adj. 1. 1877 Eng. dial. – tidy, neat
adj. 2. 1879 Eng. dial. – slightly intoxicated
n. B1900 Eng. dial. – a child’s name for the head
• NO PRIZE
n. 1. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – something unattractive
n. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – an unattractive person
• NO PRIZE PACKAGE
n. 1. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – something unattractive
n. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – an unattractive person
• NO PROBLEMO
phr. 1991 US sl. – no problem
• NORAS
n. 1992 Aust. sl. – breasts
• NORATE
vb. 1. 1851 Amer. dial. – to rumour, to report; to advertise; to spread by word of mouth
vb. 2. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – to narrate
• NORATION
n. 1853 Amer. dial. – an announcement, rumour, or a long, rambling account
• NO RAVE
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – mediocre
• NORDLE
n. 1997 UK sl. – marijuana
• NORFOLK DUMPLING
n. 19C – a native of Norfolk
• NORG
n. 1962 Aust. sl. – a woman’s breast
• NORGIES
n. M20 Aust. sl. – the breasts
► NORISH adj. Norwegian → a1639 obs.
• NO RISK!
int. 1969 Aust. sl. – for sure, with certainty
• NORKERS
n. M20 Aust. sl. – the breasts
• NORKS
n. 1962 Aust. sl. – the female breasts
• NORM
n. 1. 1983 US sl. – a normal person; a dully conventional person
n. 2. 20C Aust. sl. – an average citizen viewed as a non-participant in any kind of physical exercise while addicted to watching spectator sports on television
vb. 2001 UK sl. – to behave in an unremarkable or conventional manner
• NORMAL
n. 1983 US sl. – a normal person; a dully conventional person
• NORMANDY (BEACH)
n. 1998 UK rhyming sl. – a speech
• NORMA STOCKERS
n. 1988 Aust. sl. (corruption of ‘enormous knockers’) – large female breasts
• NORMIE
n. 1998 US sl. – someone who is not addicted to anything
• NORRIS MCWHIRTER
n. 2002 UK rhyming sl. for ‘squirter’ – diarrhoea
• NORSKI
n. 1. 20C US sl. – a nickname for a Swede
n. 2. 1929 Amer. dial. – a person of Norwegian descent
• NORSKI COFFEE
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – very strong coffee
• NORSKY
n. 1929 Amer. dial. – a person of Norwegian descent
• NORTH AND SOUTH
n. 1858 rhyming sl. – the mouth
• NORTH CIRC
n. 1997 UK sl. – London’s North Circular road
• NORTH-CRAWLEY
adj. 1854 Eng. dial. – awry, crooked
• NORTHEASTER
n. 1. Bk1903 sl. – sixpence
n. 2. Bk1903 sl. – 1 shilling
• NORTHEAST KINGDOM
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – the northeastern part of Vermont
• NORTH END
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – the rump of a cooked chicken
• NORTH END GOING SOUTH
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – the rump of a cooked chicken
• NORTH END OF A CHICKEN
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – the rump of a cooked chicken
• NORTH END OF A CHICKEN FLYING SOUTH
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – the rump of a cooked chicken
• NORTH END OF A CHICKEN HEADING SOUTH
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – the rump of a cooked chicken
• NORTH END OF A SOUTHBOUND CHICKEN
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – the rump of a cooked chicken
• NORTH END ROUND
n. 1987 Can. sl. – bologna
• NORTHER
n. 1827 US sl. – a cold wind from the north
• NORTHERN COFFEE
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – very weak coffee
• NORTHERN LIGHTS
n. 1. 2002 Can. sl. – in British Columbia: a local variety of marijuana
n. 2. 2003 Netherlands sl. – a superior variety of hashish produced in Holland from northern lights marijuana pollen
• NORTHERN NANNY
n. 1889 Eng. dial. – a cold storm of hail and wind from the north
• NORTH POLE
n. L19 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘hole’ – the anus
• NORTH SHORE HOLDEN
n. 20C Aust. (Sydney) sl. – a Volvo car
• NORWEGIAN COFFEE
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – very strong coffee
• NORWEGIAN STEAM
n. 1944 US sl. – brute physical exertion
• NORWEGIAN SUMMER
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – a mild winter
• NORWICH
phr. 1960 UK usage (well used by servicemen) – written on a letter, or at the foot of a lover’s letters as lovers’ code for ‘Knickers Off Ready When I Come Home’
• NORZ
n. 1950s sl. – an unpleasant person
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