Dictionary: OI – OJ

• OI!
int. a meaningless noise used to draw attention or cry in protest …1936 UK sl.

• OICERY
n. the sleeping quarters of the officer in charge (OIC) …1959 Antarctica usage

• OICK
n. 1. a low-class fellow …L19 schools’ sl.
n. 2. an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1925 Brit. sl.

• OICKMAN
n. a labourer, a shopkeeper; hence, an objectionable fellow …1925 UK sl.

• OIDS
n. corticosteroids …1981 Amer. medical sl.

• OIK
n. 1. a low-class fellow …L19 schools’ sl.
n. 2. an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1925 Brit. sl.

• OIKISH
adj. unpleasant, crude, vulgar; usually used of a youth …1930s sl.

• OIL
n. 1. vaginal secretions …17C sl.
n. 2. semen …17C sl.
n. 3. wine …M19 sl.
n. 4. money …1885 Amer. sl.
n. 5. pretentiousness, presumption …20C UK sl.
n. 6. nitroglycerine …1902 Amer. sl., chiefly criminals’
n. 7. bribe money; a bribe …1903 Amer. sl.
n. 8. a lotion or liniment of any description; generally in plural …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 9. facility, ability …1910s sl.
n. 10. a heavy drinker …1910s sl.
n. 11. in pool: extreme spin imparted to the cue ball to affect the course of the object ball or the cue ball after striking the object ball …1912 US sl.
n. 12. information, which ‘oils’ the wheels of communication …1915 Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 13. an alcoholic beverage, esp. whisky …1917 Amer. sl.
n. 14. insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; unctuous flattery; humbug; suavity …1917 Amer. sl.
n. 15. in safe-breaking: dynamite, or nitroglycerin …1924 criminals’ sl.
n. 16. chewing tobacco …1928 Amer. navy sl.
n. 17. tea …c1930 army sl.
n. 18. lies, misinformation …1930s sl.
n. 19. trouble …1934 Amer. sl.
n. 20. coffee …1942 Amer. sl.
n. 21. nonsense …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 22. an alcohol extract of hashish or cannabis sativa …1960s US drug culture sl.
n. 23. heroin …1980s drug culture sl.
n. 24. phencyclidine …1980s drug culture sl.
n. 25. in horse racing: confidential and reliable information about a horse …1989 Aust. sl.
n. 26. a potent distillate of marijuana or hashish …1996 US sl.
vb. 1. to hit, to beat, to whip …L18 sl.
vb. 2. to toady; to ‘oil one’s way in’; to intrude …19C sl.
vb. 3. to cheat; to act in an underhand way; to obtain unfairly; to evade …L19 sl.
vb. 4. to drink; to get drunk …L19 sl.
vb. 5. to move quietly, stealthily, or in an underhand, surreptitious manner …1920s sl.
vb. 6. to persuade in some deceitful manner  …1920s US sl.
vb. 7. in safe-breaking: to use nitroglycerin on a safe …1925 US sl.
vb. 8. to pay graft or bribery money; to fix the police or other public officials …1935 sl.
vb. 9. to inject oneself with a drug, usually heroin …1981 drug culture sl.

• THE OIL
n. 1. news, information …20C Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 2. flattery …1935 US sl.
n. 3. the complete truth, the lowdown …1998 NZ sl.

• OIL AND WATER KING
n. aboard ship: the engineer controlling fresh water distillation …1986 US sl.

• OIL BAGS
n. the buttocks …1960s African-American sl.

• OIL-BERRY
n. 1382 – an olive → obs.

• OIL BURNER
n. 1. one who chews tobacco …1928 Amer. dial.
n. 2. any old or dilapidated vehicle, esp. a car or ship …20C sl.
n. 3. a vehicle which, through a malfunctioning or dirty engine, uses up a disproportionate quantity of oil …1930s sl.
n. 4. an addict with a very high intake of narcotics …1930s US drug culture sl.
n. 5. a serious drug addiction …1938 US sl.
n. 6. in horse racing: a fast horse …1951 US sl.
n. 7. a jet plane that uses kerosene-based fuel …1955 Amer. military sl.
n. 8. an exceptionally able or hard-working person …1960s US sl.
n. 9. a severe and expensive drug addiction …1962 Amer. sl.
n. 10. in trucking: a diesel engine …1971 US sl.
n. 11. on the railroad: a smoking car …1976 Amer. sl.

• OIL-BURNER HABIT
n. an extremely heavy level of heroin addiction …1930s US drug culture sl.

• OIL-BURNING
adj. of a drug addiction: severe …1972 US sl.

• OIL-BURNING HABIT
n. 1. a ravenous appetite for drugs …1938 Amer. sl.
n. 2. an extremely heavy level of heroin addiction …1930s US drug culture sl.

• OIL-BUTT
n. in whaling: a whale likely to yield much oil …1823 Amer. sl.

• OIL CAN
n. 1. a German trench-mortar bomb in World War I …1917 sl.
n. 2. a worthless person or thing; a good-for-nothing …1920 Amer. sl.
n. 3. a liquor bottle …1929 Amer. sl.
n. 4. an unpleasant person …1933 US sl.
n. 5. an automobile …1940s US sl., derogatory
n. 6. something unattractive …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 7. a railway tank wagon …1946 US sl.
vb. (as ‘oil-can’) of a boat: to make a hollow booming sound striking the water …1990 US sl.

• OIL D’OLIVE
. olive oil …c1400 obs.

• OILED
adj. 1. drunk …1737 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. ready; well-prepared …1999 UK sl.

• OILED BEHIND
n. the buttocks after a beating …1930s African-American sl.

• OILED HEAD
n. a head that has been beaten, usually by the police …1930s African-American sl.

• OILED TO THE GILLS
adj. drunk …1963-64 Amer. sl.

• OILED UP
adj. drunk …1737 US sl.

• OILEOUS
 adj. full of or containing oil; oily …1597 obs. rare

• OILER
n. 1. an oil well …L19 sl.
n. 2. an oilskin or oilcloth coat and/or trousers …L19 sl., orig. US
n. 3. a Mexican …1907 Amer. sl., derogatory
n. 4. a heavy drinker; a drunkard …1916 Amer. sl.
n. 5. one who is regularly involved in fights …1930s African-American sl.
n. 6. a burglar addicted to the use of nitroglycerin …1925 US sl.
n. 7. a smoker of hashish oil …M20 US drug culture sl.

• OILET
n. a frying-pan; a gridiron …1870 Eng. dial.

• OIL GARDEN
n. a garden of olives grown for oil …1535

• OILIES
n. work clothes …1954 US sl.

• OIL IN
vb. to enter, to intrude …1920s sl.

• OILING
n. a thrashing, a beating …Bk1905 Eng. dial.

• OILINS BOILINS
adv. whether you like it or no, willing or unwilling, nolens volens  …1855 Eng. dial.

• OIL IN THE CAN
n. in horse racing: a horse believed by its backers to be a sure winner …1951 US sl.

• OILISH
adj. resembling oil; somewhat oily …1471 obs.

• OIL IT
vb. to study late into the night …1975 US sl.

• OIL KING
n. a petty officer responsible for fuel levels, records, etc.; the man detailed to check oil aboard ship …1947 Amer. nautical sl.

• OIL LEAK
n. a Sikh …1998 UK rhyming sl.

• OIL MERCHANT
n. 1. a flatterer …1935 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a confidence man, a clever swindler …1935 Amer. sl.

• OIL OF ANGELS
n. 1. a gift, a bribe …16C sl.
n. 2. money used for bribery …L16 sl.

• OIL OF ARGENTUM
n. money …E18 sl.

• OIL OF BARLEY
n. 1. beer …17C Brit. sl.
n. 2. whisky …M19 sl.

• OIL OF BASTON
n. a beating or flogging …1608

• OIL OF BIRCH
n. a thrashing with a birch rod …1833 Amer. sl.

• OIL OF DISTURBANCE
n. liquor …1897 Amer. sl.

• OIL OF FOOL
n. flattery used to befool a person …1785 obs.

• OIL OF GIBLETS
n. a woman’s vaginal secretions; natural vaginal lubricant …19C Brit. sl.

• OIL OF GLADNESS
n. a beating …19C sl.

• OIL OF HAZEL
n. a sound beating, thrashing, or drubbing …c1678

• OIL OF HICKORY
n. a beating with a hickory rod, a thrashing; a whipping …1837 Amer. sl.

• OIL OF HOLLY
n. a beating or flogging with a holly stick …1608

• OIL OF HORN
n. a woman’s vaginal secretions; natural vaginal lubricant …19C Brit. sl.

• OIL OF JOY
n. liquor; strong drink …1919 Amer. sl.

• OIL OF MALT
n. malt liquor, beer …c1648-50

• OIL OF MAN
n. semen …19C Brit. sl.

• OIL OF OAK
n. a beating, a thrashing …Bk1905 Sc.

• OIL OF OLIVES
n. olive oil …1382 obs.

• OIL OF PALM(S)
n. money, usually in the form of a bribe …E17 sl.

• OIL OF ROPE
n. a beating …18C sl.

• OIL OF SALTPETRE
n. petroleum …1692 obs.

• OIL OF STIRRUP
n. a beating …L18 sl.

• OIL OF STRAP
n. a beating …19C jocular usage

• OIL OF STRAP ‘EM
n. a thrashing …Bk1904 sl.

• OIL OF STRAPPEM
n. a beating …19C sl.

• OIL OF TONGUE
n. nonsense; flattery …19C Brit. sl.

• OIL OF WALNUT
n. a sound thrashing …1941 Amer. sl.

• OIL OF WHIP
n. a beating or flogging; a whipping …1693

• OIL OLIVE
n. olive oil …1469 obs.

• OIL ONE’S LUG
vb. to make flattering speeches; to pay compliments …1875 Sc.

• OIL ONE’S TONGUE
vb. to adopt or use flattering speech …1607

• OIL OUT OF
vb. 1. to escape one’s responsibility; to escape from an onerous duty or similar situation …1920s sl.
vb. 2. to slide away as if well-lubricated …1920s sl.

• OIL PATCH
n. in the petroleum industry: the petroleum industry or a petroleum-producing area …1980 Amer. sl.

• OIL RAG
n. a cigarette …1932 UK rhyming sl. for ‘fag’

• OIL RIGGER
n. a Black person …2000s Irish rhyming sl. for ‘nigger’, derogatory

• OILSKIN
n. a bribe …1925 US sl.

• OILSKIN JACKET
n. small puffy clouds that portend rain …1973 Amer. nautical sl.

• OIL SLICK
n. a Spaniard; a Greek …1910s rhyming sl. for ‘spic’

• OIL SOMEONE’S PALM
vb. to bribe …20C colloq.

• OIL SOMEONE’S WHEELS
vb. to take care of; to be responsible for; to look after …1990s sl.

• OIL STATION
n. a gas station …1967 Amer. dial.

• OIL TANKER
n. an unpleasant person; a term of abuse …1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘wanker’

• OIL THE FIST
vb. to bribe …1652

• OIL THE HAND
vb. to bribe …1652

• OIL THE KNOCKER
vb. to bribe a doorman …1870 Brit. sl.

• OIL THE MACHINERY
vb. to have a drink …L19 sl.

• OIL THE PALM
vb. to bribe …17C sl.

• OIL THE TONSILS
vb. to have a drink …20C sl.

• OIL THE WIG
vb. to become intoxicated …Bk1905 Eng. dial.

• OIL-TONGUED
adj. having an ‘oily’ tongue, characterized by smooth or flattering speech …1631

• OIL UP
vb. 1. to beat, to whip …L18 sl.
vb. 2. to take a drink of liquor; to get drunk …1870 Amer. sl.
vb. 3. to bribe …1894 Amer. sl.
vb. 4. to hasten …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to impart information …20C Aust. sl.

• OIL WELL
n. in a deck of cards: an ace …1988 US sl.

• OILY
adj. mean-tempered; tough, mean, unpleasant, troublesome, unruly, obstinate …1936 Amer. dial.
n. a cigarette …1932 UK rhyming sl. for ‘fag’ (oily rag)

• OILY RAG
n. 1. a cigarette …1932 UK rhyming sl. for ‘fag’
n. 2. a worker’s assistant …1994 UK sl.

• OILY SOIL
n. human excrement …2000s sl.

• OILY WAD
n. a seaman with no special skill …1929 Brit. naval sl.

• OIME! • OIMEE!
int. 1660 – alas! ah me!

• OINDALEG
adj. 1897 – peculiar, strange, odd in manner → Sc.
n. 1898 – a peculiar disease; distemper → Sc.

• OINDALIE
adj. 1897 – peculiar, strange, odd in manner → Sc.

• OINGO BOINGO!
int. 1990 _ an exclamation of surprise → S. Afr. & US teen sl.

• OINK
n. 1. 1915 – a great din, a squealing or screaming → Sc.
n. 2. 1970 – a police officer; used contemptuously → Amer. sl.
n. 3. 1987 – either partner of a couple with no children, living on a single (usually large) salary (One Income No Kids) → jocular usage
vb. 1. 1915 – to squeal or yell, as a pig → Sc.
vb. 2. 1954 _ to lure by greed → US sl.

• OINKER
n. 1. 1980 – an unappealing man → US sl.
n. 2. 1981 – an ugly young woman → Amer. sl.
n. 3. 1982 – a policeman; used contemptuously → Amer. sl.
n. 4. 1988 – a pig → Amer. sl.
n. 5. 1992 – a glutton; a fat person → Amer. sl.

• OINK OUT
vb. 1988 – to be a glutton; to overeat → Amer. sl.

• OINOMANCY
n. 1652 – divination by means of wine

• OINOMANIA
n. 1897 – man resulting from intoxication; delirium tremens

• ^OINOMANIAC
n. 1857 – a person having an insane craving for wine or other intoxicating drink

• OINOPHOBIST
n. 1867 – one who has dread of or an aversion to wine

• OINSEACH
n. 2001 – a female fool → Irish sl.

• OINT
vb. 1894 – to thrash, to beat → Eng. dial.

• OINT-JAY
n. 1930 – the equipment used for injecting a narcotic → drug culture back-slang for ‘joint’

• OINTLING
n. 1603 _ an anointed priest; used contemptuously → obs.

• OINTMENT
n. 1. ..15C – money → sl.
n. 2. ..L18 – semen → sl.
n. 3. .M19 – butter → sl.

• OINTUOSE
adj. 1400 – unctuous; excessively flattering, oily → obs.

• OINTURE
n. 1430 – ointment → obs.

• OIRISH
adj. 1962 – Irish → UK sl.

• OISIE!
int. 1825 – used to express wonder, or to attract attention → Sc.

• OISIVITY
n. 1830 – idleness, indolence

• OIST
n. 1913 – a host, an army → Sc. obs.

• OI VEH!
int. L19 – an exclamation of dismay; goodness me!

• OI YOI YOI
n. 1900 – a Jew → US sl.

• O.J.
n. 1. 1942 – orange juice → Amer. colloq.
n. 2. 1970 – a marijuana cigarette laced with opium → Amer. drug culture sl.
n. 3. 1980 – a large car, typically a Ford or Lincoln → African-American sl.
n. 4. 1998 – an Online Jockey who hosts Internet discussions → UK sl.
vb. 1990 – to murder → African-American sl.

• O JEMINY!
int. 1686 – an exclamation → sl.