Dictionary: POR – POZ

► PORANGI adj. mad, eccentric, stupid → M19 NZ (Maori)
► PORCELAIN HAIRNET n. something excellent → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PORCH n. the buttocks → 1980 US homosexual sl.
► PORCH CLIMBER n. a burglar → 20C US sl.
► PORCH MONKEY n. a Black person → 1980 US sl., derogatory
► PORCH PERCHER n. a town loafer → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► PORCUPIG n. an old form of porcupine → 1700 obs.
► PORCUPINE n. a lie → 1980 sl. (corruption of ‘porky’)
► PORCUS LITERARUM n. a literary glutton; one who devours books without regard to quality → 1807
► POREENS n. 1. very small potatoes → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
n. 2. any small things, as marbles, etc. → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► PORGLY n. a madman; an idiot; a dolt → 1892 Anglo-Indian sl. (Bk.)
► PORIOMANIA n. an unconscious tendency to walk away from home → 1991 (Bk.)
► PORK n. 1. a woman; women viewed as sex objects → 18C sl.
n. 2. the penis → M19 sl.
n. 3. federal funds obtained through political influence → 1879 US sl.
n. 4. a Jew → 1900 sl.
n. 5. a corpse → 1920 US tramps’ sl.
n. 6. a fool → 1970 sl.
n. 7. a White person → 1980 African-American sl.
vb. 1. of a man: to have sexual intercourse → 1940 sl.
vb. 2. to shoot dead, to kill → 1960 US sl.
► PORK-AND-BEAN adj. basic, unenterprising, second-rate → 1910 US sl.
n. (as ‘pork and bean) a male homosexual → 1960 Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘queen’
► PORK-AND-BEANER n. 1. a second-rate person → 1910 US sl.
n. 2. a cowboy → 1920 US sl.
► PORK-AND-BEANS adj. basic, unenterprising, second-rate → 1910 US sl.
n. (as ‘pork and beans’) a Portuguese person → 1920 sl.
► PORK-BARREL adj. corrupt → L19 US sl.
n. (as ‘pork barrel’) the state’s funds available for regional expenditure, esp. as disbursed subject to political influence → 1909 orig. & chiefly US sl.
► PORK CHOP n. 1. a policeman → 20C rhyming sl. for ‘cop’
n. 2. an attractive young woman → 1920 US sl.
n. 3. a dollar → 1940 US sl.
n. 4. a Black person who, despite supposed advances in equality, is willing to accept an inferior position to that of Whites → 1970 US sl.
► PORK-CHOPPER n. the penis → 1960 US sl.
► PORK CHOPS n. material or sensual gratification, often referring to sex → 1920 US sl.
► PORKEE n. a female sexual partner → 1940 sl.
► PORKER n. 1. a sword → L17 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 2. a Jew → L18 sl.
n. 3. a fat person → L19 sl.
n. 4. a male sexual partner → 1940 sl.
n. 5.a policeman → 1980 sl.
► PORKHEAD n. a stupid, thuggish person → 1980 sl.
► PORKIE n. a lie → 1940 Brit. rhyming sl. (Pork Pie)
► PORKING n. sexual intercourse → 1980 African-American sl.
► PORK LEG n. the penis → 1970 US sl.
► PORKNELL n. 1. one as fat as a pig; a fat, gross person → 1400 obs.
n. 2. some part of the offal of a sheep → 1596 obs.
n. 3.  a little pig → 19C obs.
► PORKOPOLIS n. 1. Cincinnati → 1844 US sl.
n. 2. Chicago → M19 sl.
► PORKOPOLITAN adj. pert. to Cincinnati → M19 US sl.
n. a resident of Cincinnati → M19 US sl.
► PORK PIE n. 1. a fashionable ‘toreador’-style hat; a style of fashionable women’s hat; a style of men’s hat → L19
n. 2. a lie → 1940 rhyming sl.
► PORK-PIE HAT n. a fashionable ‘toreador’-style hat; a style of fashionable women’s hat → L19
► A PORK PIE SHORT OF A BISCUIT adj. not completely sane → 1992 UK sl.
► PORK PIT n. a place used for intercourse → 1940 sl.
► PORK PULLER n. one who masturbates → 1970 sl.
► PORK SWORD n. the penis → 1940 sl.
► PORK TIME n. the act of intercourse → 1940 sl.
► PORKY adj. 1. fat; obese → M19 sl.
adj. 2. second-rate, inferior → 1900 US sl.
adj. 3. dissatisfied → 1920 US sl.
n. 1. a pork butcher → L19 sl.
n. 2. a nickname for a Jewish man or woman → 20C Brit. sl., derogatory
n. 3. a fat person; an obese person → 1920 sl.
n. 4. a lie → 1940 rhyming sl. (Porky Pie)
n. 5. an eye → 1990 rhyming sl. (Porky Pie)
► PORKY PIE n. a lie → 1940 rhyming sl. 
► PORKYPINE n. a porcupine → 1942 Amer. Western sl. (Bk.)
► PORNERASTIC adj. fond of wanton women; lascivious, lustful, licentious; addicted to associating with prostitutes → 1870 obs. 
► PORNIE n. a pornographic film → 1966 sl. 
► PORNOCRACY n. domination of government by prostitutes, especially in reference to the Roman government in the first half of the 10th century → 1991 (Bk.)
► PORNOGRAPHOMANIA n. an abnormal interest in pornography → 1991 (Bk.)
► PORNOGRAPHY n.  a written discussion of prostitutes → M19 obs. 
► PORNY adj. lewd; smutty or obscene; pornographic → 1961 Brit. & US sl. 
► PORPENTINE n. old form of porcupine → 1530 obs.
► PORPOISE n. a large, ungainly fellow → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► PORRIDGE n. imprisonment; a prison sentence → 1954 Brit. sl.
► PORTAL OF VENUS n. the vagina → M20 US literary euphemism
► PORTCULLIS n. money → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► PORTE-PAROLE n. a speaker, a spokesperson → 1911 
► PORT-HOLE n. 1. the female genitals; the vagina → 17C sl.
n. 2. the anus → 19C Brit. & US sl.
► PORT SAID GARTER n. a condom → 1945 World War II Brit. army usage
► PORTUGOOSE n. a Portuguese → 20C US sl., jocular nickname. derogatory
► PORTUGUESE PUMP n. masturbation; an act of masturbation → L19 Brit. nautical sl.
► PORWIGGLE n. a tadpole → 1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► POSADA n. in Spain: an inn or place of accommodation for travellers → 1652 
► POSADERO n. in Spain: an innkeeper → 1851 
► POSH adj. socially superior → 1918 sl.
int. nonsense! it is ridiculous → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 1. money →  1903 sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. nonsense → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► POSH NOSH n. cordon bleu cookery → 20C Brit. sl.
► POSH UP vb. to smarten up, to make posh → 1919 sl.
► POSILUTELY adv. absolutely, positively → 1926 US sl. (Bk.)
► POSKI n. a person of Polish ancestry; a Polish immigrant → 1964 Amer. dial., derogatory
► POSSE n. 1. a gang of Black (esp. Jamaican) youths involved in organized or violent crime, often drug-related → 1986 sl., chiefly US
n. 2. a group of good friends → 1998 teen sl. (Bk.)
► POSSESS vb. to possess carnally → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► POSSESSED adj. determined → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► POSSESSION n. possession of stolen or illicit goods → 1970 sl., orig. US
► POSSESS THE DEAD-WOOD vb. to have one at a disadvantage, or the like → 1872 US sl.
► POSSIBILITATE vb. to make possible → 1829
► POSS SAM n. an opossum → 1966 Amer. dial.
► POSSUM n. 1. a person of the stated sort, as a ‘little possum’; also a term of address → 1894 Aust. sl.
n. 2. a Black person → 20C US sl., derogatory
► POSSUM-GUTS n. a term of contempt for a person → 1892 Aust. bush sl. (Bk.)
► POST n. 1. copulation; an act of copulation → 19C Brit. sl.
n. 2. the penis → 20C colloq.
n. 3. halfpence →  1903 sl. (Bk.)
n. 4. an autopsy → 1942 sl.
vb. to perform an autopsy on someone → 1942 sl.
► POSTAGE STAMP n. the little riding saddle used by Easterners → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► POST A LETTER vb. 1. to copulate → 19C Brit. sl.
vb. 2. to retire to defecate → L19 sl., chiefly Brit.
► POST-AND-RAILS n. wooden matches → 1892 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► POSTED adj. informed → 1850 Amer.
► POSTED UP adj. informed → 1854 Amer.
► POSTERIOR n. the buttocks → 1936 sl.
► POSTERN n. 1. the female genitals → 18C Brit. sl.
n. 2. the posteriors; the anus → 18C Brit. sl.
► POSTIE ► POSTY n. a postman → 1871
► POST-HASTE adj. done with all possible speed → 1594 
n. great promptness and speed → 1545 
vb. to hasten with all speed; to hurry, to rush → 1628 obs.
► POSTILION vb. to stimulate a sexual partner with the finger → 1888 sl.
► POSTING adj. speedy, rapid, hasty, hurrying → 1553 poetic usage
n. speedy travelling; hastening, haste, hurry → 1589 obs.
► POST OFFICE n. a secret place where documents, etc. can be left or passed on by a spy → 1919 sl.
► POSTRIDUAN adj. done the next day after → 1651 obs.
► POST THE COAL phr. pay down the money at once → 1890 sl. (Bk.)
► POSTVENTIONAL ​ adj. coming after → 1645 obs.
► POT n. 1. the female genitals, the vagina → 1593 Brit. sl.
n. 2. a urinal; a chamber pot; later, a water-flush toilet bowl → 17C colloq.
n. 3. a large amount of money → 1871 sl.
n. 4. sixpence →  1903 sl. (Bk.)
n. 5. marijuana → 1938 sl., orig. US
n. 6. a derby hat → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
n. 7. a drunkard; a sot → M20 US sl.
vb. to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate → 1911 Aust. sl.
► POTAMOPHILOUS adj. loving rivers; having an affinity for rivers → 1827
► POTAMOPHOBIA n. a morbid fear of rivers → 1991 (Bk.)
► POT AND PAN n. a husband → 1905 rhyming sl. for ‘old man = husband’
► POTATIVE adj. 1. suitable for drinking; drinkable → 1590 obs.
adj. 2. addicted to drink; given to drinking alcohol → 1737 obs.
► POTATO n. 1. a hole in a sock or stocking through which the skin shows → 1885 sl.
n. 2. a woman → 1957 Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘potato peeler = sheila’
► POTATOES n. 1. money → 1931 US sl.
n. 2. dollars → 1932 US sl.
n. 3. pounds → 1939 Brit. sl.
► POTATO-FINGER n. 1. the penis → 1609
n. 2. a dildo; an artificial penis → 20C sl.
► POTATO-HEAD n. 1. a dunce; an oaf; a fool → M20 US sl.
n. 2. a White person → 1965 African- American
► POTATO MASHER n. a bass drumstick → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► POTATO-MOUTH vb. to speak unintelligibly, to mutter → 1937 
► POTATO PEELER n. a woman → 1957 Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘sheila’
► POTATORY adj. given to drinking; fit for drinking; drinkable → 1827
► POTATO SOUP n. vodka → 1970 US Air Force sl. (Bk.)
► POTATO THUMP n. mashed potato → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► POTATO TRAP n. the mouth → 1785 sl.
► POTCH  n. a spanking → 1996 Amer. dial.
► POT-CHEESE n. cottage cheese → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► POT EAR n. a pot handle → 1425
► POTER n. a drinker, a toper → 1657
► POT-FURY n. 1. intoxication with alcohol → 1597 sl.
n. 2. a drunkard → L16 sl.
► POT-HEAD n. someone addicted to smoking marijuana → 1959 sl., orig. US
► POTHERY adj. 1. of the weather: hot, close, stifling, muggy, warm → 1696 chiefly Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of sheep: giddy and liable to fall through water on the brain → 1799 Eng. dial. obs.
► POTHOOKS n. the cook → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► POTING-STICK n. a stick for stirring clothes while washing at high temperatures → 1892 Eng. dial.
► POT-KNIGHT n. a ‘knight of the pot’; a tippler; a drunkard → 1587 
► POT-LEECH n. one who ‘sucks’ or drinks out of a pot; a toper; a drunkard; one who drinks to excess → 1630 obs.
► POT-LICKING n. over-solicitous behaviour → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► POTNA n. a partner, esp. as a term of address → L18  US sl.
► POT OF OIL n. a cup of coffee → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► POT OF PEAS n. a thing of very little value → 1965 Amer. dial.
► POTOMANIA n. 1. an excessive tendency to drink alcoholic beverages → 1991 (Bk.)
n. 2. delirium tremens → 1991 (Bk.)
► POTORIOUS adj. relating to drink, esp. alcoholic drink; abounding with drink → 1656 obs.
► POT OUT vb. to smoke marijuana → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► POT RASSLER n. a cook → 1942 Amer. sl.
► POT RASTLER n. a cook → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► POT-RUSTLER n. a cook → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► POTS n. a large amount of money → 1871 sl.
► POT SCRATCHER n. a scouring pad → 1965 Amer. dial.
► POT-SURE adj. thoroughly sure; full of confidence and boldness through drinking → 1648 obs.
► POTSY n. a police officer’s badge → 1932 Northeastern US sl.
► POTTED adj. 1. drunk → 1924 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. dead and buried → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
adj. 3. said of someone under the influence of ‘pot’ or marijuana → 1960 sl., orig. US
► POTTY adj. crazy, eccentric → 1920 sl.
n. 1. a chamber-pot → 1942 sl.
n. 2. an orphan calf or lamb → 1964 Amer. dial.
► POTTY ABOUT adj. fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation → 1923
► POT-WALLOPER n. a cook → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► POT WRESTLER  n. a cook → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► POUCH-MOUTH adj. having a mouth like a pouch, i.e. with thick or protruding lips → 1565 obs.
n. a mouth with protruding lips; a person with protruding lips → 1570 obs.
► POUF int. nonsense! it is ridiculous → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. a male homosexual; an effeminate man → 1860 sl., derogatory
► POUFF n. a male homosexual; an effeminate man → 1860 sl., derogatory
► POULE n. a young woman; a sexually attractive young woman, often with an implication of promiscuity → 1926 sl.
► POULE-DE-LUXE n. “luxury hen”; a prostitute → 1946 French
► POULT n. a young chicken → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► POULTICE n. 1. a large amount of money; applied esp. to money used as a bribe → 1904 Aust. sl.
n. 2. a mortgage → 1932 Aust. sl.
► POUNCE vb. to sprinkle with specks, spots, etc. → 1610 obs.
► POUND n. five dollars or a five-dollar bill → 1935 US sl.
vb. 1. to possess carnally → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
vb. 2. to drink beer in large amounts → 1994 African-American sl.
► POUND AND PINT n. a sailor’s ration of food and drink → 1865 Brit. naval sl.
► POUNDER n. a police officer → 1938 US sl.
► POUND HAIR vb. to drive a team of horses or mules → 1927 Amer. dial.
► POUND LEATHER vb. to ride a horse fast → 1907 Amer. dial.
► POUND-NOTEISH adj. conceited → 1936 sl.
► POUND ONE’S EAR vb. to sleep → 1894 sl., orig. US
► POUND ONE’S MEAT vb. to masturbate → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► POUND ONE’S POMEGRANATE vb. to masturbate → M20 sl.
► POUND SOMEONE’S EAR vb. to talk at tedious length to → 1972 Amer. sl.
► POUND SOMEONE’S POPO vb. to sodomize (popo = buttocks) → 1950 US sl.
► POUND THE BOX vb. to eagerly play the piano → 1920 Amer. sl.
► POUND THE FEATHERS vb. to go to bed → 1967 Amer. sl.
► POUND THE PEE-WILLY OUT OF vb. to beat severely → 1994 Amer. dial.
► POUR OIL ON THE FIRE vb. to heighten or aggravate fury, passion, etc. → 1560 
► POUR ON THE OIL vb. to flatter → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► POUR-OUT MAN n. a bartender → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► POUTING STICK n. the penis → 17C 
► POVEY n. 1. the plover, Charadrius pluvialis → 19C Eng. dial.
n. 2. an owl, especially the barn owl, Strix flammea → 1885 Eng. dial.
► POVIE adj. 1. spruce and self-conceited → 19C Sc.
adj. 2. snug, comfortable, well-off: applied to living → 1841 Sc.
► POW! int. imitative of the sound of a blow, shot, etc. → 1881 
► POWDER n. 1. money → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. a hasty or unceremonious departure → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 3.  a cup of black coffee → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb.  1. to depart hurriedly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. 2. to defeat easily or notably → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► POWDER MONKEY n. one who carries shells or gunpowder from the magazine to the gun → 1860 US Civil War usage
► POWDER PUFF n. 1.  a silly girl or woman → E20 US sl.
n. 2. an effeminate male → E20 US sl.
n. 3. an easy-hitting boxer → 1942 Amer. boxing sl. (Bk.)
n. 4. a dandelion → 1966 Amer. dial.
n. 5. a very special woman → 1995 W. Indies sl.
► POWDER-PUFF HITTER n. an easy-hitting boxer → 1942 Amer. boxing sl. (Bk.)
► POWDERS n. orders from the boss → 1942 Amer. West. sl. (Bk.)
► POWER n. an outstanding person or example → 1923 Amer. dial.
► POWER BOOK n. intensive study, usually before a test → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
vb. to study hard; to cram → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► POWERFUL adj. very large, great, extraordinary → 1822 Amer. dial.
adv.  very, exceedingly, extremely → 1822 Amer. dial.
► POWERHOUSE n. a tavern or speakeasy → 1939 Amer. dial.
► POWER OF SUCTION n. capacity for drinking → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► POWFAG vb. to tire; to fatigue the brain; to trouble and perplex the mind → 1864 Eng. dial.
► POWFAGGED adj. extremely tired; physically or mentally exhausted → 1862 Eng. dial.
► POWIE adv. suddenly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► POWSOWDIE n. 1. a term of endearment → 1513 obs.
n. 2. a cooked dish containing a mixture of various ingredients; a stew → 1706
► POWTER vb. to potter about; to do trifling simple tasks → 20C Sc. & Irish
► POW WAW! int. expression of disbelief or contempt → 1602 obs.
► POW-WOW adj. of a person: pallid, white-faced, sickly; drooping, spiritless → 1739 Sc. obs.
n. 1. a person who uses incantations or other magical rituals, esp. in healing → 1770 Amer. dial.
n. 2.  a discussion → 1812 sl.
n. 3. a using incantations or other magical rituals, esp. in healing → 1856 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to make use of incantations or other magical rituals, esp. in healing → 1770 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to converse → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► POX int. an oath and exclamation → 17C Brit.
n. syphilis → 1503 sl.
vb. to infect someone with syphilis → 17C Brit.
► POXBOX n. a woman presumed to be infected with syphilis; the vagina of a woman presumed to be infected with syphilis → 20C sl.
► POXOLOGY n. a study of syphilis → 18C Brit.
► A POX ON YOU! int. an oath and exclamation → 17C Brit.
► POXY adj. 1. having or having had syphilis → 1758 
adj. 2. rotten; lousy → 20C 
adj. 3. of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory → 1922 colloq.
adj. 4. unpleasant; deplorable → 1950 sl.
► POY! int. a call to pigs → 1950 Amer. dial.
► POZO n. a well, a spring, a water hole → 1856 Amer. dial.