Dictionary: SAF – SAJ

• SAF
n. meat from an animal that has died a natural death …1892 Eng. dial.

• SAFE
adj. 1. L19 sl. – socially acceptable to a peer group  
adj. 2. 1950s sl. – satisfactory, pleasant  
adj. 3. 1970 S. Afr. sl. – worthy of approval  
adj. 4. 1981 S. Afr. sl. – all right; used as an expression of approval or agreement  
adj. 5. 1982 US Hawaiian youth usage – hopelessly out of style  
int. 1960s US & UK teen sl. – expressing approval  
n. 1. 1897 sl. – a condom  
n. 2. 1954 US sl. – in a pickpocketing team: the thief who takes the wallet or object stolen by the wire and leaves the scene with it  
n. 3. 1990s US prison sl. – the vagina, when used for hiding contraband  
n. 4. 1992 US prison sl. – the anus  
n. 5. 1992 UK rhyming sl. (safe and sound) – the ground  

• SAFE AND SOUND
n. the ground …1992 UK rhyming sl.

• SAFE AS A GUN
adj. perfectly safe …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

• SAFE AS BRANDY
adj. perfectly safe …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

• SAFE AS DEATH
adj. perfectly safe …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

• SAFE AS HOUSES
adj. perfectly safe …Bk1904

• SAFE AS KELSEY
adj. extremely conservative …1910s sl.

• SAFE-BROD
n. a window shutter …1729 Sc. obs.

• SAFE CARD
n. a trustworthy person …M19 sl.

• SAFE ENOUGH FOR BEING
phr. certain to be …1790 Eng. dial.

• SAFE HOUSE
n. a room, apartment, or house where it is safe to stay, work, and hide from the authorities, rival criminals, or rival spies …1963 US sl.

• SAFE-KEEPER
. a protector …1561 rare

• SAFER
n. a sea voyage …1855 Eng. dial.

• SAFE SCREW
n. a corrupt prison officer …1996 UK prison sl.

• SAFETY
n. 1. 1930s African-American sl. – a condom  
n. 2. 1940s African-American sl. – a bed  
n. 3. 1952 US drug culture sl. – a safety pin used as a hypodermic needle  

• SAFETY PIN MECHANIC
n. a narcotics user who is forced to resort to an improvised syringe …1950s US drug-culture sl.

• SAFETY-SHEATH
n. a condom …20C

• SAFE WORD
n. a code word, agreed between a sexual dominant and submissive masochistic partner, for use by the masochist as a signal that the current activity should stop …1987 US sl.

• SAFEY
n. in horseracing: a riding assignment for a jockey on a horse that stands little chance of winning …1989 Aust. sl.

• SAFF
n. meat from an animal that has died a natural death …1892 Eng. dial.

• SAFFLE
adj. dull, sad, melancholy …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

• SAFFLING
adj. melancholy …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

• SAFFY
n. a simpleton …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

• SAFITY
n. safety …1879 Sc.

• SAFT
adj. 1. 1812 Sc. – wet, rainy, damp  
adj. 2. 1825 Sc. – of weather: mild, not frosty, in a state of thaw  
adv. 1927 Sc. – in a peaceable quiet state  
n. 1. 1890 Sc. – ale, as opposed to whisky  
n. 2. 1895 Sc. – a thaw; rain, moisture  
n. 3. Bk1904 Eng. dial. obs. – safety

• SAFT DUD
n. 1894 Sc. – an inept, slow-witted, sheepish sort of person  

• SAFTEN
vb. 1825 Sc. – to thaw  

• SAFT-HAND
n. 1818 Sc. – a feeble or inexpert person  

• SAFT-HORN
n. 1836 Sc. – a novice; an inexperienced person; a greenhorn  

• SAFTIE
n. 1. 1866 Sc. – a weak-minded, timid or effeminate person; a simpleton; a ‘softie’  
n. 2. 1889 Sc. obs. – a policeman
n. 3. 1953 Sc. – soft carpet or cloth slippers  

• SAFT-SKINNED
adj. easily offended, touchy, thin-skinned …1882 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.

• SAFT-VEAL
n. a simple-minded person; a ninny …1887 Sc.

• SAG
n. 1. a depression on a ridge or mountainside …1727 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a low, often damp, area in relatively flat land; a gentle slope …1741 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a low point on a roadway; the bottom of a down-grade …1911 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a policeman’s truncheon …1930s US tramps’ sl.
vb. 1. to decline in health; to begin to show signs of old age …1784 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to be illicitly absent from work …L19 Brit. sl.
vb. 3. to drift off course …L19 nautical colloq.
vb. 4. of the tide: to cease to flow; to be at the turn before receding …1899 Sc.
vb. 5. of wind or water: to fall, subside …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to become dispirited …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to play truant ….c1930 Brit. sl.
vb. 8. to beat with a truncheon …1930s US tramps’ sl.
vb. 9. to wear one’s trousers hanging low, exposing the top of one’s underwear …1991 African-American sl.

• SAGA
adj. fashionable, showy, garish, overdressed …1950s W. Indies sl.

• SAGA-BOY
n. a young person who adopts a particular style of dressing, as tight-waisted jackets and peg-top trousers …1950s W. Indies sl.

• SAGACIATE
vb. 1. to fare; to get on; to bear; to endure …1832 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to associate …1883 Amer. dial.

• SAG ALONG
vb. to walk slowly …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.

• SAGA LOUT
n. an elderly person who behaves badly …2004 UK sl.

• SAGAN
n. 1. ‘Satan’; a devil …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a term of contempt for a person, generally implying surliness, uncouthness, or clumsiness in build or movements; a rough, boorish person …1904 Sc.

• SAGASHUATE
vb. 1. to fare; to get on; to bear; to endure …1832 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to associate …1883 Amer. dial.

• SAGASHUS
adj. sagacious …1872 Sc. obs.

• SAGATIATE 
vb. 1. to fare; to get on; to bear; to endure …1832 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to associate …1883 Amer. dial.

• SAGATICATE
vb. 1. to fare; to get on; to bear; to endure …1832 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to associate …1883 Amer. dial.

• SAGE
n. a hybrid marijuana …2003 UK sl.

• SAGEBRUSHER
n. 1. a tourist into the west; a camper …1908 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a Western cowboy film …1920s US sl.

• SAGEBRUSH STATE
n. Wyoming …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• SAGED
adj. characterized by wisdom …1563 nonce word obs.

• SAGE FOOL
n. a jester or court fool …1377 obs.

• SAGE HEN
n. an inhabitant of Nevada …L19 US sl.

• SAGE OF WHEATLAND
n. James Buchanan, 15th US president …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• SAGER
n. 1. a cigar …1774 obs.
n. 2. a rustic; a country bumpkin; a poor White person …1893 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a would-be wise man …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.

• SAGES OF THE TOWN
n. the elders or wise persons of the town …Bk1904 Eng. dial. obs.

• SAGESS
n. sageness, profound wisdom …1474 obs.

• SAGE WOMAN
n. a midwife …1672 rare

• SAGGER
adj. fashionable, showy, garish, overdressed …1950s W. Indies sl.

• SAGGER-YEDDED
adj. stupid, foolish …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

• SAGGIE
n. a central nervous system depressant such as Seconal™ …1960 US sl.

• SAGGING DEUCE
n. a lowered Cadillac automobile …1990s African-American sl.

• SAGITTARY
n. an archer …1832-4

• SAGITTIPOTENT
adj. ‘that can do much by shooting with arrows’ …1656 obs. rare

• SAG-KITE
n. an overgrown, greedy person …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

• SAGO
n. a Pacific Islander …1950s Aust. sl.

• SAG OFF
vb. to play truant from school …1959 UK juvenile sl.

• SAHA!
int. good night! …L19 Royal Navy sl.

• SAHARA
n. a tall, thin person …1946 S. African sl.

• SAHDIE!
int. thank you! …1882 Amer. dial.

• SAHIB
n. a respectful title used by the natives of India in addressing an Englishman or other European …1696

• SAIBLE
vb. to walk with a proud or haughty carriage …1929 Sc.

• SAIDER
adv. rather, preferably …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

• SAIDMENT
n. an evil report or statement …1877 Eng. dial.

• SAID-SO
n. 1. a statement previously made …1864 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a report …1882 Eng. dial.

• SAIG
vb. to dawdle; to walk in a slow, aimless manner …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

• SAIGON COWBOY
n. a rear-echelon troop or civilian who dressed the part of a combat soldier but did not experience combat …1977 US sl.

• SAIGON QUICKSTEP
n. diarrhoea …1991 US sl.

• SAIGON SUZIE
n. a stereotypical Vietnamese sex worker during the Vietnam war …1990 US sl.

• SAIGON TEA
n. a whisky-coloured drink served to bar girls in Vietnam, passing for expensive whisky bought by US servicemen …1966 US sl.

• SAIGON TECH
n. the war in Vietnam; military service in Vietnam …1969 US sl.

• SAIKER
n. a large helping; a fill to satiety of food …1929 Sc.

• SAIL
n. 1. a ride in a cart or other vehicle, or on horseback …1830 Sc.
n. 2. of the wind: direction, quarter, course …1896 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to dance …1297 obs.
vb. 2. to saunter, to go casually …a1700 sl. obs.
vb. 3. to be covered over with liquid, to be swimming or awash; to be in flood …1718 Sc.
vb. 4. to ride or drive in a vehicle of any kind …1904 Sc.
vb. 5. of a doctor or dentist: to write prescriptions for narcotics …1930s US drug-culture sl.
vb. 6. to go fast …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• SAIL ABOUT
vb. to saunter …L17 sl.

• SAIL AWAY
vb. to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• SAILBOAT FUEL
n. trucker talk for the cargo in an empty trailer …Bk1998 sl.

• SAIL CLOSE TO THE WIND
vb. to take risks, esp. with a set of rules and regulations …M19 sl.

• SAIL IN
vb. 1. to attack physically or verbally …M19 sl., orig. US
vb. 2. to arrive, to enter, esp. in a slow and measured manner …M19 sl.
vb. 3. to proceed boldly to action …1889 sl.

• SAILING
adj. 1. drunk …1968 US sl.
adj. 2. marijuana-intoxicated …1993 US sl.

• SAIL INTO
vb. 1. to attack physically or verbally …M19 sl., orig. US
vb. 2. to arrive, to enter, esp. in a slow and measured manner …M19 sl.
vb. 3. to launch oneself headlong on a course of action …M19 sl.

• SAIL ON ANOTHER BOARD
vb. to alter one’s behaviour …16C sl.

• SAILOR
n. a cottontail rabbit …1966 Amer. dial.

• SAILORESS
n. a female sailor …1890

• SAILORS
n. tea …1961 UK rhyming sl. (sailors on the sea)

• SAILOR’S BAIT
n. a prostitute; any girl or woman …E20 US sl.

• SAILOR’S CHAMPAGNE
n. beer …L19 sl.

• SAILOR’S DELIGHT
n. a prostitute …M20 US sl.

• SAILOR’S ELBOW
n. an act of ending a relationship with a lover …2003 UK sl.

• SAILOR’S FAREWELL
n. any form of goodbye that is essentially a curse …L19 sl.

• SAILORS ON THE SEA
n. tea …1961 UK rhyming sl.

• SAILOR’S YARN
n. an incredible story …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• SAILOUR
n. a dancer …? a1366 obs.

• SAILRIFE
adj. abounding in sails …1513 obs.

• SAILS
n. 1. a ship’s sailmaker; a sailmaker’s mate …1864 nautical sl.
n. 2. the ears …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• SAILSMAN
n. a sailor …c1601

• SAILWORTHY
adj. of the weather: admitting of the use of sails …c1595 obs. rare

• SAILYIE
n. attack, assault, onset …1827 Sc.
vb. to assail, to assault, to attack …1827 Sc. arch.

• SAILZIE
n. attack, assault, onset …1827 Sc.
vb. to assail, to assault, to attack …1827 Sc. arch.

• SAIN
n. a ludicrous object, a ‘sight’ …1923 Sc.

• SAINT
n. 1. a notably religious student …E19 US college sl.
n. 2. a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; a Mormon …1833 Amer. dial.
n. 3. an incorruptible prison officer or police officer …1996 UK sl.

• SAINT – also see under ST.

• SAINT-AGNES TÔTLE
n. a stupid old fool …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

• SAINT AND SINNER
n. dinner …1992 UK rhyming sl.

• SAINT-GEORGE
n. the largest saucepan in the house …1882 Eng. dial.
vb. to possess carnally …Bk1903 sl.

• SAINT LOO
n. St. Louis, Missouri …1961 US sl.

• SAINT MORITZ
n. diarrhoea …1998  rhyming sl. for ‘shits’

• SAINT NICHOLAS
n. the devil …1822 sl.

• SAINT NICHOLAS CLERGYMAN
n. a highwayman …1598

• SAINT NICHOLAS’S CLERK
n. a highwayman …1595

• SAINT PAUL SANDWICH
n. a sandwich with multiple fillings, one of which is egg …1943 Amer. dial.

• SAINT PETER
n. the penis …19C Brit. sl.

• SAINT-PETER’S BELL
n. the daffodil, Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus …1890 Eng. dial.

• SAINT-PETER’S NEEDLE
n. suffering; a trial, a serious misfortune …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

• SAINTS ALIVE!
int. an exclamation …1900 Eng. dial.

• SAINTS AND PATIENCE!
int. a quasi-oath …1898 Ireland

• SAINTS PRESERVE US!
int. used for expressing fear …1966 US sl.

• SAINT-TIBB’S EVE
n. a day which never comes …1891 Eng. dial.

• SAINT VALENTIDE
n. St. Valentine’s day, or the time of year when this falls …1596 obs.

• SAINT VITUS DANCE
vb. to move in a fidgety, jerking manner …1621 UK

• SAIP-BELLS
n. soap bubbles …1720 Sc.

• SAIPIE-SAPPLES
n. soap suds, lather …1888 Sc.

• SAIPY-SUDS
n. soap suds, lather …1896 Sc.

• SAIR
adj. 1. of the heart, etc. aching, grief-stricken, sorrowful …1739 Sc.
adj. 2. of persons: harsh in discipline, treatment, or judgement; stern, severely censorious; niggardly, driving hard bargains …1768 Sc.
adj. 3. serious, considerable, sad, thoroughgoing …1776 Sc.
adj. 4. causing physical pain or distress; sore …1808 Sc.
adj. 5. of an ailment: grievous, oppressive …1808 Sc.
adj. 6. of the weather: inclement, stormy, severe …1813 Sc.
adj. 7. sorry, paltry, puny, pitiful …1825 Sc.
adj. 8. of something pleasant: great, tremendous …1877 Sc. rare
adj. 9. destructive, harmful, injurious …1901 Sc.
n. 1. sorrow, grief …1736 Sc.
n. 2. a sore; a wound, a bruise …1768 Sc.
vb. 1. to serve, to serve out; to treat …1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to suffice, to satisfy; …1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 3. of clothes: to fit, to be large enough for …1808 Sc.

• SAIR FACE
n. a pathetic expression assumed to elicit sympathy …1964 Sc.

• SAIRIE
adj. 1. in a poor or sorry state, pitiable, woeful, incompetent, paltry …1721 Sc.
adj. 2. serious, solemn …1808 Sc. obs.
adj. 3. sad, doleful, sorrowful …1838 Sc. obs.

• SAIRING
n. sufficiency, as much as satisfies one, esp. of food …1856 Sc.

• SAIRIOUS
adj. serious …1871 Sc.

• SAIRISH
adj. 1. somewhat sore …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. somewhat troublesome …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

• SAIRL
vb. to whine …1866 Sc.

• SAIRLIE
adv. very much, thoroughly …1786 Sc.

• SAIR OUT
vb. to deal out, to divide …Bk1904 Sc.

• SAIR-TEETH
n. toothache …1915 Sc.

• SAIRY
adj. 1. in a poor or sorry state, pitiable, woeful, incompetent, paltry …1721 Sc.
adj. 2. serious, solemn …1808 Sc. obs.
adj. 3. sufficiently large …1835 Sc.
adj. 4. sad, doleful, sorrowful …1838 Sc. obs.

• SAIS A CHING
n. in betting: odds of 6-5 …1991 UK sl.

• SAITISFEE
vb. to satisfy …1747 Sc.