• SEI
n. the number six …M19 sl.
• SEIN
n. 1. a 10-shilling note …1930s Aust. sl.
n. 2. a 10-year prison sentence …1930s Aust. sl.
n. 3. 10 oz. of tobacco …1930s Aust. sl.
• SELAPHOBIA
n. Bk1991 – an abnormal fear or dislike of flashes of light
• SELDOM SEE
n. underwear …1920s US sl.
• SELDOM SEEN
n. 1. the queen …20C rhyming sl.
n. 2. a limousine …Bk1942 Amer. rhyming sl.
• SELECTMAN
n. a town magistrate …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SELENOLATRY
n. Bk1991 – the worship of the moon
• SELENOMANCY
n. Bk1991 – divination involving observation of the moon
• SELF-BRAG
n. a braggart, a conceited person …c1960 Amer. dial.
• SELF-BRAGGER
n. a braggart, a conceited person …1966 Amer. dial.
• SELF BUILD-UP
n. boasting …Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• SELFCIDE
n. 1692 obs. – an act of killing oneself; suicide
• SELF-CONCEITY
adj. conceited, impertinent …1969 Amer. dial.
• SELF-EFFACIVE
adj. modest, retiring …1883 nonce word
• SELF-PUFFERY
n. boasting …Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• SELF-STARTER
n. 1. an addict who volunteers themself for a cure, taken in prison or a similar institution …1930s US drug culture sl.
n. 2. one who acts, esp. when employed, on their own initiative rather than await instructions or orders …1960s sl.
• SELF-TENDERNESS
n. care of one’s health …1843 Sc. obs.
• SELINA SCOTT
n. a spot …1980s rhyming sl.
• SELL
n. a deception that leaves the victim feeling disappointed; a cheat; a practical joke; something that disappoints expectations …1838 sl.
vb. to deceive, to dupe …1849 sl.
• SELL AN OX TO CATCH A HARE
vb. to act foolishly …B1900
• SELL ANY ONE A BARGAIN
vb. to make fool of him, to ‘sell’ him …1588 obs.
• SELL A PACKET
vb. to hoax …1847 Eng. dial.
• SELL A PUP
vb. to deceive, esp. in business or financial transactions …20C sl.
• SELLARY
n. a male homosexual prostitute …E17
• SELL A WOLF
vb. to brag or boast or show off; to talk loudly; to tell a lie …1970s African-American sl.
• SELL A WOLF TICKET
vb. 1. to boast; to brag …1960s African-American sl.
vb. 2. to talk nonsense, to lie …1960s African-American sl.
vb. 3. to threaten, to intimidate …1960s African-American sl.
• SELL A WOOF
vb. to brag or boast or show off; to talk loudly; to tell a lie …1970s African-American sl.
• SELL A WOOF TICKET
vb. 1. to boast; to brag …1960s African-American sl.
vb. 2. to talk nonsense, to lie …1960s African-American sl.
vb. 3. to threaten, to intimidate …1960s African-American sl.
• SELL BODY
vb. to work as a prostitute …1960s African-American sl.
• SELL DOWN THE RIVER
vb. to betray …L19 sl., orig. African-American
• SELL HONEY FOR A HALFPENNY
vb. to think very badly of someone …L16 C sl.
• SELL LIKE HOT CAKES
vb. to sell very quickly or promptly, or in large quantities …c1888
• SELL ONE A PACKET
vb. to tell him a falsehood, to take him in …1886
• SELL ONE’S BACON
vb. to sell one’s flesh or body; to work as a prostitute …1825
• SELL ONE’S CABBAGE TWICE
vb. to repeat oneself …L19 US sl.
• SELL OUT
vb. 1. to deceive, to cheat, to trick …1884 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to depart, to leave, usually hastily; to run away; to skedaddle; to run in fear …1934 Amer. dial.
• SELL OUT TO THE YANKEES
vb. to move to a northern industrial area …1880s African-American sl.
• SELL SOMEONE A PACKET
vb. to hoax, to deceive; to lie …L18 sl.
• SELL SOMEONE A PUP
vb. to sell someone something worthless …1901 Brit. sl.
• SEMAPHORE
n. a traffic light …1965 Amer. dial.
• SEMI-OCCASIONAL
adv. seldom; occasionally …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEMI-OCCASIONALLY
adv. seldom; occasionally …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEMOLIA
n. a fool; a stupid person …1890s African-American sl.
• SEND
vb. to arouse emotionally; to be deeply moved by music …1900s African-American sl.
• SEND AWAY WITH A FLEA IN ONE’S EAR
vb. to humiliate …Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• SEND DANCING
vb. to send quickly …1790 Sc.
• SEND DOWN
vb. to send to prison …1840 sl., orig. US
• SENDER
n. 1. one who arouses emotionally; one who inspires excitement …1920s African-American sl.
n. 2. one who pleases or delights, esp. a pop musician …1935 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• SEND FOR MARY ANN
n. phr. no matter, forget it (French: ca ne fait rien) …1910s sl., orig. military
• SEND IN ONE’S JACKET
vb. to resign; to deliver up one’s badge of office …1884 sl.
• SEND ON A HOMBUG
vb. to deliberately mislead someone by misdirecting them …1950s African-American sl.
• SEND ON A HUMBUG
vb. to deliberately mislead someone by misdirecting them …1950s African-American sl.
• SEND ON A MERRY-GO-ROUND
vb. to deliberately mislead someone by misdirecting them …1950s African-American sl.
• SEND ON A TRIP
vb. to deliberately mislead someone by misdirecting them …1950s African-American sl.
• SEND ONE A MITTEN
vb. 1836 Eng. dial. – to reject one; to cast one off
• SEND PACKING
vb. to dismiss …1594
• SEND SOMEONE TO THE CLEANERS
vb. to fraudulently deprive someone of all or most of their money …1907 sl.
• SEND THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF
vb. to hit an animal hard enough to kill it …20C W. Indies sl.
• SEND TO DORSE
vb. 1822 boxing sl. – to throw on one’s back, to throw down
• SEND TO GLORY
vb. to ruin; to destroy …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEND TO LONG BEACH
vb. when the narcotic agents are coming: to flush illegal drugs down the toilet …1960s African-American sl.
• SEND TO TEMPLE MOORS
vb. to proclaim an outcast from society …1865 Eng. dial. obs.
• SEND TO THE PACK
vb. to relegate to obscurity …1916 Aust. sl.
• SEND TO THE RIGHT-ABOUT
vb. to dismiss …1842 sl.
• SEND TO THE WALL
vb. to thrust aside into a position of neglect …1901
• SEND UP
vb. to send someone to prison …1852 sl., now US
• SEND YOU SOUTH
vb. to end a romance or friendship …1960s Amer. sl.
• SENECA BEAR
n. the black bear …1924 Amer. dial.
• SENEGAMBIAN
n. a Black person …1900 Amer. dial.
► SENNIGHT n. a week; a period of seven successive days and nights → a1000 arch.
• SENSATIONAL
adj. resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SENSE-THRAWING
adj. perverting or confusing the senses …1895 Sc.
• SENT
adj. said of someone completely enthralled or entranced, esp. by rhythmic music, drugs, etc. …1940 sl.
• SENTER
n. the member of a team of parcel thieves who actually removes the stolen goods and takes them to a hideout …L16 sl.
• SEPARATE THE SHEEP FROM THE GOATS
vb. to sort the good persons or things from the bad or inferior
• SEPARATION
n. pus from a boil, etc. …1968 Amer. dial.
• SEPIA SLASHER
n. prizefighter Joe Louis …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEPIA SNIPER
n. prizefighter Joe Louis …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEPIA STREAK
n. Olympic track star Jesse Owens …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEPOOSE
n. an inlet of the sea, esp. an artificial channel connecting a body of water with the sea …1650 Amer. dial.
• SEPTIC
adj. unpleasant; deplorable …1914 sl.
n. an American …1976 rhyming sl., chiefly Aust., for ”septic tank = Yank’
• SEPTIC TANK
n. an American …1976 rhyming sl., chiefly Aust., for ‘Yank’
• SEQUELTERED
adj. sequestered and sheltered …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SERENADE
n. a noisy, prankish demonstration, esp. following a wedding or as a Christmas celebration …1849 Amer. dial.
• SERG
n. a sergeant, esp. as a familiar term of address …M19 sl.
• SERGEANT-MAJOR
n. strong sweet tea; tea with rum …1925 Brit. military sl.
• SERGEANT-MAJOR’S
n. strong sweet tea; tea with rum …1925 Brit. military sl.
• SERGIVEROUS
adj. fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed …1910 Amer. dial.
• SERIOUS
adj. large; intense; important …1980s African-American sl.
• SERJEANT GARBAGER
n. an officer of the royal kitchen, who had charge of the poultry …1601 obs.
• SERMOCINATION
n. talk, conversation; a discourse, sermon; speech-making …1514 obs.
• SERVAGEROUS
adj. fierce, violent, vigorous …1851 Amer. dial.
• SERVANT LURK
n. a public house where duplicitous servants meet criminals to plan mutually beneficial robberies …M19 sl.
• SERVE
vb. to possess carnally …Bk1903 sl.
• SERVE SMALL BEER
vb. to discuss trifling subjects …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SERVE THE SAME SAUCE
vb. to retaliate in kind; to treat in the same fashion; to give as good as you take …1817
• SERVE WITH THE SAME SAUCE
vb. to subject to the same kind of usage …1523
• SERVICE CAR
n. a taxi; a car used to provide an unofficial bus service …1965 Amer. dial.
• SERVIGEROUSLY
adv. vigorously …1938 Amer. dial.
• SERVIGOUS
adj. fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed …1883 Amer. dial.
• SERVIGROUS
adj. fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed …1909 Amer. dial.
• SESH
n. a drinking spree …1943 sl., orig. services’ usage
• SESQUIHORAL
adj. 1652 – lasting an hour and a half → obs.
• SESSION
n. a drinking spree …1943 sl., chiefly Aust.
• SET
adj. determined …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 1. the first domino player in a hand …sl.
n. 2. a sofa, a couch …1957 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a party, a social event …1959 Amer. dial., Black usage
n. 4. a clique of friends who tend to party and generally hang out together …1960s African-American sl.
vb. 1. to sew …1857 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to court …1896 Amer. dial.
• SET A BED SPELL
vb. to stay until bedtime …1933 Amer. dial.
• SET ABOUT
vb. to attack or assault someone …1879 UK colloq.
• SET A HATCH BEFORE THE DOOR
vb. to keep silence …1555 obs.
• SET-ALONG
adj. of a child: old enough to sit up unaided …1917 Amer. dial.
• SET-ALONG CHILD
n. a child big enough to sit on the floor but not walk …1917 Amer. dial.
• SET AN EDGE UPON
vb. to stimulate, to incite …1609 obs.
• SET A STITCH
vb. to sew …1857 Amer. dial.
• SET A SUNSHINING
vb. 1601 – to expose to view, to display
• SET-BACK
n. 1958 – a party where no games are played → Amer. dial.
vb. 1896 – (as ‘set back’) to cost; to be expensive → Amer. sl.
• SET-BACK FOOD
n. 1958 – food that has cooled for a time and then has been placed on the table → Amer. dial.
• SET BESIDE THE SADDLE
vb. 1579 – to defeat the plans or ruin the career of → obs.
• SET BY
vb. 1902 – to take one’s place at the table; often used as an invitation to dine → Amer. dial.
• SET DAGS
vb. M19 – to do something that the other person cannot do; to show off → sl.
• SET-DOWN
n. 1899 – a depressing or humiliating rebuke or reprehension; a rebuff → Amer. dial.
vb. 1934 – (as ‘set down’) to embarrass, to humble, to rebuke, to defeat → Amer. dial.
• SET FIRE YOU!
int. 1929 – an emphatic and impatient exclamation → Amer. dial.
• SET-HEADED
adj. 1913 – headstrong → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• SET HORSES
vb. 1899 – to agree, to get on well → Amer. dial.
• SET LUNT TO
vb. 1550 – to set fire to → Sc.
• SET OF DRAPES
n. 20C – a ‘zoot suit’ .→ African-American sl.
• SET OFF
vb. 1950 – to clear a table → Amer. dial.
• SET OF HEADLIGHTS
n. 1965 – a woman’s breasts → Amer. dial.
• SET OF HORSESHOES
n. 1882 – a horse → US sl.
• SET OF SEVEN BRIGHTS
n. 1930 – a week; seven days → African-American sl.
• SET OF THREADS
n. 1930 – fine clothing → African-American sl.
• SET ON A HAIR TRIGGER
adj. 1913 – extremely sensitive to stimuli → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• SET ONE IN HIS PLACE
vb. 1942 – to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• SET ONE ON HIS EAR
vb. 1967 – to suddenly embarrass one → Amer. dial.
• SET ONE ON ONE’S ASS
vb. 1970 – to be knocked out from drug intoxication → African-American sl.
• SET ONE’S BACK UP
vb. 1800 – to make annoyed → colloq.
• SET ONE’S BED
vb. 2000 – to make one’s bed → Amer. dial.
• SET ONE’S BUDGET DOWN
vb. 1933 – to come to a decision; to take a firm or positive position on any subject → Amer. dial.
• SET ONE’S CAP AT
vb. 1773 – to set oneself to gain the affections of a woman → colloq.
• SET ONESELF IN A BUTTER TUB
vb. 1968 – to get married → Amer. dial.
• SET ONE’S MOUTH ON
vb. 1970 – to tell someone off; to give one a tongue-lashing → African-American sl.
• SET ONE UP WITH SALT
vb. 1881 – to provide the necessaries of life for one → Sc.
• SET ON THE RACK
vb. 1606 – to strain to the utmost
• SET-OUT
n. 1. 1899 – a display, as of food, or dinnerware → Amer. dial.
n. 2. 1970 – a tongue-lashing; a scolding → Amer. dial.
vb. 1952 – (as ‘set out’) to seek a marriage partner; to go courting → Amer. dial.
• SET OVER
vb. 1931 – to kill deliberately → US sl.
• SET RAIN
n. 1966 – a steady rain or drizzle → Amer. dial.
• SETTER
n. 1. 1902 – a police spy; an informer → sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. 1950 – the buttocks → Amer. dial.
• SETTERS
adv. 1892 – in coasting on a sled: in a sitting position → Amer. dial.
• SET THE BRAIN ASTEEP
vb. 1895 – to ponder, to revolve in the mind, to make a mental effort → Sc.
• SET THE BUCKET DOWN
vb. 1966 – to come to a decision; to take a firm or positive position on any subject; to take a stand → Amer. dial.
• SET THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE
vb. 1500 – to reverse the usual order, whether of things or of ideas → colloq.
• SET THE CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS
vb. 1976 – to cause trouble → sl.
• SET THE FLOOR
vb. 1937 – to dance, esp. in a style involving vigorous stamping → Amer. dial.
• SET THE GOOSE
vb. 1968 – to become pregnant → Amer. dial.
• SET THE HAIR
vb. 1936 – to ride a horse long enough to take the meanness out of him → Amer. dial.
• SET THE HARE-PIE AGAINST THE GOOSE-GIBLET
vb. 1633 – to let one thing serve as a set-off to another → obs.
• SET THE HARE’S FOOT AGAINST THE GOOSE-GIBLET
vb. 16C – to let one thing serve as a set-off to another → obs.
• SET THE HARE’S HEAD AGAINST THE GOOSE-GIBLET
vb. 1539 – to let one thing serve as a set-off to another → obs.
• SET THE HEATHER ON FIRE
vb. 1843 – to create uproar and excitement; to make a disturbance; to excite a tumult
• SET THE SADDLE UPON THE RIGHT HORSE
vb. 1635 – to lay the blame on the right person
• SET THE TORTOISE TO CATCH THE HARE
vb. 1798 – to seek to do something almost impossible → obs.
• SETTING
n. 1929 – a visit characterized by sitting and talking → Amer. dial.
• SETTING BEE
n. 1929 – a visit characterized by sitting and talking → Amer. dial.
• SETTING CHAIR
n. 1768 – a plain, straight chair, as contrasted with a rocking chair → Amer. dial.
• SETTING-DOWN
n. 1899 – a depressing or humiliating rebuke or reprehension; a rebuff → Amer. dial.
• SETTING-LONELY
adj. 1959 – of a child: old enough to sit up unaided → Amer. dial.
• SETTING ON THE NEST
adj. 1965 – pregnant → Amer. dial.
• SETTING OUT
n. 1833 – a dowry; a trousseau; the equipment necessary for establishing a household, usually in the form of a gift to a bride or newly married couple → Amer. dial.
• SETTING-UP
adj. 1954 – of a child: old enough to sit up unaided → Amer. dial.
n. 1880 – (as ‘setting up’) a wake for the dead → African-American sl.
• SETTING-UP KID
n. 1954 – a baby old enough to sit alone → Amer. dial.
• SETTLE
vb. 1. 1899 – to send to prison → US sl.
vb. 2. 1942 – to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. 3. 1962 – of a cow: to become pregnant → Amer. dial.
• SETTLE A PERSON’S HASH
vb. 1825 – to reduce to order; to silence, to subdue; to make an end of → colloq.
• SETTLED
adj. 1968 – of a cow: pregnant → Amer. dial.
• SETTLE DOWN
vb. 1851 – to decide, to conclude → Amer. dial.
• SETTLEMENT ROAD
n. 1843 – a local rural road → Amer. dial.
• SETTLE ONE’S HASH
vb. 1. 1881 – to overcome a person completely; to ruin a person
vb. 2. 1942 – to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• SET-TO
n. 1. 1816 – fighting; a fight, a brawl → sl.
n. 2. 1829 – an argument, a row → sl.
• SET TO RIGHTS
vb. 1903 – to put in order → sl. (Bk.)
• SET TO THE WALL
vb. 1583 – to thrust aside into a position of neglect → obs.
• SET UP
adj. 1875 – proud; exhilarated; enlivened by drink; drunk → Amer. dial.
n. 1. 1930 – the glass, ice, soda, etc. required for mixing a drink, as served to customers who supply their own spirits in unlicensed premises → US sl.
n. 2. 1934 – a place-setting at a restaurant → US sl.
n. 3. 1940 – whisky, ice, and chaser served in a barroom → African-American sl.
n. 4. 1942 – (usually as ‘setup’) a gullible person; a dupe → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 5. 1968 – a scheme or trick by which an innocent person is incriminated → sl., orig. US
(verbs usually as ‘set up’)
vb. 1. 1843 – to pull one’s chair up to the table, to take one’s seat for a meal → Amer. dial.
vb. 2. 1900 – in jazz: to get things, as chairs, etc., arranged for a performance → African-American sl.
vb. 3. 1941 – to court a woman → Amer. dial.
vb. 4. 1942 – to intoxicate; to make dead drunk → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. 5. 1950 – to arrange with the police for a pusher or dealer to be ‘busted’ by marking the money to be used in the transaction; to trick someone; to be framed by the police; to pre-arrange things or lead someone on in order to incriminate the person → African-American sl.
vb. 6. 1966 – to come down with or develop a sickness or disease → Amer. dial.
• SET UP A KAIM
vb. 1882 – to act in a proud or arrogant manner → Sc.
• SET UP ONE’S BRISTLES
vb. 1529 – to show resistance
• SET UP ONE’S EBENEZER
vb. 1840 – to firmly make up one’s mind → Amer. dial.
• SET UP ONE’S JAY-FEATHERS
vb. 1825 – to be provoked into retaliation in kind → Sc.
• SET UP TO
vb. 1845 – to pay court to a woman; broadly, to curry favour with → Amer. dial.
• SET UP WITH
vb. 1871 – to court → Amer. dial.
• SEVAGEROUS
adj. 1832 _ fierce, violent, vigorous → Amer. dial.
• SEVEN
n. 1968 – a three-cornered tear in a piece of clothing from catching it on something sharp → Amer. dial.
• SEVEN OUT
vb. 1934 – to die → US sl.
• SEVEN-PLY GASSER
n. 1960 – something that is fantastic, better than a ‘gasser’ → Amer. sl.
• SEVEN SISTERS
n. 1928 – the constellation Pleiades → Amer. dial.
• SEVENTH HEAVEN
n. 1967 – the upper gallery in a theatre → Amer. dial.
• SEVENTY-ELEVEN
adj. 1970 – indefinitely numerous, many → Amer. dial.
• SEVEN-YEAR ITCH
n. 1. 1854 – any skin condition that causes chronic itching; an itch supposed to last for seven years → Amer. dial.
n. 2. 1936 – an urge to infidelity after seven years of marriage → jocular usage
• SEVERAL YEARS OF RAINY THURSDAYS
n. 1942 – a long time → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• SEVERE
adj. 1829 – wild, untamed, fierce, vicious, savage → Amer. dial.
• SEVERELY
adv. 1886 – thoroughly → Amer. dial.
► SEVIDICAL adj. speaking fiercely, using cruel language → 1656 obs.
• SEVIGROUS
adj. 1835 – fierce, savage, violent, powerful , ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed → Amer. dial.
• SEWAGE INSPECTOR
n. 1948 – the common carp → Amer. dial.
• SEWED IN A BLANKET
adj. 1915 – dead and buried → World War I Amer. sl.
• SEWED UP
adj. 1942 – dead → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• SEWER
n. 1. 1945 – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male → Brit. sl.
n. 2. 1968 – a dragonfly → Amer. dial.
• SEWER INSPECTOR
n. 1995 – the common carp → Amer. dial.
• SEWER-UPPER
n. 1977 – a dragonfly → Amer. dial.
• SEWING BEETLE
n. 1977 – a dragonfly → Amer. dial.
• SEWING BUG
n. 1965 – a dragonfly → Amer. dial.
• SEWING BUTTONS ON ICE CREAM
phr. 2001 – used as an evasive or diversionary remark to a child; what are you doing? → Amer. dial.
• SEWING BUTTONS ON LEMONS
phr. 1967 – used as an evasive or diversionary remark to a child; what are you doing? → Amer. dial.
• SEWING BUTTONS ON THE ICE-CREAM FREEZER
phr. 1979 – used as an evasive or diversionary remark to a child; what are you doing? → Amer. dial.
• SEWING NEEDLE
n. 1950 – a dragonfly → Amer. dial.
• SEW SOMEONE UP
vb. 1838 – to swindle, to cheat → sl.
• SEW THE EYES WITH RED THREAD
vb. 1888 – to have red eyelids from weeping → Ireland
• SEW UP
vb. 1. 1837 – to tire, to exhaust → sl.
vb. 2. 1903 – to possess carnally → sl. (Bk.)
vb. 3. 1942 – to ruin; to destroy → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• SEW WITH A HOT NEEDLE AND BURNING THREAD
vb. 1905 – to sew hastily and carelessly → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• SEX
vb. 1966 – to have sex → sl.
• SEXATIONAL
adj. 1. 1928 – pornographic; erotic → sl., orig. US
adj. 2. 1928 – said of something or someone sexually sensational → sl., orig. US
• SEXBOAT
n. 1962 – a sexually attractive woman → US sl.
• SEX-BOMB
n. 1963 – a sexually attractive woman → sl.
• SEXCAPADE
n. 1965 – a sexual escapade → sl.
• SEXED IN
n. 1990 – the gang rape of a female → African-American sl.
• SEXED UP
adj. 1942 – said of someone who is sexually aroused
• SEX KITTEN
n. 1958 – a young woman who asserts her sex appeal → sl.
• SEXPERIENCE
n. 1942 – sex experience → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• SEXPERT
n. 1. 1924 – an expert on sexual matters → sl., orig. US
n. 2. 1942 – a philanderer → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• SEXPOT
n. 1957 – a sexually attractive woman → sl.
• SEXSATIONAL
adj. 1. 1928 – pornographic; erotic → sl., orig. US
adj. 2. 1928 – said of something or someone sexually sensational → sl., orig. US
• SEX UP
vb. 20C – to make more sexy → sl.
• SEY
n. M19 – the number six → sl.
• SEY-TRAY
n. M19 – the number 9
• SEZ YOU!
int. M19 – exclamation of contempt and disbelief, dismissing as beneath argument the previous speaker’s words → sl.
• S.F.A.
n. 20C – nothing; Sweet Fuck All; politely, Sweet Fanny Adams → sl.
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