Dictionary: SP – SPD

• A SPACE BACK
n. some time ago …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• SPACE BASE
n. crack soaked in PCP; a hollowed-out cigar refilled with PCP and crack …Bk1998 drug culture sl.

• SPACE CADET
n. a mixture of PCP and crack …Bk1998 drug culture sl.

• SPACE DUST
n. a mixture of PCP and crack …Bk1998 drug culture sl.

• SPACED OUT
adj. in a state of drug-induced euphoria; out of touch with reality; disoriented …1968 sl., orig. US

• SPACE OUT
vb. to go into a drug-induced euphoria …1968 US sl.

• SPACESHIP
n. a glass pipe used to smoke crack …Bk1998 drug culture sl.

• SPACEY
adj. in a drugged state …1968 sl., chiefly US

• SPACK
adj. 1. gentle; quiet; tame …ME obs. rare
adj. 2. intelligent, clever …ME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
adj. 3. of a person: quick, prompt, ready …ME obs. exc. Eng.
dial.

• SPACY
adj. 1. out of touch with reality; disoriented; spaced out …M20 sl., chiefly N. Amer.
adj. 2. in a drugged state …1968 sl., chiefly US

• SPADE
adj. (derogatory, offensive) pert. to Black people …E20 sl.
n. 1. gum secreted at the corner of the eye …OE obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. (derogatory, offensive) a Black person, esp. a man …1928 sl.

• SPADGER
n. 1. a young boy …M19 Eng. dial and sl.
n. 2. the vagina …1990s Aust. sl.
vb. to play or frolic about …M20 Eng. dial. & sl.

• SPADGERS
n. spaghetti …1960 Brit. sl.

• SPAFF
vb. to ejaculate …1990s sl.

• SPAG
n. 1. spaghetti …1948 colloq.
n. 2. a sparrow …1951 Aust. sl.
n. 3. (derogatory) an Italian immigrant …1967 Aust. sl.
n. 4. a cowboy film, usually made in Europe by Italian directors …1970s sl., orig. US
n. 5. an unpleasant, stupid person; can be used affectionately …1980s US college & UK juvenile sl.

• SPA-GAG-ME
n. prison-cooked spaghetti …1990s US prison sl.

• SPAG BOL
n. spaghetti Bolognese …1970 sl.

• SPAG FAG
n. one who prefers Italian partners …1990s homosexual sl.

• SPAGGA
n. an unpleasant, stupid person; can be used affectionately …1980s US college & UK juvenile sl.

• SPAGGERS
n. spaghetti …1960 sl.

• SPAGGIE
n. an Italian …1960s Aust. sl.

• SPAGGOT
n. a Black homosexual …1920s African-American sl.

• SPAGHETTI
n. 1. an Italian …1910s sl., orig. US, derogatory
n. 2. excess chrome or trim on a car …Bk1998 sl.

• SPAGHETTI BENDER
n. an Italian …1960s US sl.

• SPAGHETTI CORNER
n. an Italian community within an urban area …1950s US sl.

• SPAGHETTI-EATER
n. an Italian …1910s sl., orig. US

• SPAGHETTI HEAD
n. 1. an Italian …20C US sl.
n. 2. a stupid person …1980s US sl.

• SPAGHETTI HOUSE
n. a restaurant serving varieties of pasta, esp. spaghetti …20C colloq.

• SPAGHETTI JOINT
n. a restaurant serving varieties of pasta, esp. spaghetti …20C US colloq.

• SPAGHETTI JUNCTION
n. a complete of motorways forming a multi-levelled interchange; esp. used of the Gravelly Hill interchange between the M1 and M6 outside Birmingham, UK …1960s UK sl.

• SPAGHETTI WESTERN
n. a cowboy film, usually made in Europe by Italian directors …1970s sl., orig. US

• SPAGINGY-SPAGADE
n. a Black person …1920s African-American sl.

• SPAGINZY
n. a Black person …1920s African-American sl.

• SPALE
n. a curl of wax on a burning candle …L18

• SPALPEEN
n. 1. a common workman or labourer; a farm worker or harvester; a migratory agricultural labourer …1780 Irish
n. 2. a disagreeable, miserable, or contemptible person; a low, mean, or good-for-nothing fellow; a worthless person; a rogue, a rascal, a scamp …1815 Irish
n. 3. a little boy; a youngster …1891 Irish

• SPALT
n. 1639 obs. rare – a silly person

• SPAM
n. unsolicited electronic mail or text messages sent simultaneously to a number of e-mail addresses or mobile phones …20C computing sl.
vb. to send unsolicited electronic mail or text messages simultaneously to a number of e-mail addresses or mobile phones …20C computing sl.

• SPAM MEDAL
n. a medal awarded to all members of a force, esp. (British) the 1939-45 Star, awarded to British service personnel who took part in World War II …1945 sl.

• SPAMMIE
n. a lovebite …19C Eng. dial.

• SPAMMY
adj. bland, mediocre …M20

• SPAN CLEAN
adj. perfectly clean …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.

• SPANDER-NEW
adj. completely new …E18 now Eng. dial.

• SPANDY
adj. 1. very good or fine; smart …M19 US colloq.
adj. 2. quite, entirely …M19 US colloq.

• SPANDY-CLEAN
adj. very clean …1838 Amer. dial.

• SPANDY NEW
adj. entirely new …M19 US colloq.

• SPANFIRED NEW
adj. brand new …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.

• SPANG
adv. exactly, firmly, or straight …19C US & Can.

• SPANGHEW
vb. to throw into the air …Eng. dial.

• SPANGLE
n. 7 shillings … Bk1903 sl.

• SPANGLORIOUS
adj. 1. resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• SPANIEL
n.1598 – an obsequiously devoted person

• SPANIELIZE (IT)
vb. 1641 rare – to act like a spaniel; to be submissive or fawning

• SPANISH
n. money … Bk1903 sl.

• SPANISH CURSE
n. in dominoes; 3-3…20C sl.

• SPANISH DANCER
n. cancer …20C Aust. sl.

• SPANISH LETTER
n. a condom …19C sl.

• SPANISH MONEY
n. fair words and compliments …L17 sl.

• SPANISH TROT
n. an easy gait; a jog …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.

• SPANK
vb. to go at a quick and lively pace …19C

• SPANKER
n. 1. something beautiful or attractive …Bk1892 Amer. sl.
n. 2. something excellent …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 3. something outstandingly fine or large …20C colloq.
n. 4. a person or animal that moves at a quick or lively pace …20C colloq.

• SPANKERS
n. money … Bk1903 sl.

• SPANKFIRE NEW
adj. new; novel …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• SPANKING
adj. 1. outstanding fine, excellent, first-rate, large, smart, jolly. …Bk1913 colloq.
adj. 2. quick and energetic; lively …colloq.
adj. 3. of a breeze: fresh and brisk ……colloq.
adj. 4. new; novel …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adj. 5. resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• SPANKING NEW
adj. new; novel …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• SPANKS
n. money … Bk1903 sl.

• SPANK THE BABY
vb. of a guitar player: to slap the guitar box with two fingers or the heel of his hand as, in the same motion, he brushes the strings …1970 US sl.

• SPANK THE MONKEY
vb. of a man or boy: to masturbate …1978 Amer. sl.

• SPANKY
adj. 1. showy, smart, dashing, well-dressed …1789 Sc.
adj. 2. sprightly, frisky …B1900 Sc.
n. a tall, well-made, active person …B1900 Sc.

• SPAN-NEW
adj. absolutely new …14C arch. or Eng. dial.

• SPANNIOLIZE (IT)
vb. 1641 rare – to act like a spaniel; to be submissive or fawning

• SPANNISHING
n. the full blooming of a flower …c1400 obs.

• SPARAGRASS
n. asparagus …19C Eng. dial. obs.

• SPARE
n. 1. a sweetheart in reserve …Bk1892 Amer. sl.
n. 2. an unattached woman, esp. one available for casual sex …1969 sl.

• SPARERIBBED
adj. thin; skinny …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• SPARE TIRE
n. 1. a sweetheart in reserve …Bk1892 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a deposit of fat just above the waist …1961 Brit. jocular usage

• SPARE TYRE
n. a roll of fat around the midriff …1961 sl.

• SPAR’GUS
n. asparagus …1966 Amer. dial.

• SPARK
n. 1. a fashionable or gallant young man …16C rare
n. 2. vivacity, enthusiasm, or humour
n. 3. a trace or hint
vb. to woo a person …1807 US

• SPARKIE
n. 1. the electric chair …1970s US prison sl.
n. 2. an electrician …20C colloq.

• SPARK IT UP
vb. to smoke marijuana …Bk1998 drug culture sl.

• SPARKLE
n. vivacity or wit
vb. to be vivacious or witty

• SPARKLE PLENTY
n. amphetamine …Bk1998 drug culture sl.

• SPARKLER
n. a diamond or other precious stone …1822 sl.

• SPARKLERS
n. amphetamine …Bk1998 drug culture sl.

• SPARKLING
adj. lively, intelligent, and witty

• SPARK OUT
adj. unconscious …1936 sl.

• SPARK-PLUGGY CAR
n. a fast car …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• SPARK-PROP
n. a diamond pin or tie-pin …1879 criminals’ sl.

• SPARKS
n. 1. a wireless operator …Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
n. 2. an electrician …1914 sl.

• SPARKY
adj. energetic, vigorous, lively, vivacious, spirited …1883 sl.
n. the electric chair …1970s US prison sl.

• SPARRING PARTNER
n. a person with whom one has friendly arguments …1958

• SPARROW-BRAIN
n. a slow-witted person …1930 sl.

• SPARROW COP
n. a police officer assigned low-grade duties such as patrolling parks …1896 US sl.

• SPARROW-FART(S)
n. break of day, very early morning …1886 Eng. dial.

• SPAS
n. 1965 sl. – an ineffectual or incompetent person

• SPASMATOMANCY
n. Bk1991 – divination used to foretell disease by observing spasms or twitching of the potential sufferer’s body

• SPASMOPHILIA
n. Bk1991 – an extreme tendency to convulsions

• SPASTIC
adj. 1981 sl. – ineffectual, incompetent
n. an ineffectual or incompetent person …1981 sl.

• SPAT
n. 1804 sl., orig. US – a small or unimportant argument, a row

• SPATALAMANCY
n. Bk1991 – divination involving the examination of animal faeces

• SPATIATE
vb. 1626 – to walk about, to stroll; to wander, roam, rove, or ramble

• SPATILOMANCY
n. Bk1991 – divination involving the examination of animal faeces

• SPATULAMANCY
n. Bk1991 – divination by means of an animal’s shoulder blade

• SPAUGHT • SPAUT
n. 1598 obs. rare – a young fellow approaching manhood; a youth, a lad, a stripling

• SPAZ
n. 1965 sl. – an ineffectual or incompetent person

• SPAZ CHARIOT
n. 2003 UK sl. – a wheelchair

• SPAZZ OUT
vb. 1984 US sl. – to suffer a spasm, losing physical control