DILEMMA
ADJECTIVES
► IN A STEW in a dilemma → 1995 US sl. (Bk.)
► IN BACK-HOUSE DYKE behindhand, late; in difficulties, in a dilemma → 1889 Eng. dial.
► JACKPOTTED tangled up with a fallen steer or horse; in a predicament or dilemma → 1946 Amer. sl.
NOUNS
► BAG OF WORMS an intricate problem; a dilemma → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CROTCH a dilemma → 1622 obs.
► DULCARNON a dilemma → c1374 obs.
► FIX a dilemma → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HAG-STOP weariness; a stoppage, dilemma → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JACKPOT a predicament; a muddle; a dilemma; trouble; an arrest → 1887 Amer. sl.
► LANT a dilemma, a standstill → 1866 Sc.
► MANCH a confused mass; a mess; a muddle; fig. a blunder, a dilemma → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAUNGE a confused mess, a mess, a muddle; a blunder, a dilemma, trouble → 1876 Eng. dial.
► QUANDARY a dilemma; a state of extreme uncertainty → M16 sl.
► TAKING a state of excitement, grief, or perplexity; a fit of petulance or temper; a dilemma; a sorry plight or condition → 1899 Eng. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► DULCARNON a person in a dilemma; a person perplexed → 1577 obs.
PHRASES
► ALL IN A GOGMIRE in a fix or dilemma; in a quandary → 1862 Eng. dial.
► NOT KNOW WHETHER TO SHIT OR GO BLIND not know what to do or say as a consequence of a dilemma, an awkward situation, etc. → 1946 US sl.
VERBS
► AMPLUSH to place at a disadvantage; to reduce to a dilemma, to confuse in argument → 1848 Sc. & Ireland
► BE IN A BOX to be in a fix, to be in a difficult or embarrassing situation; to be in a dilemma → a1555
► BE STONKERED to be in a fix or dilemma → World War II Aust. & NZ services’ sl.
► LANT to put in a dilemma, to bring to a standstill → 1823 Sc.
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