IDENTIFICATION, IDENTIFIED, IDENTIFY, IDENTITY, IDENTITY DISC, IDENTITY TAG
ADJECTIVES
► MADE recognized, identified → 1930s US sl.
ADVERBS
► YDEMPTFICALLY with actual identity → 1432 obs.
NOUNS
► ALTER EGO a false identification card that permits a minor to be served alcohol → 1990 US sl.
► BANGO an identification tag → 1951 Amer. dial.
► DEAD-MEAT TICKET an identity tag → 1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
► DOG TAG an identity disc → 1918 US sl.
► DOG TAGS a soldier’s identification tags → 1947 sl., orig. US
► MEAT-TAG an identity disc → World War II Aust. services’ sl.
► MEAT-TICKET an identity tag → 1919 Brit. military sl.
► PAPER personal identification papers → 1982 US sl.
► RAP an identification by the police → 1910s US sl.
VERBS
► CLOCK to catch sight of, to see; hence, to recognize, to identify → 1976 Amer. sl.
► HAVE SOMEONE TABBED to identify → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► I.D. to identify → 1940s colloq., orig. US
► KEN to recognize; to identify → c1205 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► NAIL to identify, to recognize → 1902 US sl.
► PUT A FINGER ON 1. to identify someone, esp. as someone about to die → 1930s sl.
2. to work out, to identify → 1930s sl.
► RUN A MAKE to identify a suspect → 1970s US police sl.
► SCHOLAR to divine; to recognize, to identify → 1896 Eng. dial.
► TAB ► TAB UP to identify, to categorize → 1910s sl.
► TAG to identify someone or something → 1951 US sl.
► TAKE KNOWLEDGE OF to recognize, to identify → a1400
► ZERO to identify or locate someone or something → 1955 US sl.
Lexicophilia 