PERSON
NOUNS
► BATCH of persons: a set, a clique, a family → 1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GARRISON a body of persons → 1500-20 obs.
► KENNEL a pack, crew, gang, or persons → 1581 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ABORTION an all-purpose term for a person → 1834 sl., derogatory
► ALLIGATOR any person, irrespective of musical taste → 1950s US teen sl.
► ANIMAL a type of person → 1922 sl.
► APPLE a person; a fellow, a guy → 1928 colloq.
► ARTICLE a person; usually used with a preceding adjective → 1811 sl.
► ARTIST 1. a person devoted to or unusually proficient in the stated activity, as a ‘bullshit artist’ → 1890 sl.
2. a person; a chap; a fellow → c1905 sl.
► ASS an individual → 1946 Amer. sl.
► BABE a person → 1898 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► BABY a person; a fellow; a man; a ‘customer’ → 1861 sl.
► BACON human flesh, a human being → L16 sl.
► BALLOCKS a person, often used affectionately → 1922 sl.
► BANE a person, each member of a group → c1782 Sc.
► BEAN a person → 1978 US sl.
► BEGGAR a person of the stated sort, as a ‘little beggar’ → 1833 Brit. sl., often mildly derogatory
► BEIK a person → 1825 Sc.
► BEITCH a male or a female, a friend or an enemy → 1988 African-American & teen sl.
► BENNY a person, a fellow → 1960 US sl.
► BERRY a person, a fellow → 1931 sl.
► BEUCH a person → 1866 Sc. (Bk.)
► BIRD a person, usually male; a bloke; also, a term of address → c1561
► BIRDIE a person, usually male, a bloke → 1857 UK sl.
► BIRKIE a lively, smart youth; a person of any age → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLADE a human being, a person → 1773 Sc.
► BLEEDER a person → 1887 Brit. sl.
► BOD a person → 1933 Brit. sl.
► BODDIE ► BODIE ► BODY a person → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BO-JACK a fellow, a person → 1970 Amer. dial.
► BOOGER a fellow → 1934 Amer. dial.
► BOUL a term of contempt for a person → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOZO a fellow, a person → 1920 Amer. dial.
► BUB a man, a fellow → 1872 Amer. dial.
► BUFF a man, a person → E18 sl.
► BUGGER a fellow, a guy → 1854 Amer. dial., sometimes derogatory
► BUGGERLUGS an irreverent way of referring to a person, sometimes affectionately → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► CABBAGE a person, a fellow, a chap → M18 sl.
► CAMPER a person, an individual → 1970s US sl.
► CHARACTER a person → 1931 sl., often mildly derogatory
► CHUMMY a person → 1910s sl.
► CHUMP a person, esp., a regular working man → M19 sl.
► COOKEY ► COOKIE a person; a person of the stated type, as a ‘tough cookie’ → 1917 sl., orig. US
► COON a person, a fellow; a rustic → 1832 Amer. dial.
► CRAFT a person → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CREATURE a person, an individual → c1300
► CRITTER a person, usually disparaging → 1815 US sl.
► CUSS a person of the stated sort, as an ‘awkward cuss’ → 1775 sl., orig. US, mildly derogatory
► CUSTOMER a person of the stated sort, as a ‘mean customer’ → 1589 sl., usually mildly derogatory
► DADDY a fellow; a ‘customer’ → 1964 US sl.
► DADDY-O a friend; a fellow; used in direct address → 1948 US jazz usage
► DEAL an individual or thing → 1940s sl., orig. US
► DEALIE an individual or thing → 1940s sl., orig. US
► DISCIPLE a fellow; a chap → 1848 Ireland
► DOC a fellow; used in direct address → 1869 US sl.
► DROVER’S DOG a disparaging term for a person → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► DUCK a person of the stated sort, as a ‘slick duck’ → 1871 US sl., usually derogatory
► DUKE a regular fellow; a tough guy → 1989 US sl.
► EGG a person of the stated sort, as a ‘tough egg’ → 1855 sl.
► FACE a person, a fellow, esp. if White → 1944 African-American sl.
► FACE OF CLAY, THE any living person → 1828 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► FISH a person of the stated sort, as a ‘cold fish’ → 1750 sl., mainly derogatory
► FUCKER a rude nickname for a person, usually a male → 20C sl.
► GADJÉ a person, an individual; used rather contemptuously → 1875 Eng. dial.
► GALAH a chap, a fellow → 1941 Aust. sl.
► GATEMOUTH a person, a man → 1944 African-American sl.
► GAZOOK a person, a fellow → 1904 US sl.
► GAZOOKA a person, a fellow → 1904 US sl.
► GEEHONKUS an individual, a person → 1919 US sl.
► GEEK a person, a fellow, esp. one who is regarded as foolish, offensive, worthless, etc.; a clumsy or eccentric person; one who is befooled or derided; a dupe → 1876 sl., orig. N. Eng. dial.
► GERANIUM a person, a fellow → 1906 US Western sl.
► GHOST a person, a wicked-looking person; a villain → a1000 obs.
► GHOST-SOUL a double of a person → 1871 folklore usage
► GINK a fellow, a person (not derogatory); also used as a jovial or affectionate term of address → 1912 US sl.
► GOSSIE a friend, an intimate; a fellow, a person → 1721 Sc. obs.
► GUNK a person → 1964 US sl., derogatory
► GUY a person → 1847 sl., orig. US
► HABRA DABRA AND THE CREW any random representatives of the populace; ‘Tom, Dick, and Harry’ → 1965 Barbados
► HAD ► HADE a person → c900
► HARLOT a fellow; playfully, a good fellow → c1386 obs.
► H.B.S. human beings → c1930 jocular usage
► HEADLING an equal, a fellow, a mate → c950 obs.
► HEAP a great company, esp. of persons; a multitude → 971
► HER JILLPOTS that person, her → 1937 UK itinerant entertainers’ usage
► HIS JILLPOTS that person, him → 1937 UK itinerant entertainers’ usage
► HIS KNABS ► HIS NABS a person → L18 sl.
► INDIVIDUAL a person of the stated sort, as a ‘friendless individual’ → 1888 sl., mildly derogatory
► JABART ► JABBARD a term of contempt for a person → 1949 Sc.
► JACK a man of the common people; a lad, a fellow; a chap; a low-bred or ill-mannered fellow; a knave → 1548 obs.
► JACK-RAG a person → 1895 Eng. dial.
► JAUDEWIN a term of reproach for a person → 1340-70 obs.
► JAY a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person → 1890 Amer. dial.
► JAYBIRD a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person → 1886 Amer. dial.
► JAYHAWK a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person → 1907 Amer. dial.
► JAYHAWKER a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person → 1911 Amer. dial.
► JAZZBO a fellow, a person → 1923 Amer. dial.
► JOHNNY a fellow, a chap → L17 colloq.
► JOKER a man, a fellow, a chap → E19 sl., orig. Aust.
► KATYDID an individual; a person → 1873 US sl.
► KEED a person, used in direct address → 1920s US sl.
► LAD a person; used depreciatingly of either sex → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LARK a fellow, a person → 1835 Amer. sl.
► LARKIE ► LARKY a fellow, a person → 1833 Amer. sl.
► LASSIKIE a young girl or woman; a little girl → 1864 Sc.
► LEDE a man, person; esp. one of the ‘men’ or subjects of a king or chief; a subject → a1300 obs.
► LEMON CURD a person → 1960s rhyming sl. for ‘turd’, derogatory
► LEMON a fellow, a man → 1979 UK rhyming sl. for ‘geezer’ (Lemon-Squeezer)
► LEMON (SQUEEZER) a fellow, a man → 1979 UK rhyming sl. for ‘geezer’
► LIVER PAD a person → 1882 US jocular usage
► LOLLYGAG a term of disparagement for a person → 1940 Amer. dial.
► MAKE an equal, a fellow; a friend; a companion, a consort, a ‘mate’ → 1678 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MAN AND MAN a person → 1970s African-American sl.
► MAN CRITTER a human being → 1940 Amer. dial.
► MEMBER a person, an individual → 1896 Eng. dial.
► MERCHANT a person devoted to or unusually proficient in the stated activity, as a ‘speed merchant’ → 1914 sl.
► MICKEY ► MICKIE ► MICKY a fellow, a person → 1950s US sl.
► MIDGICRAW a term of contempt for a person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOLLYFOCK a person → 1960s sl., derogatory
► MOMMET a person; a term of abuse → 1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MONG a human being → 1933 Aust. sl., derogatory
► MONK a person → 1864 UK criminals’ sl.
► MONKEY an unspecified person; a stranger; a man, a fellow; a member of the general public → 1815 colloq.
► MORTAL a person → a1425 colloq.
► MOTHER CHILD a person → a1300 obs.
► MOTHERFUCKER a fellow, a person → 1958 US sl.
► MOTHER’S CHILD a person; chiefly in ‘every mother’s child’ → 1594
► MOTION a person; used derisively → 1602 obs.
► MR. ANYBODY a generic name for an anonymous member of the public → 1940s sl.
► MR. AVERAGE the average member of the public → 1910s sl.
► MR. AVERAGEMAN the average member of the public → 1910s sl.
► MUDDAFUKKA a motherfucker; a person; a despised person; a difficult thing or situation → 1995 US sl.
► NABS ► KNABS a person of either sex.→ 1790 sl.
► NEW JACK a newcomer or novice, esp. to the fast life of the ghetto streets → 1985 chiefly African-American
► NIMSHY a human being; a girl, a young girl → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► NOSPER a person → 1909 back-slang
► NUT a person → 1856 Brit. sl.
► OLD BIRD a person, usually old → 1910s sl.
► OLD IDENTITY a person, usually an eccentric one, a ‘character’ → M19 sl.
► OLD SCOUT a person; usually used as an affectionate term of address → E19 sl.
► OLD SCREAM a person; usually used as a term of address → 1920s sl.
► OONT a person, a fellow → 1984 Aust. & Anglo-Indian
► OUTFIT a person or persons → 1867 sl., orig. US, usually derogatory
► OWLHEAD a person → 1991 US sl.
► PACKAGE a man, a person → 1920s US sl.
► PALOOKA a person, irrespective of size or intelligence → 1920s US sl.
► PAREGAL a person fully equal to another in some respect; an equal, a peer → 1425
► PERISHER a person, usually implying contempt or pity → 1896 sl.
► POOT a derogatory or sometimes affectionate term for a person → 1941 Amer. dial.
► POSSUM a person of the stated sort, as a ‘little possum’; also a term of address → 1894 Aust. sl.
► POT a person → 1919 Aust. services sl. (Bk.)
► POTATO a person → 1868 Eng. dial.
► PUNTER a person → 1975 Sc. colloq.
► RAT a person, esp. an enthusiast → 20C sl.
► SAM, COW AND THE DUPPY a random selection of the populace; Tom, Dick and Harry → 1965 Barbados
► SARDINE a person → 1866 US sl.
► SCONCE ► SKONCE a person → L16 sl.
► SCOUT a fellow or companion; a person of the stated sort, as a ‘good scout’ → 1912 sl.
► SCRAG-PIECE a term of contempt for a person → 1879 Eng. dial.
► SCROUNGE a derogatory term for a person → 1930s US sl.
► SCULPIN a derogatory term for an animal or person; a rascal; a backbiter → 1836 Amer. dial.
► SHAVETAIL a person → 1832 Amer. dial.
► SHOAT ► SHOTE a person; an idle, trifling, worthless fellow → 1809 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial., derogatory
► SINGULAR a single person; an individual → 1420
► SINNER a person → 1991 Irish sl.
► SKATE a person, irrespective of qualities → L19 US sl.
► SKEESICKS ► SKEEZICKS ► SKEEZIX ► SKEEZUCKS a person, usually a troublemaker → 1850 US sl.
► SKIN 1. a term of contempt for a person → 1825
2. a person → 1958 UK sl.
► SO-AND-SO a person of the stated sort, as a ‘poor so-and-so’ → 1943 sl.
► SOD a chap, a fellow, a guy → 19C sl., chiefly Brit.
► SORT a person of the stated sort, as a ‘bad sort’ → c1869 sl.
► SPECIMEN a person of the stated sort, as a ‘queer specimen’ → 1854 sl., mainly derogatory
► STICK a person of the stated sort as an ‘old stick’ → 1785 sl., often mildly derogatory
► TAD a person, usually a boy or child → 1871 Amer. dial.
► TADWHACKER a person, usually a boy or child → 1941 Amer. dial.
► TAG a label commonly given to a person or thing → 1960s sl.
► TAIL-WAGGER a general insult for a person → 1958 sl.
► TIDDERLY-PUSH ► TIDDLYPUSH a word substituted for the name of a person or thing which the speaker has forgotten, does not know, or is unwilling to mention; a thingummy → 1923 colloq.
► TILLICUM a person, esp. an associate or friend → 1868 Amer. dial.
► TOMMY TUCKER a person → 1990s rhyming sl. for ‘fucker’
► TOWFUD a term of contempt for a person → 1875 Sc.
► TURNIP a person → 1837 humorous usage
► UNIT a person → 1960s US students’ sl.
► WAG a mischievous boy; often used as a mother’s term of endearment to a baby boy; also, a youth, a young man; a fellow → a1553 obs.
► WALLAH a person → 1776 Anglo-Indian
► WALLER a person → 2000s African-American sl., derogatory
► WARM BODY a person → 1994 US sl. (Bk.)
► WAT a person; especially ‘a great wat’ → 1399 obs.
► WIGHT a human being; a person → ME now arch., Eng. dial., & literary
► WISH-WAS someone who wishes that he were something that he is not → 1991 US sl.
► YAHOO a person → 1977 sl.
► YIRD-CREEPER one who creeps on the earth, man as opposed to the birds → 1877 Sc.
► YOKE a person → 1961 UK sl.
► YOM ► YOMO a person; a fellow → 1977 US sl.
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