SIMPLE (easy)
ADJECTIVES
1586 ► RIGHT-DOWN absolute, complete, thoroughgoing; also, simple, straightforward
M19 ► CLUSH easy, simple → sl.
1909 ► EASY AS ABC easy, as simple as learning the alphabet → sl. (Bk.)
1909 ► LIKE ABC easy, as simple as learning the alphabet → sl. (Bk.)
1939 ► APPLE-PIE simple, easily done → US sl.
1960 ► TITS easy; simple → US students’ sl.
1968 ► CAKE easy, simple → US students’ sl.
1970 ► BAGGED easy, simple, no problem → sl.
1970 ► CHINTZY easy, simple US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1976 ► EASY-PEASY very easy, very simple → UK sl.
1976 ► EASY-PEASY, LEMON-SQUEEZEY very easy, very simple → UK sl.
NOUNS
1890 ► SNIP something that is easily achieved or done; a certainty; a simple task → UK sl.
1891 ► PUSH-OVER an easily accomplished task; a simple or ready victory → colloq., orig. US
1897 ► CAKEWALK an easy or overwhelming success; anything considered very easy, simple, or certain → US sl.
L19 ► DUCK SOUP anything simple or easy; an easy task; a cinch → US sl.
1911 ► CAKE anything easy or simple an easy course, test → US sl.
1940 ► DUCK SHOOT a simple operation → sl., orig. military
PHRASES
1970 ► AIN’T NOTHING TO IT everything is simple; there are no problems → African-American sl.
VERBS
1425 ► SIMPLE to render one simple; to humble in respect of knowledge → obs.
1814 ► SIMPLICIZE to make simple
1965 ► BELL A GOOSE to do the simplest thing → Amer. dial.
1980 ► CONNECT THE DOTS to do something very simple → Amer. sl.
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