SUPERFLUOUS
ADJECTIVES
► OFFAL inferior, superfluous; dirty, untidy → 1750 Eng. dial.
► POPULAR AS A PORK CHOP AT A JEWISH WEDDING completely useless; superfluous; inappropriate → 1930 sl.
► SUPERVACANEOUS vainly added over and above what is essential; serving no purpose; superfluous, redundant, unnecessary, needless → c1555 obs.
► THROWAWAY useless; superfluous; cruelly neglected → 1970 US sl.
► TRABOCCANT superabundant; excessive, superfluous → 1651 obs.
► USELESS AS A PORK CHOP AT A JEWISH WEDDING completely useless; superfluous; inappropriate → 1930 sl.
► USELESS AS A SLICE OF BACON AT A JEWISH WEDDING completely useless; superfluous; inappropriate → 1930 sl.
NOUNS
► FAKEMENT a trimming, a superfluous thing → L19 sl.
► NEED-NOT something unnecessary or superfluous → 1650 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► FIFTH CALF someone extra; one who doesn’t fit in or belong; a ‘fifth wheel’ → 1895 Amer. dial.
► SPARE PRICK, A a person who is conspicuously out of place in a particular situation, esp. in an embarrassing way; an idle, ineffectual, or superfluous person → 1961 Brit. sl.
► SPARE PRICK AT A WEDDING, A a person who is conspicuously out of place in a particular situation, esp. in an embarrassing way; an idle, ineffectual, or superfluous person → 1980 Brit. sl.
VERBS
► CARRY COALS TO NEWCASTLE vb. to bring things to a place where they abound; to do anything superfluous or unnecessary → 1999 (Bk.)
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