TAN, TANNED, TANNING
ADJECTIVES
► BAKED ► BAKED UP very tanned or sunburned → 1930s sl.
NOUNS
► FAKE-BAKE 1. a tanning salon → 1989 US students’ sl.
2. a fake tan → 1989 US students’ sl.
► NIGGY a dark tan → 2000s UK juvenile sl.
► SUNNINESS tan, sunburn → 1753 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► TANLING a person tanned by the sun’s rays; a dark-skinned person → 1611
VERBS
► FAKE AND BAKE ► FAKE-BAKE to get a tan in a tanning booth → 1989 US students’ sl.
► LAY OUT to get a tan → 1969 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► NUKE to get a tan in a tanning booth → 1988 US students’ sl.
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