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Ww w noun a toilet. An abbreviation of the common WC NEW ZEALAND, 1916 W noun 1 a police warrant for search or arrest UK, 1956. 2 in sports, a win US, 1970 wac; wack noun 1 phencyclidine, the recreational drug known as PCP or angel dust US, 1981. 2 marijuana mixed with phencyclidine, the recreational drug known as PCP or angel dust UK, 1998 wack adjective inferior, unacceptable, very bad US, 1984 wacked adjective 1 excited US, 1959. 2 beyond repair. Extends WACK (inferior) UK, 1997 wacked out adjective crazy, eccentric, mad US, 1968 wacked up adjective crazy, odd, irrational...
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- Ww w noun a toilet. An abbreviation of the common WC NEW ZEALAND, 1916 waffy adjective comfortable. Hip-hop, urban slang. A compound of ‘warm’ and ‘fluffy’ noted in connection with a legal dispute over W noun 1 a police warrant for search or arrest UK, 1956. 2 in sports, a rap lyrics by BBC News, 6th June 2003 US, 2003 win US, 1970 wag noun a social outcast, especially a non-surfer US, 1991 wac; wack noun 1 phencyclidine, the recreational drug known as WAG noun 1 the female partner of a footballer, especially an England PCP or angel dust US, 1981. 2 marijuana mixed with phencyclidine, team player. WAGs, the acronym for wives and girlfriends, was the recreational drug known as PCP or angel dust UK, 1998 applied to the players’ partners during the 2006 World Cup. The wack adjective inferior, unacceptable, very bad US, 1984 collective usage was soon individualised UK, 2006. 2 Welsh Assembly wacked adjective 1 excited US, 1959. 2 beyond repair. Extends WACK Government. Initialism UK: WALES, 1999 (inferior) UK, 1997 wag verb to play truant UK, 1848. < wag wienie; wag your wienie wacked out adjective crazy, eccentric, mad US, 1968 to commit indecent exposure of the male masturbatory variety US, wacked up adjective crazy, odd, irrational US, 1947 1984 wage slave noun anyone reliant on the income generated by regular wackelass noun a cat that is a troublesome, clumsy creature CANADA, employment UK, 1964 1999 waggle verb in pool, to make practice shots before actually hitting wacker; wack; whacker noun used as a term of address to a man. the cue ball US, 1993 Liverpudlian UK, 1768 wagon noun 1 a woman, especially a pushy one, or one capable of wacker adjective worse. From WACK (bad) US, 1999 invective IRELAND, 2003. 2 abstention from drug use. Extending the wackie; wacky noun a stereotypical member of the working-class; a previous sense UK, 1997. 3 an old, worn-out, beat-up car US, 1959. conformist. Teen slang UK, 1982 < on the wagon abstaining from drinking alcohol US, 1906 wack job; whack job noun a person who is mentally ill US, 1979 wagon burner noun a native American Indian. Offensive US, 1995 wacko; whacko adjective a person who is crazy, eccentric or wagon-chasing adjective used of a lawyer, unscrupulous, inclined to mentally imbalanced US, 1977 solicit business from those in trouble with the law US, 1953 wackoid adjective odd, eccentric UK, 1999 wagons ho! used as a humorous signal that a venture is about to begin. From cowboy films US, 1994 wacktic adjective very bad UK, 1983 wagon-spotter noun a trainspotter who specialises in ‘collecting’ wacky adjective odd, eccentric, crazy US, 1935 freight wagons UK, 2003 wacky baccy; wacky backy noun marijuana. From WACKY as wagwon? ‘what’s going on?’. Either directly from, or in imitation of, ‘eccentric’. Many variants exist, including ‘whacky baccy/backy’, West Indian speech UK, 2003 ‘whackatabachy’, ‘wacky tobaccy/tobacky’ and ‘whacky weed’ US, wahey! used for registering a feeling of exuberance UK, 2003 1975 wacky for khaki adjective infatuated with men in military uniform wahini noun a female surfer. From the Hawaiian US, 1963 US, 1967 wail verb 1 in jazz, to perform with great feeling US, 1955. 2 in pinball, wac-wac noun phencyclidine, the recreational drug known as PCP or to score a large number of points in a short period of time US, 1977. < wail down the place to dance with enthusiasm that borders angel dust US, 1995 on vulgarity TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1990 wad noun 1 the semen ejaculated at orgasm. From ‘wad’ (a large wailer noun in drag racing, a very fast car US, 1970 quantity) US, 1969. 2 expectorated sputum US, 1989. 3 a rag saturated with glue or any volatile solvent that is inhaled for the intoxicating wailing adjective exciting US, 1965 effect US, 1970. 4 a sandwich; a bun; a cake UK, 1919. 5 a roll of Waiouru blonde noun a Maori woman. Waiouru is a remote North money; a great deal of money US, 1951 Island military base NEW ZEALAND, 1997 wad verb (of a male) to reach orgasm. After WAD (semen) UK, 2003 waist noun < make waist to make pelvic thrusts and gyrations wad cutter noun a flat-nosed bullet US, 1962 during sex TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2003 wadded adjective well-off, rich. From WAD (a great deal of money) UK, wait-a-minute vine; wait-a-minute bush noun a heavy, thorny 2002 vine found in the jungles of Vietnam. When it snagged you, you had to wait a minute to disentangle yourself US, 1976 waddy noun a club; a hefty piece of wood suitable for a club. From the name of an Australian Aboriginal weapon in the extinct wait and linger noun the finger. Rhyming slang, applied only in an language Dharug, Sydney region AUSTRALIA, 1809 anatomical sense UK, 1992 waders noun shoes US, 1945 waiter’s delight noun in poker, a hand consisting of three threes and a pair. A ‘three’ is a TREY, the hand is conventionally known as wadge noun 8see: WODGE a ‘full house’, hence ‘treys full’, the waiter pun US, 1988 wafer noun 1 a tablet of MDMA, the recreational drug best known as waiting room noun in surfing, the area beyond the breakers where ecstasy. If dance is seen as a new religion, then MDMA is as surfers wait to catch waves ISRAEL, 1977 important a part of the ritual as the wafer is in conventional church rites UK, 2003. 2 a cigarette paper UK, 1996 wait up! ‘wait for me!’ US, 1944 waffle noun 1 nonsense; incessant or unfocused talk UK, 1900. in wake; wake up verb to become aware of something AUSTRALIA, 1910 2 trucking, a non-skid tyre US, 1971 ’wake; wake up’ verb < wake your ideas up to concentrate; to use your wits. Often as an imperative UK, 1961. < wouldn’t wake Waffle noun a movement in Canada’s New Democratic Party to if... to be generally unaware of what’s what AUSTRALIA, 1961 change somewhat its left-wing policies CANADA, 2001 This is trial version waffle verb 1 to vacillate; to take both sides of an issue UK, 1803. 2 to wake and bake; wake-n-bake verb to smoke marijuana as one of talk nonsense; to talk incessantly or in an unfocused way UK, 1937 the first acts of the day US, 1997 www.adultpdf.com
- 685 waker-upper | wallbanger waker-upper noun a heroin addict’s first injection of the morning walker noun 1 a prisoner who constantly paces in his cell US, 1984. 2 a striptease dancer who disrobes while walking US, 1981. 3 in dominoes, US, 1982 the highest piece of its suit that is not a double and has been played wake-up noun 1 the day’s first dose of a drug taken by an addict US, US, 1964 1954. 2 any amphetamine or central nervous system stimulant US, walkers noun the legs US, 1992 1972. 3 a short time remaining on a jail sentence or term of military service, especially the last morning US, 1950 walkie noun a close and dependable friend. A term that suggests wake up verb 1 to make someone aware; to inform someone ‘talkie’, which in turn suggests friendship US, 1991 AUSTRALIA, 1859. 2 to become aware that you are being swindled US, walkies noun a walk with a small child or a dog. A childish or jocular 1969. 3 in horse racing, to stimulate a horse illegally by electric term addressed to, and understood by, that child or dog US, 1923 shock or drugs US, 1947 walkie-talkie noun 1 an able-bodied person (from the perspective of wake-up adjective used of an addictive substance taken upon waking a disabled person) UK, 2003. 2 a portable two-way radio US, 1939. 3 a up US, 1981 prisoner who associates with guards US, 1992 wake-up pill noun an amphetamine or other central nervous system walk-in noun a thief who steals from unlocked hotel rooms US, 1954 stimulant US, 1979 walking adjective used of an order for food at a restaurant, to be wake you verb to make you aware of something US, 1953 taken from the restaurant US, 1952 wakey-wakey noun a wake-up call. Adapted from the exclamation, walking crab noun in electric line work, a lever lift US, 1980 ‘wakey, wakey!’ UK, 2001 walking disaster area noun an especially inept or accident-prone wakey, wakey! ‘wake up!’. Probably of military origin; widespread person UK, 1984 once adopted as the catchphrase of bandleader Billy Cotton walking man’s special noun in the used car business, a run-down (1899–1969) in his 1949–68 BBC radio Sunday lunchtime variety car that is not much to look at but still runs, in a fashion US, 1993 programme, The Billy Cotton Bandshow UK, 1959 walking money noun in gambling, a small amount of money given wakey, wakey, eggs and bakey! used for calling someone from by the house or other players to someone who has just lost all of sleep to breakfast. Used with great comic effect by Quentin his money US, 1961 Tarantino in Kill Bill Volume 2 (2004) as Bill’s brother Budd walking tree noun in a criminal enterprise, a watchman or lookout awakens The Bride to bury her alive US, 2000 US, 1956 wakey, wakey, hands off snakie! used for humorously waking up walking writer noun in an illegal numbers gambling lottery, a a male AUSTRALIA, 1985 person who collects and records bets US, 1949 Waldorf-Astoria noun an especially spartan solitary confinement walk in the park noun an easy thing to do UK, 1998 cell US, 1976 walk noun 1 a release from jail US, 1965. 2 during the Vietnam war, a walk in the sun noun a combat march without a significant chance 30-day patrol in which contact with the enemy is expected US, 1991 of engaging the enemy US, 1991 walk verb 1 to win something easily UK, 1903. 2 to escape unpunished walk of fame noun the walk home or to work after spending the US, 1979. 3 to quit a job or commitment US, 1999. 4 (of objects) to night with a beautiful and popular woman US, 2001 disappear, presumed borrowed or stolen UK, 1898. 5 to move a boat walk of shame noun the walk home or to work after spending the sideways US, 1989. 6 (used of a military aviator) to suit up for battle. night with a date, still wearing yesterday’s clothes US, 2002 From the vocabulary of fighter pilots US, 2001. < walk a cat back to walk-on noun in sports, an athlete who gets chosen for a team trace a missile back to its launch site. Gulf war usage US, 1991. < walk back the cat to reconstruct events in order to understand having appeared at practice unsolicited and unexpected US, 1978 walkover noun in horse racing, a race in which all but one of the what went wrong US, 1997. < walk in tall corn to make a great deal of money US, 1997. < walk out on to abandon someone or entries are withdrawn. The lone horse starting the race can win something. Of theatrical origin UK, 1937. < walk the dog 1 while the purse simply by walking the distance of the race US, 1965 surfing, to move frontwards and backwards on the surfboard to walk-up noun a brothel US, 1950 affect its speed US, 1987. 2 on the railways, to operate a freight train at wall noun < behind the wall imprisoned US, 1989. < go over the such a high speed that the wagons sway US, 1977. < walk the nose wall to escape from prison US, 1934. < go to the wall to lose while surfing, to advance to the front of the board US, 1962. < walk money in stock investments US, 1988. < off the wall in auction the plank to move forward on a surfboard, increasing the speed of fraud, where non-existent bids are said to come from UK, 2003. the ride AUSTRALIA, 1963. < walk the twelve steps to go to court < the wall a maximum security prison US, 2002. < up the wall CAYMAN ISLANDS, 1985. < walk the walk of the trollop to convey crazy; crazed by circumstances; angry UK, 1951 sexuality while walking. Another catchphrase from the ‘Wayne’s World’ sketch on Saturday Night Live US, 1991. < walk the walk; wall verb to lean against the wall at a party or other social gathering walk the walk and talk the talk to be (or behave as if ) totally US, 1997 wallaby noun < on the wallaby wandering around. Originally familiar with, and a part of, a given circumstance UK, 2004. < walk the yard to methodically walk in a prison open space US, 1981. ‘Tramping the outback in search of work (as though following the < walk with your Lucy to inject a drug US, 1981. < walk your track made by wallabies)’, G.A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian dog to use the toilet US, 1968 Colloquialisms, 1978 AUSTRALIA, 1861 Wallace and Gromit; wallace verb to vomit. Rhyming slang, based walkabout; walk-about noun a journey on foot taken by an on Oscar-winning (1990) animated characters UK, 1998 Aboriginal, especially when withdrawing from white society for a period AUSTRALIA, 1910. < go walkabout 1 (of an aboriginal) to go Wallace Beery; wallace noun in a betting shop, a dispute over the on a walkabout AUSTRALIA, 1927. 2 (of a person) to go off somewhere sum due. Rhyming slang for ‘query’, formed from the name of else AUSTRALIA, 1969. 3 (of an important person) to make an informal the US film actor (1885–1949) UK, 1998 tour on foot. Variants include ‘do a walkabout’ UK, 1984 wallah; walla noun 1 a man identified by relation to the activity, walkaway noun 1 a type of theft in which the thief walks away with occupation or philosophy to which it is properly affixed. Adopted a suitcase in a public place, leaving behind his suitcase as an alibi directly by Anglo-Indians, hence military, from Hindu wálá (‘a if apprehended US, 1954. 2 the final step in a confidence swindle, in person connected in some way with the thing expressed in the first which the swindlers walk away with the victim’s money US, 1981 word’, George Clifford Whitworth, An Anglo-Indian Dictionary, 1885) walk-back noun an apartment in the rear of a building US, 1970 INDIA, 1785. 2 in the television and film industries, indistinguishable walkboards noun a platform outside a carnival show or attraction US, background voices US, 1990 1966 wallbanger noun a person whose impairment with central nervous This is trial version walk-buddy noun in prison, a close friend and steady companion US, system depressants has produced a marked lack of coordination US, 1977 1976 www.adultpdf.com
- wallet | wanker tank 686 wallet noun 1 a person who finances a (criminal) project UK, 2003. 2 a Walter Mitty noun 1 a person who poses as a heroic ex-soldier. generous person US, 1997 From Walter Mitty, the title character of James Thurber’s short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1939) and successful film of wallet lane noun the passing lane of a motorway. Trucker use, with the same title starring Danny Kaye (1947) AUSTRALIA, 2002. 2 the a reference to a ‘wallet’ because of the likelihood of having to pay female breast. Rhyming slang for TITTY. The short form ‘walter’ can a ticket if caught using the passing lane US, 1977 also be used UK, 2003 walleyed adjective drunk US, 1992 Walts noun 14 Int (an undercover intelligence unit of the British wallflower week noun the bleed period of the menstrual cycle US, Army). Abbreviated from Walter Mitty, the name of a character, 1954 created in 1941 by James Thurber, who has become a cultural wallie noun in skateboarding, any jumping manoeuvre performed reference for a person who leads a dual existence UK, 1995 from a wall. A combination of ‘wall’ and OLLY; OLLIE (a jumping waltz noun intense warfare, be it a fire fight or hand-to-hand combat manoeuvre) UK, 2004 8see: WALLY US, 1991 wallies noun nothing, zero UK, 2000 waltz verb to move in a nonchalant manner US, 1887. < waltz wallin’ noun the act or habit of sitting or standing against a wall at a matilda to travel as a swagman. From ‘Matilda’ (a swag) and party. Teen slang UK, 2003 ‘waltz’ (to lead in a waltz), here punning on the female name. Now of course obsolete, except in the well-known Australian song. wall job noun sex with one of the participants standing against a Most singers are entirely unaware of the literal meaning of the wall US, 2001 phrase AUSTRALIA, 1893 wallop noun 1 a heavy blow UK, 1823. 2 an attempt, a go. A pun on waltz off verb to leave in a nonchalant or cavalier manner US, 1989 BASH (a try) UK, 2001. 3 the strength to deliver a heavy blow. Boxing slang UK, 1914. 4 beer UK, 1933 wamper noun a sandal made with pieces of tyre and tied with thatch string CAYMAN ISLANDS, 1985 wallop verb 1 to hit someone UK, 1825. 2 to get the better of someone. A figurative application of the previous sense UK, 1865. wampum noun money. An imitation of Native American Indian 3 to dance UK, 1992 language US, 1950 walloped adjective drunk or drug-intoxicated UK, 2002 wampy adjective crazy NEW ZEALAND, 1950 walloper noun 1 the penis UK: SCOTLAND, 2002. 2 a male who wand noun 1 the penis. The magic stick that you wave in your hand masturbates to excess NEW ZEALAND, 1998. 3 a police officer AUSTRALIA, UK, 2001. 2 in pool, a player’s cue stick US, 1993 1945. 4 a dancer, especially a professional dancer. Theatrical slang UK, wandering hands brigade noun a male’s hands exploring a 1937 female’s body NEW ZEALAND, 1984 wallopies noun large female breasts US, 1975 wandwaver noun a male exhibitionist US, 1980 walloping noun a beating, a thrashing; a win by a more than wang; whang noun the penis US, 1935 convincing margin UK, 1871 wangbar noun an electric guitar’s tremolo arm US, 1980 walloping adjective large, great UK, 1847 wanger noun 8see: WHANGER wallops noun choreography. From WALLOP (to dance) UK, 1992 wallpaper noun 1 a background pattern or photograph for a wangle noun a swindle; a convenient arrangement. The successful computer display screen US, 1991. 2 counterfeit money US, 1949. 3 a outcome of the verb WANGLE UK, 1915 postcard acknowledging receipt of a citizens’ band or ham radio wangle verb to arrange something to suit yourself; to contrive or message US, 1976 obtain something with sly cunning; to manipulate something. wall-stretcher noun an imaginary tool for which a building trades Widely used, especially in the military, as ‘wangle a job’, ‘wangling apprentice may be sent to fetch UK, 1961 leave (of absence)’, etc UK, 1888 wall ticket noun in Keno, a big win. Casinos often post large wang-wang noun the penis US, 1980 winning tickets on the wall of the Keno lounge as an enticement wank noun 1 an act of masturbation; hence, an act of self- to bettors US, 1987 indulgence. An earlier spelling ‘whank’ has given way to ‘wank’ UK, wall time noun the time as shown on wall clocks, as contrasted with 1948. 2 a waste of time UK, 1998. 3 a fool; a despicable person UK, 2002. GMT or another common time used on computers ANTARCTICA, 1991 4 nonsense; rubbish. As in the expression ‘that’s a load of old wall-to-wall adjective abundant; appearing everywhere. From wall-to- wank’ and the exclamation (current in the armed services, wall carpets that cover the entire floor UK, 1967 especially army, 1960–70s) ‘wank! wank!’ (pronounced almost as if wall-to-waller noun a pornographic film shot in one day on a very quacked) greeting any announcement or declaration considered to low budget US, 2000 be rubbish UK, 1979 Wally < call it Wally to agree that a matter is settled GUYANA, 1962 wank verb 1 to masturbate. The Scots dialect word whank (to beat) was the usual spelling until the 1970s. Also used with ‘off’ UK, 1950. wally; wallie; wolly noun 1 an unfashionable individual; someone 2 to party with zeal and a lack of inhibition CANADA, 1993 who is innocent, or foolish; a fool. Possibly originates in the name Wally, however Scottish dialect wally-draigle (a feeble, ill-grown wank adjective of poor quality; pathetic; self-indulgent UK, 2002 person) may well have had an influence UK, 1969. 2 in CID slang, a wank about; wank around verb to waste time UK, 2001 uniformed police officer, especially a constable; more generally, a trainee or an incompetent police officer. ‘Woolly’ is also recorded wank-bank noun a personal collection of inspirational erotic images. by the Oxford English Dictionary in 1965 UK, 1970 Formed on WANK (an act of masturbation) UK, 2003 wallyo; wal-yo noun a young man, usually an Italian-American US, wanked-out adjective drained of life UK, 2000 1975 wanker noun 1 a masturbator. The earlier spelling ‘whanker’ has Wally Pipp noun any athlete who misses a game and is thereafter given way to ‘wanker’ UK, 1978. 2 a despicable person; an all-purpose replaced by a better player. On 1st June, 1925, the New York form of abuse. From the sense as ‘a masturbator’; some Yankees first baseman Wally Pipp did not play because he was sick; commentators suggest late C19 dialect wanker (a simpleton) UK, his place was taken by Lou Gehrig, who played for the next 2130 1972 games US, 1967 wankered adjective drunk or drug-intoxicated, 2001 walnut storage disease noun any unspecified mental problem. A wanker’s doom noun the mythological disease that is the inevitable play on NUTTY (crazy) US, 1983 result of excessive masturbation US, 1977 walnut whip; walnut noun 1 sleep. Rhyming slang for KIP, formed This is trial version wanker tank noun a large 4WD vehicle that never gets used for off- on a chocolate confection UK, 1998. 2 a vasectomy. Rhyming slang road driving AUSTRALIA, 2003 for THE SNIP UK, 2002 www.adultpdf.com
- 687 wanking-spanner | wash wanking-spanner noun the hand. A masturbatory tool that loosens warden noun 1 a parent US, 1968. 2 a spouse. Usually a spouse of the nuts UK, 1961 female persuasion as perceived by the spouse of the male persuasion US, 1976. 3 a school principal US, 1954. 4 a teacher. Teen wank mag noun a pornographic magazine. Combines WANK (to slang US, 1951. 5 on the railways, the supervisor of a track crew US, masturbate) with MAG (a magazine) UK, 1998 1977 wank-off adjective self-indulgent. A figurative application for ‘an act war department noun someone’s wife or girlfriend US, 1984 of masturbation’ UK, 2000 war dialer noun a computer program that dials a given range of wank-pit; wanking-pit noun a man’s (unshared) bed. Military slang, telephone connections in order to hack into computer or formed on WANK (masturbation) UK, 1961 telecommunications systems US, 1989 wank shaft noun 1 the vagina UK, 2001. 2 the penis; also used as a warehoused adjective used of a prisoner who is neither educated term of abuse. Formed on the word WANK (masturbation) UK, 2003 nor trained during a period of imprisonment but simply contained wank sock noun an item of (men’s) footwear used to contain the UK, 1996 penis during masturbation UK, 2003 warez noun pirated computer software offered over the Internet. wanksta noun someone, especially a white person, who postures as A deliberate respelling of ‘wares’ UK, 2003 a gangsta rapper. A derisory play on WANKER (a despised person) US, warhead noun in cricket, a fast bowler UK, 1996 2002 warlord noun a high-level member of a political organisation US, 1991 wank-stain noun a contemptible person UK, 1997 warm noun an act of warming; an act of becoming warm. Colloquial wank tanks noun the testicles. Celebrating the testicles as no more UK, 1768 than a source of semen for masturbation UK, 2002 warm adjective good UK, 1996 wank trade noun the pornography industry US, 1997 warm for someone’s form adjective sexually attracted to someone wankware noun software on compact disc intended for sexual stimulation CANADA, 1995 US, 1964 warm fuzzies noun the feeling when praised by a superior US, 1986 wanky adjective 1 of poor quality; pathetic. Original printer’s use cognisant with WONKY; survives into a modern use which presumes warm one noun a bullet US, 1998 WANK as the inspiration UK, 1890. 2 pretentious AUSTRALIA, 1979 warmup noun a loose-fitting, athletic warmup suit US, 1999 wannabe noun someone who wants to be and pretends to be that warm up verb to refill a cup of coffee US, 1996 which he is not. Deemed potentially offensive by Multicultural Management Program Fellows, Dictionary of Cautionary Words and warn’t verb was not; were not US, 1970 Phrases, 1989 US, 1980 warp noun a bent card used by a card cheat to identify the value of wanna-bet shirt noun in a rowing competition, a team’s shirt the card US, 1996 which is the object of a wager between competing teams, where war paint noun makeup, cosmetics. Originally theatrical US, 1869 the winner claims the opposing team’s shirts which are worn as a badge of victory US, 2001 warped adjective 1 perverted US, 1993. 2 drug-intoxicated US, 1979. 3 drunk UK, 2002 Wanno nickname Wandsworth Prison UK, 2004 warp one noun a high speed. Figurative US naval aviator usage US, wan singer, wan song 8see: ONE SINGER, ONE SONG 1986 want noun a notification that a person is wanted by the police US, 1958 warp seven adverb very quickly US, 1992 want verb < want in to wish to enter; to desire to be a part of warrior noun a fearless, violent member of a youth gang US, 1995 something. Originally a colloquial term in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the US UK, 1836. < want out to wish to exit; to desire warrior bold noun a cold UK, 1961 a complete change of circumstances UK: SCOTLAND, 1870 wars noun < have been in the wars to show signs of injury. wap noun 8see: WASP especially the trivial wounds that afflict children UK, 1850 wappy adjective idealistic, sentimental. Perhaps as a blend of WET warthog noun a US Air Force attack plane formally known as an A-10 (weak, lacking in effectiveness) and SOPPY (foolishly sentimental, Thunderbolt. Gulf war usage US, 1991 naive) UK, 1959 warts and all with all blemishes or imperfections unconcealed UK, war noun < go to war to fight US, 2002 1930 war and strife noun a wife. Rhyming slang; a less-used variation of war wagon noun a vehicle carrying weapons on a motorcyle gang TROUBLE AND STRIFE UK, 1931 outing when trouble is expected US, 1992 warb noun a decrepit, unclean or otherwise disgusting person. Warwick Farm; warwick noun the arm. Rhyming slang, after the Perhaps from ‘warble’ (a type of maggot) AUSTRALIA, 1933 name of a racecourse in Sydney AUSTRALIA, 1944 warby adjective decrepit; unkempt; filthy; disgusting AUSTRALIA, 1923 war zone noun an area in Washington D.C. infamous for drug sales warchalk verb to chalk icons on walls, etc, to indicate an area where and other crime US, 1984 a wireless Internet connection may be made for free. Derived as a wash noun 1 crack cocaine. A shortened form of ‘readywash’. To back-formation from WARCHALKING UK, 2002 manufacture crack cocaine, hydrachloride is washed in a solution warchalker noun a computer user who chalks icons on walls, etc, to of baking soda and water UK, 1996. 2 the effect of a drug US, 1974. 3 a large number of things or people BARBADOS, 1965. < the wash indicate to other computer users an area where a wireless Internet theft of money in public lavatories while the owner is washing UK, connection may be made for free UK, 2002 1977 warchalking noun the practice of chalking icons on walls, etc, to wash verb 1 to kill US, 1941. 2 to purge or expunge something US, 1983. indicate an area where a wireless Internet connection may be 3 to give money obtained illegally the appearance of legitimacy made for free. Coined in June 2002 by Matt Jones, a London- through accounting and banking schemes US, 1997. 4 to shuffle a based ‘information architect’, as a play on ‘wardialing’ (a deck of cards US, 1965. 5 to receive favourable consideration US, 1986. computer-directed assault by telephone). ‘Warchalking’ is based 6 to be credible UK, 1849. < not a child in the house washed on the system of symbols used by UK tramps and beggars, first nothing done, no progress made IRELAND, 1996. < wash mouth to recorded in 1849, and developed by US hobos during the criticise someone or something without concern for the Depression. The three basic symbols are consequences TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1986. < wash your face when This is trial version selling a lot by auction, to break even UK, 2004. < wash your mouth out; wash out your mouth addressed to someone using privacy] node) UK, 2002 www.adultpdf.com
- wash away | watercooler moment 688 wastebasket noun in pool, a pocket that seems receptive to balls f ilthy language or dirty words. Often as an imperative, and occasionally elaborated with ‘soap’, or ‘soap and water’ UK, 1961 dropping US, 1993 wash away verb to kill someone US, 1941 waste-case noun a drunkard US, 1987 washboard noun in mountain biking, an area of hard, rippled earth wasted adjective 1 drunk or drug-intoxicated US, 1964. 2 absolutely exhausted. From earlier uses as ‘intoxicated’ UK, 1995 US, 1996 washboard adjective of an abdomen, trim, muscular, defined. From Waste Island nickname the West Island of Montreal. Likely the appearance – solid and rippled US, 1992 nicknamed with this derogatory term by teenagers, the West Island area of the city is heavily residential and suburban, meaning that washdown noun beer. Especially in the context of drinking after a under-age citizens have to be transported around by their parents session of drinking the tranquillizing herbal beverage kava FIJI, 1991 or use the bus, and by contrast with central Montreal, it is boring washed-up adjective no longer successful, finished US, 1923 CANADA, 2002 washer noun < put a washer on to urinate. A Lancashire term UK, waster noun a lazy, unambitious person IRELAND, 1991 1967 waste-time adjective dull, boring, uninteresting. Hawaiian youth washer-dryer noun a douche bag and towel US, 1980 usage US, 1972 wash-foot-and-come noun a noisy, rowdy party ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, wastoid noun a worthless, dim-witted person; a person whose drug 1998 or alcohol use is ruining their life US, 1985 washicongs noun trainers, sneakers TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1992 wastry noun rubbish (trash) JAMAICA, 2003 washing machine noun 1 in computing, an obsolete large hard disk watch verb < watch your lip; watch your mouth; watch your found in a large floor cabinet US, 1991. 2 a wave as it breaks over trap to talk politely; to mind your manners; to not speak out of and thrashes a surfer US, 1991 turn. Often exclamatory UK, 1997. < watch your step to be Washington noun a one-dollar note. From the portrait of George careful; to be cautious in a current or planned activity. Often as a Washington on the note US, 1959 warning UK, 1959 Watcha 8see: WOTCHER Washington Monument noun in poker, a hand with three fives. A rather esoteric allusion to the fact that the Washington Monument watch and chain; watch noun the brain. Rhyming slang UK, 1992 is 555 feet high US, 1988 watchie noun a watchman UK: SCOTLAND, 1996 washout noun 1 a failure (a thing or a person); a disappointment; a watch it verb used as a (sometimes threatening) warning to be cancellation UK, 1902. 2 in motorcyle racing, the condition that careful. Always imperative, often exclamatory UK, 1916 occurs when the front wheel begins to slide in soft dirt; also used in mountain biking US, 1973 watch queen noun 1 a homosexual man who derives sexual pleasure from watching other men having sex US, 1970. 2 a lookout wash out verb 1 to fail and expel someone from a course or training during anonymous homosexual sex in public places US, 1975 US, 1970. 2 in motor racing, to suffer a loss or decrease in steering responsiveness US, 1980. 3 in mountain-biking, to lose front-wheel watch this space used as an announcement that further traction US, 1996. 4 to process cocaine into crack cocaine UK, 1996 developments may be expected. Originally, and still, used of space in a newspaper, etc UK, 1917 wash-pot noun something or someone easily obtained TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1971 watch works noun the brain. Teen slang, reported by a Toronto wash rock noun crack cocaine. Combines two separate terms for newspaper in 1946, although reportedly ‘obsolescent or obsolete’ by 1959 CANADA, 1946 CRACK UK, 1997 water noun 1 methamphetamine or another central nervous system wash-up noun a post-event analytical discussion. Originally Royal stimulant US, 1989. 2 phencyclidine, the recreational drug known as Navy, then the wider military, and from there into corporate and PCP or angel dust US, 1989. 3 semen TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1983 8see: political jargon UK, 1965 WATERCRESS, WATER HEN. < go in the water to lose an athletic wash up verb in heterosexual intercourse, to enter the vagina from contest or other competition intentionally US, 1955. < go to water behind UK, 2001 to be overcome with fear; to fail to maintain a resolve AUSTRALIA, washwoman’s gig noun in an illegal numbers gambling lottery, a 1950. < in the water; out in the water in debt US, 1992. < over bet on 4, 11 and 44 US, 1949 the water Northern Ireland. A British armed services’ view of the world UK, 1995 washy adjective used of a racehorse sweating, especially with anxiety water verb < water her garden (of a man) to have sex with a US, 1976 woman JAMAICA, 1998. < water the garden to change the bottles wasp; wap noun 1 a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant. The term is of intravenous fluid that feed a neurologically depressed hospital applied to whites without particular regard to the religious com- patient US, 1978. < water the horses to urinate AUSTRALIA, 1971. ponent US, 1957. 2 a white Appalachian southern Protestant US, 1981. < water the vegetables to administer intravenous fluids to a 3 a traffic warden. From the yellow band on the uniform hat and hospital’s neurologically depressed patients US, 1985 sleeves (no doubt influenced by a characteristic intent to ‘sting’ a harmless motorist) UK, 1966 water black noun mascara. Because water is needed for application waspishness noun the state of being distinctly white, Anglo-Saxon UK, 1952 and Protestant US, 1957 waterbomber noun an aircraft for fighting fires. Most of the world’s WASS verb 8see: WAZ waterbombers are made by Canadair in Montreal, and are known in Europe as ‘le Canadair’ and ‘le pelican’ CANADA, 1965 wassock; wazzock; wazzuck noun a fool; an annoying or stupid 8 FIREBOMBER individual UK, 1983 water box noun in drag racing, the area where cars heat and clean wassup?; whas up?; wassuuup? used as a greeting. A slurred their tyres before a race US, 1997 ‘what’s up?’ with dozens of variant spellings. Wildly popular pop waterboy noun a truck with a water tank used to spray water or speak in the US (and, to a degree, UK) in 2000 in response to a other liquids on the ground US, 1971 series of television advertisements for Budweiser™ beer US, 1990 water burner noun a cook. The form ‘water scorcher’ has been wassy adjective ostentatious, especially in a sexually provocative way recorded as early as 1916 AUSTRALIA, 1982 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1987 waste verb 1 to kill someone US, 1964. 2 to smoke marijuana US, 1967. watercooler moment noun a televisual moment that is expected to 3 (used of a jockey in horse racing) to lose weight AUSTRALIA, 1989. get people talking the next day. The discussions about such a This is trial version < waste babies (of a male) to masturbate US, 2001. < waste moment are envisaged to happen when office workers meet at a groceries to vomit US, 1987 watercooler US, 2003 www.adultpdf.com
- 689 watercress; water | Weary Willie watercress; water noun a dress. Rhyming slang UK, 1998 out. Used in a formulaic construction of ‘that’s the way the NOUN VERBs’ US, 1952. < the other way diverging from a stated con- watercress; water verb to dress. Rhyming slang UK, 1998 dition UK, 1858 water dog noun 1 in circus and carnival usage, a seal US, 1981. 2 in way adverb extremely; without doubt US, 1982 trucking, a truck with leaking water lines US, 1971 wayback adjective in remote areas AUSTRALIA, 1899 waterfall verb to drink from a can or bottle by cascading the liquid way enough! in team rowing, used as a command by the coxswain into your mouth without touching the can or bottle with your lips. Collected from a 13-year-old in Irvine, California, April 2003 US, to the rowers to stop rowing US, 2003 2003 Wayne Fontanas adjective mad. Rhyming slang for BANANAS; formed Waterford adjective easily understood; perfectly clear. Puns the from British singer Wayne Fontana (Glyn Ellis) (b.1945) who, with synonymous ‘crystal clear’ with well-known Irish glass Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders, came to prominence in the manufacturers Waterford Crystal UK, 2001 mid-1960s UK, 2004 waterhead noun a person with mental problems US, 2002 wayout noun a person who is dressed in an extraordinary, unconventional fashion. From WAY OUT (unconventional) US, 1969 water hen; water noun ten. Rhyming slang, especially in horse racing UK, 1969 way out adjective extreme; unconventional; experimental or innovative; good US, 1958 waterhole; water hole noun 1 a public hotel AUSTRALIA, 1968. 2 a truck stop US, 1976 way past adverb extremely US, 1992 watering hole; watering spot noun a bar or club where alcohol is way to go! used for registering approval; ‘well done!’. Abbreviated served; a public hotel US, 1955 from ‘that’s the way to go!’ US, 1972 Waterloo noun a stew. Rhyming slang, from the area of London UK, way up adjective drunk US, 1955 1992 waz; wazz; wass verb to urinate UK, 1984 watermelons noun female breasts of generous dimensions. From waz; wazz; whaz noun an act of urination UK, 1999 the all-too-obvious resemblance US, 1995 wazoo noun the anus and/or rectum US, 1965 water sports noun 1 sexual activity involving the giving and getting of an enema US, 1969. 2 sexual activity that includes urination US, wazz verb to rain. A figurative use of the sense ‘to urinate’ UK, 1980. < wazz on your bonfire to spoil your fun, to ruin something 1969 good. Combines WAZ; WAZZ (urination) with a symbol of celebration water-walker noun a fellow aviator whose accomplishments UK, 1998 approach the miraculous. US naval aviator usage US, 1986 wazzed adjective drunk. A variation of PISSED. The Batfinks ‘Wazzed water-water noun marijuana UK, 2003 ’n’ Blasted’ was recorded in the 1980s but not released until 1998 water works noun 1 tears UK, 1647. 2 the urinary system US, 1961 UK, 1996 wave noun 1 the semi-erect penis US, 1987. 2 crack cocaine UK, 1998 wazzer; wazz adjective wonderful UK, 1983 wave verb to bend the edge of a playing card for later cheating US, wazzock; wazzuck noun 8see: WASSOCK 1979. < wave a dead chicken to knowingly make a futile WC noun a lavatory. Abbreviated from ‘water closet’ UK, 1815 attempt to resolve a problem. Possibly an allusion to voodoo US, 1996. < wave your wig to comb your hair. High school student weak! used as a prompt and short expression of disagreement with usage US, 1961 what has just been said US, 1986 wavelength noun < on your wavelength; on the same weakheart noun a police officer; a representative of the wavelength to comprehend (and agree with) another’s point of establishment or authority. Used by West Indians, and intended to view or approach. Figurative application of a clear radio signal US, be offensive UK, 1977 1927 weakie noun a poker player who lacks courage US, 1996 waves noun < make waves to stir up trouble; to upset an weak sister noun 1 a weak, ineffective person US, 1857. 2 an investor established or accepted routine US, 1962 who buys a stock as an investment but sells it as soon as the price wax noun phonograph records. Recordings were originally made on rises US, 1988 wax cylinders or discs; the term applied to shellac discs and, sub- weaky-weaky adjective frail TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1987 sequently, vinyl, but is not used to refer to newer technologies such as CD, tape, etc US, 1932. < put the wax on the tracks to weapon noun 1 the penis. First recorded around the year 1000; and ever thus UK, 1000. 2 in pool, a player’s cue stick US, 1993. < spit get ready and start out UK, 2003 shine the weapon to perform oral sex on a man. Perhaps this wax verb 1 to shoot or kill someone US, 1960. 2 to excel; to perform phrase has military origins US, 2001 well US, 2001. 3 in children’s games, to share turns at bat, kicking or the like AUSTRALIA, 1990. < wax the carrot (of a male) to weapons noun an actor’s arsenal of make up UK, 1952 masturbate US, 2001. < wax the dolphin (of a male) to weapons-grade adjective very strong. Teen slang, post 11th masturbate US, 1987. < wax the weezer (of a male) to masturbate September 2001 US, 2002 US, 2001 wear verb 1 to tolerate or accept something. Originally military UK, waxa adjective good, excellent UK, 2003 1925. 2 to use a name US, 1968. < wear American gloves among waxhead noun a surfer. From the wax used on surfboards AUSTRALIA, Canadian military personnel, to have your hands in your pockets CANADA, 1995. < wear buttons to be extremely gullible US, 1976. 1981 < wear it to take the blame, and punishment, for another’s wax me used as an injunction or request to be given a marijuana crime UK, 1996. < wear stripes to serve a prison sentence US, 1949. cigarette UK, 1996 < wear the face off someone to vigorously French kiss wax up verb to conceal contraband in a small container in readiness someone IRELAND, 2003 for hiding the container in the anus UK, 1996 we are not worthy used as a humorous recognition of waxy noun in horse racing, an enthusiast who can’t help shouting in accomplishment US, 1992 the ears of those near him AUSTRALIA, 1989 wearing the smalls noun the testicles. Rhyming slang for BALLS UK, way noun a familiar neighbourhood; your home territory US, 1987. 2003 < in a big way to an extreme US, 1987. < on the way out of a Weary Willie noun a person who is perpetually tired, sad and pessi- person, approaching retirement or likely to be dismissed; of a This is trial version thing, coming to the end of its useful existence UK, 1961. < that’s mistic. From the character portrayed by circus clown Emmett Kelly the way (something does something) that’s how things turn (1898–1979) US, 1947 www.adultpdf.com
- Weary Winny | weekend pass 690 Weary Winny noun a prostitute who seeks customers on the street. wedgy; wedgie noun 1 the condition that exists when someone From the title of a 1927 film US, 1951 pulls your trousers or underpants forcefully upward, forming a wedge between buttock cheeks US, 1988. 2 a sandal, the thong of weasel noun a tip, a gratuity. Used by railway porters; probably which wedges between the toes US, 1981 derived from WEASELING (extracting tips) UK, 1965 wee; wee wee noun urine; an act of urination. Juvenile or jocular in weasel verb 1 to use ambiguous language in an attempt to the main UK, 1937 equivocate on the meaning US, 1956. 2 to use cunning to achieve your end; to cheat UK, 1975. < weasel out; weasel your way wee verb to urinate IRELAND, 1934 out to avoid a responsibility or obligation, especially in a sly or weebles noun an ill-defined or undefined illness US, 1947 underhand manner UK, 1962 weed noun 1 marijuana. The preferred slang term for marijuana weasel and stoat; weasel noun a coat. Rhyming slang UK, 1971 until the 1950s, and despite the popularity of its successors it has never completely vanished from the lexicon US, 1928. 2 a marijuana weaseling; weaselling noun extracting gratuities. Used by railway cigarette US, 1958. 3 a cigarette US, 1951. 4 tobacco UK, 1606. 5 a thin, porters UK, 1970 unhealthily delicate and weak person UK, 1869. 6 in horse racing, an We, as official Video Rangers, hereby promise... used with undersized thoroughbred UK, 1948. 7 an expert BARBADOS, 1965. 8 a humour as an oath or pledge. From the US children’s television beginner surfer US, 1990. < get into the weeds to micro-manage programme Captain Video and his Video Rangers (1947–57), in the smallest details US, 1991 which the viewers were asked to join with Captain Video in prom- weed verb 1 in a gambling establishment, to provide an employee ising to ‘support forever the causes of freedom, truth and justice with money to gamble in the hopes of building up business US, throughout the universe’. Used with irony in later years by those 1947. 2 to pilfer. Survives as WEEDING UK, 1811. < weed a poke to who as children had been warped by television US, 1957 remove all money and valuable items from a stolen wallet US, 1962 weather noun < under the weather 1 ill, unwell US, 1850. weedburner noun in drag racing, exhaust pipes that extend 2 experiencing the bleed period of the menstrual cycle. A downward and to the rear of the car, terminating near the ground narrowing of the general sense of ‘vaguely unwell’ CANADA, 1961. US, 1993 3 tipsy, drunk. From the conventional sense as ‘unwell’ AUSTRALIA, weeder noun on the railways, the supervisor of a track crew US, 1977 1942 weather guesser noun a meteorologist ANTARCTICA, 2003 weed head noun a marijuana smoker US, 1945 weather in; weather out verb (of bad weather) to confine pilots in weeding noun stealing, especially from an employer, or at the scene Canada’s west to the airport until conditions improve. This term of a crime already committed. From WEED (to pilfer) UK, 1977 was used in alternation with, or perhaps more often than, ‘storm- weedly noun a female marijuana smoker US, 1955 stayed’, in western Canada winters CANADA, 1989 weed monkey; weed mule noun an old car or truck used to haul weave noun 1 real and synthetic hair woven into existing hair to raw materials used in the illegal production of alcohol US, 1974 hide baldness or thinning hair US, 1993. 2 clothes US, 1972 weedo noun a marijuana user US, 1958 weave verb < get weaving to start (immediately). Originally Royal weed of wisdom noun marijuana UK, 1994 Air Force slang UK, 1942 weeds noun clothes US, 1961 web noun a television network US, 1990 weed tea noun a narcotic drink made by the infusion of marijuana webbed up adjective involved, entangled; addicted UK, 2000 leaves. A combination of WEED (marijuana) and ‘tea’ in the con- webfoot noun 1 a dairy farmer NEW ZEALAND, 2002. 2 a racehorse that ventional sense US, 1960 performs well on a muddy track US, 1951 weedwacker team noun in law enforcement, a surveillance team US, weblish noun the informally coded and abbreviated form of English 1997 that is used in text messaging, chat rooms, etc UK, 2001 weedy adjective lacking in physical, moral or emotional strength UK, web rage noun an outburst of enraged hostility within a cyber- 1852 environment US, 1996 Wee Georgie Wood; wee georgie adjective good. Rhyming slang, wedding noun a one-on-one battle between fighter pilots US, 1986 formed on music hall entertainer Wee Georgie Wood (1894–1979), wedding bells noun morning glory seeds, eaten for their purported perhaps via the Tasmanian Wee Georgie Wood Steam Railway (named after a locomotive presumably named, in turn, after the hallucinogenic effect US, 1970 entertainer); especially in the phrase ‘any wee georgie wood?’ wedding bells acid; wedding bells noun LSD US, 1971 AUSTRALIA, 1942 wedding kit noun the genitals US, 1964 wee hammock noun a sanitary towel. From the similarity of wedding night noun the first occasion on which two homosexual appearance; in usage while such capacious reinforcement was the men have sex with each other UK, 2002 popular choice; certainly in use during the mid-to late 1960s UK, wedding tackle noun the male genitals UK, 1961 2001 wee heavy noun a nip-sized bottle of strong ale or barley wine. First wedge noun 1 a thick fold of currency notes; money in general. In used for Fowler’s Wee Heavy™, then generic. Recorded by Brian the C18 and C19 ‘wedge’ meant both ‘money’ and ‘silver’; how- Glover, CAMRA Dictionary of Beer, 1985 UK, 1985 ever, these senses were obsolete long before the current usages. The modern derivation comes from folded banknotes which form wee hours noun very early in the morning; the hours just after a wedge shape; hence the coincidental generic usage UK, 1977. midnight US, 1973 2 one hundred pounds UK, 2000. 3 a dose of LSD; LSD US, 1971. 4 in weekend noun any short term of imprisonment UK, 1950 drag racing, an engine with a combustion chamber that is shaped weekend adjective used derisively for indicating a part-time or casual like a wedge US, 1999. 5 a car. Teen slang US, 1951 dedication to a stated activity. Not restricted to weekend usage UK, wedged adjective in computing, suspended in mid-operation and 1935 unable to proceed US, 1983 weekender noun a person serving a jail sentence for a minor wedged up adjective having money to spend UK, 2000 offence on weekends US, 1971 wedger noun someone who pushes into a queue US, 1994 weekend habit noun a sporadic use of recreational drugs UK, 1996 wedgie noun a wedge-tailed eagle AUSTRALIA, 1941 weekend hippie noun a person with a conventional lifestyle who at wedgies noun wedge-heeled shoes UK, 1959 the weekend adopts a counterculture persona US, 1968 This is trial version weekend pass noun a glass. Rhyming slang, probably of military wedginald noun money. Disguising WEDGE (money) with a play on origin UK, 2002 the name Reginald UK, 1999 www.adultpdf.com
- 691 weekend root | well, I’ll be a blue-nosed gopher! weekend root noun a sexual partner with no illusions of a sustained weight watcher noun a Department of Transportation employee at relationship NEW ZEALAND, 1998 a roadside weigh station for trucks US, 1976 weekend warrior noun 1 a member of the National Guard. weigh up verb to consider or appraise something UK, 1894 Members of reserve units must typically devote one weekend a weiner noun 8see: WIENER month to refresher training US, 1976. 2 in drag racing, a weird and wonderful adjective remarkably eccentric; peculiar; hobbyist/enthusiast who confines his passion to weekend events unfathomable. A colloquial coupling; usually ironic or derogatory, US, 1965 always clichéd UK, 1859 weenie; weeny adjective small, tiny UK, 1790 weirdo noun a weird person US, 1955 weenie; weeny; wienie noun 1 a hot dog. From the German weird out verb 1 to begin to act weirdly US, 1980. 2 to frighten wienerwurst US, 1906. 2 the penis US, 1978 someone; to cause someone emotional turmoil US, 1993 weenie bin noun a library carrel US, 1987 weirdy; weirdie noun 1 an eccentric; a very odd person UK, 1894. 2 a weenie wagger; weenie waver noun a male sexual exhibitionist homosexual, usually male UK, 1969 US, 1970 welch verb 8see: WELSH weeny; weenie; wienie noun an unlikeable, weak person US, 1963 welcome aboard! a catchphrase used in greeting to a newcomer to weeny-bopper noun a young girl, not yet a teenager but with a any organisation, institution or closed group US, 1962 teenager’s tastes. After TEENYBOPPER (a young teenager, especially a welcome to my world used for expressing limited sympathy when girl) UK, 1972 someone is complaining about something that happens to you weep and wail noun a sob story told by a beggar. Rhyming slang for regularly US, 1999 ‘tale’ UK, 1960 welcome to the club! used for expressing faint sympathy for weep and wait verb to serve a prison sentence while awaiting news someone who is complaining about something that others suffer on the outcome of an appeal US, 1962 US, 1993 weeper noun a prisoner who cannot manage his incarceration and weld verb to have sex JAMAICA, 1992 constantly complains US, 1976 welder noun a male pornography performer US, 1995 weepie noun a film, novel, play, song, etc, with a sentimental well noun to a pickpocket, an inside jacket pocket US, 1979. < the narrative or emotional effect UK, 1952 Well Bridewell Jail, Chicago US, 1976 weeping willow noun a pillow. Rhyming slang UK, 1880 well adjective used of a drug addict, unaffected by withdrawal weeping womb noun the bleed period of the menstrual cycle US, symptoms US, 1969 1999 well adverb used generally to add positive emphasis to adjectives UK, weeps noun tears US, 1946 1986 wees noun an act of urination NEW ZEALAND, 1984 well and truly adverb utterly, beyond doubt, to an unarguable weevil noun in oil drilling, a new and inexperienced worker US, 1954 degree UK, 1948 wee-wee noun 1 the penis US, 1969. 2 the vagina US, 1998 8see: WEE well away adjective 1 sound asleep UK, 1927. 2 tipsy UK, 1931. < be well away to prosper, to be doing very well. As in the example: wee-wee verb to urinate. Children’s vocabulary UK, 1937 ‘He’s well away with that girl’ UK, 1937 wee-wee adjective very small BARBADOS, 1965 well-endowed adjective 1 of a man, having impressively pro- weezee verb to urinate. Children’s vocabulary TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, portioned genitals UK, 1951. 2 of a woman, having generously pro- 1986 portioned breasts UK, 1984 we go! ‘let’s leave!’. Hawaiian youth usage US, 1981 well-gone adjective drunk UK, 2000 we gone goodbye. Originally used for signing off on a citizens’ well-hard adjective very tough UK, 1995 band radio transmission, but too good to stay there US, 1976 well-heeled adjective rich; having more than sufficient money US, We Ho noun West Hollywood, California US, 2001 1897 weigh verb < weigh in to bring influence to bear; to make a well hung adjective 1 of a man, having generously proportioned forceful contribution to a topic under discussion UK, 1909. < weigh genitals UK, 1685. 2 young. Rhyming slang UK, 1992 in with to produce something additional; to introduce something wellie verb 1 to smash something or defeat someone. Used by the extra or unexpected; to contribute UK, 1885. < weigh into Royal Marines in the Falklands war, made familiar in the SAS someone 1 to attack someone AUSTRALIA, 1941. 2 to ensnare fictions of Chris Ryan and Andy McNab UK, 1982. 2 to kick someone someone in a swindle US, 1965. < weigh on to pay or repay or something UK, 1966 someone. English Gypsy use UK, 2000 wellie; welly noun 1 a Wellington boot (rubberised or plastic water- weigh off verb 1 to sentence someone to imprisonment or other proof footware). In the 1970s, it began to be used in phrases judicial punishment. In a wider sense ‘to weigh up’ is ‘to con- where ‘boot’ occurred, e.g. ‘The welly’s on the other foot now’; sider’; this usage is originally military UK, 1925. 2 to take revenge. To ‘he’s getting too big for his wellies’. Perhaps started by The Great redress the balance by adjusting the weight UK, 1977 Northern Welly Boot Show put on by Billy Connolly at the weight noun 1 large quantities of a drug US, 1964. 2 a large amount of Edinburgh Festival in the early 1970s. ‘Well boot’ is also a variant money US, 1964. 3 blame, responsibility US, 1960. 4 difficulties, UK, 1961. 2 power, energy, especially when harnessed as acceleration problems US, 1997. 5 the handicap that a skilled pool player will UK, 1980. < give it some wellie; give it some welly to allow an opponent US, 1984. < do the weight to slim, to lose vigorously attack someone or something; hence, to put all your weight UK, 1999. < put on weight to undergo breast enhancement effort into something. After WELLIE (Wellington boot), hence a play surgery US, 1997 on STICK THE BOOT IN UK, 1990 weight house noun in an illegal drug enterprise, any place where a wellied adjective drunk UK, 2002 dealer hides his major supply of drugs US, 2002 wellie-whanging noun Wellington boot hurling as an weightless adjective drug-intoxicated, especially by crack cocaine UK, unconventional competitive sport UK, 1984 1998 well, I’ll be a blue-nosed gopher! used for expressing surprise. A weight pile noun the area where weightlifting equipment is kept. signature line of the Ollie character in the ‘Spin and Marty’ This is trial version Prison terminology US, 1990 segment of the Mickey Mouse Club in the 1950s. Repeated with weights noun loaded dice US, 1977 referential humour US, 1955 www.adultpdf.com
- well, I’ll be a dirty bird! | wet-finger 692 well, I’ll be a dirty bird! used for expressing surprise humorously. westie noun a young tough person. Originally referring to people A signature line of George Gobel on the television comedy The from the western suburbs of Sydney, it now has spread to other George Gobel Showcase (CBS, 1954–60). Repeated widely with parts of the country. In Sydney it was used as a derogatory referential humour US, 1960 sobriquet to refer to inhabitants of suburbs west of one’s own, which meant that everyone except those people living in the well, I’m damned! 8see: I’LL BE DAMNED eastern beach suburbs was liable to be called a ‘westie’ by well I never!; well I never did! used for registering surprise UK, someone. Similarly, in New Zealand, applied to those from the 1848 suburbs west of Auckland AUSTRALIA, 1977 wellington noun a condom. A figurative application of waterproof Westminster Abbey noun a cab driver. Rhyming slang for CABBY UK, footwear. ‘Welly boot’ is also a variant UK, 2003 1992 wellington boot; wellington noun an act of sexual intercourse. Westminster Abbey adjective shabby. Rhyming slang; originally Rhyming slang for ROOT AUSTRALIA, 1970 theatrical, nicely ironic UK, 1961 well-lined adjective reasonably wealthy UK, 1999 Westralia noun Western Australia. Hence ‘someone or something of well-oiled adjective drunk. An intensification of OILED that now Western Australia’ is ‘Westralian’ AUSTRALIA, 1893 stands alone UK, 1937 west side passkeys noun burglary tools. Coined in Chicago US, 1982 welnaw no US, 1993 Westy noun US Army General William Childs Westmoreland (b.1914), welsh; welch verb to swindle someone out of money wagered. US commander in Vietnam 1964–68 US, 1991 Originates in the supposed untrustworthiness of the Welsh, poss- wet noun 1 a politician with middle-of-the-road views on ibly as speakers of a language few other mainland Britons controversial issues, especially (during the 1980s) a Conservative understand (and such private communication is, after all, the not entirely supportive of Margaret Thatcher’s monetarist policies intention of most criminal slang) UK, 1857 UK, 1931. 2 in motor racing, a tyre designed for racing in the rain US, Welshie; Welshy noun a Welsh person UK, 1951 1992. 3 a drink of an alcoholic beverage. C10 wæt, first recorded in slang as ‘heavy-wet’ (malt liquor) UK, 1982. 4 alcoholic beverages. Welsh Wales noun Wales. If this referred specifically to the parts of Gulf war usage UK, 1991. 5 an act of urination UK, 1925. 6 a conven- Wales where Welsh is the predominant language this could well be tional cigarette infused with embalming fluid US, 2001. 7 rain; wet considered as a correct usage; however, this is used generally and weather US, 1945. 8 a Mexican national illegally present in the US. patronisingly, often in a faux-Welsh accent, of Wales as a whole UK, Shortened form of WETBACK, from the Spanish mojado, drawn from 2004 the image of swimming across the Rio Grande River from Mexico Welsh Windbag nickname politician Neil Kinnock (b.1942); hence, into Texas. Derogatory US, 1979. < the wet the wet season in any loquacious Welsh person. A happy alliteration given to Australia’s tropical north AUSTRALIA, 1908 Kinnock from his weakness for big speeches that (unhappily) wet verb < wet the baby’s head to drink to celebrate the birth undermined his credibility with the electorate; the tag dates from (and christening) of a child UK, 1885. < wet the elbow to enjoy a his time as leader of the Labour party from 1983–92 UK, 1984 few drinks NEW ZEALAND, 1994. < wet your whistle to have a drink, wendy noun a white homosexual male. Gay slang, formed on the especially an alcoholic drink US, 1720. < wet yourself to laugh name Wendy, probably elaborating the initial ‘w’ for white, and uproariously UK, 1970 originating among Cape coloureds SOUTH AFRICA, 2000 wet adjective 1 of a woman, sexually excited; ready for sex. Not Wendy house noun 1 in prison, a time when prisoners are recorded before 1937 but surely in use much earlier UK, 1937. 2 in permitted to associate with each other. From a child’s Wendy politics, willing to compromise. Adopted from the sense ‘weak, house, thus an allusion to playtime and the possibility for discreet lacking in effectiveness’; in this context often as Tory ‘wet’ (see association UK, 1996. 2 the Duty Chief Inspector’s office in the following citation) UK, 1980. 3 weak, lacking in effectiveness. Upper- Information Room at New Scotland Yard. From the conventional class society use UK, 1916. 4 foolish NEW ZEALAND, 2002. 5 excellent US, sense as ‘a children’s playhouse’ UK, 1999 2000. 6 pertaining to killing US, 1992. 7 permitting the purchase and Werris noun a Greek person AUSTRALIA, 1977 consumption of alcoholic beverages US, 1950 Werris Creek noun 1 a Greek person. Rhyming slang. From the wetback noun 1 an illegal immigrant to the US from Mexico. An name of a New South Wales town AUSTRALIA, 1977. 2 an act of offensive and figurative term deriving from the crossing of the Rio urination. Rhyming slang for LEAK AUSTRALIA, 2002 Grande River between Mexico and the US. Displaying a candour endemic to the time, the US Border Patrol launched ‘Operation wert’ noun worthless. Hawaiian youth usage US, 1982 Wetback’ in 1954 to stem the tide of illegal immigration from Wesson party noun group sex enhanced by spreading vegetable oil Mexico US, 1929. 2 in surfing, a large wave US, 1957 on the participants’ bodies. An allusion and tribute to Wesson™ wet behind the ears adjective inexperienced UK, 1931 vegetable oil US, 1971 wet blanket noun a killjoy, a spoilsport UK, 1857 west coaster noun in trucking, a large, rectangular rear view mirror US, 1971 wet bum noun a weak individual. Derogatory; the image of a baby with a wet bottom, punning on WET (weak) UK, 1997 west coast turnaround noun any strong central nervous system stimulant. Powerful enough to keep a truck driver awake for a trip wetcoast noun the strip of British Columbia along the Pacific Ocean to the west coast and back US, 1971 CANADA, 1989 West End show noun heroin. London’s West End is known as Wetcoast Samsonite noun a green rubbish bag used for luggage ‘Theatreland’; this jocular term in use amongst musicians suggests CANADA, 1989 that heroin is a popular entertainment that will, in the words of a wet decks noun a woman who has recently had sex with several critical cliché, ‘run and run’ UK, 2001 men US, 1972 West End thespian noun a lesbian. Rhyming slang UK, 2003 wet dream noun 1 among men, a sleeping fantasy that triggers western grip noun used of a male when masturbating, gripping orgasm UK, 1851. 2 a dream come true. A figurative application of your penis with your thumb facing your body. From the grip used the unconsious fantasy that triggers an orgasm UK, 1971 on the reins by those riding Western style US, 2004 wet dreamer noun an exciting experience UK, 1999 western style adjective used of coffee, stale and lukewarm. Punning wet fart adjective ineffectual, pointless UK, 2000 on the observation that the coffee has ‘been on the range all day’ US, 1976 wet-finger noun < get wet-finger in the categorisation of sexual This is trial version West Ham reserves; west hams noun the nerves. Rhyming slang, activity by teenage boys, to insert a finger into a girl’s vagina US, formed from the football club UK, 1961 1986 www.adultpdf.com
- 693 Wet Nelly | what am I going to do with you? Wet Nelly noun used as a generic name for any form of bread whack up verb to divide something, especially a quantity of illegal pudding. There is anecdotal evidence of Wet Nelly being enjoyed drugs, into portions US, 1973 during World War 1 UK, 2000 whaddup? used as a greeting US, 1994 wet paper could cut you used for describing a person who can’t whaddya hear?; whaddya say? used as a greeting. The do anything right TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1989 trademark greeting of James Cagney (‘Rocky’ Sullivan) in the 1938 wet rag noun an unpopular, socially inept person US, 1955 Warner Brothers film Angels With Dirty Faces US, 1938 wha happen?; what happenin? used as a greeting TRINIDAD AND wet road block noun the Yalu River, Korea. US troops were prohibited from crossing the Yalu, even in pursuit of enemy TOBAGO, 1993 soldiers US, 1982 whaka blonde noun a Maori woman. A coinage from the Whakarewarewa Thermal Village in Rotora, a Maori tourist wet season noun the bleed period of the menstrual cycle AUSTRALIA, attraction NEW ZEALAND, 1950 1988 whale noun a gambler who places large bets US, 1995 wet shot noun a scene in a pornographic film or photograph depicting a man ejaculating US, 1991 whale verb 1 to beat someone UK, 1790. 2 to have sex US, 1967. 3 to play music with passion and gusto US, 1958 wet smack noun a sexually frigid woman US, 1977 whale belly noun on the railways, a coal tender with a drop bottom wet stuff noun explicit violence or sex in a television programme or US, 1946 film US, 1997 whale in the bay noun someone looking for payment of a wetsuit noun a condom US, 1993 gambling debt AUSTRALIA, 1989 wettie noun especially among surfers, a wetsuit AUSTRALIA, 1987 whale kisser noun an environmentalist US, 2003 wettie rash noun a rash caused by wearing a wetsuit AUSTRALIA, 1996 whale of a time noun a good time US, 1913 wetware noun a human being; the human brain US, 1991 whale sperm noun a plexiglas cleaning agent US, 1991 wet week; wet weekend noun < like a wet week; like a wet whale tail noun that portion of the ‘T’ at the rear of a thong that weekend miserable, wretched UK, 1984 becomes exposed during wear UK, 2005 wet willie noun an act in which a spit-moistened finger is forced wham noun a striptease act in which the dancer ends her perform- into a victim’s ear and twisted US, 1992 ance completely naked US, 1981 WFO adjective used of a throttle, all the way open. An abbreviation of wham! used for registering the suddenness of an occurrence. ‘wide fucking open’ US, 2001 Figurative use of ‘wham’ (to hit) UK, 1999 whack noun 1 a heavy, resounding blow; a blow with a stick, often as wham bag noun a bag full of explosives US, 1988 corporal punishment UK, 1737. 2 a share, a portion, a part, a wham, bam, thank you m’am used for describing anything done measure AUSTRALIA, 1889. 3 heroin UK, 2003. 4 crack cocaine UK, 2003. 5 a poorly executed piece of graffiti art US, 1997. < have a whack at; in very short order, especially sex. Sometimes abbreviated, and take a whack at to attempt something; to attack someone US, sometimes embellished with other rhymes US, 1942 1904. < out of whack not in proper shape or order US, 1885 whammer noun the penis US, 1989 whack verb 1 to kill someone, especially by gunshot. Also used with whammy noun 1 a curse or hex. US, 1940. 2 something that is ‘out’ US, 1977. 2 to strike someone vigorously UK, 1721. < whack upsetting or sets you back US, 1961 plaque in a dentist’s office, to clean teeth. Collected from an whammy bar noun a floating bridge on an electric guitar that makes orthodontist in Bangor, Maine, in April 2001 US, 2001. < whack tremolos, vibrators, dives, bends and other effects possible US, 1992 your doodle (of a male) to masturbate US, 1970 wham-wham noun in prison, store-bought snacks US, 1981 whack! in the language of hang gliding, used for commenting on a whandoodles noun in poker, a temporary increase in the betting poor landing US, 1992 limit after a player wins a hand with a rare hand US, 1967 whackadoo noun a crazy person US, 1979 whangdoodle noun on the railways, a remote telephone US, 1977 whack attack noun 1 in the language of hang gliding, a string of whanger; wanger noun the penis US, 1939 bad landings US, 1992. 2 an irrational and violent reaction to hallucinogenic drugs US, 2001 wha’ppen(?) ‘what’s happening?’; used as a greeting. West Indian whacked adjective 1 exhausted UK, 1919. 2 drunk or drug-intoxicated. and UK Black usage UK, 1981 Also used with ‘out’ US, 1967. 3 out of control UK, 1995 whapp’n used as a greeting. Derived from ‘what’s happening?’ but not used as an interrogative UK, 2003 whacker; wacker noun a fool; a jerk AUSTRALIA, 1966 wharfie noun a wharf labourer AUSTRALIA, 1911 whacking noun 1 a beating; a defeat. The figurative, sporting sense is not recorded before 1951 UK, 1862. 2 a killing. From WHACK (to wharf rat noun in the language surrounding the Grateful Dead, a murder) US, 2001 follower of the band who abstains from alcohol and drugs. From the title of a Grateful Dead song US, 1994 whacking adverb used to intensify adjectives of largeness UK, 1853 whark verb to vomit UK, 1985 whacko adjective 1 terrific; wonderful AUSTRALIA, 1953. 2 crazy; eccentric whassname noun used to refer to a name that is unknown, US, 1957 forgotten, to be avoided or hardly worth mentioning. Slovening of whacko! used for expressing shock AUSTRALIA, 1937 WHATS-HIS-NAME UK, 2000 whack-off noun an act of masturbation US, 1969 what noun < or what? used as a final (often the only), wholly whack off verb to masturbate US, 1969 indefinite choice UK, 1766 whack off with verb to steal something AUSTRALIA, 1977 what a gay day! used as a conversation starter or filler; also as an indicator of homosexual company. The catchphrase of CAMP whacko Jacko adjective crazy. A catchphrase formed from the comedian and television compere Larry Grayson (1923–95) it nickname of entertainer Michael Jackson, whose well-publicised caught the public imagination in the mid-1970s and was adopted eccentricities give rise to this usage UK, 1989 into popular use UK, 2004 whacko the chook! used for expressing shock AUSTRALIA, 1981 what a loss used for expressing sympathy for a difficult situation whacko-the-diddle-oh used for expressing shock AUSTRALIA, 1966 US, 1983 This is trial version whack out verb to kill someone US, 1979 what am I going to do with you? said to someone you know whack-silly adjective obsessed with masturbation US, 1962 well as an expression of tolerance and forgiveness UK, 1984 www.adultpdf.com
- what a revolting development this is | what the heck! 694 what a revolting development this is used for expressing what say? 1 what do you think?; what do you say to the proposal?, etc UK, 1895. 2 used as a greeting US, 1965 displeasure. A signature line of working-class hero Chester A. Riley on the television comedy The Life of Riley (NBC, 1949–58). what’s-er-name; what’s-her-name noun used to refer to a name Repeated with referential humour US, 1958 that is unknown, forgotten, to be avoided or hardly worth what are you like? an exclamation directed at someone whose mentioning UK, 1978 behaviour is unacceptable IRELAND, 1995 what’s-his-face; what’s-her-face noun used to refer to a name what can I do you for? ‘how can I help?’, ‘what can I do for that is unknown, forgotten, to be avoided or hardly worth you?’. A jocular suggestion UK, 1961 mentioning UK, 1995 whatcha’ thinking? used as a greeting US, 1986 what’s-his-name; what’s-his-namey noun used to refer to a person whose name is unknown, forgotten, to be avoided or what’chu talkin’ about, Willis? used for humorously expressing a hardly worth mentioning UK, 1697 lack of understanding or belief. A stock line on the television whatsit; whatsis; whatzis noun used to refer to a name that is comedy Diff’rent Strokes (1978–86), uttered by the Arnold Jackson character played by Gary Coleman. Repeated with referential unknown, forgotten, to be avoided or hardly worth mentioning US, humour US, 1986 1882 what did your last slave die of? used as an expression of what’s it to you? used (often aggressively) as the rhetorical discontent to someone who is demanding that too much be done response to a question, the answer to which is thus signalled to be none of the questioner’s business UK, 1959 UK, 1976 whatdja; whatdya; whaddya ‘what do you’. A phonetic recording what’s kicking? used as a greeting, along the lines of ‘what is of general slurring UK, 1999 new?’ US, 1949 what-do-you-call-it; what-d’ye-call-it noun used as a replacement what’s my name? used as a taunt while beating someone. In for any noun that the user cannot or does not wish to specify UK, 1967, boxer Muhammed Ali fought Ernie Terrell, who insisted on calling Ali ‘Cassius Clay’; as Ali pounded Terrell, Ali taunted ‘What’s 1600 my name, fool? What’s my name?’ US, 1997 what do you know?; whaddya know? used as a register of what’s poppin? used as a peer-to-peer greeting US, 1995 surprise US, 1914 what do you know, Joe? used as a greeting US, 1947 what’s shaking?; what’s shakin’? used as a greeting US, 1951 what do you think of the show so far? – rubbish! a question what’s that when it’s at home? used as an expression of and answer catchphrase widely used and often without an contempt or derision for something. Any person, people or object appropriate context. Comedian Eric Morecambe (1926–84) may, of course, substitute for ‘that’ UK, 1932 introduced this catchphrase in the early 1970s. The response was what’s the damage? how much do I owe?; what is the cost? usually voiced by Morecambe in the manner of a ventriloquist: Formed on DAMAGE (expense) UK, 1984 ‘ruggish!’ UK, 1981 what’s the dealio?; what’s the dillio? what is new?, what is what else did you get for Christmas? directed at a person going on? Popularised by rapper Busta Rhymes in the late 1990s showing-off with a new ‘toy’; often addressed to the tail of a US, 2002 disappearing vehicle UK, 1975 what’s the difference between NOUN and NOUN? a well- whatever adverb used for registering self-pitying acceptance US, 2003 worn joke-telling formula that is only usually half answered (a whatever pronoun used as an emphatic form of ‘what?’. In conven- more vulgar or scandalous response to the question is implied) US, tional use from C14–C19, then colloquial UK, 1974 1851 whatever! used as a dismissing retort to what has just been said. what’s the drill? what are the arrangements, or usual procedures? Said with attitude, with a pause after ‘what’, and sometimes with Originally military, now general UK, 1961 thumbs and forefingers shaped like a ‘W’ US, 1989 what’s the score? what is the latest information, situation, etc? whatever’s fair used as a non-responsive, vague answer to a direct Originally Royal Air Force, then more general UK, 1961 question US, 1969 what’s the story, morning glory? used as a cheerful greeting US, whatever turns you on your individual tastes, foibles, hobbies, 1959 interests, etc. Generally spoken to indicate a tolerance of tastes what’s up? used as a greeting US, 1993 that do not coincide with your own US, 1978 whatsup? used as a greeting US, 1990 what for a thing is that? among Nova Scotians of German what’s up, Doc? used as an all-purpose enquiry. The catchphrase descent, used as a query to mean ‘what kind of a thing is that?’ of Loony Tunes cartoon hero Bugs Bunny, who, from his third CANADA, 1999 outing, in July 1940 (and much repeated), would inquire ‘Mnyeh... what goes up must come down a Cockney catchphrase that what’s up, Doc?’ as a taunt to pursuers. Also used cinematically, comments generally on the inevitability of things happening, and, this time without specific context, as the title of a 1972 Hollywood specifically, on the nature of a pregnancy UK, 1969 film. Popular with sub-editors as a headline for any number of what-have-you noun used in place of any other item or items in a articles on the National Health US, 1940 category UK, 1999 what’s up with that? used for expressing interest in more facts US, what is it with you? why are you behaving in such a manner? UK, 1994 1996 what’s with you? what’s amiss with you?; why are you behaving in what it is used as a greeting US, 1974 such a way?; what has happened to you?; explain yourself!; why? Also applied to inanimate objects US, 1940 what kind? what’s the matter with you? US, 1963 what’s your damage? what’s your problem?; what’s the matter? what makes you tick the inner-workings of your mind. As if by US, 1988 clockwork UK, 1999 what’s your song, King Kong? used as a greeting US, 1947 whatnot noun anything and everything. Usually a characteristic of what the fuck! used for registering annoyance, resignation or individual speakers, not a group, and often used with an annoying regularity UK, 1540 surprise. Possibly a shortening of ‘what the fucking hell!’, in turn an elaboration of WHAT THE HELL! UK, 1999 what price NOUN? consider the worth of… something!; what do what the heck! used as an exclamation of surprise, indignation, you think of… something? Occasionally admiring, but generally This is trial version sarcastic, in reference to a declared or well-understood value UK, etc; also used dismissively and as an expression of resignation UK, 1893 1887 www.adultpdf.com
- 695 what-the-hell | whinge; winge what-the-hell adjective indifferent, uncaring UK, 1968 especially popular with schoolchildren UK, 1864. 2 a false belief US, 1965 what the hell! used in annoyance, resignation or surprise UK, 1872 wheezy Anna noun a spanner. Rhyming slang, formed from the title what the hellfire! used for registering annoyance or surprise. A of a 1930s comic song UK, 1992 variation of WHAT THE HELL! UK, 1997 when adverb now. The natural response to the conventionally polite what the hey! used as a humorous declaration of surprise, enquiry ‘Say when?’ UK, 1976 bemusement or dismissal. Popularised by Milton Berle in the early when fowl have teet; when cock have teet used for expressing days of US television; an early television catchphrase that swept the nation US, 1957 an impossibility TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1945 what up? used as a greeting US, 1990 when it’s at home used to intensify any question of identity. A derisive tag implying contempt or incredulity, suffixed to ‘what is what up, love one? used as a greeting. Used as a coded greeting a.…?’. The earliest usages of this scornful device were by members of the Black Guerrilla Family prison gang US, 2000 grammatically correct: ‘[W]here your friends are when they’re at what/which part of no don’t you understand? used for home?’ (Rudyard Kipling, Plain Tales from the Hills, 1888). Current humourously emphasizing a previous negative answer. Wildly usage, however, will occasionally reform a sentence that should popular, and over-used, in the 1990s; an instant favourite of US commence correctly with ‘who is…?’ by converting the proper parents scolding children. First made famous by Lorrie Morgan in noun to object status, e.g. ‘What is a John Smith when it’s at a 1991 song ‘What Part of No’, written by Wayne Perry and Gerald home?’ UK, 1957 Smith – ‘I’ll be glad to explain it / If it’s too hard to comprehend / when push comes to shove when there is no longer any choice So tell me what part of no / Don’t you understand?’ US, 1991 but to proceed; when worse comes to worst US, 1958 whatyoucallit noun used as a replacement for any noun that the when-shee noun heroin. A variation of (heroin), 2003 YEN-SHEE user cannot or does not wish to specify UK, 2002 when you’ve got to go, you’ve got to go; when you gotta go, what-you-may-call-it; whatchamacallit noun used in place of a you gotta go applied philosophically to death, prosaically to word that is temporarily forgotten or not important for the context responsibility (‘duty calls’) and trivially to a visit to the toilet. UK, 1598 Popularised by Hollywood films US, 1975 wheat noun marijuana. A play on and an assonant pun on GRASS where it is at; where it’s at 1 the centre of a situation, a place WEED US, 1969 where something important is happening US, 1965. 2 in touch UK, wheech verb to move swiftly; to move something swiftly away. 1965 Probably derived, in some way, from Scots dialect wheech (a stink) where someone is at the person’s point of view or opinion US, 1968 UK: SCOTLAND, 1911 where’s the fire? used for expressing a lack of shared concern US, wheel noun 1 a leader; an important person US, 1933. 2 a mid-level 2003 employee in an illegal lottery US, 1978. 3 the game of roulette US, 1993. 4 a tablet of MDMA, the recreational drug best known as where the big nobs hang out noun a toilet (as used by men), ecstasy UK, 2003. 5 in a carnival, any ride that is in the form of a especially a public convenience. A self-serving pun AUSTRALIA, 1971 wheel US, 1960. 6 a life prison sentence US, 1991. 7 in lowball poker, where the sun don’t shine in your rectum US, 1992 the lowest possible straight (five to ace) US, 1981. 8 the ankle US, 1986 wherever? adverb used as an emphatic variation of ‘where?’. In con- wheel verb 1 to travel; to drive US, 1721. 2 (used of a racehorse) to turn ventional use from the C10 to C19; now colloquial UK, 2002 around suddenly US, 1968 where were you when the shit hit the fan? used as a greeting wheel and deal verb to engage in profit-making in a flamboyant between US Marines in Korea US, 1986 manner US, 1961 where you’re coming from your point of view or opinion US, 1975 wheeler-dealer noun a scheming, contriving deal-maker with many which foot you kick with your personal preference of politics, connections. The reduplication of the vowel sound serves to religion or sexuality. Left or right, Catholic or Protestant, hetero- or intensify US, 1960 homosexual UK: SCOTLAND, 2000 wheeler-dealing; wheeling-and-dealing noun scheming business whickerbill noun a railway brakesman US, 1946 practice US, 1984 whif adjective what-if. Used in ‘what if…?’ exercises projecting poss- wheel horse noun in oil drilling, the best worker on a crew US, 1954 ible contingencies and developing reactions to them US, 1974 wheelie; wheely noun 1 a wheelstand, the lifting of the front wheels whiff noun 1 an unpleasant smell. From of a car or front wheel of a motorcyle, bicycle or skateboard off (bad-smelling) UK, WHIFFY the ground due to sudden acceleration US, 1966. 2 a wheelchair UK, 1899. 2 cocaine US, 1983 1999. < pop a wheelie to perform a wheelie US, 1995 whiff verb 1 to give off an unpleasant smell UK, 1899. to inhale a 2 wheelie-bin noun a large, wheeled rubbish bin AUSTRALIA, 1984 powdered drug through the nose US, 1981 wheel jockey noun a military convoy truck driver US, 1991 whiffle dust noun 1 amphetamine powder. From the imaginary magic powder used by conjurors, manufacturers, marketing pro- wheel man noun 1 in a criminal operation, the getaway driver US, fessionals and others to enhance their product or presentation UK, 1935. 2 a person who brings together pool players who are willing 2003. 2 MDMA, the recreational drug best known as ecstasy UK, 2003 to play for money US, 1993 8see: MUMMY DUST wheels noun 1 a car US, 1959. 2 a record turntable or turntables used whiffler noun an auction house employee who moves and displays by DJs. From the circular shape and revolving motion. Variants the items for sale UK, 2003 include ‘wheels of steel’ and the singular ‘wheel’ US, 1999. 3 shoes or boots US, 1990. 4 the legs, especially a woman’s legs US, 1966. whiffy adjective having an unpleasant odour, smelly UK, 1849 < on wheels to the extreme US, 1943. < put wheels on it used whiler noun a man with more than one girlfriend. In West Indian in restaurants to note that the order is a take-away CANADA, 1993. and UK black use, August 2002 UK, 2002 < the wheels are coming off to be getting out of control; to whim-whams noun a feeling of dread or anxiety; a state of anxiety not be going as planned UK, 1998 or nervousness; the jitters US, 1950 wheels man noun a good driver IRELAND, 1996 whiney gyny club noun complaining hospital patients recovering wheesht! be quiet! From Scots dialect wheesh (a hush) UK: SCOTLAND, from gynecological surgery US, 1985 1985 This is trial version whinge noun a moaning complaint. From the verb UK, 1984 wheeze noun 1 a piece of comedic business; a trick; a clever idea. whinge; winge verb to complain; to whine AUSTRALIA, 1938 Originally theatrical, used by clowns and comedians; then www.adultpdf.com
- whinge bag | white 696 whinge bag noun a complainer. Formed on WHINGE (a moaning whirlies noun extreme dizziness experienced when drunk US, 1966 complaint) UK, 2003 whirligig noun a revolver US, 1957 whingeing pom noun an English person viewed as a habitual whirlpooling; whirlpool noun the assault of a girl by a group of complainer. A stock Australian stereotype AUSTRALIA, 1962 males in a swimming pool who grope her while churning water whinger noun a person who whinges; a habitual complainer around her US, 1993 AUSTRALIA, 1934 whirly noun 1 in the television and film industries, a hydraulic lift whip noun 1 a car. Used by urban black youths UK, 2004. 2 a long radio used for shooting scenes from above US, 1990. 2 a small, localised antenna US, 1976. 3 a boss or supervisor US, 1984. 4 a close friend whirlwind. The variant spelling ‘whirlie’ is sometimes used BAHAMAS, 1982. 5 rum AUSTRALIA, 1953 8see: WHIP-ROUND AUSTRALIA, 1894 whip verb to arrest someone US, 1971. < whip it in, whip it out a whirlybird noun a helicopter US, 1951 catchphrase that celebrates a male approach to sexual relations. whirlygigs noun < having the whirlygigs drunk UK, 2002 From the lyric of a rugby song: ‘Whip it in, whip it out, quit whirly pig noun a helicopter-borne police officer. Quoted as a term fucking about Yo ho, yo ho, yo ho’. Sometimes further extended with: ‘wipe it off, walk away’ UK, 1998. < whip it out to release the used by residents of Berkeley, California, to describe police in helicopters US, 1970 penis from the confines of the trousers, a bold genital display US, 1997. < whip the cat to feel remorse; to regret something whirly-whirly noun a small, localised whirlwind. From ‘whirl’, but AUSTRALIA, 1847. < whip up on skippy (used of a male) to modelled on WILLY-WILLY AUSTRALIA, 1926 masturbate, 2001. < whip your wang (used of a male) to whirly wind noun especially in Queensland, a small, localised masturbate US, 1969 whirlwind AUSTRALIA, 1969 whip and lash; whip noun a moustache. Rhyming slang for TASH whisker noun usually in comparisons, a narrow margin, a small UK, 1992 amount US, 1913 whip and top; whip verb to masturbate. Rhyming slang for STROP whiskers noun 1 seniority or tenure on a job US, 1973. 2 pubic hair US, UK, 1992 1967 whiplash noun a rash. Rhyming slang; perhaps, also, a sexual whiskey noun a type of bet in an illegal numbers game lottery US, innuendo UK, 1998 1957 whip off verb (used of a male) to masturbate US, 1975 whiskey dent noun a dent on your car that you don’t remember whip-out noun 1 a bankroll designed to impress when whipped out incurring while driving drunk US, 1984 of the pocket US, 1972. 2 a regular payment US, 1981 whiskeyleg noun a drunkard US, 1957 whip o’will noun an act of vomiting; vomit. Possibly rhyming slang whiskey papa noun a white phosphorous flare or grenade. From the for ‘spill your guts’ AUSTRALIA, 1967 military phonetic alphabet – WP US, 1990 whipped adjective dominated by a girlfriend or wife. A shortened whiskey-rot noun any unspecified illness US, 1970 form of PUSSY-WHIPPED US, 1965 whisper noun 1 a rumour UK, 1596. 2 the very end of a prison whipper noun 1 a small cartridge of nitrous oxide. Designed for use sentence US, 1976 in making whipped cream, but often abused for the psychoactive whistle noun in the sport of polo, energy UK, 2003. < wet your effects of the gas US, 1986. 2 a person who enjoys being whipped in whistle to take a drink; to quench a thirst UK, 1530 a sado-masochistic encounter US, 1970 whistle verb < whistle in the dark to perform oral sex on a whippersnapper; snapper noun a young, impertinent person woman US, 1967. < whistle through the wheatfield to engage unmindful of his station in life. Still heard, but used with the in oral sex on a woman, especially a blonde woman US, 2001 effect of dating the speaker UK, 1700 whistle and flute; whistle noun 1 a suit (of clothes). Rhyming whippet noun a shotgun with both barrel and stock sawn off for slang UK, 1931. 2 cocaine. Rhyming slang for TOOT UK, 2000 hiding on the body US, 1982 whippets; whippits noun capsules of nitrous oxide used as a rec- whistle and flute; whistle verb to inhale drugs or drug smoke. reational drug US, 1980 Rhyming slang for TOOT UK, 1996 Whippins and Lashins noun the Irish Girl Guides IRELAND, 1995 whistle and toot; whistle and flute; toot noun money. Rhyming slang for LOOT; used mainly in the reduced form UK, 1950 whippy noun 1 a place used for the home base in children’s game hide-and-seek AUSTRALIA, 1964. 2 a pocket in which money is kept; whistlebait noun an attractive woman or girl US, 1947 hence, the money kept there AUSTRALIA, 1973 whistlecock noun amongst Australian Aboriginals, a penis that has whippy adjective clever US, 1969 had a small slit made in the base of the urethra as a means of birth control; a man who has had this operation AUSTRALIA, 1945 whip-round; whip-around; whip noun an informal fund collected from a group of people. Originally military ‘whip’ (a collection for whistle for verb to wait for, or expect, something in vain UK, 1882 more wine in the mess) UK, 1874 whistler noun a police car US, 1971 whips noun a great deal of. A play on LASHINGS AUSTRALIA, 1890 whistlers noun pieces of metal scrap packed in an artillery shell that whips and jingles noun symptoms of heroin withdrawal. Referring makes a screaming sound as the shell moves through the air US, to the physical pain and frayed nerves suffered US, 1973 1990 whipsaw verb 1 in poker, to surround a player with two confederates whistlestop noun a small town. From the image of a train making a whose collusive betting tactics relieve the middle player of his brief stop at the town US, 1947 bankroll and drive him from the game US, 1949. 2 in horse racing, to whistling gear noun in trucking, the highest gear. May have been correctly pick both the winner and second-place finisher in a race named for the whistling sound older tractors made when in US, 1947 overdrive gear, or for the possibility that a rig travelling in this gear whip shot noun a type of controlled toss of the dice, effective by a could attract the attention of a ‘whistler’ – a police car US, 1971 skilled cheat US, 1963 white noun 1 a capsule of Benzedrine™ (amphetamine sulphate) or whipster noun an untrustworthy individual IRELAND, 1997 any other central nervous system stimulant US, 1966. 2 heroin, cocaine or morphine. From the colour of the powdered drug US, whip-whap adverb quickly, without second thought TRINIDAD AND 1914. 3 crack cocaine. A derivative of the previous sense US, 1995. 4 a TOBAGO, 2003 five-pound note. From the colour of the large five-pound notes, This is trial version whirl noun an attempt US, 1884 which were withdrawn from circulation in 1957 UK, 1946. 5 platinum whirl bet noun in craps, a one-roll bet on 2, 3, 7, 11 and 12 US, 1961 jewellery UK, 1950. 6 in American casinos, a white betting token www.adultpdf.com
- 697 white | white Russian white junk noun heroin, possibly of the finest quality. An worth one dollar US, 1985. 7 in American casinos, a white betting token worth $500 US, 1961. 8 a day; daytime US, 1975. 9 ‘silver’ coins. embellishment of JUNK (heroin) from the colour of the powdered Variants include ‘whites’ and ‘white money’ UK, 1887. < like white drug US, 1977 on rice entirely, utterly, completely US, 1987. < the white surgical white kaffir noun a white person who associates with black people. spirit as an alcoholic drink. The liquid is clear but ‘white’ differen- Racist and abusive SOUTH AFRICA, 1846 tiates this from BLUE (methylated spirits) UK, 2000. < white-boy white knight noun a night spent under the influence of cocaine. shuffle an uncoordinated, ungraceful, counter-rhythmic dancing The colour of cocaine and a pun on ‘night’ UK, 2001 style US, 1993 white-knuckle verb to persevere on courage alone, especially in the white adjective decent. Usually used sarcastically and as a conscious quitting of an addictive drug US, 1974 rejection of the racism that once would have inspired the saying US, 1913 white-knuckle adjective anxiety-making; frightening; thrilling. From white-ant verb to undermine someone or something. From ‘white the effect of holding-on tightly UK, 1988 ant’ (a termite) AUSTRALIA, 1922 white lady noun 1 any strong white spirit such as gin or methylated spirits AUSTRALIA, 1935. 2 a powdered narcotic, especially cocaine or white-ass; white-assed adjective bland; insipid; lacking creativity. A heroin. The shortened form ‘lady’ is also used US, 1968 reciprocal in formation to the common ‘black-ass’; not praise US, 1995 white light noun LSD. Possibly a reference to The Velvet white ball noun crack cocaine UK, 1998 Underground’s 1967 album ‘White Light/White Heat’ UK, 1969 white boy noun heroin. An embellishment of BOY (heroin), from the white lightning noun 1 strong, if inferior, homemade whisky US, 1921. colour of the powdered drug US, 1986 2 LSD; LSD mixed with methamphetamine or similar US, 1970 white-bread adjective everyday, unexciting, respectable; representing whiteline fever noun an addiction to cocaine. The white powder is the epitome of white middle-class values and style US, 1991 shaped in a LINE for inhalation UK, 1996 white burger noun a tablet of MDMA, the recreational drug best white man noun an honourable man US, 1865 known as ecstasy UK, 1996 white man’s time noun used for denoting punctuality US, 1963 white Cali; white Cally noun a variety of MDMA, the recreational white meat noun a white person as a sex object; the genitals of a drug best known as ecstasy; an antihistamine tablet sold as white person; sex with a white person US, 1957 MDMA. From the colour combined with an abbreviation of white mice noun 1 during the conflict in Vietnam, the South California, the presumed place of origin UK, 1996 Vietnamese civilian police. From their white helmets and gloves white cliffs of Dover; white cliffs adjective over. Rhyming slang, US, 1977. 2 dice. Rhyming slang UK, 1954 formed from the famous landmark, celebrated in song and geogra- white missy noun a glass of cheap white rum BARBADOS, 1965 phy UK, 1998 white cloud noun crack cocaine US, 1989 white money noun in prison, actual currency. Required for major purchases, such as drugs US, 1976 white cockroach noun a white person TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1838 white mosquitoes; white mosquito noun cocaine. Probably from white crinkle noun a five-pound note. A combination of CRINKLE the ‘sting’ of an injection US, 1949 (paper money) and the colour of five pound notes, which were withdrawn from circulation in 1957 UK, 1957 white mule noun an illegally manufactured whisky, colourless and powerful US, 1921 white cross noun an amphetamine or methamphetamine tablet, sectioned with an X US, 1965 white nigger noun a French-Canadian. Offensive CANADA, 1971 white cylinder week noun the bleed period of the menstrual cycle. white nurse; nurse noun powdered drugs; cocaine; heroin; Refers to a tampon applicator US, 1999 morphine US, 1936 white devil noun cocaine US, 1972 white-on-white noun a white shirt that was deemed fashionable in the 1940s US, 1976 white drugs noun heroin, cocaine, morphine, etc. From the colour of the refined powder US, 1961 white-out; whitey noun an instance of paling as a symptom of imminent faintness, dizziness or vomiting. From the draining of white dust noun powdered amphetamine UK, 1996 colour from the face UK: SCOTLAND, 1988 white eye noun illegal alcohol smuggled from the French islands of White Owl noun a branded White Owl™ cigar re-made to contain Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. This term appears in Tom Dalzell’s The marijuana US, 2003 Slang of Sin to mean ‘whisky’ CANADA, 1998 white Owsley noun a type of high quality LSD. From the name of white-eyes noun a white person US, 1978 legendary LSD manufacturer Augustus Owsley Stanley III US, 1974 whitefellow; whitefella noun a white person as opposed to a white pipe noun a mixture of marijuana and crushed Mandrax™ (a native Australian Aboriginal AUSTRALIA, 1826 branded tranquillizer in tablet form) smoked or ingested orally. A white fever noun used of people of colour, a strong attraction tablet of Mandrax, also known as a ‘white’, enhances the effect of towards white people. The opposite of JUNGLE FEVER US, 1969 the marijuana. When ‘white pipe’ is smoked it is usually in a pipe white fingers noun cocaine US, 2002 improvised with a broken bottle SOUTH AFRICA, 1998 white fluff noun LSD UK, 2003 white policeman’s roll noun in an illegal numbers gambling lottery, a bet on 13, 37 and 70 US, 1949 white ghost noun crack cocaine UK, 1998 white powder noun a narcotic in white powder form, that is, heroin, white girl noun 1 cocaine US, 1971. heroin UK, 1998 2 cocaine or morphine US, 1908 white goods noun cocaine. From the colour; adopts the retailing white-powder bar noun lawyers who defend drug dealers UK, 1998 term for ‘large white electrical goods’ (refrigerators etc.) UK, 2001 white robin noun a variety of MDMA, the recreational drug best white-haired lady noun marijuana. Possibly derives as a simile for known as ecstasy. From the colour of the tablet and the embossed something considered to be as dangerous as marijuana UK, 1998 motif UK, 2002 white hat noun 1 an officer in a firefighting company US, 1954. 2 a white rock noun high quality methamphetamine in rock form US, computer hacker who acts with a legal or moral justification US, 1989 2001 This is trial version white Russian noun in homosexual usage, the passing of semen white horse noun 1 heroin. An elaboration of HORSE (heroin) UK, 2003. from one mouth to another US, 1987 2 cocaine. A play on HORSE (heroin) which is mostly brown US, 1977 www.adultpdf.com
- white shirt | whoop; woop 698 white shirt noun in roller derby, a skater who plays honourably and whizbox noun a global positioning system device. Gulf war usage US, is seen as the ’good guy’, usually from the team designated as the 1991 home team US, 1999 whiz-kid; whizz-kid noun a precociously bright child; hence a whiteshirt noun a senior prison officer. From the uniform UK, 1996 young person advancing in business faster than expectations US, 1960 white shit noun cocaine UK, 1996 whizo noun a weapons system officer US, 1991 white shoes noun white-wall tyres US, 1978 whizz verb to use amphetamines UK, 2000 white sidewalls noun the visible scalp on the side of the head after whizz; wizz; whiz noun amphetamine. A pun on SPEED UK, 1993 a short haircut, especially a military haircut US, 1968 whizzbang noun a pretty girl US, 1947 whiteskin noun in poker, any card ranked ten or lower US, 1943 whizzer noun 1 an excellent thing; also used as a nickname for a white slave noun a woman engaged in enforced prostitution UK, 1857 person who excels UK, 1888. 2 the penis US, 1999. 3 a pickpocket. whitesocks noun a ferocious if tiny mosquito US, 1965 Variants include ‘whiz’ and ‘whizz’ US, 1925. 4 in poker, a successful play of an inferior hand, or the person playing it US, 1988. 5 a white stuff noun any powdered drug – morphine, heroin or drinking bout CANADA, 1975 8see: WYSSA cocaine US, 1914 whizzhead noun a habitual amphetamine user UK, 2000 white sugar noun crack cocaine. From the appearance UK, 1998 whizz kid noun a habitual amphetamine user UK, 1999 white telephone noun < speak on the great white telephone; talk into the big white telephone; talk to God on the big whizz-kids noun in police use, forensic scientists or a forensic white telephone to vomit into a lavatory bowl. From the image science department. Usually used with ‘the’. Formed on ‘whizz- of a sick person leaning over a white lavatory bowl and crying kid’ (a precociously bright child) UK, 1971 ‘God!’ in despair US, 1978 whizz mob noun a gang of pickpockets UK, 1929 white tornado noun freebase cocaine US, 1979 whizzo; wizzo noun in the US military, a weapons system operator or officer. From a vocalisation of the abbreviation WSO US, 1993 white trash noun an impoverished or anti-social white person or persons; originally, and still, the poverty-stricken white population whizzo!; wizzo! splendid! UK, 1905 of the southern US. Originally black usage; derogatory; abbreviates whizzo; wizzo adjective excellent. After WHIZZO! (an exclamation of to ‘trash’ (rubbish) US, 1831 delight) UK, 1948 white turtle-neck brigade noun male homosexuals. From a type whizzy adjective used of a computer program, well-designed and of jumper that was in vogue, and, perhaps intended as a discreet attractive US, 1991 signal between gay men UK, 1969 whoa! used for urging a serious reconsideration of the direction that white van man noun the average tabloid-reader-in-the-street, the the conversation is taking. From the C19 command to a horse or man-in-the-street. It is a statistical probability that the driver ox to stop, and still evocative of a simple, rural world US, 1981 constructively criticising your driving is behind the wheel of a whoady noun a close friend or family member US, 2004 white van. Coined in 1997 by BBC Radio 2 DJ Sarah Kennedy UK, who are you looking at? used aggressively as an offensive 1997 challenge UK, 1999 whitewash noun in sports, a victory in which the opponent does not score at all US, 1867 Who ate all the pies? You fat bastard, You fat bastard a call and response chant used to taunt anyone who is overweight. A whitewash verb to win a game without your opponent scoring US, chant from the football terraces that has spread wider UK, 2001 1971 who-began-it noun an admonishment or a threatened beating white widow noun a variety of marijuana, 2002 IRELAND, 2000 white wog noun a Welsh person. Usually jocular, from WOG (any who cares? expresses a dismissive lack of concern or interest US, person of non-white ethnicity) and a recognition of the Welsh as a 1844 race apart within the British Isles; it is, perhaps, interesting to note whodunnit; whodunit noun 1 a murder mystery novel, film or that a Welsh accent attempted by an English person has a pronounced tendency to sound Indian UK, 1984 other entertainment; a detective novel. Adopted in the UK in 1942 from the US US, 1930. 2 in prison, a meat pie. A body has been white worm noun an uninfected appendix removed in surgery based discovered under the pastry! UK, 1950 on an incorrect diagnosis US, 1994 who he? usually used for jocular or dismissive effect UK, 1981 whitey noun 1 a white person or white people collectively. Insulting; who knows it? used as a ritualistic questioning of the veracity of a a gesture of resistance US, 1942. 2 an amphetamine pill US, 1982. 3 in pool, the cue ball US, 1983 8see: WHITE-OUT statement US, 1963 whole ball of wax noun everything US, 1953 Whitney dressed as Britney applied to an older person dressed in a younger fashion. A modern variation of the popular idiom, whole box and dice noun everything AUSTRALIA, 1888 ‘mutton dressed as lamb’; formed on the US entertainers Whitney whole hog noun < go the whole hog to do something in a Houston (b.1963) and Britney Spears (b.1981) UK, 2004 thorough way US, 1828 whittle verb < whittle the gut stick (of a male) to masturbate UK, whole lot; whole lotta adverb a great deal; very much US, 1907 2003 who loves ya, baby? used for expressing affection in a humorous whiz noun < the whiz pick pocketing UK, 1937 fashion. The signature line of the police captain played by Telly whiz verb to urinate US, 1971 Savalas on the television police drama Kojak (CBS, 1973–78). Repeated with referential humour US, 1978 whiz; whizz noun 1 a genius; somebody who is extremely proficient whomp back verb to drink. A play on KNOCK BACK (to drink) US, 1973 at a given activity. An abbreviation of ‘wizard’ US, 1914. 2 an act of urinating. Often in a construction such as ‘take a whiz’ US, 1971. whomper noun a powerful, hard-breaking wave US, 1964 3 whisky US, 1953. 4 on the railways, the pressurised air that operates whoof verb to fart UK, 1966 the brake system US, 1977. < on the whiz operating as a pickpocket US, 1950 whoof back verb to eat or drink greedily UK, 2000 whizbang verb to travel fast US, 1966 whoo-hoo! used as a humorous expression of happiness, usually This is trial version ironic. From the television cartoon The Simpsons US, 1996 whizbang; whizz-bang noun an injected mixture of cocaine and whoop; woop noun a bit; a small amount US, 1904 heroin; cocaine; heroin US, 1933 www.adultpdf.com
- 699 whoop | wicked witch whoop verb < whoop it up to make a great deal of rowdy noise US, whore’s bath; whore splash noun an impromptu and quick cleaning of the body at a sink, with special attention to cleaning 1884 the genitals US, 1950 whoop; woop noun < give a whoop in hell to care, generally in a whore scars noun puncture wounds and bruises from needle use US, negative context US, 1970 1970 whoop and holler noun an indeterminate, relatively small distance whore’s egg noun in lobstering, a sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus US, 1964 drobachiensis) CANADA, 1829 whoop and holler verb to shout; to carry on loudly US, 1969 whoreshop noun a brothel UK, 1938 whoop-de-do noun 1 in horse racing, a style of racing based on the whore’s melt noun 8see: HOOR’S MELT premise of establishing an early lead and then running as fast as possible with maximum whip and heel encouragement US, 1959. whore-style adverb said when a woman has sex with her underpants 2 in motorcycle racing, a closely spaced sequence of hills or rises still around one leg US, 1973 US, 1973. 3 a loud and rowdy event or gathering US, 1929 whoretel noun a hotel or motel that caters for prostitutes US, 1973 whoop-de-do adjective 1 in horse racing, employing the strategy of whore wagon noun a police van used for sweeps to arrest riding all-out from the start of the race US, 1948. 2 celebratory, prostitutes US, 1970 uproarious. Variants include ‘whoop-de-doodle’ and ‘whoopidy-do’ Whorez nickname Juarez, Mexico. The phonics work and Juarez has US, 1932 something of a reputation for its prostitutes US, 1970 whoop-de-doo!; woop-tee-doo! used as an expression of strong support or celebration. Often ironic US, 2000 who-shot-John noun a reproach or interrogation US, 1969 whoopee noun < make whoopee 1 to have sex. A forced and silly whosis noun used in place of a person’s name which the speaker euphemism, but one sanctioned by television censors; it was used cannot remember or doesn’t think is important US, 1953 with annoying regularity by Bob Eubanks, host of The Newlywed whosit; whoosit; whozit; whoozit noun used to refer to a name Game television programme (ABC, 1966–90) US, 1928. 2 to indulge (usually of a person, sometimes a thing) that is unknown, in, and take pleasure in, boisterous or rowdy merry-making UK, 1933 forgotten, to be avoided or hardly worth mentioning UK, 1948 whoopee! used for expressing great excitement UK, 1862 who smelt it dealt it used for attributing the source of a fart. A whoopee card noun a computer punch card with all the holes childish rhyme, sometimes with formulaic responses UK, 1998 punched out US, 1991 who’s robbing this coach? mind your own business. This comes whoopeedoo! used as an, often ironic, expression of celebration. from an old joke about Ned Kelly (a famous Australian bushranger) An elaboration of WHOOPEE! UK, 2001 robbing a coach. He declares he’s going to ‘rob all the men and rape all the women’. A gentlemen attempts to intervene on behalf whoops! used as a hurried expression of regret US, 1937 of the women, when one of the ladies pipes up and says ‘Who’s whoopsie noun a male homosexual US, 1961 robbing this coach, you or Mr Kelly?’ AUSTRALIA, 1945 whoopsie-daisy!; whoops-a-daisy! used for registering dismay or who’s up who who is in charge?; what’s going on here? Supplied surprise, often implying clumsiness US, 1925 to Baker in a notebook of World War 2 slang. Sometimes used literally as regards the interpersonal relationships of a group of whoop-up trail noun the terrain over which men and boys ride people, but often metaphorically. Also elaborated to ‘who’s up who horses fast CANADA, 1987 and who’s paying the rent’ AUSTRALIA, 1966 Whoor’s melt noun 8see: HOOR’S MELT who’s your daddy?; who’s the daddy? who is in charge (of this whop verb to strike someone with heavy blows UK, 1575 situation)? US, 2001 whopper noun 1 something that is extremely and unusually large. who threw you nuts? who excited your interest?; who asked for The best known Whopper in the US is a hamburger sandwich your opinion? By implication the person addressed is being called introduced by the original Burger King™ restaurant in Miami in a monkey UK, 1999 1957 UK, 1785. 2 a big lie US, 1984 Whovian noun a dedicated fan of BBC cult science fiction television whopper with cheese noun a fat woman with thrush. Medical programme Dr Who UK, 1998 slang, punning on a well-advertised burger UK, 2002 whup verb to beat someone US, 1945 whopping adjective enormous, powerful UK, 1706 why-for noun the reason or cause US, 1954 whop stick noun a hammer US, 1992 Whykickamoocow noun a notional remote town NEW ZEALAND, 1984 who pulled your chain? who asked for your opinion?; what has wibbly-wobbly adjective very wobbly; unsteady UK, 1984 upset you? UK, 1937 wick noun 1 the penis. A reduced form of HAMPTON WICK (PRICK) UK, who rattled your cage? who asked for your opinion?; what has 1960. 2 an irritating or bad-tempered person UK: SCOTLAND, 1988. 3 in upset you? UK, 1985 bowls, a glancing blow which (generally more by luck than whore noun 1 a girl. Used with sarcasm in reference to a girl who is judgement) brings a bowl into contention. Not a very polite term UK, 1990. < get on your wick to get on your nerves; to exasperate definitely neither a prostitute nor even apparently promiscuous US, 1981. 2 in a deck of playing cards, a queen US, 1967. 3 used as a semi- you. Based on rhyming slang for PRICK (the penis) UK, 1945 affectionate term for a man IRELAND, 1959 wick! used for registering firm approval. Abbreviated from WICKED! whore verb to work as a prostitute UK, 1583 but extended to two syllables as spoken ‘wee-ick!’ by 10-year-old children in Cardiff, south Wales, 16th October 2001 UK, 2001 whore-dog noun a promiscuous woman US, 1980 wick-dipper noun a man objectified sexually. From (the penis) WICK whore-hopper noun a frequent customer of prostitutes US, 1977 and DIP YOUR WICK (to have sex) UK, 1994 whore house cut noun cutting a deck of cards by removing a wicked noun especially pure heroin UK, 2002 section from the middle of the deck and moving it to the top or bottom US, 1951 wicked adjective excellent US, 1920 whore note noun a two-dollar note US, 1970 wicked adverb extremely. A rare instance of late C20 American slang that has stayed regional; a common term in New England (‘wicked whore of Babylon noun an extremely promiscuous woman. hot’, ‘wicked cold’ etc.) rarely heard elsewhere US, 1984 Originally a disparaging sobriquet for the Church of Rome, in This is trial version wicked witch noun a woman, especially a malicious or allusion to the Book of Revelations, Chapter XVII, where she is one of several mysterious Christian allegorical figures of evil US, 1992 contemptible woman. Rhyming slang for BITCH UK, 1998 www.adultpdf.com
- wicker-head | Wilbur Wright; wilbur 700 wicker-head noun a Vietnamese peasant. From their straw hats US, wife noun 1 in a homosexual relationship, the more passive or ‘feminine’ partner US, 1883 8see: WEENIE, WEENY. 2 in law 1991 enforcement, a work partner US, 1988. < the wife your wife. Folksy, wick off verb to exasperate or aggravate someone. A variation of GET potentially annoying, and almost inevitably patronising US, 1989 ON YOUR WICK UK, 2002 wife-beater noun 1 a sleeveless tee-shirt or undershirt US, 1994. 2 any wicky noun the buttocks BAHAMAS, 1982 alcoholic drink, especially beer UK: WALES, 2004 wid preposition with. Colloquial pronunciation UK, 1869 wifed up adjective of a male, in a serious relationship with a female widder; widda; widdy noun a widow UK, 1837 who appears to dominate him US, 2004 widdle verb to urinate UK, 1961 wife duty noun a promise or obligation to spend time with your wide noun < give a wide to avoid something or someone UK, 2000 wife or girlfriend US, 2000 wife-in-law noun one prostitute in relation to another prostitute wide adjective 1 immoral UK, 1594. 2 knowing, informed, aware IRELAND, working for the same pimp US, 1957 1991 wife’s best friend noun the penis AUSTRALIA, 1971 wide boy noun a man living by his wits, often a petty criminal UK, wife starver noun a man who defaults on maintenance payments 1937 wide brown land noun Australia. Made famous by the poem My AUSTRALIA, 1950 Country by Dorothea Mackellar, 1914 AUSTRALIA, 1908 wifey; wifie noun a wife. A slightly patronising term UK, 1996 wide girl noun a woman living by her wits, often a petty criminal UK, wifey adjective used of a female, dowdy, mature and proper US, 2001 1956 wifie noun an old woman UK, 2002 wide load noun someone with a broad backside. From a common wig noun 1 the head; the mind US, 1944. 2 a judge; a barrister UK, 1956. road sign indicating that ahead of the escorting vehicle is a truck < tighten your wig to use drugs and become intoxicated US, with a wide load US, 1990 1986. < with a wig owing; to pay. A shameless pun on ‘toupee’ wide-on noun a state of sexual excitement in a woman. A jocular and ‘to pay’ AUSTRALIA, 1989 riposte to HARD-ON (an erect penis) AUSTRALIA, 1987 wig; wig out verb to lose control of your emotions; to become wide open adjective unrestrained by authority; unrestricted by the angry US, 1955 police; wild US, 1950 wig-chop noun a haircut. Teen slang US, 1955 wide ride noun a heavy woman US, 1994 wig city noun a medical institution for the mentally ill. Extended widger noun 1 a small boy. Noted originally as a Royal Navy usage, from the adjective sense US, 2001 probably from the late 1950s; an elaboration of ‘wee’ (small) UK, wig city adjective mentally unbalanced, eccentric (usually when the 1984. 2 the penis, especially a relatively small penis. Probably direct latter is thought to be the former) US, 1998 from the sense as ‘a small boy’ on the model of LITTLE MAN (the wigged adjective confused, disoriented, especially as a result of drug penis) UK, 1997 use; drug-intoxicated US, 1951 widget noun used generally for a small gadget; specifically a small wigged out adjective in an extreme state of drug intoxication, device for making beer foam as the can is opened. In the 1990s, UK brewers John Smith’s advertisers sold canned beer with a excitement or rage; dissociated from reality US, 1968 ‘widget’ – an easier option than to explain the chemistry and wigger; wigga; whigger noun a white youth who affects the speech technology that creates the beery froth US, 1931 patterns, fashion and other mannerisms of black youth. An elision widgie noun a female teenage delinquent of the ‘bodgie and widgie’ of ‘white NIGGER’ US, 1988 subculture of the 1950s and 60s. Noted for their promiscuity, wild wiggle noun in electric line work, a secondary voltage tester with a behaviour and revealing clothing. Perhaps a blend of BODGIE with glow-light indicator US, 1980. < get a wiggle on to hurry US, 1896 ‘wi-’, the first syllable of ‘women’ AUSTRALIA, 1950 wiggle verb to wriggle; to walk with a sinuous swaying of the hips. A wido; wide-oh noun a villain, a petty criminal, a rogue. Probably a colloquial variation; in conventional use from the C13 to C19 UK, variation of WIDE BOY (a petty criminal) UK: SCOTLAND, 1988 2002 widow noun 1 a single word, or two, set on a new line at the end of wiggle room noun scope for freedom of thought or action; room for a paragraph, especially when set on a new page UK, 1925. 2 in some political manoeuvring and compromise US, 1941 poker games, an extra card dealt to the table for all players to use wigglers noun the fingers US, 1970 in their hands US, 1967. 3 in electric line work, a cable grip US, 1980. < the widow Veuve Clicquot™ champagne; champagne. From wiggly; wiggly-waggly adjective of movement, wriggly; of form, French veuve (widow) UK, 1781 irregularly undulated UK, 1907 widow Jones noun a toilet US, 1949 wiggy adjective crazy; outstanding; wild; creative US, 1961 widow-maker noun 1 the M-16 rifle, introduced as the standard US wigit noun MDMA, the recreational drug best known as ecstasy UK, Army infantry rifle in 1967. Early versions of the rifle were prone 2003 to jamming, thus ‘making widows’ US, 1990. 2 in Vietnam, a Viet wig-out noun a period of controlled craziness UK, 2001 Cong booby trap US, 1990. 3 in trucking, any long haul truck US, 1971 wig out verb to become angry, to lose your temper UK, 1955 widow’s mite; widow’s noun a light, especially of the type required wig-out adjective crazed UK, 2001 by a smoker. Rhyming slang UK, 1931 wig picker noun a psychiatrist US, 1961 widow’s wink; widow’s noun a Chinese person. Rhyming slang for CHINK (a Chinese person) UK, 1979 wig-trig noun an idea US, 1946 Widow Twankey; widow noun 1 a handkerchief. Rhyming slang for wigwag noun in the television and film industries, a light outside a HANKY, formed on the pantomime ‘dame’ who is Aladdin’s mother sound stage indicating that shooting is in process US, 1990 UK, 1992. 2 an American. Rhyming slang for YANKEE UK, 1992 wigwam noun in a deck of cards, an ace. From the visual similarity wiener; weiner noun the penis. The phallic connotations of the between an ‘A’ and a wigwam US, 1988 food item lead to this usage US, 1960 wigwam for a goose’s bridle noun used as a nonsense answer to a wiener roast noun a picnic featuring hot dogs US, 1920 question AUSTRALIA, 1960 wienie noun in drag racing, a slick racing tyre US, 1965 8see: WEENIE, Wilbur Wright; wilbur noun a flight (air travel). Rhyming slang, This is trial version WEENY formed from the elder of the US aviation pioneers, the Wright wienie roaster noun in drag racing, a jet-powered car US, 1993 Brothers UK, 1992 www.adultpdf.com
- 701 Wilcannia shower | wimpish Wilcannia shower noun a dust storm. Wilcannia is an inland town William Powell noun a towel. Rhyming slang, formed from the US in New South Wales. Other locations similarly used by nature, film actor, 1874–1944 UK, 1961 weather and irony: Bedourie, Bogan, Bourke, Cobar, Darling and William Tell verb to give off an unpleasant smell. Rhyming slang, Wimmera AUSTRALIA, 1945 formed from a legendary Swiss hero UK, 1992 wilco; willco (I) will comply!; generally, used as a signal of assent. William the Third noun a piece of excrement. Rhyming slang for Originally used as military communications, often to complement ‘turd’ AUSTRALIA, 1968 ROGER (message understood). UK, 1946 willie noun 1 a piece of currency. A pun on ‘bill’ US, 1983. 2 a wild adjective 1 used of film in the television and film industries, shot gambler’s wallet or financial resources AUSTRALIA, 1949 without sound US, 1990. 2 of prison sentences, served consecutively Willie Peter; Wilie Peter grenade noun an M-34 white US, 1972. < go wild in the bush (used of a white person) to have phosphorous anti-personnel hand grenade. Another use of the sex with a black person BAHAMAS, 1982 military phonetic alphabet US, 1977 wild about adjective enthusiastic about; having a strong liking for; willies noun a condition of fear or nervousness US, 1896 sexually infatuated with UK, 1868 Willie the Shit Burner noun used as a generic term for the poor wild card noun 1 an unpredictable factor; an unknown. From card soul assigned to collect and burn solid human waste collected in playing jargon where it represents a card of no predetermined latrines at US military bases in Vietnam US, 1990 value US, 2002. 2 a dangerously unpredictable person UK, 2001. 3 an willie weaver noun a drunk driver US, 1976 enemy fighter plane US, 1986 willing adjective gutsy; courageous; unwavering; aggressive AUSTRALIA, wildcat noun 1 strong, illegally manufactured whisky US, 1999. 2 methcathinone mixed with cocaine. An elaboration of CAT 1899 (methcathinone) US, 1998. 3 in oil drilling, a well drilled in unproven will o’ the wisp; willer noun a potato crisp. Rhyming slang UK, 1992 land US, 1954 Will’s Whiff noun syphilis. Rhyming slang, formed from a brand of wildcat adjective 1 unauthorised, unlicensed, unsanctioned US, 1870. small cigar UK, 1992 2 characterised by high risk and unsound business planning US, 1877 willy noun 1 the penis. Originally northern English, not dialect, for ‘a wildcatter noun 1 an independent, risk-taking oil driller who drills child’s penis’ or a childish name for any penis. Adopted by adults wildcat wells US, 1883. 2 in trucking, an owner-operator who works as a jocular reference, now widely used as a non-offensive and independently US, 1946 broadcastable term. The spelling ‘willie’ is also used UK, 1905. 2 a tantrum. Generally in the phrases ‘chuck’ or ‘throw a willy’ wild colonial boy noun an uninhibited, free-living man. Originally AUSTRALIA, 1941. 3 a supply of money for gambling AUSTRALIA, 1949. 4 a meaning ‘a bushranger’. From the title of a popular folk song and wallet AUSTRALIA, 1967 still often used allusively AUSTRALIA, 1881 willy-nilly adverb here and there, haphazardly. Not particularly wild duck noun a person who has failed to pay a debt and is not related to the C17 sense of the phrase meaning ‘willingly or seen as likely to do so AUSTRALIA, 1989 unwillingly’ US, 1934 wild flower noun a variety of MDMA, the recreational drug best willy warmer noun the vagina UK, 2001 known as ecstasy UK, 2002 willy-waving noun macho behaviour that is especially unnecessary wild hair noun an impulsive notion. A shortened form of WILD HAIR or foolish. Formed on WILLY (the penis) UK, 1997 UP YOUR ASS without the full connotation of annoyance US, 1989 willy-willy noun a small, localised whirlwind. From the Australian wild hair up your ass; wild hair up your butt noun the notional Aboriginal language Yindjibarndi AUSTRALIA, 1894 cause of irrational, obsessive behaviour US, 1981 Willy Wonka noun a fool. Rhyming slang for PLONKER (a fool and the wild horse noun a Ford ‘Mustang’ car. Citizens’ band radio slang UK, penis), that may be an elaborate play on WILLY (the penis) UK, 1998 1981 willy woofter noun a homosexual man. Elaboration of WOOFTER (a wilding noun violent youth gang activity directed towards random male homosexual) UK, 2000 victims. A term popularised by the ‘Central Park Jogger’ case in 1989 US, 1989 Wilma noun a Protestant female, especially one who is a supporter of Glasgow Rangers football club. A female form of William, and wildo noun a person behaving in a wild or crazy manner UK, 1966 the female equivalent of BILLY-BOY UK: SCOTLAND, 1996 wild-out noun a gang fight US, 1999 wilma adjective meek. A personification of uncertain pedigree, wild thing noun < do the wild thing to have sex US, 1990 recorded as a contemporary gay usage UK, 2003 wild up verb to agitate someone; to make someone nervous US, 2003 Wilson noun in skateboarding, a fall producing serious injury US, 1984 Wilfred noun the penis. A variation of WILLY (the penis) UK, 2001 Wilson Pickett noun 1 a white phosphorous flare or grenade. From Wilhemina noun a female customer, especially of discreet or illegal the initials WP; Pickett was a popular American rhythm and blues singer US, 1991. 2 a ticket. Rhyming slang, formed from the name of services. A feminisation of BILLY BUNTER (a customer) UK, 2002 the US soul singer (b.1941) UK, 1992 Wilkie Bard noun a card; a business card; a playing card; a race card, Wimmera shower noun a dust storm. Wimmera is an inland town etc. Rhyming slang, formed from a music hall comedian, in Victoria. Other locations similarly used by nature, weather and 1874–1944 UK, 1960 irony: Bedourie, Bogan, Bourke, Cobar, Darling and Wilcannia Wilkinson Sword noun bald. Rhyming slang, formed from the AUSTRALIA, 1945 name of a razor manufacturer UK, 1998 wimmin; wimmen noun women. The first variation was adopted will do used as an expression of assent to carry out an action. By and promoted by politically aware feminists to avoid ending with ellipsis of the personal pronoun, possibly influenced by WILCO UK, ‘men’; the second variation is a phonetic accident UK, 1910 1955 wimmos noun women. A variation of pronounced ‘wimmin’, used by willets noun the female breasts UK, 1998 cricketers UK, 2003 william noun a piece of currency. A pun on ‘bill’ US, 1983 wimp noun a weak and timid person. A thorough treatment of the William Hague adjective vague. Rhyming slang, formed from the word may be found in ‘Wimp’, Reinhold Aman, Maledicta, Volume politician who led the Conservative party, 1997–2001 UK, 1998 VIII, p. 43–56, 1984–1985. The word played a major role in the US presidential election of 1988, in which President George H.W. William Pitt noun excrement. Rhyming slang for SHIT, formed from Bush had to overcome a widely held perception that he was ‘a the British Prime Minister known, historically, as ‘Pitt the Elder’, This is trial version wimp’ US, 1920 1708–78, or his son, also Prime Minister, ‘Pitt the Younger’, wimpish adjective weak, ineffectual US, 1925 1759–1806 UK, 1998 www.adultpdf.com
- wimp out | winging 702 wimp out verb to give way to timidity or fear US, 1981 windshield time noun time spent driving; paid travel time between a reporting location and the job site, or between job sites US, 1978 wimpy adjective feeble; afraid. From WIMP (a weak and timid person). Although the adjective was not recorded until the late 1960s, the wind, skin and ice noun as specifications for a car, air conditioning, Popeye the Sailor radio programme gave the US J. Wellington leather upholstery and in-car entertainment. Motor trade slang UK, Wimpy, known simply as Wimpy, in 1936 US, 1967 2004 win verb < are you winning? used as a rhetorical greeting UK, 1984. Windsor ballet nickname collectively, the strip and sex clubs in < win hands down to win with great ease. From horse racing, Windsor, Ontario, Canada US, 1997 when a jockey may relax the hold on the reins when victory Windsor Castle; windsor; brown windsor noun the anus. seems certain UK, 1882. < would win doing hand-springs; Rhyming slang for ARSEHOLE, formed from a royal residence; would win with its head in its chest; would win shelling shortened to ‘windsor’ and then punningly elaborated to ‘brown peas of a racehorse, certain to win. Also used as ‘could win’ UK, windsor’ as a type of soup UK, 1992 1994. < you can’t win used for expressing the futility of action, or windsucker noun in horse racing, a horse that swallows air when the inevitability of failure UK, 1926 running US, 1947 winch verb 1 to date a member of the opposite sex; to court; to go steady. Probably from ‘wench’ (a girl) UK: SCOTLAND, 1985. 2 to kiss wind trap noun strands of hair that a semi-bald man may cultivate and cuddle. Extends from the sense ‘to date, to court’ UK: and style to lay over his naked pate. Rhyming slang for FLAP UK, 1992 SCOTLAND, 1985 wind tunnel noun in homosexual usage, a loose anus and rectum winchell noun a trusting, unsophisticated person US, 1972 US, 1981 winco noun a wing commander in the Royal Air Force UK, 1941 wind-up noun 1 a practical joke; a send-up UK, 1984. a person who 2 wind noun < a wind so sharp it cuts the whiskers right off teases UK, 1977 your face a cold, hard wind CANADA, 1988. < get in the wind to wind up verb 1 to make fun of someone; to play a practical joke on run quickly; to depart US, 1965. < get the wind to smoke someone. The image of the mainspring in a clockwork motor marijuana UK, 1998. < get the wind up; have the wind up to getting more and more tightly wound UK, 1979. 2 to arrive; to arrive be nervous or scared UK, 1916. < in the wind free from prison US, eventually; to settle in a final position US, 1918 1992. < put the wind up someone to make someone afraid UK, 1916. < take someone’s wind to kill someone US, 1974 windy noun 1 a windproof jacket and over-trousers ANTARCTICA, 2003. 2 in pool, a shot that passes the object ball without touching it. wind verb 8see: WINE Based on the image of the cue ball breezing by the object ball US, wind and kite noun a website. Rhyming slang UK, 2002 1993 windbag noun a habitually verbose talker UK, 1827 Windy noun < the Windy Chicago, Illinois. From the winds that sweep the city; a short form of WINDY CITY US, 1969 windball noun intestinal pain US, 2003 windy adjective afraid; very nervous; ill at ease UK, 1916 winded adjective hungover US, 1992 winder noun a drug addict who regularly enters and leaves treatment Windy City nickname 1 Chicago, Illinois. New York slang programmes US, 1970 lexicographer Barry Popik has relentlessly worked to debunk the myth that the term was coined in conjunction with the 1893 windie noun a wind surfer NEW ZEALAND, 1994 World’s Fair. Popik has traced the term to Cincinnati newspapers Windies nickname the West Indies international cricket team in 1876. Wide usage still US, 1876. 2 Port Elizabeth SOUTH AFRICA, 1989. AUSTRALIA, 1964 3 Wellington, New Zealand NEW ZEALAND, 2004 windjammer noun 1 a person who talks too much US, 1949. 2 a wind your neck in! ‘be quiet!’ UK, 1943 citizens’ band radio user who monopolises conversation US, 1976. Windypeg nickname Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA, 2002 3 in drag racing and hot rodding, a supercharger US, 1968. 4 a railway air brake US, 1946. 5 a hammer. Rhyming slang UK, 1992 wine; wind verb while dancing, to gyrate the pelvis in a sexual windmill noun in hot rodding and drag racing, a supercharger US, 1965 manner TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1916 window noun 1 in card games, the card at the end of a player’s hand wine and dine verb to entertain someone with wine and food. US, 1967. 2 in American casinos, the space through which the Earlier as ‘dine and wine’ UK, 1916 careful observer can see the blackjack dealer’s down-card as he wine grape noun a Roman Catholic. Glasgow rhyming slang for PAPE deals US, 1985. < out the window; out of the window out of UK: SCOTLAND, 1985 the question US, 1983. < pick a window – you’re leaving! used as a jocular threat of violence UK, 1995. < window’s open used for wine head noun a drunkard who favours wine US, 1962 describing obvious and inept cheating US, 1979 wine shed noun a bar US, 1984 window dress verb in poker, accidentally on purpose to let other winfly noun a flight made during winter from New Zealand to players see the end card in your hand US, 1967 Antarctica ANTARCTICA, 1969 window hop verb to move from window to window inside a house wing noun 1 the arm UK, 1823. a winning streak in poker US, 1988 2 at night, waiting for a substance-addicted spouse to come home wing verb 1 to shoot at someone and wound them but not seriously US, 1998 UK, 1802. 2 to discipline someone UK, 1996. < wing it to improvise; window-licker noun a severely disabled person. Offensive. Derived, to do something with little preparation. Originally from the apparently, from the attitude of such a person when seen theatre, indicating the necessity of learning a part at short notice, travelling on a bus UK, 2003 standing in the wings of a stage US, 1970 window music noun on the railways, scenery US, 1977 wing and a prayer noun a very narrow margin of automotive power windowpane; window noun a dose of LSD on a tiny, clear piece of or control; hence, a slender hope or chance. Originally applied to gelatin US, 1975 the minimum requirement for an aircraft’s emergency landing UK, window party noun an act of vengeful vandalism, in which the 1943 aggrieved party breaks all the glass in his victim’s boat CANADA, 1999 wingding; wing-ding noun 1 a party, a celebration US, 1949. 3 in window rattler noun someone who snores with great resonance UK, motorcyle racing, a brief loss of control for which the rider compensates US, 1965. 2 a fit, especially one feigned by a drug 1964 addict; a person feigning such a fit US, 1927 window washer noun a heavy rain storm US, 1976 This is trial version winge verb 8see: WHINGE Windoze noun Microsoft Windows™. Not praise US, 1997 winging adjective drunk or drug-intoxicated US, 1970 wind pie noun nothing to eat FIJI, 1994 www.adultpdf.com
- 703 wingnut | wise guy wingnut noun a person who is easily angered or flustered. As a piece wipe off verb to wreck or ruin something AUSTRALIA, 1962 of hardware, a ‘wingnut’ is easily tightened – the basis for its wipe-out noun a fall from a surfboard, usually caused by a wave. A application to a person US, 1990 major word of the surfer’s lexicon; it was the title and one-word wings noun 1 any powdered drug, especially cocaine, heroin or lyric of the 1963 ‘surf instrumental’ by the Surfaris that featured a morphine. Because wings give you the lift that gets you HIGH US, drum solo practised on the school desk of many an early 1960s 1953. 2 insignia worn by motorcyle gang members signifying sexual schoolboy AUSTRALIA, 1962 conquests US, 1966. < get your wings to use heroin for the first wipe out verb 1 to destroy something; to kill or wound someone US, time. A nod to aviation terminology US, 1989 1968. 2 to remove someone from their position UK, 1969 wing-wang noun the rectum US, 1970 wire noun 1 a telegraph message; a telegram UK, 1876. 2 a report; infor- wing wipe noun a crew member of a military jet aircraft. A term mation. A vestigial term from the era of telegraphy UK, 1925. 3 news used by the infantry US, 1990 transmitted privately TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1938. 4 a bookmaking operation US, 1981. 5 a small microphone and transmitting device wingy noun a person with one arm US, 1980 worn on the person as part of law enforcement interception of wingy adjective very loose-fitting, giving the appearance of extreme oral communications US, 1973. 6 the penis IRELAND, 1991. 7 the thinness TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2003 buttocks TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1968. 8 in a pickpocketing team, the wink noun the penis UK, 2001 thief who actually picks the victim’s pocket UK, 1851. 9 in horse racing, the finish line US, 1974. 10 amphetamines UK, 2003. 11 in pool, winker noun the vagina. The imagery of an eye that opens and the score string US, 1993. < have your wires crossed; get your closes UK, 1970 wires crossed to be at cross purposes; to be affected by a winkie noun 1 the vagina UK, 2001. 2 a sideways punctuation face indi- mutual misunderstanding UK, 2001. < on the wire in pool, having cating laughter, generally formed as ;-) US, 1995 scored or having been awarded a score as part of the winking noun < like winking; like eyes-a-winking very quickly handicapping of a game US, 1993 UK, 1827 wire verb 1 to send a telegraph message UK, 1859. 2 to use a small winkle noun a boy’s penis; a small penis US, 1966. < have on the microphone or transmitting device to intercept oral communi- winkle to be obsessed by something UK, 1969 cations US, 1973. 3 in skateboarding, to analyse and plan a difficult manoeuvre or trick US, 1976 winkle-trip noun a male striptease act performed for an all-female audience on a Thames pleasure boat UK, 1980 wired adjective 1 intoxicated on amphetamines or cocaine. Also used with ‘up’ US, 1966. 2 tense, anxious UK, 1979. 3 well-rehearsed US, 1995. winky; winkie noun the penis; a small penis; a boy’s penis. Usually 4 used of a pair in stud poker, dealt in the first two cards of a hand juvenile, occasionally derisory; probably a variation of WINKLE UK, US, 1981 1984 wired to the moon adjective extremely drug-intoxicated. An elabor- winner noun a loser socially. Sardonic, cruel US, 1964 ation of WIRED (drug-intoxicated) UK, 1995 winners noun dice that have been altered so as to roll numbers wired up adjective 1 intoxicated on central nervous system depress- other than seven, useful to the shooter in craps US, 1950 ants US, 1979. 2 available for homosexual relations US, 1961 winners and losers noun trousers. Glasgow rhyming slang on wire-fu noun a technique that employs wires and pulleys to create ‘troosers’ UK: SCOTLAND, 1985 choreographed martial art fights. Formed on ‘kung fu’ US, 1997 winny-popper noun the penis. A schoolchildren’s term CANADA, 1968 wirehead noun a computer hardware specialist US, 1991 wino noun 1 a lowly drunk US, 1913. 2 a wine connoisseur NEW ZEALAND, wire room noun an illegal betting establishment’s telephone office 1997 US, 1950 win or lose noun any and all alcoholic drinks. Rhyming slang for wires noun any central nervous system stimulant US, 1977 BOOZE UK, 1992 wino time noun a short jail sentence US, 1992 wire store noun a big con based on a supposedly corrupt telegraph official who claims he can delay the reporting of race results to winter noun any period between carnival seasons, regardless of the the benefit of the victim US, 1969 actual time of year US, 1966 wire to wire noun in horse racing, the entire distance of the race, winter blossoms noun the older, female, winter residents of a hotel from start to finish US, 1951 UK, 1977 winterer; winteroverer noun a person who spends the winter in wise verb to inform or educate someone; to explain something US, 1905. < wise up; wise up to to learn, realise or understand Antarctica ANTARCTICA, 1958 something US, 1919 Winterpeg nickname Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA, 2002 wise adjective < be wise; be wise to; get wise; get wise to to winter wear noun the foreskin on an uncircumsised penis US, 1983 be aware of something; to be warned about something US, 1896. win-win adjective said of a situation in which the parties involved all < put wise; put wise to to make someone aware of something; feel that they have done well US, 1977 to warn someone about something US, 1913 wipe noun a handkerchief US, 1981 -wise suffix in the manner of, or to do with, a conjoined subject US, wipe verb 1 to dismiss or reject a person; to wash your hands of 1942 someone AUSTRALIA, 1941. 2 in drag racing, to defeat another car. wiseacre noun a smart alec UK, 1595 Created by back-formation; when a car is defeated, the name of wiseass noun an obnoxious person with delusions of cleverness US, the driver is wiped from the list of those competing, so the driver is ‘wiped’ US, 2003. < wipe the clock to set a train’s air brake 1971 valve at the position used for full emergency application. An wisecrack noun a smart, humorous, sometimes cruel remark US, 1924 allusion to the sudden drop of the pressure needle on the air wisecrack verb to make smart, humorous and sometimes cruel gauge to zero US, 1975. < wipe the floor with; wipe up the remarks US, 1946 floor with; wipe the earth with; wipe the ground with to inflict an absolute defeat on someone; to surpass someone UK, 1896 wisecracker noun someone who makes smart, humorous and sometimes cruel remarks US, 1923 wiped adjective 1 infatuated UK, 2004. 2 drunk US, 1968. 3 exhausted US, 1996 wisecracking adjective given to making smart, humorous and wiped out adjective very drug-intoxicated US, 1974 sometimes cruel remarks US, 1915 This is trial version wise guy noun a recognised member of an organised crime wipe-off noun 1 a cursory washing of the body using little water US, 1953. 2 a total wreck; a write-off AUSTRALIA, 1945 enterprise US, 1975 www.adultpdf.com
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