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The Probert Encyclopaedia
of Slang

‘A comprehensive glossary of over 15,000 English language slang and dialect terms from around the
‘world, including: American slang, Australian lang. Brish slang, Canadian lang, South African
slang, Cockney miming sang, Ish slang Scotch slang, Jamaican slang, theatre sang, bingo Sang.
and Dorset san.

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110 PERCENT

110 percent is American sports slang for he extra effort often required to win a dificult cones.
180-OUT

180-out is American military slang or fas

24-7

24-7 is slang forall the time. Is shor for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
404

404 is American slang for clueless or naive.

411

AU is American slang for information.

56

56 is American police slang for timo off from work

714S

714s is sang for methaqualone.

91

11 is American slang for an emergency.

98

98 is American slang for 98 model Oldsmobile motor car
ABIT OF A BUMBLE

Abit ofa bumble is Dorset slang fr confusion

A BIT OF CRUMPET

Ait of crampetis slang fora sexually desirable woman

A BIT OF HOW'S YOUR FATHER

A bitof how s your father is British slang for sexual mischief

A BUGGER'S MUDDLE

A buggers muddle is British sang fora mess.

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A BUTTON SHORT

A baston short is lang for itelecaly deficient.

A CARSE

‘cars is Dore slang for of eoure

A COLD DAY IN HELL

A co day in eli sang fr never.

A GRAPE ON THE BUSINESS

A grape onthe business is Australian slang for person whose presence sois things for thers
ALA

Alois Brith sang for pretentious

A PIECE OF CRUMPET

A pios of erumpetis slang fra sexually desirable woman

A PIECE OF GOODS

A se of gods is slang fora person, especially a woman.

A ROD IN PICKLE

‘A rod in pickles Australian slang for rc bore bing secretly prepared for a in and beting coup.
A ROLL JACK RICE COULDN'T JUMP OVER

A ro Jck Rice coulda jmp overs Austral lang for large sum of money

A SKULL

A sul lang for per person,

A SODA

A soda is Australia lang fo something easily done pushover.

A SQUEEZE

A squeeze American slang fr orange ice.

ATOZ

Ao Z Bi ymin lang for ashe.

A TOUCH OF THE TAR-BRUSH

‘A touch ofthe tar-brush is derogatory British sang for having asin colour which suggests black or
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A'PORTH

Pon om pot) th slang for an unimportant or sil person.
A-COATHED

Accouhed ls Dorset sang for on, eased

A-HEAD

Ahead ls Black-Amerkan sang ora heavy user amphetamines.
A-OKAY

Acokay slang fr super

A-STOGGED

Astogged ls Dorset lang for having one's fet tuck in the mul
A-STOODED

A-stooded is Dorset slang or sunk in he ground, tuck mu.
A-ZEW

_A-row is Dorset lang for no longer cine milk.

ACAB.

ACA. is Bs lang for AI Coppers Are Bastards.

AD.

AD. is sang for drug addict

AK
AKA, (lso known ass
AAP

Aap South scan slang for a cannabis cigare
AARDVARK

Aadvak is Bish slang for ard work, unpleasant aks.
AB

Ais tody-bailding slang foran abdominal muse
ABB

Abb is surfing lang for an abnormal person.

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ABBESS

Abbess was 16th to 19th century slang for he mistress ofa brothel
ABDOMINABLE VOORHEAVES

Abominable voorheaves is American slang for o vomit

ABDUL.

Abdul is derogatory slang fr a Turk or Ara.
Abdul is Australian slang for an immigrant

ABE

Abe is British slang fora Jew.

ABEL AND CAIN

Abel and Cain is British chyming slang for rain.
ABERDEENS

Aberdeen is British myming slang For baked beans.
ABERGAVENY

Abergavenny is London cockney rhyming slang for penny.
ABFAB

Abfab is Australian slang for first-rate, very atimetive, wonderful
ABIGAIL

Abigail was 18th and 10h century slang for a lady maid
Abigail is Slang for an ageing, conservative male homosexual

ABO
Abo is derogatory Australia lang for an aboriginal
ABOUT DONE

About done is Bish slang for finished.
‘About done is British lang for slightly drunk, tipsy

ABOUT RIGHT
About right is British slang for slightly drunk, tps.
ABRAHAM

Abraham is British rhyming slang for sham,

ABRAHAM'S WILLING

Abraham willing was old British rhyming slang for shilling.

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ABROAD

Abroad is British slang for out conducting criminal activities.
ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE

Absent without leaves slang fo escaped from prison.
ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY

Absofuckinglutly is Black-American slang for without doubt.
ABSORB

Absorb is sang fr to drink.
‘Absorb is sang fr to eat

ABSOTIVELY

Absotvely is American lang for absolutely, positively.
ABYSSINIA

Abyssinia is Bish slang for goodbye (I be seeing you),
ABYSSINIAN POLO

Abyssinian polo is American slang forthe game of craps
AC

AAC is Black~American slang forthe Acura Legend automobile
AC/DC

ACIDC is slang for bisexual

ACAPULCO

Acapulco is slang for cannabis

ACAPULCO GOLD

Acapulco Golds slang for a particular reed of cannabis fom around Acapulco in Mexico. The
leaves are golden in colour and supposedly of high qualit.

ACCA
‘Acca is Australian slang for academic
ACCELERATED DEATH BENEFITS

‘Accelerated death benefits is insurance industry slang for a policyholders option 10 use cash benefits
from life insurance o finance medical care during serious illness,

ACCIDENT

‘Accidents British slang for an ares,

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ACE

‘Ace is slang for excelent.
‘Ace is slang for cannabis.

‘Ace is Brush lan forthe anus

‘Ace s American slang for to achieve the op grad in an examination ec

ACE HURLER

‘Ace hurlers American slang fr a baseball cams best pitcher.
ACE IN THE HOLE

‘Ace inthe hole is American slang for a final suprise which wi
ACE OF SPADES

‘Ace of spades is Bi
‘Ace of spades is Bit
‘Ace of spades is Bi

ACE OF TRUMPS

‘Ace of trumps is British slang fora first-class person

ACE OUT

‘Ace outis American slang for to achieve the op grade in an examination, eto
ACE-DEUCE

‘Ace-<devce is Black-Americanslang for thee
‘Ace-deuce is American and Jamaican slang for a best fiend.

ACEY-DEUCY

‘Acey-deuey is American slang for uncertain quality both good and bad,
ACHE AND PAIN

‘Ache and pain is British rhyming sang for rin.

ACID

Acid is slang forthe drug LSD. (Lyserge acid diethyl amie),

“Acid is slag forthe drug MDMA

‘Acid is West Indian slang for rum

‘Acid is Jamaican slang fora special unt ofthe Jamaican police force.

ACID CASUALTY

‘Acid casualty lang for someone supposedly suffering from impaired faculties a a result of taking
LSD (acid)

ACID DROPS

Acid drops is British slang for caustic comments, put-downs.

slang for the female pubic aca.
Slang for completely black.
hyming slang for AIDS.

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ACID FLASH

‘Acid flash is lang for a sudden recurrence of an LSD related experience.
ACID HEAD

‘Acid head is slang fora person who uses LSD (acid)

ACID HOUSE

‘Acid houses slang for particular youth culture involving synthetic electronic dance-music =
‘known as house = and the aking of hallucinogenic drugs such as ecstasy and LSD (aci)

ACID ROCK

‘Acid rock is slang fora type of guitar-based electric rock music of the late 1960s and erly 1970s
‘Suppose influenced by LSD (aci).

ACID TRIP
‘Acid ip is slang fora period under the influence of the drug LSD (aid)
ACKER

‚Acker (shortened from Acker Bi) is British hy
‘Acker is Dorset slang fora friend.

ACKER BILK

Acker Bilk is Brtshshyming slang for milk.

ACKERS

Ackers is British military slang for coins, notes, money and especially pistes.
ACORN

‘Acorn is British lang for dhe head of an erect penis.
‘Acorn was old sang forthe head,

ACORN IN A BIRD'S NEST

‘Acorn in abies nes i British slang forthe male genitalia,
ACORNS

Acorns is British sang fr the testicle.

ACRE

‘Acre is slang for butock
re i slang for testicle,

ACROBAT

Acrobat i Jamaican slang fora fol

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ACROSS THE BOARD

‘Across the boar is slang for all-inclusive

ACROSS THE RIVER

‘Across the rivers American military slang forthe government (the White House and Congress)
ACT

Actis Australian slang for pretending tobe something you ae not.
Actis Australian slang for à it of temper, antrum.

ACT DUMB

‘Act dumb is slang for feign ignorance,

ACT THE JINNIT

‘Act he jini is rsh slang foro behave foolishly, rationally.
ACT THE LINNET

{Acte linet is ish slang foro Min.

ACT THE MAGGOT

‘Act the maggot is rsh slang for to pla the fol, to clown around.
ACT THE MOHAWK

‘Act the mohawk is rsh slang for to misbehave.
ACTCOM

‘Actcom is America slang for a television action comedy, where every episode is based on à
&sruption ofthe sitas quo, followed by humorous effort o bring the situation Back to normal

ACTION

Action is slang fr rercationa activities such as gambling, prostitution and drugs.
ACTION MAN

‘Action man is Bish slang fora devotee of military physical exercise. An excessively macho man.
ACTOR

Actors slang fr someone accomplished at playing a role, or lin:

ACTUAL

‘Actual is British slang for cash

ADAM
‘Adam is sang forthe drug ecstay (MDA or methyl diamphetamine)

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ADAM AND EVE

‘Adam and Eve is London Cockney rhyming sang fr believe

‘Adam and Eve is America slang fr (wo poached or fried eggs.

‘Adam and Eve i slang for sexual intercourse,

ADAM AND EVE BALL

Adam and Eve bal is slang for an early dancing arty o which he guess are invited until 12
midnight ony.

ADAM AND EVE ON A RAFT.

‘Adam and Eve ona raft is American slang fortwo poached eggs on toast
ADAM AND EVE ON A RAFT AND WRECK 'EM
“Adam and Eve ona raft and wreck em is American slang for scrambled eggs on toast
ADAM AND EVE'S TOGS

Adam and Eves tgs is British lang for naked

ADAM ANTS

Adam Ants is British shying slang for pants

ADAM FAITH

Adam Faith is British rhyming slang for a safe

ADAM'S ALE

Adams ale is slang for water.

ADAMITICAL

Adamitcal is sang for naked,

ADAMS

Adams (shortened from Adam Ants) is British rhyming lang for pants.
ADD FUEL TO THE FIRE

Add fue to the fire i lang for make a bad o intense station worse.

ADD INSULT TO INJURY

Ada insult 10 injury i slang for aggravate an already dificult situation, farther upset someone.
ADDICTION MEDICINE

medicine is American slang for psychiatric treatment used 10 teat people who suffer From

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ADDLED

Added is British lang for modaled, confused due to the effects O alcohol. Intoxicated.
ADOLPH

Adolph is British sang fora vibrator.

ADONIS

Adonis is slang for an attractive man.

ADRIAN

Adrian (shortened from Adrian Quist) is Australian shyming slang for drunk, intoxicated (pissed),
ADRIAN QUIST

Adrian Quist is Australia shyming slang for drunk, intoxicated (pissed)

ADVANCE DIRECTIVE

‘Advance directive is medical slang for a patients writen instructions as to what course of treatment
Should be followed in he event he or she becomes incapable of communicating.

AERATED

‘Aerated is old nineteenth century slang or angry, agitated.
AERIAL

‘Acta Bristol slang for area, region, district.

AERIAL PING-PONG

Aral ping-pong is Australian slang for Australian Rules Footbal
AEROPLANE BLOND

Aeroplane blond is slang for a woman who has dyed her hair blonde,

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AEROPLANE SKIRT

Aeroplane skit is slang fora skit with avery long sli up it

AF

Afi South African slang fora black African

AFFAIR

Affair is political slang fora reception held forthe purposes of fundraising ando honouring the
‘schicvements of an individual

AFGHANI INDICA

Afghani Indica is slang for camabis

AFICIONADO

Aficionado is slang for devotee.

AFRAID OF ONE'S SHADOW

Afraid of one's shadow is slang for being easly fighened.

AFRICA SPEAKS

ica speaks is Australian and New Zealand sang for strong liquor imported from South Africa,
AFRICAN

African is slang for cannabis.
African is Australian slang fora tailor-made cigarette.

AFRICAN LAGER
African lager is British slang for he beer Guinness.
AFRICAN QUEEN

African queen is Bt
African queen is

AFRICAN TIME

African time is South African slang for unpunctaliy.
AFRICAN WOODBINE

African woodbine is British slang for a cigarette containing cannabis.
AFRICKY

ricky is slang for African.

AFRIKS

Afriksis South Afican slang for Afrikaans language lessons.

slang fora Black homosexual
slang fora White homosexual who prefers Black partners

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for atype of hairstyle consisting of amass of tight curs allowed to grow out forming a
bush around the head. Afro is slang for a black person

AFRO SAXON

‘Afro Saxon is derogatory slang fora Black person whose lifestyle, opinions and aitudes are thse of
the White society.

AFROED

Afroed is slang for having an afro hairstyle

AFTER

Afters Australian slang for afternoon

AFTER DAVY

Alter Davy is slang for affidavit

AFTER EIGHT MINT

After eight mint is Bish rhyming slang for peniles (skin)
AFTER HAIR

After hairs slang foro be pursuing a woman for sex
AFTER ONE'S OWN HEART

After one's own heart is sang for of similar interests or sensibilities.
AFTERBIRTH

Aerbirt is slang for rhubarb,
‘Aflerbint is American slang for excessive paperwork

AFTERBOOMER

Afteboomers newspaper slang fora person born between 1965 and 1974 after the baby-boom of
1946 to 1968

AFTERGLOW
Afterglow is British slang for the winding down period afte love making.
AFTERNOON DELIGHT

Aftemoon delight is British slang for sex inthe aftemoon.

AFTERS

Afters is British slang for an after-hours drinking session.

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AG
Agus British lang for aggravation.

AGAINST THE CLOCK

Against the clock is British slang for shot of ime, in a hurry.
AGAINST THE WIND

Against the wind is British slang fora struggle difficult task
AGATE

Agateis slang fora marble,

AGATES

AAgates is slang or testicles.

AGGIE

Aggie is British slang fora marble.

AGGIE EYES

Aggie eyes is
AGGRAVATION

{Ageravation is British sang for serious trouble.
‘Agaravation is British rhyming sang for tation,

slang for someone who hasn't had enough sleep.

AGGRO

‘Agar is British (Cockney) and Au
‘American slang for wonderful exe

AGGY

‘Agay is Dorset slang or edgy with sharp-looking comers.
‘Agay is Dorset sang for to cole birds eggs.

AGINNER

Acinner is B
‘sinner

In slang for aggravation, aggressive troublemaking. Aggro is

ang fora dissenter.
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AGONY

‘Agony is Jamaican lang for sexual pleasure

AGTEROS

te South Afican lang fora dr a ler a slow valer
AGUA DE CHANGO

Ag de chango is lang for liquid heroin administre nasal.

AH SEH ONE

‘A sh ones Jamaica lang fr something importan, oustanding, meaning
AH-AHS

Aca is rth slang fr defecation
AHEAD OF THE GAME
Acad ofthe games slang for ing in an a
AI-AI

ia South African lang for methylated spss or surgical it drank y lool.
AIKONA

Aikami South African lang for never. Absolutly not À ver define.

AIM ARCHIE AT THE ARMITAGE

Aim Arc at the Armitage is Australian slang fort ina

AIMED

Aime American slang for ident, singled out, victime

AIN'T IT A TREAT

‘Aint it eat was ol rsh ymin slang for sc.

AIN'T SHE SWEET

‘Ain she sweets British rhyming sang for seat,

AIN'T TODAY STORY

int today try is Jamaican slang fora woman who ook younger thn she ral is
AIR DIRTY LAUNDRY

Air iy laundry is American slang fort let thers know of one's private conflits or problems,

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AIR HOSE,

hose is American slang for shoes worm without socks

AIR OFF ONESELF

Air ff oneself is Jamaican slang foro show off, display one's superior status at someone else's
expense.

AIR OUT ONE'S MOUTH ON

Air out ones mouth oni Jamaican slang fr 10 speak aggressively or abusively

AIR THE DICED CARROTS

Ait the diced carrots is American slang fo to vomit
AIR-DANCE

Air-dance was British slang for execution by hanging,

AIRBALL

Airbal is American slang fora slow, dim, ccentic or unpleasant person
AIRBRAINED

Airbrained is American slang for il, fivolous.

AIRCRAFT CARRIER

Aircraft carers basketball slang fora player whose driving force can cam the team to victory.
AIRHEAD

Airhead is slang fora stupid or simple-minded person.
AIRMOUSE

Airmouse is Dorset slang fra bat

AIRS AND GRACES

Airs and graces is London cockney rhyming slang for faces (people).
‘Asad graces was London cockney fying slang for braces

‘Airs and graces was London cockney yming slang for races
AIRSICK PIGEON

Airsick pigeon is British slang for useless.

AISH

Aish is Dorset lang for an ash wee.

AITCH DROPPER

Ach dropper is British lang fora Cockney.

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AJAX

‘Ajo is British rhyming lang for car tax

AL CAPONE

AI Capone is British and Australian rhyming slang fo telephone.
ALA

‘Ala (shortened from Alabaster is British hyming sang or plaster.
ALABAMA.

Alabama is British fhyming slang for hammer.
ALABASTER

Alabaster is British shyming slang for plaster,
ALADDIN'S CAVE

Alain cave i British slang fora stash of stolen goods
ALAN BORDER

‘Alan Borders British rhyming slang for order.

ALAN LADD

‘Alan Ladd is Bish hyming sang for unfashionable (ad).
ALAN MINTER

‘Alan Minter is British rhyming slang for splinter

ALAN WHICKER

‘Alan Whicker is British rhyming slang for one pound (nicken).

ALAN WHICKERS

‘Alan Whicker is British Cockney rhyming lang for knickers.

ALAN'S PSYCHEDELIC BREAKFAST

Alanis Psychedelic Breakfast is American sang foro vomit.

ALANS

‘Alans (shortened from Alan Whickers) is British rhyming slang for knickers.
ALASS'N

‘Alas is Dorset slang for unless

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ALBATROSS

Albatross is sang for an encumbrance; something that causes anxiety.

Albatros is medical slang for paient who never seems to get beter, or who is regularly ill witha
‘new almen, and who sücks with one physician for seemingly endless treatment.
ALBERT

Alber (shortened from Albert hl) is British rhyming sang for wall,

ALBERT HALL

Albert halls British hymin slang for wal

ALCO

‘Atco is Australian slang for Alcoholic

ALDERMAN'S NAIL

Alderman'snalis London cockney rhyming slang foe il.

ALDERSHOT LADIES

Aldershot ladies is British bingo slang forthe number 4,

ALDERSHOT WHORE

Aldershot whores British rhyming slang for four

ALDGATE EAST

Aldgate East s London Cockney rhyming lang for a priest.

ALDGATE PUMP

Aldgate pump is London Cockney rhyming sang for annoyed, displeased (1 have the hump).
ALEC

Alec is slang for a swindler’ victim.
‘Ale is Australian slang for a stupid person.

ALED
Aled is Bi
ALF
Als Australia slang foran uncultivated Australian.

ALF GARNET

Alf Garnet is London Cockney rhyming slang for hai (Barve)
ALFALFA

Alfalfa is American slang for money
Alta à American slang for tobacco

slang for drunk

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Alfalfa is American slang for marijuana

ALFIE BASS

Alfie Bass is London Cockney rhyming slang or gas.

ALFRED

lied (shortened from Alfred the Great) is London Cockney rhyming sang for weight

ALFRED THE GREAT

Alfred the Great is London Cockney rhyming slang for weigh.
ALGERNON

Algernon is British slang for a young, upper-class man.
ALI BABA

Ali Baba is British lang for an alibi

ALIG

Ali is British rhyming slang fort urinate (pe)
ALI OOP

‘Ali Oop is British rhyming slang for excrement (poop)
ALIAS

‘Alias is Jamaican slang fo dangerous, violent
ALIAS MAN

Alias man is Jamaican slang for a cheat, a hypocrite
ALICE

Alice is Australian lang for Alice Springs.
ALIGHT

Alight is British slang for very drunk, intoxicated.
ALIVE

Alive is British slang for having money.

ALIVE OR DEAD

Alive or dead was 19th century London Cockney hyming sang or the head

ALKIE
lie is slang fran alcoholic

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ALKY

Aly (alk) is slang fora heavy drinker or alcoholic

ALL AFLOAT.

All afloat was old London Cockney thym slang fora coat.

ALL ARMS AND LEGS

All arms and legs i lang for weak ber.

ALL BEER AND SKITTLES.
Allbeerand

is British slang for an easy life,
ALL BEHIND
All behind is British rhyming slang for blind.

ALL BEHIND LIKE THE COW'S TAIL
All behind lik the cows tails rh lang for ate

ALL BETS ARE OFF

Allbets are of slang forthe situation is entirely diferent than it was

ALL BUCK-UP GOES

Alltbuck-up goes is Jamaican slang for to abandon al ethical standard.
ALL COME ON TOP

All come on top is British lang fora disaster, when everything goes wrong.
ALL COMPLAIN

All complain i British rhyming slang for rain.

ALL DAY AND NIGHT

‘All day and night is slang for a life prison sentence.
ALL DAYER

All dayer is British slang for an all-day drinking session
ALL EARS

All ears is slang for attentive or istning.

ALL FORLORN

All forlom is British rhyming slang for an eretion ofthe pens (horn)

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ALL FRUITS RIPE

All fits ripe Jamaican lang for everything is okay.

ALL HANDS

All hands is nautical sang fora ship's ull re

ALL MOUTH AND TROUSERS,

{All mouth and trousers is British slang for blusterng, boastful, showing off without having the
quals o justify

ALL NIGHT RAVE

All night rave is British rhyming sang for shave

ALL OF A DOODAH

Allof a doodah is sang for in a state of excitement,

ALL OF ONE'S DOGS AREN'T BARKING

“Allo one's dogs arent barking is American sang for notin one's right mind; sater-brained
ALL ON TOP

Allon op is Bish slang for superficial,

ALL OVER THE BALLPARK

Allover the ballpark is American slang for disorganised, in chaos or disarry.
ALL OVER THE LOT

Allover the lois American slang for disorganised, in chaos or disarray.
ALL OVER THE SHOP

Allover the shop is British lang for disorganised, in chaos or disarray.
ALL OVER THE SHOW

Allover the show is British lang for disorganised, in chaos or disarray
ALL PISS AND WIND

All piss and wind i slang for fll of bluster and nose, but without substance.
ALL QUIET

All quiet (shortened from all quiet on the Wester fron) i British rhyming lang for an obnoxious
person cunt).

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT

All quie on the Western front i British rhyming slang for an obnoxious person (cum).

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ALL RIGHT
Allright is American slan for acceptable or reliable
ALL ROUNDER
All rounder is British slang for a bisexual
ALL SAME
All same is Jamaican lang for makes no difference al alike
ALL SERENE
All serene is slang or als well
ALL SIR GARNET.
All Sir Garnet was old slang for highly satisfactory, alright
ALL SNOT AND TEARS
All snot and tears is British slang for mournful, remorseful
ALL STATIONS
All stations is Australian slang foran Alsatian dog
ALL SYSTEMS GO
All systems go slang for everything is funcional and ready
ALL THE RAGE
Ale rage is sang describing something which isn the most current fashion.
ALL THE WAY
the way is British slang for fll sexual intercourse

the way is American slang fora snack or meal supplied with al available extras, such as mustard,
relish onions to

ALL TITS AND TEETH

Allis and teeth is derogatory British slang for a woman who gets on by sing her physical atributes
rather than her bran. An atractive Du stupid woman.

ALL WET
Allwetis slang for mistaken,
ALL-FIRED

Alfred is American slang for excessive; extreme.

ALLEGRO.

“Allegro is slang for ively.

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ALLER

Aller is Dorset slang for an alder.

ALLEY

Alley is slang fora pal or white marble

ALLEY APPLE

Alley apple is American slang fr a lump of horse manure.

ALLEY CAT

Alley cats sang for someone who prowls the street a night looking for sexual partners,
ALLEY OOP

Alley oop is baskebal lang for a pass hats lobbed far rough the ar and tipped in by a player
‘waiting near the basket

ALLEZ OOP

Allez op is British rhyming slang for excrement (poop).

ALLIED IRISH

Allied Irish Shortened from Alle Irish Bank) is rsh hyming slang for maturation (wank).
ALLIED IRISH BANK

Allied Irish Bank is Irish rhyming slang for masturbation (wank).

ALLIGATOR

Alligators Bish slang for later,
‘Align is Black American lng for a erm vod to refer to white jazz musicians, jive peopl
‘Agar is business tang foram nvesmen property tht docs nat bring in nough nce o cover
expenses, a condo that devours he prope capi

ALLIGATOR SPREAD

Alligator Spread is Wall Sweet slang for a deal where the commissions ae equal to, or larger than, the
proie

ALMIGHTY

Almighty was nineteenth century sang for very great exceedingly.
ALMOND ROCK

Almond rock is Cockney rhyming sang for penis (cock).
ALMOND ROCKS

Almond rocks is London cockney rhyming slang for socks.

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ALONG FOR THE RIDE

“Along forthe rid is lang for being unofficially associated with
ALPHABET BOYS

Alphabet boys is British sang forthe sanctioning bodies of boxing.
ALPHONSE

Alphonse is London cockney yming slang for a pimp (ponce).
Alphonse is London cockney fyming slang for a Srounger(ponce).

ALQUITRAN

Algutranis slang or heroin,

ALQUITRANAT

Algutranat is slang for heroin

ALSO RAN

Also ran is horseracing slang fora horse that doesnt Finish anywhere near the winners in a ace
ALT

Als Australian lang fora follower of an alternative lifestyle
ALTERNATIVE DENTATION

Alternative dentation is slang for denture, false teeth,
ALTERNATIVE ROCK

Alternative rock i slang for a type of rock musica the cuting edge of trends, often blending techno,
heavy metal, and mainstream pop musie wth avant-garde sys.

ALVIN

Alvin American slang for an unsophisticated rural-dwelling person

AMATEUR NIGHT

‘Amateur night is American slang fora special ocasion celebrated traditionally by drinking liquor.
‘Amateur nights American slang For an exhibition of more than usual ineptitud.
AMBASSADOR

Ambassador is American slang forthe penis.

AMBASSADOR OF MOROCCO.

Ambassador of Morocco is slang fora shoemaker.

AMBER FLUID

Amber fluid is Australian slang for beer.

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AMBER NECTAR

Amber nectar is Australian slang for beer

AMBIDEXTER

Ambidester was 17th century British sang fora comupt lawyer, one who takes fees from both the
plant and defendant

AMBIDEXTROUS

Ambidestrous is slang for bisexual

AMBO

Ambo is Australian slang for an ambulance or ambulance officer.
AMBULANCE CHASER

Ambulance Chaser is American slang fora lawyer who seeks to encourage and profi from the
lawsuits of accident victims.

AMEN-PREACHER

Amen-prescher is Jamaican slang for a carrion row.
AMERICAN LAD

American lad isis slang for Fatty bacon imported from the USA.
AMIDSHIPS

Amiships is slang for the tummy area,
AMMIT

Ammit is Dorset slang for has

AMMO

Ammo is Australian slang for ammunition,
AMOEBAE

Amoebae is slang for pheneyclidin.

AMOS AND ANDY

“Amos and Andy is British rhyming slang for brandy.
‘Amos and Andy is British shying sang for sandy.

AMP
Amp is lang fora marijuana joint dipped in formaldehyde and smoked

AMP JOINT

Amp Joint is slang fora marijuana cigarete laced with some form of narcotic,

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AMP OFF

Amp offs UNIX slang to run in background, from the UNIX shell" operator
AMPED UP

Amped up is slang for very excited

AMPSTER

Ampstris Australian slang for showmanis or trcksters accomplice who starts buying the tickets,
goods etc.

AMSCRAY

Amseray is sang for go away.

AMSTERDAM

Amsterdam is London Cockney yming slang fr am.
AMY

Amy is lang for amyl nitrate (or any associated inhalant drug)
AMYL

Amplis sang foramy nitrate

ANABOLICS

Anabolics is slang for any anabolic steroid

ANABOLS

Anabolsis slang for any anabolic steroid,
ANARCHISTS

‘Anarchists is Australian slang for non-safety matches.
ANBY

Anby is Dorset slang for by=and=by,

ANCHOR

Anchors slang for juror who hasbeen bribed to influence other jurors o ote for an acquit
‘Anchors slang fora stay of execution,

‘Anchor was old slang fora pick-axe

‘Anchors American nail lang fo the lowest-ranking class member at he United States Naval
‘Academy

‘Anchors American business slang forthe main component ofa shopping mall or complex.

ANCHORS
Anchors is British lang for brakes.

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ANCHORS AWAY

Anchors away is British hyming slang for homosexual (gay).

ANDRAMARTINS

Andramartins is Irish sang or foolish behaviour, horsing around

ANDREW

Andrew (shortened from Andrew Milla and from Andrew Miller) was nautical lang for ship,
Sally a warship, The expression was used between the 1h and 19th centuries Inthe early 200

entry the expression came to mean the Royal Navy.

ANDREW MILLAR

Andrew Milla was nautical slang for a ship, especialy a warship The expression was used between
the T6th and 19th centuries, Inthe early 20th century the expression came to mean the Royal Navy.

ANDREW MILLER

Andrew Miller was nautical lang for a ship, especially a warship. The expresion was wed between
the Toth and 19th centuries. Inthe early 20th century the expresion came to mean the Royal Navy

ANDY CAIN

‘Andy Cain was 19th century London cockney rhyming sang for rin
ANDY CAPP

‘Andy Capp i hyming slang for defecation (crap).
Andy Capp i hyming slang for rubbish (rap)
‘Andy Capp is timing slang for borrow (ap)
ANDY MAGUIRE

‘Andy Maguire is Australian shyming sang fr fr.
ANDY MCNISH

‘Andy MeNish is British rhyming slang for fish,
ANDY PANDY

‘Andy Pandy is British rhyming slang for brandy
Andy Pandy is Bish mine slang for shan.

ANGEL

Angel is theatre slang for a primary financial backer,
Angelis sang fora passive male homosexual.

ANGEL CRYSTAL

Angel Crystal is slang for pheneyeidine.
ANGEL DUST

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ANGEL HAIR

‘Angel Hairis slang for phencyclidine.

ANGEL LUST

Angel us is nursing slang fora male corpse with an erection.
ANGEL'S KISS

Angels kissis Australian rhyming slang for an ac of urination (a is)
ANGELA

Angela is slang fora passive male homosexual

ANGLE OF DANGLE

‘Angle of dangle is Brish slang forthe degree of erection depending upon how sexually stimulated a
‘mans by a woman

ANGLO

‘Anglo is slang for a person of anglo-saxon ethnic origin.

ANGORA

‘Angora Australia slang for an iio; fol.

ANGRY FRUIT SALAD

Angry fui salad is computer slang fora bad visual~interface design that uses 109 many colour
ANIMAL

Animal is slang for a rude, bruih person
‘Animal is slang for an ugly woman,

ANIMAL COMPANION

Animal companion i slang for apt.

ANIMAL HOUSE

Animal house is American slang fora dwelling, especially college fraternity house
ANIMAL NIGHT

Animal night is Australian slang fora planned bout of bad or excessive behaviour.
ANIMALIST

“Animals slang for an anima rights campaigner or supporte:

ANKLE

‘Ankle slang foro walk o.
‘Ankle is theatrical sang for vo qui.

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ANKLE SLAPPER

Ankle slapper is surfing slang for a small wave.

ANKLE-BITER

Ankle-bite is Australian slang fora child

ANKLE-BITERS

Ankle-Biters i Australian slang for children, particularly crawling babies.
ANNA MARIA

‘Anna Maria is London cockney rhyming slang for fie.

ANNA MAY

‘Anna May (shortened from Anna May Wong) is London Cockney hyming slang fora bad odour
(pong).

ANNA MAY WONG

‘Anna May Wong is London Cockney rhyming slang fora bad odour (po).
ANNANAB

Anmanab is back slang fora banana.

ANNIE

Annie is slang fora lor.
‘Annie is numismatc slang for the American Numismatic Exchange.

ANNIE LOUISE

‘Annie Louise is Australian chyming sang for cheese

ANNIE NO-RATTLE

Annie no-ratle is Northern Irish slang for someone who waits until a conversation is over before
putin their point of view.

ANNIHILATED

Annihilted is slang for very drunk.

ANORAK

Anorak is sang fr a socially inet person with te fashion sense.

ANT'S BOLLOCK ON A BEACH

‘Ants block ona beach i tang for something vinually impossible to find

ANT'S PANTS:

‘Ants pants is Australian slang forthe height of fashion.

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ANTE UP

Ante up is slang for to pay ones contribution.

ANTENNA SHOP

Antenna shop is slang fora shop tat displays prototype products in order 1 test consumer reaction,
ANTHEA TURNER

Anthea Turner is British rhyming slang fora job (earner)

ANTI-FREEZE

Antifreeze is slang fora strong drink
‘Antifreeze is slang For heroin.

ANTICIPOINTMENT

Anticipoiniment i entertainment industry slang forthe disappointment that follows hype when the
programme fall short of expectations

ANTIDOTE

Antidote is computing slang for a program used 0 protect a computer fom computer viruses.
ANTSY

Antsy is slang for nervous, jumpy, agitate,

ANY TOM, DICK, OR HARRY

‘Any Tom, Dick or Harry is slang for any person at al.

ANYWHEN

Anywhen is Dorset slang for at any time,

ANYWHERE

Anywhere is Blac

APE

«American slang for to possess drugs

‘Ape is slang fora primitive, cude, brutish person
‘Ape is American slang for crazy

APE SHIT

Ape sits slang fr out of contol, berserk
APE-HANGERS

Ape-hanger is slang for extra-high bicycle or motorbike handlebars.
APENNY DIP

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APIECE

Apicoe is Dorset slang for foreach,

APOLLO PLAY

Apollo Play is BL
APPARATCHIK

Appaatchik s slang for a lunky bureaucrat
APPLAUSE

Applause is sang for venereal disease,

APPLE

Apple is slang for the head.

APPLE AND PIP

Apple and pip is British rhyming back slang fo o urinate (ip)

APPLE CIDER

«American slang forthe planet earth

Apple cider is Bish hyming sang for spider.
APPLE CORE

Apple core is British rhyming sang for twenty pounds (a score)
APPLE FRITTER

Apple fier is London cockney rhyming slang for bitter (ber).
APPLE OF ONE'S EYE

Apple of one's eyes slang for beloved, sweetheart,

APPLE PIE

Apple pie is rhyming slang for sky.

APPLE PIE ORDER

Apple pie order is American slang for neat and tidy

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APPLE PIPS

Apple pips is British rhyming lang for ips.

APPLE POLISH

Apple polish is American sang or Mater.

APPLE SAUCE

Apple sauce is British hyming slang fora horse, particularly last finishing race horse that an ke a
PB. Apple sauce is American and Canadian slang for nonsense; rubbish,

APPLE SHINER

Apple shiners British slang for someone obsequius

APPLE TART

Apple tat is British hyming slang for to break wind from the anus (a)
APPLE-POLISHER

Apple-polisher is American slang for Maurer
APPLEJACK

Applejac is British rhyming slang for crack cocaine,

APPLES

Apples is slang for breast.

‘Apples is lang for testicles

‘Apples is Australian slang for fine, perfect, okay.

APPLES AND ORANGES

Apples and oranges is American sang for completely diferent things.
APPLES AND PEARS

Apples and pears is London cockney thyming slang for airs
APPLES AND RICE

Apples and ice is British rhyming slang fo nice

APPLETON TALKING

Appleton talking is Jamaican slang for someone who is drunk and talking nonsense or aggressively.
APPLY LAWYER FOOT

Apply lawyer foots Jamaican slang trun away

APPLYING A BAND-AID

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APPOINTMENT TELEVISION

Appointment television i television industry slang forthe viewing habit of people who plan in
advance to watch only certain television programmes

APRICOT AND PEACH

Apricot and peach is British rhyming slang for beach.
APRIL FOOL

April fol is London Cockney rhyming slang fra tool.
APRIL FOOLS

‘April fools is London cockney shyming slang for stools

‘April fools is London cockney rhyming sang for ls,
‘April fools is London cockney rhyming sang for pools.

APRIL IN PARIS

April Paris is British ty ming slang for the backside, butocks (ai)
APRIL SHOWERS

April showers is London cockney rhyming lang for Flowers
APRON

Apron is American slang fora bartender.

ARAB
Arab is slang
‘Arabi stan
‘Arb was 190
ARBUCKLE

Arbuckle is British slang for a fat person
ARC

Ares television industry slang fora television series format that allows for the development of
‘characters and storylines over he course of several episodes.

ARCHBISHOP LAUD
Archbishop Laud is British rhyming slang fora fraud.
ARCHER

Archers British lang for «2000 (The amount paid tothe prostitute Monica Coughlan by Jeffrey
‘Archer the author and Conservative politician)

ARCHET
‘Arche is Dorset slang for orchard

wild or his person
Foreigner
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ARCHIE

Archie was British Great War slang for anti-aieraft fire.
ARCTIC EXPLORER

Arctic explorer is British slang fora cocaine user

ARDLE

Andi is Dorset slang fora muddle, tangle.

ARE YOUR BOOTS LACED?

¡ur boots laced is Black American sang fran inquiry aso whether or not one understands the
‘matterin question.

ARGIE

‘Arie is British lang fo an Argentinean.
ARGUMENT ENDER

Argument ender is British slang fora fist,
ARGY-BARGY

‘Argy-bargy is British slang for pushing and shoving.
ARIES

Ares is slang for heroin

ARISTOTLE

Aristote is London cockney rhyming lang for boue.
ARLUS

Ars is Dorset sang for always.

ARM

Arm is British slang for power, influence.

ARM AND LEG

Arm and legs British rhyming slang for eg.
ARMCHAIR

Anmehair is Bristol lang for how much, what do they cost

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Amehair quarterback is American slang fora ports fan who thinks he or she could have made better
decisions affecting the outcome of a game

ARMOUR

{Amours American slang for weapons.

ARMPIT

Ampitis slang fora very unpleasant place.
ARMSTRONG

Armstrong is Black-American slang fora very high note
ARMY

Amy is slang for amy nitrate (or any associated inhalant drug)
ARMY AND NAVY

Amy and navy is London cockney rhyming slang for gravy.
ARMY ROCKS

Army rocks is British rhyming slang for socks.

ARMY TANK

Army tank is Brith rhyming lang for an American (yank).
ARNIES

Amis is slang for any anabolic steroid

ARNOLD

Amol is Jamaican lang for pork

ARNOLD PALMERS

Arnold Palmersis British rhyming slang for Farmer
ARNOLD SCHWARTZENEGGER

Amold Schwartzeneggers British rhyming slang for beggar.

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ARNOLDS

Arnold is slang for any anaboli steroid.

AROUND THE WAY

Around the way is Jamaican slang or the neighbourhood.

ARREST

{Ares is American slang for to accuse someone of dressing out of sy.
ARRIVERDERCI

Amiverdrei (shortened from Arrverderei Roma) is British shyming slang for coma.
ARRIVERDERCI ROMA

Amiverderei Roma is British rhyming slang for coma.

ARROWS

“Arrows is British slang forthe game of dats andthe implements used for playing it
ARSE

lang For the buttocks or anus.
‘Arse is Australian slang fr efftonery: cheek

‘Arse is Jamaican slang intense.

ARSE ABOUT

“Ars about i slang for fol about, behave in an responsible o ily manner.
ARSE ABOUT FACE

‘Arse about faces slang for back to font, disorganised.

ARSE BANDIT.

‘Anse bandit is slang fora homosexual

ARSE MUSIC

‘Arse musics British slang for to emit wind from the anus.

ARSE OVER TIT

‘Anse Over Tits slang for to go head over heels or fl

ARSE SCRATCHER

Ane sera

is British lang for an ile,
ARSE UP

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ARSE WIPE

e is British slang fr toilet paper.
5s British slang for an obnoxious, contempúble person

ARSE WIPER

Arse Wiper is British slang for an obsequious person,
ARSE WIPING

“Ars wiping is British slang for obsequious behaviour; toadying
ARSE-END

“Arse-end is slang for the end, back or bottom of somethin.
ARSE-LICKING

Anse-Licking is lang for sycophantic behaviour.
ARSE-PISS

“Arse-pis is sang for watery diarmoca,
ARSEHOLE

Arseboe is British lang forthe anus.

ARSENAL

Arsenal is lang for he male genitals.
ARSY-VERSY

Ansy-versy is slang forbackwards or upside down,
ARTFUL DODGER

Antal Dodger is London cockney rhyming slang for loger
ARTFUL FOX

‘Arf ox is dhatical rhyming slang fora theatre box.
ARTHRITIC HANDSHAKE MOB
Ani handshake mob is slang fr the Freemasons.
ARTHUR

Anturis British slang for a half pin.

ARTHUR ASHE

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ARTHUR BLISS,

‚Arthur Bliss is London Cockney yming slang for o urinate (pis)
ARTHUR SCARGILL

Anh Scargil is London Cockney rhyming slang for beer (gare)
ARTICAL

Anal is Jamaican slang for genuine, bona fie, sincere, respected.
ARTICHOCKE

Anichoke is London Cockney shyming slang orto smoke,
ARTICHOKE RIPE

Anichoke ripe is London Cockney rhyming slang fo pipe used for smoking.
ARTILLERY

Anl is slang for weaponry

ARTIST

Anists slang fora person devoted to or proficient in something. (E pis artist, con artist ete)
ARTSY FARTSY

(Ans farts is American slang for someone pretentously attic.

ARTY ROLLER

‘Any rollers Australian rhyming slang for collar.

ARVIE

Ani is South African slang fr afin

ARVO

‘Arvo is Australian slang forte aftemoon
‘Arvo is Australian sling fr aftemoon ta

AS

AS is slang for methagualone.
AS THE CROW FLIES

Asthe crow fies is sang forin a straight ine measured between two points.
ASCOT HEATH

Ascot Heat is London Cockney rhyming lan for teeth,

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ASCOT RACES

‘Ascot races is London Cockney shyming sang for braces.

ASH AND OAK

‘Ash and oak is London Cockney rhyming slang for cigrete (smoke).
ASH COOKIE

‘Ash cookies South African slang for an untrustworhy, no good person,
ASH TRAY ON A MOTORBIKE

Ash tray on a motorbike is slang for useless,

ASH-CANDLES

Ast=candles is Dorset slang for he seeds of the ash tee.

ASHES

Ashes is slang for cannabis.

ASK

‘Ask is numismatc slang forthe wholesale selling price as established by market makers, and listed in
the weekly Coin Dealer Newser

ASK FOR A PIECE OF WIFE
Ask fora piece of wife is Jamaican slang fort ask a woman for sexual intercourse.
ASS

Assis Dorset slang for have you?
ASIS American slang forthe buttocks or anus

ASS BOY
As boy is derogatory slang for a homosexual

ASS OVER TINCUPS

‘Ass over tincups is American sang for head over heels,

ASS PEDDLER

‘Ass peddlers Black-American sang for one who sells him or herself sexually.
ASS-KICKER

‘Ass-kickeris American slang for an aggressive person or disciliarian.
ASS-KISSER

Ass-kisseris American sang fora syeophant,

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ASS-WIPE

Ass-wipe is American slang for toilet paper,
Aszwipe is American slang fora contempuble person
ASSFUCK

Assfuck is American sang fora stupid person.
ASSN

Assn is Dorset sang for haven't you?

ASTON VILLA

“Aston Villas London Cockney hyming sang or pillow.
‘Aston Villa is London Cockne) rhyming slang fr pillar

ASTROTURF

Astroturf is British slang fora police informer (supera).

ATIT

titi British slang fr having sex.

‘ALILis Briish slang for commiting a crime, engaged in a confidence tick
AT THE POST

Atte poss lang for ready and waiting

AT THE WASH

Atte wash is slang for stealing from jackets in pubic washrooms or changing rooms.

ATE-THE-BOLTS
Ate-the

is Northem Irish slang for someone who isa glutton for work
ATHIRT

Ain is Dorset slang for across.

ATOMIC

Atomics Unix slang for ast of operations tha execute al at once and cannot be interuptd.
ATTABOY

Attaboy is a slang expression of approval or exhortation,

ATTER

‘Ate is Dorset slang for after.

ATTIC

Ati is lang forthe human head.

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ATTITUDE

Aude is American sang for bad atitude, antisocial behaviour, sllen hos
ATTRIT

Ari is American lang forto wear down or dispose of gradually.
AUNT

Aunt is slang forthe lavatory

AUNT ANNIE

‘Aunt Annie is London Cockney rhyming slang for the vagina fanny).
AUNT EMMA

Aunt Emma is slang for morphine.

AUNT FANNY

‘Aunt Fanny i a British sang phrase ofdsbeie.

AUNT HAZEL

‘Aun Hazel is British slang for heroin,

AUNT JEMIMA

Aunt Jomima is American lang fora black woman who accepts and ignore racism. A male version
‘of Uncle Tom. * is =

AUNT JOANNA

‘Aunt Joanna is London Cockney rhyming slang for piano (pronounced ‘pana in Cockney dialect)
AUNT LIL

‘Aunt Lil is London Cockney rhyming slang for il
AUNT LILY

‘Aunt Lily is London Cockney rhyming lang for sil.
AUNT MARIA

‘Aunt Marais old London Cockney shyming sang or fir,
AUNT MARY

‘Aunt Mary i slang for cannabis.

AUNT NELL

‘Aunt Nellis Landon Cockney rhyming lng fr sme
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AUNT NELLY

‘Aunt Nelly is Bish and Australian shyming sang for belly
AUNT'S SISTERS

Aunts sisters is London Cockney hyming slang for ancestors
AUNTIE

Auntie is British slang forthe British Broadcasting Corporation
‘Aue is British lang forthe lavatory

‘Auntie i Australian slang for The Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
‘Auntie is slang or a midde~aged or elderly male homosexual
AUNTIE ELLA

Auntie Ella is London cockney rhyming slang for umbrella.
AUNTIE ENA

‘Auntie Ena is London Cockney rhyming lang fora cleaner.
AUNTIE MEG

Auntie Meg is Australian rhyming slang fora ke.
AUNTIE NELLIE

‘Auntie Nelle is London cockney rhyming slang for belly.
AUNTIE RUTH

‘Auntie Ruth is London Cockney yming slang for tooth
AUNTIE'S RUIN

Auntie’ run is British slang for in.

AUSSIE

‘Aussie is sang for Australian or an Australian.

AUSSIE SALUTE

Aussie salute is Australian slang for using the hand to wave away annoying Mes.
AUTOGRAPH

Autograph is slang fora signature

AUTUMN LEAF

‘Autumn leat is London Cockney rhyming slang for thie.
AVENUE-TANK

Avenue-tank is Black~American slang for a bus

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AVO

Avois South African slang for avocado peat.

AVORE

Avore is Dorset sang for before

AVRIGHTED

Avrighted is Dorset slang for frightened

AWAY

Away is slang fora period in prison,

AWAY AND CLAW MOULD ON YOURSELF
Away and claw mould on yourself is Northom Irish lang for go away.
AWAY FOR SLATES

Away for lates is Irish lang for on the way to success.

AWAY ON A HACK

Away on a hack is Irish slang for lucky, successful

AWAY THE TRIP

Away the trp is Seotish slang for pregnant.

AWAY TO THE HILLS

Away tothe hills is Irish lang for crazy, mentally unbalanced,
AWAY WITH THE BAND

Away with the band is Northem Irish lang fr imtoxicated, drunk
AWAY WITH THE FAIRIES

Away with the fires s Irish lang for crazy, insane.
AWAY-DAY

{Away is British sang fora dose of LSD or oer hallucinogenic drug.
AWESOME

Awesome is slang for wonderful excellent, very impressive,
AWFUL WEDDED

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AWKWARD SQUAD

Awkward squad is British slang for people who are inexperienced, clumsy or insubordiate
AWOL.

AWOL is slang for not present when needed, inexplicably absent.

AX

Axis Dorset slang foro ask

AXE

Axe is sang for any musical instrument, especially a guitar or horn,
AXEMAN

Axeman is slang fora man who plays a musical instrument, especially a guiar
AXLE GREASE

Axle grease is British slang fora bribe
‘Axle grease is American dang for Dur.

‘Axle grease is Blak= American sang fora stiff pomade forthe hair.

AYA

‘Aya was an American slang expresion of amazement from 1987 and 1988,
AYLESBURY DUCK

Aylesbury duck is London Cockney shyming slang fr fuck.

AYRTON

Ayrton (shortened from Ayrton Senna) is British slang for ten pounds, a ten pound note.
AYRTON SENNA

Ayrton Senna is London Cockney hyming slang fo ten pounds (tener)

AZTEC TWO-STEP

Antec two-step is slang for diamoca, particularly if suffered abroad

B

Bis British slang for bastard

BANDD

B and Dis British sang for bondage and discipline, sado-masochstc sex.

B ANDS BALL

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BANDT

Band T is British slang for bum and it asexual experience.
Be

Bis a slang prefix for second rae.

B-40

'B-40 i slang ora cigar laced with marijuana and dipped in malt liquor.
B-52

B-S2 is American slang fora lady's beehive hairstyle.
B-BOY

‘B-boy is sang fora male fan of rap music

B-GIRL

‘American slang fora prostitute who frequents bars.
Slang ora female fan oF rap music

B-WAY

‘Bway was 19th century sang for Broadway.

BA.

B.A. (Badass) is American slang fora violent, anti-social or troublesome person.
BEF.

BF. was British sang for bloody fol

BM.O.C.

B.M.OC. (big man on campus) is American student lang for an influential fellow student
BOF.

BOF. (boring ol far) is British slang fo an old, has-been person,

B.V.D.S

B.V.D sis American slang for men's underwear.

BAA

Baa is Dorset slang for bad.

BAA LAMB

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BAALEBOS
Baalebos is Yiddish lang for an officious person.
BAB

‘Bab is British slang for kebab,

BABBLER

Babbler is Australian slang for a cook o chef.

BABBLING BROOK

‘Babbling brook is London Cockney rhyming slang for cook
‘Babbling brook is London Cockney rhyming slang for cook.

BABE
Babe i lang for girl or young woman.
BABE LAIR

Babe iris American slang for a swanky home thats helpful in atacting women for sexual

BABE MAGNET

Babe magnet is sang for an item or person that attracts members ofthe opposite sex
BABELICIOUS

Babeliious is American slang for extremely sexy and attractive,

BABY

Baby is slang fora young woman or sweetheart Is often used as a term of address expressing
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BABY BELLS

Baby Bells is American slang forthe regional telephone companies created by the break-up of
American Telephone and Telegraph,

BABY BLUES

Baby bles is sang for eyes.

BABY BOOMER,

Baby boomers slang for a person born between 1946 and 1964,
BABY CATCHER

Baby catcher is American sang for an obserician.
BABY CHUTE

Baby chute is slang for the vagina

BABY GRAVY

Baby gravy is slang for semen,

BABY MLAWS

Baby M laws is American slang or legislation regarding sumogate motherhood.
BABY MAKER

Baby makers slang forthe penis

BABY POP

Baby pop is American slang for a young man,
BABY'S EYES

Baby eyes is London Cockney rhyming sang for eyes.
BABY'S PAP

Baby pap is London Cockney rhyming slang for cap.
BABY'S PRAM

‘Baby's pram is London Cockney rhyming sang for jam.
BABY-SITTING

Baby-siting is slang for accompanying someone while they tak illegal drugs, in order to instruct or
easure the

BABYCISE CLASS

Babycise class is American slang for a parent and baby exercise class.

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BABYLON

Babylon is British slang for a racist, white society

"Babylon is Jamaican slang for someone who oppresses

‘Babylon is black sang for a policeman,

BACARDI AND COKE

Bacardi and coke is London Cockney rhyming slang for man (bloke)
BACARDI BREEZER

Bacardi breezer is London Cockney rhyming slang for man (geezer).
BACCA BOX

Bacea box is slang for the mouth,

BACCY

Bacey is British slang for tobaceo.

BACK

Back is American slang foron the side.

BACK ALONG

Back along is Dorset slang for some time ago.

BACK BLOCKS

Back blocks is Australian sang for the outer suburbs, beyond the city.
BACK DOOR

Back door is lan forthe ans.

BACK DOOR MAN

‘Back door man is slang for a woman's secret lover, an adulerer.
BACK DOOR TROTS

Back door tts is slang for daroea,

BACK DOUBLE

Back double is slang fora back srt

BACK END

Back end is slang forthe buttocks,

BACK END MONEY

Back end money is American Hollywood slang for fin’ final profits after al expenses have been
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BACK EYE

Back eye is slang forthe anus.

BACK GARDEN

Back garden i slang forthe anus.

BACK IN THE BOX

Back in the box is American slang for back in business following a drug arrest.
BACK OF BOURKE.

Back of Bourke is Australian slang for anywhere faraway.

BACK OFF AND LET THE BREEZE BLOW OVER ME
Back off and let the breeze blow over me is Jamaican lang for leave me alone, go away.
BACK PORCH

Back porch is London Cockney rhyming slang fora torch.

BACK SLANG

Back slang isa typeof slang in which the word or words are the reverse of her core form, for
‘example boy becomes the back slang word Job

BACK STREET BUTCHER

Back street butcher is slang for an abortions, particularly an ilegal one.
BACK TO SQUARE ONE

Back o square one is slang for at the beginning ofthe process again.
BACK WAY

Back way is slang fora

BACK WHEELS

Back wheels is slang forthe testicles.

BACK-PEDAL

Back-podal is slang for to reverse ones position just when reactions appear unfavourable,
BACK-WHEEL SKID

Back-wheel skid is London Cockney rhyming slang fora Jew (vid).
BACKDOOR

Backdoor is slang for to commit adultery with
‘Backdoor is slang For 0 act covertly or deviousy. To deceive or betray.

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BACKDOOR MAN

Backdoor man is black-American slang fora maried woman's over.
BACKDOOR WORK

Backdoor work is slang fr analsex.

BACKER

‘Backers slang for an investor.

BACKFIRE

Backfire is sang fr to break wind from the anus
BACKGROUNDER

‘Backgrounder is political lang fora conversation between a government official and a reporter that
takes place only on the condition that theofficial snot quoted direct or named in the report.

BACKHACK
Backhack is Dorset sang fr to breakup clod o earth with a mallet
BACKHANDER

Backhander is slang for a bribe.
‘Backhander i slang for a blow with a hand

BACKHOUSE
Backhouse is Dorset sang fr an outhouse.
BACKSEAT DRIVER

[Backseat drivers slang fora passenger in a car who offers the driver unwanted advice on how to
Arve. Backseat driver is London Cockney tyming slang for skiver.

BACKWARDS
Backwards is slang for Phenobarbital

BACKWARDS BUNGEE

‘Backwards bungee is American slang for to vomit
BACON

‘Bacon is sang for money

BACON AND EGGS

Bacon and eggs is London Cockney rhyming slang for legs.
BACON BONCE

‘Bacon bonce is London Cockney rhyming slang for a child molester (nonce)

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BACON LARDON

Bacon lardon is London Cockney shyming slang for an erection hard on).

BACON RIND

Bacon rnd is London Cockney hyming slang for blind.
BAD

Bad is Jamaican slang or good: excellent

BAD BLOOD

Bad blood is slang fora longstanding resentment.

BAD BOY

‘Bad boy is Jamaican slang for an aggressive or violent person,
BAD COUGH

Bad cough is America sang for to vomit

BAD EGG

Bad egg is slang for a troublemaker, a despicable person,
BAD HEJAB

Bad heja is slang for improper Islamic dress.

BAD NEWS

Bad news i slang for someone or something regarded as undesirable
BAD-MOUTH

‘Bad-mouth s sang for to speak unfavourably abot: insult.
BADASS

‘Badass is Black-American sang for an aggressive, antisocial or worthless person
BADEN-POWELL

Baden-Powel is London Cockney rhyming slang for rowel.
BADERBUS

Baderbus is lang fora wheelchair.

BADERED

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BADGE

Badge is American lang fora police office.

BADGER

‘Badger is lang fora prostate accomplice who goes trough her clients pockets while she keeps
im occupied

BADGER CRIB

Badger rib is slang fora cheap brothel where clients are routinely robbed.

BADGER GAME

Badger game is slang for a deception whereby a woman lures a male victim into a compromising

ition whereupon icy ae caught by her accomplice who pretends to be the husband Te couple
Een cm demand money rom the wc "

BADLANDS

‘Badlands is slang fora slum or dangerous par ofa town or ety
BADLY PACKED KEBAB

‘Badly packed kebab is lang forthe vagina,

BADNESS

Badness is Jamaican slang for delinquent behaviour, unruness.
BAG

Bag is slang for an unpleasant lady
pecilinterest, current preoccupation,

can slang fora package or measure of drug,
Bag is American slang for conceal

‘Bag is American slang for quit discontinue

Bag is Australian slang for oriis.

BAG AND BAGGAGE

‘Bag and baggage is American slang for everything one owns.

BAG BITER

Bag biteris American slang fora trouble maker.

BAG FILLER

Bag ler is slang fora woman who leas a man on, but stops shor of having sex with him.
BAG JOB

Bag job is sang fora theft or burglary

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BAG LADY

Bag lady is slang for a female vagrant, especially one who carries junk in bags.
BAG MAN

‘Bag man is American slang fora person who collets or distributes money fr racketers. Bag man is
slang for a male vagrant, especially one who cartes junk in bags

BAG OF BONES.
Bag of bones i slang fora thin person.
BAG OF COKE

Bag of coke js London Cockney rhyming slang for sexual intercourse (poke).
"Bag of coke is Australian mhyming slang fora man (ok).

BAG OF FLOUR

Bag of flour is rhyming slang for shower.

BAG OF FRUIT

‘Bag of fits London Cockney fhyming stan for sui

BAG OF MYSTERY

Bag of mystery is slang for a sausage

BAG OF NAILS

Bag of nails is lang for disarray

BAG OF SAND

‘Bag of sand is London Cockney rhyming sang for one thousand pounds (grand)
BAG OF SHELLS

Bag of shell is Australian lang fora wie, an unimportant object.
BAG OF TRIPE

‘Bag of wipe is slang for an unpleasant person

BAG OFF

Bag offs slang for o pair oft

BAG ON

Bag on is American slang for to
Bag on is American slang for chastise.

BAG ONE'S FACE

Bag one's face is American slang for hide one's Face.

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BAG SOME RAYS

Bag some rays is American slang fr o sunbathe

BAG SOMEONE'S ASS

Bag someone's asis American slang for to leave, go away

BAG UP

Bag ups American slang fort divide marijuana into small amounts and packets
BAGEL-BENDER

Dagel-benderis derogatory slang fora Je

BAGGAGE

D à dang fora logos, fecal on who ia ably
BAGGED

Bagged is slang fort be arret

BAGGER

Baggeris lang fora robber who violently tas rings from their owners Fingers.
BAGGIES

Baggies is sang for wide shorts as wom by surfers

BAGGING

‘Bagging is British lang fora packed lunch
‘Bagging is Australian slang or entcism.

BAGGY GREEN

‘Baggy green is Australian slang fora cricket player in the Australian national tam,

BAGPIPE

Bagpipe is sang fora!
the

Bagpipe is slang
Bike American

BAGS
Bags is Br children lang oran indication ofthe desire 1 do, be or ave something. Bags is
Slang for rose.

Bags American sang for bre.

BAGSY

‘Bagsy is British childrens slang for an indication ofthe desire to do, be, or have something.

or monotonous speaker
practise of using the armpit to stimulate the genitals. Bagpipe is
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BAIDIE

Baidie is British slang for bod-tempered, aggressive

BAIL

Bailis American and Australian slang for depart or leave

BAIL ON SOMEONE

Bail on someone is American slang for to burden or wouble someone.
BAIL OUT

Bail oat is lang fort leave quickly.

BAIL UP

‘Bail up is Australian slang for to rob or hold up: delay
BAIT

Bai is slang for anatractive potential sexual partner
BAKE IT

Bake itis slang for to resist the urge o defecate.
BAKED BEAN

Baked bean is London Cockney rhyming sang for queen.

BAKED BEANS
Baked beans is London Cockney rhyming slang for jeans.

BAKED POTATO.

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Baked potato is London Cockney rhyming sang for water.

BAKER'S DOZEN

Baker's dozen is London Cockney hyming slang for cousin.

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BAKING-SPITTLE

Baking=spitl is northern English slang for the tongue.
BAKKIE

Bakkicis South African slang fora pick-up or light trek
BAKSHEESH

Baksheesh s slang fora bribe, tp or payment
BALACLAVA

Balaclava is London Cockney rhyming slang for sexual
BALAHU

‘Balau is Jamaican slang fora boisterous, noisy person

«course (charver).

BALD
Bald is American sang for terible.

BALD HEAD

Bald ead i snooker slang for red

BALD TYRE BANDIT

Bald tyre bandit is slang for a waffe policeman.

BALDHEAD

Baldhead is Jamaican lang for a Rastafarian who doesn't have dreadlocks and a beard Baldhead is
Jamaican slang for a White perso.

Baldhead was 1th century Sang for an old man.

BALE OF STRAW

ale of Straw is American tramp slang fr a blonde woman

BALES

Bales is sang for cannabis,

BALI BELLY

De

ly is Australian sang for dirrhoca.
BALL

Balls American slang for to copulate with
Be

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BALL AND CHAIN

Ball and chain is lang fora spouse, usually a wife
Ball and chain is London Cockney ıyming slang for strain,

BALL AND RAT

Ball and rat sold London Cockney hyming slang for hat

BALL OF CHALK

Ball of chalk is London Cockney rhyming slang for walk

BALL OF FAT

Ball of ft is London Cockney rhyming slang for at.

BALL OF LEAD

Ball of lead is London Cockney hyming slang for head.

BALL SLAP

Ball slap is slang for sexual intercourse,

BALL TEARER

Ball wearer is Australian slang fr something exceptional in its clas, for good or bad qualities.
BALL-LESS WONDER

Ball-less wonder is sang fora weak, cowardly man.

BALLAST

Ballasts slang fr food, a heavy meal

BALLBAG

Ballag is slang forthe serotum,

BALLBREAKER

Ballbreaker is sang fora heavy load

Ballbreaer is sang for woman whose character and behaviour may be regarded as threatening a
man sense of power, Balloeaker is slang fr an overpowering employer or manager.
BALLING

Balling is American sang for having sexual relations.

BALLING THE JACK

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BALLISTIC

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Balli is British slang fr furious, very angry.
BALLOCKS

Ballocks was, unt the mid-18th century, slang or th testicles; nonsense,

BALLOON

Ballon is slang for safe sex.

ES Area maso eg bx tre bernd ke

Balloon s American slang or bod rol.

Balloon is drugs sang foro package marco or distribution and sale
BALLOON CAR

Balloon caris London Cockney rhyming ang for saloon br.
BALLOON JUICE

Juice is American tramp slang fori tak

BALLOON ROOM

Balloon room is Black=American slang forthe place where marijuana is smoked
BALLOON SOUP

Ballon sou was carly 20h century American slang for aonsense empty tal.
BALLOONS

0s is slang for large breasts

BALLOW

Ballow is American slang for oly claim to

BALLROOM WITHOUT A PARACHUTE,

‚m without a parachute is Black-American lang fora marijuana den where no marijuana is
e

BALLS

Balls is sang for any anabolie steroid.

Balls is slang forthe testicles,
ang for nonsense.

Balls is slang for courage, nerve.

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BALLS-ACHE

Balls-ach

British slang for something or someone tedious or trying
BALLS-OUT

Balls-out is slang for full-scale, all-out

BALLS-UP

Balls-up is sang or something botched or muddled. In a mess.
BALLSITCH

Ballstch is slang fo a bad tempered person.

BALLSY

Balls is slang for courageous, spirited, determined,
BALLUP

Ballup is American slang for something botched or mudd.
BALLY

Bally is Beiish lang for very.

BALMY BREEZE

Balmy breeze is London Cockney rhyming slang for cheese.
BALONEY

Baloney is slang for nonsense

BALONIE

alone is Polar slang fr rubbish, nonsense.

BALSAM

‘Balsam is old slang for money

BALT

Balt is derogatory Australia slang for an immigrant to Australia from the Baltic countries.
BAM

Bam is slang for to cheat orto wheel

BAMA

‘Bama is American slang for Alabama
‘Bama is Black American slang forthe south,

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BAMBA

Bamba is sang for cannabis.

BAMBER

‘Bamber is American slang for second-rate marijuana,
BAMBOO

‘Bamboo is Jamaica slang for the penis.
BAMBOOING

Bambooing i slang fora whipping, can
BAMBS

‘Bambs is slang for Phenobarbital
BAMBU

Bambu is slang fora joint in rolling paper made o hemp

BAMMY

Bammy is Jamaican sang for marijuana

BAMPOT

Bampot is derogatory Scottish slang for an ic or imbecile

BANANA

Banana is slang for foolish person.

Banana is slang for à homos.

Banana is Black~ American lang for an atractivo light skinned Black American female. Banana was
‘Australian lang fora one pound note

Banana is Jamaican slang forthe penis

BANANA BENDER

Banana bender is Australia lang for an inhabitant of Queensland.

BANANA BOAT

‘Banana boat is slang fr a ship or boat ransporting immigrants rom the Caribbean.

BANANA BOY

‘Banana boy i lang for an inmate ofa Dr Baranardo' home

BANANA FRITTER

Banana Frit

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BANANA SPLIT

Banana splits London Cockney hyming sang fort defecate (shi)
BANANA SPLITS

Banana pliss London Cockney hyming slang for diarrhoea (hits)
BANANA TRUCK

Banana tuck is American slang fora crazy perso.
BANANA-BENDER

Banana-hende is Australian ang fora person from Queensland State
BANANAS

‘Bananas slang for crazy, berserk

BAND

Band i Australian lang for a rosie.

BAND IN THE BOX

Band in the box is London Cockney shyming slang fr pox.

BAND OF HOPE

Band of hope is London Cockney rhyming slang for soap.

BAND RAT

‘Band ras slang fora girl who follows around and has sex with members oa pop group.
BANDALU BUSINESS

Banda business is Jamaican slang for con, a swindle

BANDIT

‘Bandits Brish slang fora homosexual

BANDIT COUNTRY

Bandit county is lang fora place frequented by homosexual.
BANDIT TERRITORY

Bandit teritory is slang fora place frequented by homosexuals
BANDULU

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BANDY

‘Bandy is British slang for bow-legged asa result of sex.
Bandy is Dont slang fora long, heavy stick with a bent end used to beat dung ito the fields.

BANG
Bang lang or amar

Bang is Australian slang for rth

Bam ang for an exstingexpercce

BANG AND BIFF

Bang and bis London Cockney shying slang for Syphilis (yp.
BANG ON

‘Bang ons Bris lang orto ag, ak incesany and bo.
BANG ON THE DRUM

Bang onthe drum is ing slang forthe number Seventy-one.
BANG ONE'S BISHOP

Bang one Bishop is lang for masturba.

BANG TO RIGHTS

Bang igs is rsh lng fr without hope o escape, undeniable
BANG UP

Bang up is sang fr to imprison

Bang up i prison slang fr to lock up a prsoncrán his cell, expecially forthe night. Bang up is slang.
forinjet oneself with hard drugs

BANGED OUT

‘Banged out is slang for ful, packed with people.
BANGED TO RIGHTS

‘Banged to rights is lang for caught inthe act.
BANGED-UP

Banged-up is British slang for imprisoned.
BANGER

Bangers British slang fora sausage.
Banger is British slang for an old or deere
‘Banger is drugs slang fora hypodermic syringe.
Banger was mid~20th century slang fora kiss.
‘Banger is Australian slang fora moming coat

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BANGERS AND MASH

Bangers and mash is London Cockney shyming slang fr to urinate (slash),
BANGLES

Bangles i slang for re
Bangles i slang for te.

BANJAXED

‘Banjaxed is sh slang for defeated, overcome or overwhelmed.

BANJO

Banjo isslang fora guitar

‘Banjo is Scottish slang for to hi someone as hard as you can

Banjo is Australian and New Zealand slang Yor along handled shovel with a wide blade.
BANJO'D

"Banjo is British slang for very drunk.
Banjo British military slang for defeated, beaten.

BANK

Banks sang fr the vagina
Bank i Back-Amerlen ang fr tlt

BANKER

Banker is gambling slang or a era, a ikly result
BANKROLL

Bankrllsslng for to provide the capital for: finance.

BANTER PLAY BUILT ON A COKE FRAME
‘Banter play built on a coke frame is Black-Americanslag oran atrative young woman.
BAPPER

Bapper was old Scotch sang fora baker.

BAPPO

Bappo is Australia lang fora Baptist.

BAPS

‘aps is rsh slang for female breasts

BAPSOUSE

Bapsouse is American slang fr to baptise.

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BAPTISE

Baptis is British lang for to water down spirit in a pub prioe to selling them.
BAR

Bar was old English slang fora sovereign and now slang for a pound.

BAR BORE

‘Bar bore i British lang for a regula pub customer who has his own seat, and often his tankard
behind the bar

BAR OF SOAP
isa bras osteo dema Loc
Bar of np London Cosas) Hi lang for ope

Barof sop i London Cockney ming sng ora it (dopo)
BAR STEWARD

Bar stewards Bris lang Fr sal

BAR STOOL PREACHER

‘Bar stool preachers British lang fora pub regular who thinks he knows everything and offers advice
on everyting

BAR-FLY

‘Barfly is slang for someone who frequents cheap and seedy bars
BARA

Bara is South African slang for Baragwanath Hospital,

BARB

Barb i slang for Phenobarbital,
Bart is slang for barbiturate

BARBECUE

‘Barbecue is slang for an attractive female as an object for oral sex.

BARBECUE GRIDDLE
Barbecue gril is London Cockney hyming slang for to urinate (pile).

BARBED WIRE
‘Barbed wire is Australian sang for the beer XXX.
BARBER

‘Barbers American tramp slang for to talk

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BARBIE

Barbie (shortened from barbecue griddle) is London Cockney rhyming slang for o urinate. Barbie is
Australian slang for barbecue,

BARBIE DOLL

Barbie Doll isa derogatory slang term fora woman wit artificially dyed blonde and permed har
[Barbie Dollis London Cockney rhyming slang for a gangstes Brie (mol).

BARBIES

Barbies is slang for Phenobarbital.

BARBS

Barbs is slang for Phenobarbital

BARCLAY'S BANK

Barclays bank is London Cockney rhyming slang for to masturbate (wank).
BARD-PARKER

Bar -Parkeris medical slang for a scalpel bade

BAREBACK

‘Bareback is sang for sexual intercourse without the use of a condom,
BAREBUM

‘Barebum is Australian slang for a short Jacket, especially a short dinner-jacket wom by waiters,
BARF

Barfisslang for to vomit

BARF BAG

‘Barf bag is American slang fora disgusting or unpleasant person
Bart bag is American sang for an asickness bag

BARF CITY

Barf city is American slang fora disgusting or revolting place
BARF SOMEONE OUT

Bar someone out is American slang for disgust or nauseate.
BARGAIN

‘Bargain is an Australia sang exclamation showing approval
BARGE

‘Barge is Black-American slang for to jump

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BARGE AND TUG

Barge and tis London Cockney shying slang for mug

BARGEN

Burgen is Dost slang fora small fam or homestead

BARGES

‘Barges slang fr massive shoes,

BARK

Bark is Bids slang for a miserable, old. man.

aria tele ti RE

Bark is Black American lang for human sin.

‘Barks Austral slang orto vomit

BARK AND GROWL

Bask kn rors Landen Coles rhyming ng fort rel

BARK AT ANTS

Baro ets nic ag for vor

BARKER

Barkers slag fora usage

Barter sold London slang for a pistol

Barker was old slang fr at

Baker was ol slang fora sop tout who stood ati a shop and ied to etc passer-by in.
Barker as ol American slang fora ou wh so ovis salon and ied to ete puse
beer wes obi ER reinen.

BARKER'S

‘Barker’ is London Cockney rhyming slang for naked (stakers)
BARKER'S EGG

‘Barker’ egg is Australia slang for dog excrement.
BARKERS

Barker is Black-America slang fr shoes.

BARKING

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Barking is lang for crazy
BARKING DOGS

‘Barking dogs is slang for aching, sore or tired feet.
BARKING IRONS,

Barking irons s slang for pair of pistols.
BARKING SPIDER

Barking spiders sang for he anus

BARM POT

"Bam pot is British slang for ray, silly, eccetrie.
BARMY

Barmy is lang for insane

BARMY ARMY

Barmy army is British sang fora wild or enthusiastic group of people = particularly the fans who
follow the English national cricket eam

BARNABY RUDGE

Barnaby Rudge is London Cockney hyming sang for judge
BARNACLE BILLS

Barnacle Bill is London Cockney rıyming slang for testicles (pills).

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BARNES WALLIS

Barnes Wallis is British lang fora spashing piece of excrement
BARNET

‘Barnet from Barnet far is London Cockney rhyming slang for har
BARNET FAIR

‘Barnet furs London Cockney rhyming lang for hair

BARNEY

Barney i British and Australian slang for an argument fight
‘Barney is Irish slang for one's head, mind

BARNEY MOKE

Barney Moke is London Cockney rhyming slang fora wallet (poke).
BARNEY RUBBLE

‘Barney Rubble is London Cockney rhyming slang for trouble
BARON

‘Baron is Brtsh slang fora prisoner enjoying power and influence over his fellow inmates

BARRA

Barra is Australia slang for barramundi fish
BARRACK

‘Barack is Australian slang for cheer loudly.
BARRAKIN

Barrakin was old slang fr gibberish
BARREL

‘Barrel is British slang for a fat or rotund person.
Barrel is American sang foro go very fast

BARREL FEVER

Barrel Fevers British slang fora hangover.

BARREL OF FAT
Barrel of fat is Australian hyming slang for a at

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Barrel of weacle was ol slang fr love, visible affection.
BARREN JOEY

Barren joey is Australian slang fora prostitute

BARRES

‘Bares was old slang for gambling debi.

BARRIKIN

Barrkin is British slang for uninteliibl language, slang. jargon,

BARRO

‘Baro is Australian slang for embarrassing.

BARRY MCGUIGAN

Barry MeGuigan is London Cockney yming slang for large, big (a big un).
BARRY WHITE

Barry White is London Cockney shyming slang for rubbish, poor quality (shit).
BARSE

Bars is British slang forthe perineum.

BARSY

Barsyis British slang for mad, a una,

BART

Bar is Australia slang forage or young woman, particularly an immoral one.
BARTON

Barton is Dorset slang for an enclosed yard for cows.

BASE

‘Base is American slang forto disagree
‘Base is slang for rack cocaine,

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BASE ON

Base on is American slang fort criticise

BASEHEAD

‘Baschead is American slang fora drug user who smokes rack cocaine,
BASH STREET KID

Bash Set Kid is London Cockney rhyming lang fora Jew (Vid).
BASH UP

Bash up is British lang for to thrash; beat violent.

BASHER

‘Bashers British slang fora thug a bully
‘Bashers British slang fora shelter or shack built from rubbish and lived in by a vagrant

BASHMENT

‘Bashment is Jamaican lang fora dance, stage show
BASHY

‘Bashy is Jamaica slang for atractivo, nice, pleasant.
BASIC BROWN

Basic brown is American political slang for a person who has litle or no interest in, or commitment
do. environmental issues

BASIL
Be

= shortened from Basil Fawlty = is London Cockney yming slang for fouy pounds.
BASIL BRUSH

Bail Brush is London Cockney rhyming slang for hr fungal infection thrush

BASIL FAWLTY

‘Basil Fawlty is London Cockney thyming slang for bal

BASIN

[Basin is British slang for something that needs no container, such as advice.

BASIN CUT

Basin Cut is British slang fora short back and sides hairut achieved by plang a basin over the head
and euting around i.

BASIN OF GRAVY

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Basket i British slang for a bastard.

Basket
Basket is Black- American slang forthe penis and goin

BASKET CASE

Basket case is Bish slang for some one crazy or insane.
‘Basket case is American and Canadian slang fora person who has had both arms and both legs
‘amputated or someone who is completely incapacitated ora person who is suffering from extreme
‘nervous stain, a nervous Wreck.

BASSING

Bassing is lang for geting loud.

BASTE

Baste is Black American slang for to attack or ridicule someone behind their back.
BASTE THE TUNA

Base the tuna slang forto masturbate (aid of woman)

BASTER

Basteris American and Australian slang fora house thief,

BAT

Bat is British slang fora prostate.
Batis American and Canadian sang fora drinking spree; bing.

BAT ALONG

Bat along is American and Canadian slang foro discuss an ide, proposition, ec. informally.
BAT AN EYE

‘Bat an eye is slang fort show feeling 1 respond

BAT AND BALL

‘Bat and Bal is London Cockney rhyming slang fora market stall
‘Bat and Bal is London Cockney rhyming slang for wall

BAT AND BOWL

Bat and Bow is British slang fort be bisexual

BAT AND WICKET

Bat and wicket is London Cockney rhyming slang for ticket

BAT FOR THE OTHER SIDE
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BATCH

Batch is Dorset slang for a smal sing in the ground.

BATE

‘Bate is British lang for a bad temper or age

BATEY

Batey is British slang for bad tempered.

BATH BUN

Bath bun is London Cockney rhyming slang for son.
‘Bath bun is London Cockney fiyming slang for un,

BATH-DODGER

‘Bath-dodger is British slang or an unwashed or habitually dry person

BATHERS

Bathers is Australian slang fora swimming costume

BATHTUB

Bathtb is sing slang forthe dent Left inthe snow by someone Falling on their btiocs
BATS

Bats (shortened rom bats in the bel) is slang for mad; demented.

BATS IN THE BELFRY

‘Bats inthe belfry is slang for mad; demented.

BATT

‘Batis drugs slang for an intravenous needle
‘Batts Polar slang fora sho.

BATTALION

‘Battalion is old British slang fora gang of thieves.

BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES

Batten down the hatches is slang for to secure everything fora terrible storm,
BATTER

Batters British slang forsemen.

BATTERY ACID

Battery Acid is slang for Gamma Hydroxy Butyrate,

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BATTING A THOUSAND

Batting a thousand is American slang for to be succeeding in an extraordinary way
BATTLE AXE

Battle axe is slang fora feisty, aggresive woman.

BATTLE BOWLER

‘Battle bowler is British slang frases helmet.

BATTLE THE SUBS

Battle the subs is Australian sang fr sel goods door-to-door in the suburbs
BATTLE-CRUISER

Battlecruiser is London Cockney rhyming slang for boozer (pub)
BATTLE-ROYAL

Batle-royal was old slang fora serious argument or quarrel.

BATTLER

Batter is Australian slang for someone poor.

BATTLESHIP

‘Battleship is London Cockney hyming slang for the lip
Battleship is London Cockney shyming slang far back~chat, insolece (lip).

BATTS

Bat is slang for Shoes,

BATTY

I Jamaican slang forthe buttocks.
Batt was old sang for wages,

BATTY BOY

See "Bouy-Boy”

BAUB

Baub is Dorset slang for bub,
BAUBLES

‘Baubles is sang forthe testicles.
BAVEN

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BAYONET

Bayonet is slang for the penis

BAZAAR

Bazaaris London Cockney rhyming slang for bat

BAZOO

Bazoo is American slang forthe mouth

BAZOOKA

Bazooka is London Cockney styming slang for snooker.
Bazook is slang für the pes

BAZOOKAS

‘Bazooka is slang for women's breasts
BAZULCO

Bazulco i slang for cocaine,
BAZUMAS

Bazumas s slang for breast

BE A SKINNER

Bea skinner is New Zealand slang for be out of money broke; be used up.
BEALL

Be all is American slang for 1 say.

BE ALL DOMINO

Be all domino is sang forthe end; finshed.
BE ALL OVER

Be all overs slang for to be enthusiastic. To do something cames
Beall overs sang or tobe very affectionate.

BE DIRTY ON

Be diy on is Australian sang for tobe offended by or hostile towards

BE HOT FOR

Be hot for is old slang fort havea sexual desire for someone, 1 lus after someone.
BE LUCKY

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BE MISSING

Be missing is American slang for go away.

BE MY GEORGIE BEST

Be my Georgie Best isa slang expression of encouragement

BE MY GUEST

Be my guests a slang expression of encouragement

BEACHED WHALE

Beached whale is nursing sang fora obese patent who is unable to do much fr him or herself but
Tie there with ailing arms and les.

BEACON
‘Beacon is British slang fora red nose.
BEADLE

Beadle is dock slang for dock policeman.
Beadle was ld slang for someone wearing along ble overcoat.

BEADLES

Bendies was 1th century American slang for he inhabitants of estat of Virginia
BEAGLE

‘Beagle is British slang fora heavy smoker.

BEAK

Beaks English lang fora magistrate or judge.
Beak i slang fora person's nse, specially one thats re, pointed, or hooked

BEAK OFF

Beak offs Irish lang for play tuant.

BEAKER

‘Beaker is slang fora fowl, a chicken,

BEAKER-HAULER

‘Beaker-hauler is slang fora poultry the who sells stolen poultry door-to-door.
BEALLADONA

Bealladona is sang or the drug pheneyeliine

BEAM

Beam is Black-American slang forto lock

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BEAMER
Beameris American slang for a BMW car
BEAN
Bean is slang forthe head
Bean is British slang fora coin.

for a pound sterling.
for a guinea.
Bean is Black-American slang for the un
BEAN COUNTER
Bean counter is Australia slang for an accountant,
BEAN'T
Beant is Dorset slang fori is
BEAN-BAG

Bean-bag is British sang for an unpleasant person,

BEANER

Beaner is American slang for an Hispanic American or Mexican,
BEANIE

Beanie is Australian sang fora woollen hat.

BEANO

‘Beano is British lang fora celebration, part, or other enjoyable time,
BEANPOLE

Beanpoke is slang for atl thn person

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BEANS

Beans is American slang for dollars (money).
‘Beans lang for the drug Phenobarbital.

BEAR

Boss
Bea
Bea

lg fo anne pron
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BEAR TRAP

Bear rap American slang for fut ation.
BEAR'S PAW

Bea's paw is London Cockney rhyming slang for asa
BEAR-LEADER

Bear-leade slang fran exper who teaches by example.
BEAR-TRACKER

Bear-trcker i slang fora detective

Lesbian ‘oficial part
Beard is Black=American slang for intellectual or far-out person.

BEARD SPLITTER

‘Beard spiter is British slang fora man who has had sex with many women.
Beard sli is British lang for the penis
BEARDED CLAM.

‘Bearded clam is British slang forthe vagina
BEARDED OYSTER

Bearded oyster is British slang for the vagina
BEARDED WHELK

Bearded whelk is British slang forthe vagina
BEARDIE

Beardi is British slang for a bearded beatnik
BEAS

Bess is Dorset lang fora cow's udder.

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BEAST

Beasts British slang fora sex criminal, a child molestr.

‘Beasts British slang for an ugly woman,

Beast is American slang for à gil or woman.

Beast is American prison slang for a sex offender.

Beast is Black~American slang or the white people,

BEASTIE

‘Beastie is American sang or disgusting, coarse.
Beastie is American slang for impressive, powerful, enormous.

BEASTMASTER
Beastmaster i British sang for an ugly woman's husband.
BEAT

Beats slang fort puzzle or ba.
Beat is American and Canadian slang for to cheat or defraud

BEAT FOR THE YOLK

‘Beat forthe yolk is Black American sang fr to be shor of ash

BEAT OFF

‘Beat oft is slang for masturbate,

BEAT ONE'S MEAT

Beat one's meat is British slang for masturbate,

BEAT ONES CHOPS

‘Beat ones chops is Black-American slang for tak

BEAT ONES SKIN

‘Beat ones skin is Black~American slang forto clap.

BEAT SOMEONE'S BRAINS OUT

‘Beat someone's brains out is sang for to kill by knocking severely about the hea
BEAT THE RAP

‘Beat the rap is American lang for escape punishment, especial a prison sentence
BEAT THE ROCKS

Beat the rock is Black-American slang for walk on the sidewalk (pavement.
BEAT TO THE SOCKS

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BEATBOX

Beat box is slang for a drum machine
‘Beatbox is slang for large portable radio, casete player or CD player.

BEATER

[Beaters Black-American slang for money.

BEATTIE AND BABS

‘Beattie and Babs London Cockney rhyming sang for crablice (crabs).
BEAUT

Beaut is Australian and New Zealand slang for excellent, outstanding distinctive,
BEAUTY

‘Beauty is an Australian and New Zealand slang expression of agreement or approval
BEAVER

Beaver is slang forthe female genital
Beaver ising fora woman sen solely as a sex object.
Beavers slang ora ong or luxariant band

BEAVER CLEAVER

Beaver cleaver is British slang forthe penis.

BEAVER SHOT

Beaver shot is slang fora close-up photograph of a woman's genitals
BEBOP

Bebop is sang fora style of jazz music featuring nonsense Iris
BEBOP GLASSES

Bebop glasses is Black-American slang for fshionable sunglasses
BECHER'S BROOK

Bechers brook is London Cockney rhyming slang fo ook
BECKER

Becker i British slang fora quick at of sexual intercourse.
BED'N

Bed is Dorset slang for kept on continued.
BEDDERMOS'

‘Beddermos' is Dorset slang for socially superior people (betermest).

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BEDFORDSHIRE

Bedfordshire is British slang for bed or bedtime.
BEDWORTHY

Bedworthy is Bish slang fora sexually atractve woman,
BEE

‘Bee is Black American sang for an idea.

BEE STINGS

Bee stings is slang for very small breast.

BEE'S KNEES

Bess knees is slang for excellent, the es.
BEE-STINGS

Bee-sings is slang for small female breasts.
BEECHAM'S PILL

Beecham’ pil is London Cockney fhyming slang fora bil
‘Beecham pill is London Cockney rhyming sang fora photograph (

BEECHAMS
Becchams is British slang for he testicles.

BEEF

Bes sang for acomplint or tcompsin

Sang for sexual cour,

BEEF AND MUTTON

Beef and mutton is London Cockney rhyming slang for a gun.
BEEF BAYONET

Beef bayonet is slang fr the pens

BEEF BRAIN

‘Bef brain is British slang fora slow wit person,

BEEF BUGLE

‘Beef bugle is Australian sang for e pens.

BEEF CURTAINS

‘Beef curtains is sang for breasts,

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BEEF HEAD

Beef had i British slang for a low witted person,

BEEF HEART

‘Beef han is London Cockney rhyming sang fort emit wind from the anus (ar.
BEEF SOMEONE

‘Beef someone is slang fort have sex with

BEEF UP

Beef up is British sang orimensiy.

BEEFCAKE

Beofcake is slang for men displayed for their muscular bodies especially in photographs.
BEEFER

Beefer i British sang fora male homosexual.

BEEFY

Beefy is slang for muscular strong.
Bety i slang for someone with body odour.

BEEHIVE

Beehive is London Cockney rhyming slang for rive.
Beshive is London Cockney rhyming slang for five.

BEEMAL

Becmal i British slang for amb.
BEEMOB

Beemob is British slang for a bomb,
BEEMOC

Beomoe is British sang fora comb,

BEEN ROUND THE BLOCK
Been round the block is British slang for experienced, sexually experienced.
BEEN'S

Been's is Dorset slang for because,

BEER BARREL

‘Boor bare is British slang forthe stomach

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BEER EATER

Beer eaters British slang for someone who loves bee.

BEER GUT

‘Boor guts British slang fora large stomach

BEER ME UP SCOTTY

‘Boor me up Scot is British slang fora request fora beer

BEER SCOOTER

Beer scooer is slang for getting home after night out drinking heavily and not remembering how
one got home.

BEER SHOP

‘Beer shop is sang fra pub.

BEER TRAP

‘Boor tapi British slang for the mouth
BEER-TOKENS

‘Beer-tokens is Brtsh slang fo one pound coins, money.
BEER-UP

Beer-up is Australian sang for a drinking bout.
BEER-VOUCHERS

Beor-vouchers is British slang for one pound coins, money.
BEERED UP

Beered up is slang for drunk, intoxicate.
BEERSUCKER

Beersucke is slang fr the mouth
Beersucker is slang fora heavy drinker.

BEERY

Beery is British lang for psy
BEERY NOSE

Beery nose is British sang for a drunk

BEES AND HONEY

Bees and honey is London Cockney rhyming slang for money

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BEES BOLLOCKS

Bees bollocks is British slang fr the busines, the most excellent

BEES KNEES

Bees knees is British slang forthe business the most excelent, the bes.

BEES WINGERS

‘Bees wingers is London Cockney hyming slang for fingen.

BEESWAX

Beeswax is London Cockney shyming slang or ta,

BEETLE

Beet is British slang fort huy

BEETLE BRAIN

Beetle brains slang for a slow wie person, an dio

BEETLE OFF

Beetle off is slang for to depart, often in a bury.

BEETLE'S BLOOD

Beetk's blood is British slang for stout ber

BEETLE-CRUSHERS
Beetle-crusersis British sang for heavy work boot.

BEETLE-STICKER

Beetle-sticer is slang for an entomologist

BEETLEHEAD

Bectehead is Dorset lang fora tadpole

BEETLES AND ANTS
‘Beetles and ants is London Cockney rhyming lang for underpants.

BEETROOT MUG

Bestroot mug is lang for a red face.

BEEVO

‘Boovo is American slang fo ber.

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BEEVOS

Beevos is American slang for beer

BEEZA

‘Bee7a is slang fora BSA motorcycle

BEEZE

‘Booze is slang for penis.

BEEZER

Beezer is British slang fora person or chap
Beevers Bis slang forthe nose

[eezers British sang for encelln, very atractive.

Beezer is Scotch slang for an extreme example o its kind
Deezer is slang fora BSA motorcycle

BEEZONKER

Beczonker is sang forthe nose

BEF

Betis West Indian slang for stupid, useless.
BEFOK

Befok is South African slang for an unhappy. crazy or exhausted person.
Befok is South African slang fora ruined spied, broken or dysfunctional object.

BEFORE ABE

Before Abe is Black American slang for the slave era (pre Ist of January 1963)
BEFORE ABE JIVE

Before Abe jive is Black American sang for hard, thankless work,
BEFORE DAY CREEP

Before day creep is Black American slang fora surreptitious late-night or early moming visito one's
lover

BEFORE ONE CAN SAY JACK ROBINSON

Before one can say Jack Robinson is slang for very quickly, instant
BEG YOUR PARDON

Beg your pardon is London Cockney rhyming slang for garden.
BEGGAR

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BEGGAR BOY'S

Beggar boy's (shortened from beggar boy's arse is London Cockney rhyming slang for money
(ass).

BEGGAR BOY'S ARSE

‘Beggar boys arse is London Cockney hyming slang for money (brass).
BEGGAR BOY'S ASS

‘Beggar boys ass s London Cockney rhyming slang forthe beer Bass
BEGGAR MAKER

‘Beggar makers British slang fora publican, bookmaker,
BEGGAR MY NEIGHBOUR

‘Beggar my neighbour is London Cockney rhyming slang for on the labour (unemployed),
BEGGAR'S LAGGING

‘Beggar's laging is British lang for three weeks in prison,
BEIGEL

Beigel is lang fora losing hone

BEIGEL BASHER

Beige bashers British lang for a Jew:

BELCH

Belch was old slang for second-rate bee.
AS American slang for a noisy complain,

BELCH CHASERS

ech chasers is American slang for to vomit

BELCH WATER

Belch water is American slang for soda wate.

BELCHER

Bek

slang fra spotted handkerchie,
Belcher was Ih century English slang for athick fingering
Belcher slang for a dedicated beer diner.

Beleheris American slang or a complainer a winger

Behe s American lang for an informant

BELFA

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BELFRY

Belfy is British slang for the had,

BELL

Bells British slang fora telephone cl.

BELL END

‘Bell end is British lang forthe head of the penis.

BELL RINGERS

Bell ringers is London Cockney rhyming slang or fingers

BELL ROPE

‘Bell rope was British slang fora hairstyle fashionable inthe 1th century in which the hair was worn
{sisted into two ropes worn one each side ofthe face. Bell rope is British slang for along penis.
Bell rope is American slang for he pens.

BELL SHINER

ell shiner is slang for homosexual anal intercourse.

BELL THE CAT

"o belle cat was old English slang for to undertake something dangerous.
BELL-PLOW

Bell-plow is Dorset slang for a horse-drawn waggon fit with bells,
BELL-RINGER

Bell-ringer is American slang fora great success

BELL-RINGERS

Bell-ringersishyming slang fr fingers,

BELLED UP

Belle up is slang for protected by a burglar alarm,

BELLMAN

Bellman is slang fora burglar whois expert at dealing with alarms.

BELLOWER

Bellower was ol slang fora town crier

BELLOWS

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BELLOWS TO MEND

Bellows to mend was old slang fr tobe ou of breath,

BELLOWSED

Bellowsed was old slang forto be transported asa convict.

ser was 19th century British slang fora punch inthe stomach,
ser was 19th century Australian slang or a sentence of lifetime transportation.

BELLS
Bellis rsh lang for Annabes nightclub

BELLS AND WHISTLES

Balls and whistles lang for embelshment, gimmicks.
BELLSWAGGER

BV was loin cu Engl ana fora orar dpi
BELLY

Belly is Dot slang fora bul of th

BELLY FIDDLER

Bly ides Black American slang for uit
BELLY-SLOP

Belly-sops sang forthe withdraw method of contraception,
BELLYACHE

Belt u arg (or compi epee
BELLYFLOP

Biss Res
BELLYFUL

Belly sang for mor than on can tolerate

BELOW THE BELT

Below the Belts slang for unerhand spiteful

BELSEN VICTIM

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BELT

Bel is sang foro give a sharp blow: punch
Delt is slang for to hurry.

BELT AND BRACES

Belt and braces is London Cockney rhyming slang for races.
BELT AND BRACES MAN

Belt and braces man is slang for an overly cautious person
BELT LOOSENER

Belt loosener is slang for large meal

BELT STRAINER

Belt strainers sang fora large mel.

BELT UP

Belt up is slang fort stop talking.

BELTER

Beltr is slang fora rousing or spirited popular song that is sung loulyand enthusiastically
BELYANDO SPEW

Belyando spew is Australian slang fo sickness.
BELYANDO SPRUCE

Belyando spruce is Australian slang for marijuana,
BEMBE

Bembe is West Indian slang for bully.

BEMUSED

Bemused is sang for intoxicated, drunk

BEN

Ben was 18th century slang fora simpleton.

Ben was 19th century slang For coat

‘Ben was 19th century slang ora lie.

BEN COVE

Ben Cove was 17th and 18th century slang for fiend, a good fellow.
BEN FLAKE

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BEN HUR

Ben Hur is London Cockney rhyming sang fora term of imprisonment (ti)
BEN'UM

Bentum is Dorset sang for are they?
BENBOUSE

Benbouse was 16th century slang forthe best beer.
BENCH-LEGGED

Bench-legge is American sang for bowlegged.
BENCH-MAN

Bench-man is American slang fora judge
BENCH-POINTS

Bench-poins is slang for physical advantages.
BENCH-WARMER

Bench-warmeris American slang for an ile or inefTecual person.
Bench_warner is American lang fora substitute in a sports team.
Bench_warmer is American slang for à tramp, vagrant,
BENCHER

Bench is American slang for an ide or ineffectual person.
BEND DOWN

Bend down is slang forto allow to happen.

BEND ONE'S EAR

‘end one's car is British slang for to mag, or talk incessantly
Bend one car is Black American sang for to el some

BEND OVER

"Bend over is slang for submit to or invite buggery
Bend over i slang for submit 10 or yield to abuse or atack

BEND THE ELBOW
Bend the elbow is slang for drink alcohol.
BENDED

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BENDED KNEES

ended knces is London Cockney yming slang for cheese.
BENDER

Bender is slang fora bout of heavy drinking and drunkenness.

Bender is British slang for a homosexual man,

Bender is British criminal lang Tora suspended prison sentence

Bender is Black American slang for human arm,
Bender was old English sang fora sixpence

BENGHAZI

Benghazi is London Cockney ıhyming slang fo the lavatory (kar).
BENNETS

Bennet is Dorset slang for gras seedheads.

BENNIE

Benniei slang for a table of Benzedrine (amphetamine sulphate).
BENNY

Benny i lang for an amphetamine tablet, especially Benzedrine
Benny is British sang fora simpl =

Benny is Bish slang for good,

Benny is Brits sang fora Jew.

Benny is American slang fora man's overcoat

BENNY HILL

Benny Hills London Cockney shyming slang fora dil

‘Benny Hills London Cockney rhyming slang fora cash register (i.

BENT
Bent is slang Fo dishonest coma

Bent san for stolen a appli o good).

Bent slang for cou

Bens sang for crazy: mad.

Bent isang or nai deviant, especially homosexual

BENTY

Bent i British slang for went.
BERESK

Beresk is slang for berserk, out of control.
BERK

‘Berk (shortened from Berkeley hun) i shyming slang fora despicable person (cun) Berks slang
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BERKELEY HUNT

Berkeley Hunt is London Cockney rhyming slang fora despicable, obnoxious person (eu.
BERKO

Berkois Australian slang forgo berserk, mad, crazy

BERKSHIRE HUNT

Berkshire Hunt is London Cockney shyming slang fora despicable, obnoxious person (cunt).
BERLEY

Berley is Australian slang for rubbish; nonsense.

BERMUDA.

Bermuda was 10 century British slang fora criminal or debtor safe haven,
BERNHARD LANGER

Bernhard Langer is London Cockney rhyming slang for a sausage (banger).
BERNI

Bern is slang for cocaine.

BERNI FLINT.

Berni Flint is London Cockney shyming slang for without money, penniless (ski)
BERNICE,

Bernice is American sang fr cocaine

BERNIE

‘Bernie (shortened from Bernie Beclstone) is British lang for one milion pounds string. Berni is
American slang for cocaine

BERNIE'S FLAKES

Bernie Makes is American slang for cocaine.
BERNIE'S GOLD DUST

‘Bernie's gold dust is American slang for cocine.
BERRIES

Berries is British slang for the testicles.

Berries is Black American slang for a woman's nipples

[Boris is Black American slang for wine
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BERRY

Berry is slang for someone who practises Kinky se,
Berry is sang for someone who cannot get a sex partner

Berry is British slang for an easy victim fora confidence wickser.
Berry is American slang for an easy opponent

Berry is American slang for a person
Berry was 1930s British slang for one pound note
[Berry was carly 20h century American slang for one dollar

BERTIE

Berti (shortened from Bertie Woofte) is British rhyming slang fora male homosexual (poof.
BERTIE SMALLS

Bertie Small is Briish lang for an informer.

BERTISS

‘Berti is Jamaican slang forthe butoks,

BERYL REID

Beryl Reid is London Cockney rhyming sang for a lead (dogs cash),

BERZONKERS

Berzonker is British lang fora an intense, mad, rage.

BESSIE BRADDOCK

[Bessie Braddock is London Cockney rhyming slang for the fish haddock

BESSIE BUNTER

‘Bessie Bunter is British lang for an overweight,
BEST BIB AND TUCKER

‘Best bib and tucker is British lang for one's fines clothes.

BET YOUR BOLLOCKS

‘Bet your bollocks is British sang fora cena.

BET YOUR BOOTS

Bet your boots is British slang fora certainty

BETTER TO BE BLOWN UP THAN SHOWN UP

Better tobe blown up thin shown up is British slang for better to be brave and fail, than to be
cowardly, Death before dishonout

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BETTY

Bettis British slang fora gr, especially one who does participate in sports. Betty (shortened from
Betty Boop) is London Cockney rhyming sang for soup.

BETTY BOOP

Betty Boop is London Cockney rhyming slang for soup.

BETTY GRABLE

Betty Grable is London Cockney yming slang for able

BETTY SWOLLOCKS

Beny Swollock is British slang or hot, sweaty, teles (sweaty bollocks)

BETWATTLED

Betwatled was late 18th century Dorset British sang for confused, bewildered.

BETWEEN THE HORNS

Between the homs is American sang for in the centre ofthe forehead.

BETWEEN THE JIGS AND THE REELS

Between the jigs and the reels is Irish slang for between one thing and another.

BETWEEN THE SHEETS

Between the sheets is British slang fori be.

BETWEEN THE STICKS

Between the

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BETWEEN THE TWO WS

Between the two Ws was 1th century slang for infected with venereal disease
BEV

‘Bevis sang foran alcoholic beverage

BEVERAGE

‘Beverage was 19th century British lang for money for alcoholic dink.
BEVVIED

Beyved is British sang for drunk, intoxicate.

BEVVY

Bevuy is British slang for an alcoholic dink

BEVVY SHOP

Bevvy shop is British slang fora pub

BEVVY-UP

Bevvy-up is British slang fora bout of heavy drinking
BEVVYPINT

Bevvypint is British lang fora pinto beer.

BEX

‘Bex is Jamaican Rastafrian sung for angry

BEXANDEBS

Bexandebs was 19th century London slang fora young Jewish woman.

BEXLEY HEATH

[Bexley Heath is London Cockney rhyming slang for et
BEYOND THE BEYONDS

‘Beyond the beynds is Irish slang for excesive, unreasonable.
BEYOND THE RABBIT-PROOF FENCE

[Beyond the mbit-proof fence is Australian slang for the wild countryside

BHANG

Bang is lang for cannabis.

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BHLUUUUGH

BBhlousugh is American slang for o vomit

BI

Bis slang for bisexual

BIBLE-BASHER

Bible-basheris slang for an enthusiastic or aggressive exponent of he Bible
BIBLE-POUNDER

Bible-pounder is slang for an enthusiastic or aggressive exponent ofthe Bibl,
BIBLE-PUNCHER.

Bible-puncheris lang for an enthusiastic or aggressive exponent ofthe Bible
BIBLE-THUMPER

Bible-thumper is slang for an enthusiastic or aggressive exponent ofthe Bible
BIBLEBACK

Bublebackis British slang fora pious person who frowns on ordinary people
BICCY

Biceyis slang fora biscuit.

BICE

Bice is Brish lang fora two year prison sentence.

BICE OF TENNERS

Bice oftenners is British sang for twenty pounds sterling.

BICKETY

Bickety is Dorset slang for arrogant, conceited.

BICYCLE

Bicycle is British slang fora promiscuous woman.

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Bicyele lamp is London Cockney rhyming sang fra tramp.
BIDDIE

Biddie is Black-American slang for an aracive lite gil or small old woman
BIDDIES

[Bids is American tramp slang for eggs.

BIDDY

idly is sang fora woman, especialy middle-aged or elderly woman.
ida) i slang for wine, especially ed wine

BIDE

Bide is Dorset lang foro rema
BIDE QUIET

Bide quiet is Dorset slang for be sll and listen.
BIFF

Bifri slang fora blow with the hand
Biff is Irish schoo! slang fora blow to the palm ofthe hand with a strap or cane as punishment.

BIFFIN

Bin is British slang forthe perineum,
BIFFO

Biffo is Australian slang for a igh.
BIFTAD

Bid is American slang fora male student of a preparatory scho.

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BIGA

Big Ais British and American slang for AIDS.

BIG ALLEY

Big alley is American Tramp slang fora main street

BIG AND BULKY

Big and bulky is Australian shyming slang fora horse-drawn carriage sulky).
BIGB

Big B is American sang for Baltimore, Maryland

BIG BAG

Big bag is American slang for heroin.
BIG BAMBOO

Big bamboo is Jamaican slang forthe
BIG BASS

Big bass (shortened from big bass drum) is London Cackney shyming sang forthe buttocks (bu
BIG BASS DRUM

Big bass drum is London Cockney rhyming slang forthe butocks (bum).

BIG BEN

Big Ben is London Cockney shy
Big Ben was old London Cockney

BIG BICKIES

Big bickies is Australian slang fora large sum of money.
BIG BLINK

Big blink is British sang for death,

BIG BLOKE

Big bloke is London Cockney shyming slang for cocaine (coke).
Big bloke was old Australian lang for one's superior, a boss.

BIG BLOW

Big blow is slang fora hurricane
BIG BLUE
Big ble is slang for IBM.

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BIG BOPPER

Big bopper is London Cockney rhyming slang fora policeman (copper).
BIG BROWN EYES

Big brown eyes is slang for bass.

BIG BUCKS

Big bucks is sang fora large amount of money

BIGC

Big Cis sang for cocaine.

Big Cis slang for cance.

Big Cis British slang for a police caution

BIG CHEESE

Big cheeses slang for an important person.

BIG CHILL

Big chill i slang for da

BIGD

Big Dis slang for hydromorphone hydrochloride,

BIG DIPPER

Big dippers London Cockney chyming slang for the slipper, within the context of corporal
punishment

BIGE

Big Eis slang for being sacked, not being wanted anymore.

BIG EARS

Big Ears is London Cockney rhyming sang fr cheers.

"Big Ears (shortened from Big Ears and Noddy) is London Cockney hyming slang for body, within

the context of an attractive too,

BIG EARS AND NODDY

Big Ears and Noddy is London Cockney shyming slang for body, within the context ofan attractive

BIG ENCHILADA
Big enchilada is American sang for an importan or self=important person.
BIG EYE

Bigeye is slang fora star.

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BIG FIGURE

Big
BIG GATES

Big gates is slang for prison,

BIG GIRL'S BLOUSE

Big gis blouse is British lang fora weak, ineffectual or pathetic man,
BIG GREEN

Big Green is American slang for Dartmouth College, USA.

BIGH

Big His sang for heroin,
Big His Brith prostitute slang fora heart attack

BIG HOUSE

Big house is slang fora prison.
Big house was od sang Tora workhouse.

ng fora large, musuchr person

BIGIAM

à

~ a
Big Lam is British lang fora self important person an egos.

BIG JOB

Big jobs slang fora murder, an assassination, a contrat killing

BIG JOBS

Big jobs is British slang for exerement.

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BIG JUMP

Big jump is American slang for death

BIG MAC

Big Mac is London Cockney rhyming slang for dismissal from employment (sak).
"Big Mac is London Cockney rhyming sang for bed (sack).

BIG MOVER

Big movers Australian slang for someone successful, particularly a man regularly successful with

BIG NOISE
Big noise is slang for an important person.
BIGO

Big O is slang for an orgasm.
Big is slang for opium.

BIG ONE

Big one is Brish lang for one hundred pounds sterling.
Big one vas old British lang for ten pounds sterling.

BIG POTATO

Big potato i sang foran important person.

BIG RED

Big Red is American slang for Comell Univesity, USA.
BIG RED SWITCH

In computing, big red switch is slang for the power switch.
BIG SLEEP

Big slep is slang for death.

BIG SMOKE

Big smoke is Australian slang forthe ety

BIG STICKS

Big sticks is Australian slang for Australian rues football goal posts
BIG TIME

Big time is British sang for very

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BIG WHEEL

Big wheel is slang fran important person.

BIG WIG

Big wig is slang for an important person,

BIG-ABLE

Big-able is Jamaican slang for massive, rigtenngly big

BIG-AND-PLENTY

Big-and-plemy is Grenadine slang fora ft, clumsy, useless person or thing

BIG-AND-SO-SO

'Big-and-so-so is Grenadine slang fora fa, clumsy, useless person or thing.

BIG-BELLY

Big-blly is Jamaican lang for greed.

BIG-NOTE

Big-note is Australian slang for o boast or praise

BIG-NOTER

Big-notr is Australia sang fora boastful person

BIGGER STATE THAN CHINA

Bigger state than Chinas British sang for ute chaos and confusion.

BIGGER STATE THAN TEXAS,

Bigger state than Texas is British slang for ute chaos and confusion

BIGGER THOMAS

‘k-American slang for a bad nigger.

Bigger Thomas is

BIGHEAD

Bighend is slang for an gist.

BIGITTY

Bigity is Dorset slang for artogant, conceited.

BIGMOUTH

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Bigmouth is slang for a noisy, indscreet, or boastful person,
BIGNOTE

Bignote is Australia slang for an arrogant person.
BIJOU

Bijou is Polar sang for smal,

BIKE

Bike is British slang for a promiscuous woman.
Bike is boxing slang fora boxer going backwards around the ing

BIKER

Biker is slang fora motoreyee rider.
BIKIE

Bike is Australian and New Zealand slang for a motorcycle rider or a member ofa motoreyce gan.
BIKKIE

Bike is Australian lang for Biscuit
BILGE

Bilge is slang fr rubbish, nonsense.
BILGEWATER

Bilgewateris slang for a foul-tasting drink, flat bee.

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BILINGUAL

Bilingual is slang fraying and boastful person.

BILK

BI is slang for o cheat someone, especially by withholding due payment
BILL

Bill is slang forthe nose
Billi Brush sang forthe police

BILL AND BEN

Bill and Ben is London Cockney hyming slang for pen

BILL O'GORMAN

Bill OGorman is London Cockney shyming sang for foreman.

BILL SHOP

Bill shop is British sang for a police station,

BILL STICKERS

Bill stickers is London Cockney rhyming slang for knickers,
BILL-ON-A-BIKE

Bill-on-a-bikeis British sang fora motorcycle policeman, a trafic policeman
BILLABONG

Billabong is Australian lang for wa
BILLET

Billet is British slang fort jee, to hecle

BILLIES

Billie is American slang for money. dollar bil

BILLY

Billy is slang fora poticeman,

Billy is slang forte drug amphetamine,

Billy Ghortened from Billy lar is London Cockney shyming slang fora tyre

Billy is Ausraia slang fora tin used to boil water to make tea in the bush

BILLY BUNTER

Billy Bunter is London Cockney hyming slang fo a customer (punter)
Billy Buner is London Cockney rhyming slang fora ain that shuns (shunt) Billy Bunter is.
British lang fora fat man or boy.

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BILLY BUTTON

Billy Button is os British slang for a tailor

BILLY COTTON

Billy Coton is London Cockney rhyming slang for roten.
BILLY GOAT

Billy Goats London Cockney rhyming slang for coat
BILLY LIAR

Billy Liaris London Cockney rhyming slang fora tyre
BILLY MAN

Billy mani slang fora policeman,

BILLY MUGGINS

Billy Muggins is Australian sang fora fool, an idiot, a dupe.
BILLY NO MATES

Billy no mates is Briish slang fora despicable, friendlss person.
BILLY SMART

Billy Smart s London Cockney rhyming sang for to emit wind from the anus (far).
BILLY THE KID

Billy the kid is London Cockney thyming slang fora Jew (yd)

BILLY TWO SHEDS

Billy two sheds is British slang for someone who has o go one better than everybody else.
BILLY WHIZZ

Billy Whizz is London Cockney rhyming slang for a quiz, a pub trivia quiz.

BILLY WRIGHT

Billy Wright is London Cockney rhyming slang for tight in the context oFilI-iing clothes
BILLY-O

Billy-O is British slang for very, extremely, a great amount

BILTONG CURTAIN

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BIMBETTE

Bimbete is slang fora il, empty-headed young gir

BIMBO

‘Bimbo is sang for an atractivo bat ily, empty —headed young woman.
‘Bimbo was 1950s British slang for he bottom, backside.

BIN

Bin is British sang fort throw away. reject.
Bin is British slang for he pock

‘Bins British slang for an aylum.
‘Bins Bish slang fora police cel,
BIN LADEN

Bin Laden is British slang for someone who wears a turban.
BIND

[Bind is slang for something annoying: to complain,

BINDLE

Binde is American slang fora sm

et of drug powder heroin,

Bindle is American tramp slang for bundle
BINDLESTIFF

Bindlestifis American slang fora migrant vagrant
BINGHI

Binghi is derogatory Australian slang for an Aborigine,
BINGLE

Bingle is Australia slang for a car accident.
BINGO

Bingo is Brish customs officers’ slang
Brit slang for alcoholic spins, partic

BINNIE HALE
Binnie Hal is London Cockney rhyming slang fora confidence trickster’ story (al).
BINS

Bins is British slang for binoculars,
‘Bins is Briish slang for spectacles.

an arrest ora successful search. Bingo was 17th century
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Bins is British slang for eyes.

"ins is Brio slang for headphones.

Bins is British slang for loud speakers,

BINT

Bini derogatory Cockney slang fora girl or woman,
BIRCH BROOM.

Birch broom is London Cockney hyming slang fora room.
BIRCH BROOM IN A FIT

Birch broom in a fit is Brlish lang fo wild, unruly har
BIRCHINGTON HUNT

Birchington hun is London Cockney shyming sang for cunt.
BIRD

Bind is Brith sang fora woman.
Bin (shortened fom Bir limes slang fr a prison erm (time

BIRD BANDIT

Bird bandits British slang for a man who steals another man's woman.
BIRD DROPPINGS

Bird droppings is British slang for something dersory or ptf,
BIRD LIME

Bird lime is London Cockney rhyming slang for tim.

BIRD'S NEST

Bird nest is London Cockney rhyming slang for an annoying child (pes)
Binds nest is London Cockney hyming slang forthe chest, especially airy chest, Bird's nests

Bei slang fora tangle of wie, string hiro the like
BIRD-BATTEN

Bind-battn is Dorset slang for to catch birds with nets.
BIRD-KIPPY

Bird-kippy is Dorset slang fort Keep birds away from com.
BIRDBATH

Birdbath is British lang fora silly person.
BIRDBRAIN

Birdbran is slang fora silly, inane or frivolous person.

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BIRDCAGE

Birdcage is London Cockney shyming slang for a stage.
BIRDING

Birding is British slang for chasing women,

BIRDLIME

Birdlime is London Cockney rhyming slang fr time.
BIRDS AND BEES

Birds and bees is London Cockney yming slang for the knees.
BIRDWOOD.

‘Birdwood is Black~American slang for marijuana,

BIRF

Birt is British slang for birthday.

BIRTHDAY SUIT

Birthday sit is British slang for naked

‘Bday suit was 17h century British slang for a very expensive suit of clothes.

BIS
Bisis American slang for a handgun, a pistol
BISCUIT

Biscuit slang fora gramophone record
Biscuit i slang for a young woman

Biscuits Black-Amercan slang for human skull or bed pillow.
Biscuit was old lan Tor the face

Biscuit was 19th century American sang for a watch.

BISCUITS AND CHEESE,

[Biscuits and cheese is London Cockney rhyming slang for knees.
BISH

Bish is Briish lang for a mistake.
BISH-BASH-BOSH

Bish-hash-bosh is British lang for quickly, efficiently, in quick succession.

BISSEN

Bissen is Dorset slang for be not.

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BIST

Bist is Dorset lang for you be.

BIT

Bitis slang or activity or subject.

Bits Brith lang fora one pound coin.

Bis British slang forthe perineum.

Bitis American slang for disappointed or resentful,

BIT AND PIECE

Bit and pice is London Cockney shyming slang fr niece

BIT OF A BROTHEL

Bit of a brothel is Australian slang for a mess.

BIT OF BLACK

Bit of black is British slang for black women seen as sex objects.

BIT OF BRUSH

Bit of brush is British slang for a woman when viewed asa sex object, or potential sexual partner
BIT OF CRACKLING

Bit of crackling is British slang for an atactve woman.

BIT OF CRUMPET

Bit ofcrumpet is British slang fora woman when viewed asa sex object, or potential sexual partner:
BIT OF FISH

Bit of fish is Brtsh slang for he vagina

BIT OF FLUFF

Bit of Puf slang for a woman, especially a gi Friend.

BIT OF ROUGH

BIT OF SKIRT

Bit of skirt is slang for a girl or woman

BIT OF SLAP AND TICKLE

[Bit of slap and tickle is British slang for sexual activites,

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BIT OF SPARE

Bit of spares Bris slang fora man pen alin lover.

BIT OF STUFF
oa or
BIT OF THE OTHER

a ale

BIT OF TIT

Ditof tis Bish lng fra von wien viewed na sex obje, a poll seal pare.
BIT ON THE SIDE

ee tage ta hey ces capa cet

BIT PREVIOUS

Bit previos Bris lang fr oo ery, prema

BIT SPIT

Bit spt i America lang Porto vomit

BITCH

Bich ssn a er re Rens
Fri e EC

BITCHIN'

Bitchin is American slang for excel fit cas.

BITCHING

Bitching is slang fr taking unpleaanıly about someone, complaining.
Ditching is British slang for seeking sex with a prostate,

BITCHY

Bitchy is slang for sarcastic, spiteful, unpleasant.

BITE

Bites sang for tobe taken in by something,

Bites slang for to copy or plagaise

Bites Slang oran of coercion, taking money by force.

BITE THE BULLET

Bite the bullets British sang for to suffer without complaint.

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BITE THE DUST

Bite the dust is slang for to die.

BITER

Biter is Brish slang fora bloodsucker, beggar a serounger, an extortonist
BITES AND SCRATCHES

Bites and scratches is London Cockney shyming slang for matches (used to ignite cigarette)
BITHY-WINE

Bithy-wine is Dorset sang for bindweed,

BITIES

Bites is Australian slang for iting insets,

BITING

Biting is lang for selling a graffiti ais pen name to another person.
BITS AND BOBS

Bits and bobs is British slang for possessions things.

BITSA

Bitsais British slang fora mongrel dog

BITSER

Bitseris Australian sang for mongrel.

BITTER OATH

‘Biter oath is British lang fora definite oath,

BITTERZWEET

Binerzweet is Dorset slang fora cider apple,

BIVVY

Bivsyis British slang fora small tent o shelter

BIZ

Biz is slang fr show business.
Biz is ang fora sphere of activity

BIZZIES

Bizzies is British lang forthe police.

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BIZZO

Bizzo is British and Australian slang for business the busines, what needs 10 be done.
BJ

"Bis Bish slang for eli (Blow jo).

BLAB

Bla is slang orto talk about someone, o tll tale, 1 inform on,
BLABBER

Blabber is Australian lang fora television remote contol
BLABBERMOUTH

"labbcrmouh is slang for someone who talks too much, revealing secrets.
BLACK

Black is slang for hashish fom the Indian subcontinent.
Black is slang for a Dlackmailer

Black is slang forthe black market

BLACK ACE

Black aces slang fora woman's pubic are,

BLACK AND BLUE

Black and blu is London Cockney rhyming slang fora snooker or pool ue.
BLACK AND DECKER

Black and decker is London Cockney rhyming slang forthe pens (pecker.
BLACK AND TAN

[Black and tan is British sang fora capsule ofthe amphetamine Durophet-M.
Black and tan is British slang fora drink consisting of stout or porter mixed with iter or light ale

BLACK AND WHITE

Black and white is London Cockney rhyming slang for night.
Black and white is London Cockney rhyming slang for stingy, mean (igh)

BLACK BAG JOB

Black bag job is American slang for break-in or other covert operation conducted by a government
agency,

BLACK BESS

Back Bess is London Cockney rıyming slang for es.

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BLACK BOMBERS

Black bombers is British slang for capsules ofthe amphetamine Durophet.
BLACK BOX

Black box is British slang fora woman wearing a burka

BLACK EYE

Black eye is London Cockney shyming slang for pie

BLACK FOOD

Black food is slang for he beer Guinness.

BLACK GUNION

Black gunion is Black~American slang for a strong, gummy grado of marijuana,
BLACK JOB

Back job is lang fora funeral.

BLACK MARIA

Black maria is slang fora prison van or police car
"Black Maria is London Cockney tying slang for fire

BLACK MONEY BOX

Black money box is slang fora London tx.

BLACK PEARL

Black pea is slang for heroin

BLACK PENCIL

Black pencils slang fora black mans penis

BLACK PETER

Black Petr is Australian slang for a solitary confinement cel.
BLACK PILLAR BOX

Black pillar box is Bish slang fora Muslim woman wearing a burka
BLACK RAT

Black rat is British slang for a London taxi
Black rts British lang for uniformed police offer.

BLACK ROCK DAY
Black Rock day is British sang fra very bad day when nothing goes ight

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BLACK STUFF

Black stuff is slang for opium,
Back stuffs British slang for tarmacadam,

BLACK STUMP

Black stump is Australian slang for along way away or the horizon.
BLACK TAR

[Black Tar is American slang fr heron,

BLACK VELVET

ish lang fora mixture of Guinness and champagne (ess properly Guiness and
is Australian slang for an Aboriginal female sexual pater.

BLACK WIDOW

Black widow i slang for a woman who has had many husbands.
BLACK-BOB

"lack-bob is Dorset slang fora cockroach.

BLACKADDER

[Blackadder is London Cockney rhyming slang fora ladder,
BLACKBIRD AND THRUSH

‘Blackbird and thrush is London Cockney ymin slang fora shoe rush.
BLACKHEAD

[Blackhead is British slang for an immigrant from Easte Europe or Arabia.
BLACKHEATH

Blackheath is London Cockney rhyming slang for teeth
BLACKPOOL ROCK

Blackpool rock is London Cockney rhyming slang forthe penis (cock).
BLACKWALL TUNNEL

Blackwall tunnel is London Cockney rhyming slang for a ship's chimney (funnel)
BLADDER OF FAT

Bladder of fat was old London Cockney shyming slang fora hat.
BLADDER OF LARD

‘Blader os London Cocey mina slang fo playin card Great War bingo ca. Blader
of lad is London Cockney rhyming Slang for No

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BLADDERED

Bladdered is British slang for very drunk, intoxicated

BLADE

Blade is slang or a kite, especially one caried for fighng,
Blade is British slang fora quick-witted man.

BLAG
slang fora robbery. especially a robbery with violence
Slang for blu or mislead.

Slang fr to seduce a gin.
Bag is Polar slang or pick up.

BLAGGER
Blazer is Bri
BLAH
[Blah is slang for worthless talk
BLANCA

Blanc is slang for cocaine.
BLANCH

Blanch is American slang forto vomit
BLANCO

Blanco is slang for heroin,
Blanco is Black British slang fora white person.

BLANK

Blank is British sang for snub, refuse 0 speak o someone.
"Blank is Brits slang fora defeat or rejection,

"Blank i Black British slang fora white person

Blank is American slang for extremely low-grade

BLANKER

Blankeris Dorset slang for a spark, a cinder

BLANKET
Blanket is slang fora bed
Blanket is British slang for an excessively thick skin on custard.

Blanket was old Brit slang fora gare paper.
Blanket was ol slang foran over

BLANKET FEVER

[Blanket fevers British slang foran exces

slang fora major thie,

e desir to laze in bed,

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BLANKET TREATMENT

Blanket treatment is British slang foro be beaten up by prison offers,
BLANKS

Blanks is slang fr sterile semen

BLAST

Blast is slang fora party or celebration

Blass slang for an enjoyable or exhilarating experience.

Blasi slang foro smoke marijuana.

BLAST FROM THE PAST

Blast fom the past is British sang for an old record played onthe radio
Blast from the past is British ang for something novalgie,

BLASTED

Blasted is British sang for very drunk, intoxicated
‘Blasted is British slang for heavily nine.

BLATHERSKITE

Bltherkite is lang fora boastul person
Blatherskites slang fora silanous or disreputable person

BLAYDON RACES
Blaydon races is North-East British shyming slang fr braces.
BLAZER

Blazers numismat slang for an un-circulte or Proof coin having above-average lustre and visual
appeal.

BLAZES
Blazes is sang for hel
BLEAT

‘Beats British lang for to complain.
leat is criminal slang fort inform to the polie.

BLEEDER

Bleeder is British sang fora despicable person.
BLEEDING

Bleeding is Bish slang for very.

BLERT

Bier is British slang for a worthless, despicable, umpleasant person or thug.

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BLETHER

Bieheris Scotish slang forto talk fora tong me,

BLIGHTED

‘lighted is British slang for drunk, ivoicated

BLIGHTY

Bligh is British lang fr Brian.

BLIKKEYS

Blikkeysis America lag for soap Makes masquerading a crac cos
BLIM

‘lim is Bish slang for a very small potion ofa drug.

BLIMP

Pimp Bish san oa pop tina, intel per
Blimp is slang fora ooh

BLIMP OUT

‘Blimp outs American slang fr to overeat, to collapse through overeating.
BLIND

Blind is British slang for someting designed to hide the truth, a cover-up.
Blind is gambling san foto gamble without looking stone’ cards

Blind is Slang for very drunk, oa.

Blind is slang for night-time

Bling i bingo slang Tora round number ending in er, such as 10,20 and 30.
Blind is Black American lang fr tobe uneieumetsed

BLIND EYE

Blind ye is British slang forthe ans

BLIND FART

Blind farts Bis lang for an odorous emission of wind from he anus.

BLINDER

Blinder is British slang fora impressive or exciting action, thing, or person. Blinder is British slang
for an act of masturbation,

BLINDING
Blinding is British lang for marvellous reat, very ood.
BLINDMAN'S BUFF

Blindman's buff was London Cockney shyming slang for soft

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BLINDO

Blindo is British sang for drunk, intoxicated

BLING-BLING

Bling-bling is lang for gaudy, showy personal adomments or posesions designed for showing off
BLINK

Blink is old British slang for an alcoholic drink.

BLINKER

Blinkers British slang fora punch in the eye.
BLINKERS

Blinkers is Bish slang forthe eyes.
BLINKY

Blinky is derogatory Brish slang for a one-eyed person,
[Blinky is American tramp slang for one with poor eyesight

BLIP
Blips Back-Amerkan slang foranyingsrange
BLISSED-OUT

Blissed-out i slang for cta, uphori
BLISTER

aha af sepia pam.

Zealand slang for a rebuke.
sh, Australian and New Zealand sang fora summons to court

BLITZ
Bi is British lang for wo break into a build
BLITZ OUT

Blitz out is British prison slang for to escape from confinement.

in onderto rob it

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BLITZED

Dlitzed is slang for very drunk, intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.

BLIVET

Blivet is computer slang or an intactable problem or a crucial piece of hardware that cant be fixed
BLIZZARD

Blizzard is slang for cocaine.

BLOAT

Bloat is contemptuous sang fora worthless, dissipated person.

BLOATER

Blowers old
Beate

BLOB
Blobs Brith slang fra compe special a road accident victim.
Blob is Bash sang foramen

Blob is British slang fora breast, este.
[Blob i cricket sang fora score of nough

BLOB WAGON

Blob wagon is British slang for ambulance.
BLOCK

Bock is British sang for the head

Block is British slang forthe part of te prison that houses the punishment cells. Block was old
British sang for a watch.

BLOCK AND TACKLE

Bock and tackle is London Cockney rhyming slang for handeus (shackle)
Block and tache was old London Cockney rhyming slang for fetes shackle)
"Block and tackle was old Cockney lang fora watch and chain,

BLOCK IN

Bock in was British slang for1o have ex with,

BLOCK IT

‘Block itis British sang for 1 take lich drugs.

BLOCK OF ICE

Block of ce is London Cockney rhyming sang for dice.
Block of ce is London Cockney hyming slang fr to chest, swindle (shee).

slang fr a ft person.
eii lan for something large and wollen

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BLOCKED

Blocked is slang for drunk, intoxicated by alcohol or drugs
BLOCKHEAD

lock head is British slang fora stupid person

BLOKE

Blokes British slang fora man, boyfriend.
BLOKE-BIRD

Bloke-bird is Bish lang fora masculine woman,
BLOKESS

Blokessis Brish slang fora woman who behaves in à masculine manner.
BLOKEY

Blokey is Australia slang fr a male domain male-orienatd,
BLOKISH

Boksh is British slang for rowdy female behaviour attempting o immit
behaviour.

BLOOD

rowdy masculine

Blood was late 19th century slang fora violent action magazine
Blood was 1950s and 1940s American slang for tomato Ketchup,
"Blood was mid 20th century Black American Slang fr red wine.
"Blood was 19th century slang for a wallflower

Blood was 19h century slang for to deprive of money

Blood is Black American slang for a fellow Black person.

Blood is Australian slang foro cause to bleed

Blood is American slang fr fiend

BLOOD ALLEY
Blood alle is American slang for a place where a four-lane highway narrows to two ane.
BLOOD AND SAND

Blood and sand is slang for menstruation,
BLOOD BALL

‘Blood ball was 19th century sang for an annual butcher’ bal
BLOOD BLISTER

Blood blister is Australian rhyming lang for sister,
BLOOD BOX

Blood box is American lang forn ambulance.

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BLOOD BUCKET

Blood bucket is American sang fora notoriously rough and rowdy bar.
BLOOD CLAAT

Blood lat (blo cl is Jamaica
Blood eat (blood cloth) is Jamaican sl

{ora sanitary towel.

BLOOD CLOTH

ood cloths slang fora sanitary towel

BLOOD DONOR

Blood donor is British slang for someone who performs fellatio.
BLOOD MEDICINE

[Blood medicine is American sang for alcohol.

BLOOD OR BEER

Blood or beer was a 19th century slang tee challenge
BLOOD RED

Blood red is London Cockney shyming sang for fellatio (head)
BLOOD SPORTS

Blood sports is slang for performing cunnilingus on a menstruating woman,
BLOOD WAGON

Blood wagon is slang foran ambulance.
BLOOD-RED FANCY

Blood-red fancy is slang fra bright red handkerchiet
BLOOD-WORM

Blood-worm was 19th century slang for back pudding.
BLOODHOUND

Bloodhound is slang for a policeman

BLOODHOUSE

Bloodhouse is Australian slang for a public house with an unsavoury reptation.

BLOODY

Bloody is British lang for very

fora despicable, worthless, unpleasant person.

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BLOODY BACK

Bloody back was Ih century American slang for an English soldier (a redcost)
BLOODY FLAG IS OUT

Bloody Mag is out was old slang foritoxiated, drunk

BLOODY JEMMY

Bloody Jemmy was 19th century slang for an uncooked sheep's head.
BLOODY MARY

Bloody Mary is American sang fora m
BLOODY MONDAY

Bloody Monday was old slang forthe lat day ofthe schol term,
BLOOMER

Bloomers British slang fora mistake.

BLOOPER

Blooper is American slang fora mistake

BLOOTERED

Blootere is Scottish slang for drunk, intoxicated.
BLOOTH

Blooth is Dorset slang for blossom,

BLOT

Bot is Australian slang forthe anus.

BLOTTO

loto is slang for being intoxicated or drunk

BLOW

Blow is sang for
"low is slang for an unofficial work break,
Blow isang for cannabis.

Blow is lang forto spend money freely.
Blow i slang for tobacco.

Blow isang fr coca.

Blow is slang orto fellate.

Blow isang for leave. o.

Blow isang fort ose

Blow is American slang for to vomit.

Blow is American slang for masturbate

Blow is American slang for inhale ad.
Blow is American sans fort eich ore.
Blow isjazz slang for o play in jam session,

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Blow is Australian and New Zealand slang for o boast or bra.
"Blow is nursing slang fora ven to rupture when stating an intravenous procedure,

BLOW A FUSE

Blow a fuse is lan for to lose one's temper.

BLOW A GASKET.

Blow a gasket is slang foro bust out in anger.

BLOW A GUT.

Blow a gut is Black American sang fr explode with laughter
BLOW AWAY

Blow away is slang for to kill someone by shooting them: to defeat decisively
BLOW BEETS

Blow beets is American slang for to vomit

BLOW BILE

Blow bile is American slang for vomit

BLOW BOTH BARRELS

Blow both barrel is British slang fo o ejaculate

BLOW BREAKFAST

Blow breakfast is American slang for vomit

BLOW BUBBLES

Blow bubbles is British slang for o inform.

BLOW CHANGE

Blow change is Black~American slang forto think, talk, wet, or play music along the lines of
evolutionary principles

BLOW CHOW
Blow chow is American slang for to vomit
BLOW CHOWDER

Blow chowder is American slang fo to vomit

BLOW CHUNKS

Blow chunks is American slang foro vomit

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BLOW COOKIES

Blow cookies is American slang for to vomit

BLOW DIN-DIN

Blow din-din is American slang for to vomit

BLOW DOUGHNUTS

Blow doughnuts is American slang orto vomit

BLOW FIRE

Blow fire is Black American slang fort do something wel,
BLOW FOAM

Bow foam is American slang for to vomit

BLOW GAGE

Blow gage is Black
BLOW GROCERIES

Blow groceries is American slang for to vomit

BLOWIT IN

\merica slang for smoke pot

Blow itinis British sang foto abandon a project, stop a project to have a break,

BLOW JOB

Blow job is sang for fellatio

BLOW LUNCH

Blow lunch is American slang for o vomit

BLOW OFF

Blow off is British slang for to emi wind nosy from the anus

BLOW ONE'S BEANS

Blow one's beans is British slang foro efaculate, to reach orgasm.

BLOW ONE'S BULKHEADS

Blow one’s bulkheads is British sang fr to ejaculate.

BLOW ONE'S CORK

Blow one's cork is British slang for to lose one's temper

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BLOW ONE'S MIND

Blow one's mind is sang for experience a sudden euphoria or disorientation.
BLOW ONE'S RADIATOR CAP

Blow one's radiator cap is British slang fr 1 lose one's temper.

BLOW ONE'S TOP

Bow one's top is British slang foro lose ones remper

BLOW ONE'S TUBES

Blow one's tubes is British slang fort eaculte

BLOW ONES SOUL

Blow ones soul is Black-America slang for todo creative work with passion and honesty

BLOW OUT

Bow outs slang for cancel, il.
Blow outs slang for reject Someone.
Blow outs slang orto cance.
Blow out ang fort over-at

BLOW OUT THE AFTERGLOW
Blow out the afterglow is Black-American sang fort tur off the lights
BLOW SOMEONE'S MIND

Blow someone's mind
Blow someone's mi

1 or give someone a hallucinogenic drug,
1 for astound or overwhelm someone.

BLOW STREET
Blow streets British slang forthe anus.

BLOW STREET RUNNER

Blow street runners British lang fora wet emission of wind from the anus.

BLOW THE GAFF

Blow the gas slang for to divulge a secret.
BLOW YOUR EATS.

Blow your eat is American sang fort vomit
BLOW YOUR MIND

Blow your mind is slang for to have a psychedelic experience.
[Blow Your mind is slang for 0 be astounded or surprised.

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BLOW-OUT

Blow-out is slang for an occasion of over indulgence.

BLOWER

‘Blowers slang for a braggan, or lou talker,

Blower i Brush lang for a lephone
Blower is nursing lang for a mechanical respirator.

BLOWHARD

Blowhard is British lang fra boastr.
BLOWHOLE

Blowbole is sang forthe anus
Blowhole is sang forthe mouth

Blowhole is Australian slang for atalktive person,

BLOWIES

Bowie is Austra

sang for louis.

BLOWN AWAY

Blown away is lang for killed,
Blown away is slang for surprise, overwhelmed.

BLOWN OUT
Blown outs sang or

Blown outs American slang for
Blown outis American slang for

BLOWSE

Blowse was old slang fora pros
Blowse was old slang fora love

BLOWSED-UP

Blowsed-up is British slang for under the influence of glue.

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BLOWSER

Blowseris British lang for a glue sniffer.
Bowser is slang fora slovenly, untidy woman.

BLOWSING
Blowsing is British sang for glue-sniffing.
BLUB
‘Bb i British slang fort ery, weep
BLUBBER
‘Buber is British slang for ft a fa person
BLUBBER BAGS
‘Blubber bags is British slang for large female breast
BLUBBER HEAD
Blubber head is Bish slang for a foo!
BLUDGE
Budge is Australian sang for not doing anything or begging.
BLUDGER
Bludger is Australian slang fora crounger.
BLUE
Ble sang or Phenol
lang ora policeman.
Ble Aula Hang fra ih or argument
BLUE AND GREY
Blue and grey is London Cockney rhyming slang for day.
BLUE ANGEL
Blue angel is American slang fora capsule or pil ofthe barbiturate Amytal
BLUE BALLS
"le balls is sang fr extreme male sexual fiston.
BLUE BAR

Blue baris Jamaican slang for a ba/brothel where srippersproni
customer frequently get involved masturbating the performers a

perform erotic dances and
ire prostitutes for se.

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BLUE BIRDS

Blue Bird is slang for Phenobarbital.

BLUE BROADWAY

Blue Broadway is Black-American slang for heaven

BLUE CHEER

Blue cheers American slang for cid (LSD).

BLUE FILM TO A MAN WITH NO ARMS
Blue film toa man with no arms is British slang fr anything uscless.
BLUE FOOT

"le fot is British slang for prostitute,

BLUE FUNK

Blue funk is slang fora tate of great terror o loss of nerve.
BLUE LADY

Blue lady is American slang for a form of synthetic heroin
BLUE MOON

Blue moon is London Cockney rhyming slang for spoon,

BLUE OCEAN

‘Blue ocean is South African sang for methylated spi.

BLUE PETER

[Blue Peter is London Cockney hyming slang or a heater.
BLUE PIGEON

Blue pigeon was lang fora thie who species in stain the ead from roofs. Blue pigeon was
Sang for smal ut of ead which were taken aay from aj and sold a à perk by plumber.

BLUE PIGEON FLYER

Blue pigeon flyer was slang fora thie who stole the lad fom the roofs of buildings while posing as
a glazier, plumber or similar

BLUE PIPE
Blue pipe is lang fora vein
BLUE PLUM

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BLUE RIBBONER

Blue ribboner was 19th century slang fora tettller.
BLUE ROOM

Blue room is American sang ora punishment cell
BLUE RUIN

‘Bue rin is British sang or cheap gin

BLUE SLOP

Blue lop is Dorset sang fora thin overall jacket.
BLUE VEIN

Blue vein is British slang for an erect penis.
BLUE VEINER

Blue veiner is British slang fr an erect penis.
BLUE VELVET

Blue velvet is American slang fora mixture ofthe drugs paregori and pribenzamine used asin
injection.

BLUEBERRY HILL

Blueberry hills London Cockney shyming slang forthe police (Bill)
BLUEBOTTLE

[Bluebot is British slang or a policeman

BLUENOSE

Bluenose is American sang for a puritanical or prudish person.

[Blucnose is American slang for someone who considers them self superior.

Bluenose is American slang for a syeophant

BLUES

Blues is slang or valium,
Blues is slang for depression, feling sad.

BLUES AND TWOS

Blues and wos i British slang fr the lashing lights and siren of an emergency vehicle,
BLUEY

Bluey is Bish sang fora five pound note

Bey is British slang fora pornographie in.
‘Bluey is Australian slang fora red-headed man.

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BLUNT

Blunts stag for cannabis

BO

Bois slang for cannabis.

BO PEEP

Bo Peep is London Cockney rhyming slang for sleep.
BO-PEEP

Bo-peep is London Cockney shyming slang fr sleep.
BOAK

oak is Scottish slang for to vomit

BOARD AND EASEL

Board and easel is London Cockney rhyming slang for diese.
BOARD AND PLANK

Board and plank is London Cockney rhyming slang or an American (yank).
BOARDS

Boards is British lang for playing cards.

BOAT

Boats slang for phencyctidin,
Boat is British slang for big Shoes or boots

BOAT AND OAR

Boat and oar is London Cockney rhyming slang fora whore.

BOAT PERSON

Bout person is British slang for an illegal immigrant
BOAT RACE

Boat rae is London Cockney ying slang for face
BOAT-HOOK

Bout-hook is London Cockney rhyming lang fora book.
BOB

Bob was English slang for shilling.

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BOB AND DICK

Bob and Dick is London Cockney rhyming slang for sick

BOB AND HIT

Bob and it is London Cockney hyming slang for to defecate, acces (shit)
BOB AND WEAVE

‘Bob and weave is London Cockney rhyming sang for to leave.
Bob and weave is British slang for to avoid authority or responsibility by keeping moving.

BOB HOPE

Bob Hope is British rhyming slang for dope (cannabis),
"Bob Hope is London Cockney rhyming lang for soap.

BOB HOWLER

Bob Howlers British Midlands slang fora moth,

BOB MARLEY

Bob Marley is London Cockney rhyming slang for cocaine (charlie).
BOB SQUASH

"Bob squash is London Cockney rhyming slang for wash,
BOB'S YOUR UNCLE

[Bob's your uncle is slang for everything is, or will, tum out al right.
BOB, HARRY AND DICK

‘Bob, Harry and Dick is London Cockney rhyming slang for sick.
BOBBING AND WEAVING

Bobbing and weaving is London Cockney rhyming sang for breathing.
Bobbing and weaving i Bish lang for getting along. getting by.

BOBBING FOR APPLES

‘Bobbing for apples is nursing slang for unblocking a bal constipated patient with one's finger
BOBBINS

‘Bobbins is northem British slang for rubbish, nonsense, anything useless.

BOBBY

Bobby is Bish slang fora policeman.
Bobby ira fram Bobby Moon à Bris lang or twenty pounds string (co)

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BOBBY MOORE

Bobby Moore is British rhyming sang fora dor.
Bobby Moore is British rhyming slang for twenty pounds string (sore)

BOBBY SOXER

Bobby soxer was mid 20th century American slang for a teenage gir
BOBBYDAZZLER

|Bobbydazzler is British lang for something or someone impresive
BOBO

Bobo is slang for cannabis.

BOCHE

Boche is British slang fora German.
Roche is French slang fora rascal

BOCK
Bock is British slang for a ins.
BOD

Bod is slang for body
Bod is British slang for a tedious, intrusive or irrtaing person

BODACIOUS

Bodacious is slang for fearsome, enormous, impressive, fist
BODES DODGY

Bodes dodgy is British slang for bad omens.

BODGE

Bodge is British lang fort d a slapdash jo.
BODGE-UP

Bodge-up is British sang
Bodge-up is British slang

BODGIE
Bodgie is Australian sang for male member ofa particular yout cult
BODGY

‘Bday is British slang for inferior, malfunctioning, dysfunctional.

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BODY

‘Body is lang fora person, especially a suspect, victim or person areted by the
Dorset slang fora woman,

BODYSHOP

‘Bodyshop is slang for an employment agency.
BOFF

Bo is lang fort it or punch,

Bof is slang for to have sexual intercourse wi
Bof is British slang for he buttocks,

Bol s American slang fora successful joke.

Bof American slang fora hearty laugh.

BOFFO

Body is

n
Boo is slang for very good: highly successful

BOFFOLA

"Boffoa is American slang fora very funny joke.

BOG

Bog is British slang fora lavatory.

‘Bog is British sang fort cheat at cards

‘Bog is British slang for a mess or disaster.

‘Bog is Australian slang for the act or an instanceof defecating.

BOG BLOCKER

Bog blockers British lang for something disgusting, repugnant, something that makes you feel sick
BOG EYED

‘Bog eyed is British slang for eyes that appear paf from lack of sleep.

BOG OFF

Bog offs British slang for go away!

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BOG UP

‘Bog up is British slang for make a mess, spoil

BOG-BRUSH

Bog-brush sa slang name fo someone with spiky hr
BOG-ROLL

Bish slang fos tilt paper
British slang for paperwork,

BOG-STANDARD

Bog-standar is British sang for normal, unremarkable, unexceptional
BOG-TROTTER

Bog-toter is derogatory slang fran Irish person,

BOGAN

‘Bogan is Australia slang fora stupid and feeble person.
BOGART

Bogart is slang fr to monopolise a cigarete

BOGEY

Bogey is slang for mucous discharged from the nose
Bogey is British ang for ajin.

Boge) is British slang fora detective policeman
Boge) is slang for an enemy ain

BOGEY TEAM

Boy cam is Brsh pons slang fora cam which wally manage to win epi an apparent

BOGGER

Boggeris British lang fora peeping Tom,

BOGON
‘Bogon is American computer slang for an individual who is considered fake and says false things.

BOGOSITY

‘Bogosity is American computer slang forthe extent to which something i considered phoney, or
bogus

BOGUE

Bogue is American slang fora period of drug withdrawal
Bogue is American sang fora Gare,

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BOGULATE

Bogulate is surfer slang for surfing without ill.

BOGUS

Bogus is American slang for fake; no good.

BOGUS BEEF

‘Bogus beets Black~American slang for groundless complaint or chatter
BOHO

Boho is sang fora sera, responsible person.

BOHUNK

Bohunk is American and Canadian derogatory slang fora labourer from eas or central Europe.
BOILED BEEF AND CARROT

Boiled beet and caro is London Cockney rhyming slang for blood (clare)
BOILED SWEET

Boiled sweet is London Cockney rhyming slang for seat.

BOILER

Boiler is British slang fora woman

BOILER ROOM

Boiler room is America lang fora oom in which crooked salespeople use th
securities (or ether products, services, or commodities) that are hugely over

In value or potential for profit

BOILERMAKER
Bakers Bi lang ora er nk oi Half dh ng a oft ron
Boilemnaker is American sang for drink o whisky followed by a beer char.
BOILERPLATE

Boilerplate is America sang for pain, ordinary

BOINK

Boink is American sang for to have sex wih

BOKE

Boke is American slang for to vomit

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BOKO

Boko is British slang for the nose

BOLD

Bol is British slang for flamboyant, daring, fashionable
BOLIC

Bolic is slang for any anabolic steroid

BOLINS

Bolin is slang for any anabolic steroid
BOLIVIAN

Bolivian is slang for cocaine.

BOLL WEEVILS

Boll Weevilsis American political slang for conservative Southem Democrats.

BOLLITICS

Bolliticsis British slang or political corecness cari to absurdity.
BOLLIXED

Bollixed is slang for ruined, messed up

BOLLO

Bol is British slang for bollocks.

BOLLOCK

Bollocks sang for a dance.
Bollock i lang for severely chastise

BOLLOCK BRAIN

Bollock brain is British lang fora fo!

BOLLOCK BUSTER

Bollock busters British slang fora heavy weight w cary

BOLLOCK CHOPS
Bollock chopsis derogatory British sang for someone with a at ace.

BOLLOCK-HEAD

Bollock-head is British slang fora shaved head

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BOLLOCK-NAKED

Bollock-naked is slang for completely nude
BOLLOCKACHE

Bollockache is British slang fora disagreeable situation
BOLLOCKBAG

Bollockbag is British slang for the serotum,
BOLLOCKING

Bollocking is lang fora severe tlling~of;dressing-down,
BOLLOCKS

Bollocks is slang forthe testicles

Bollocks is slang for nonsense.

Bollocks isa British lang argumentative rer.
BOLLOCKS IN BRACKETS

Bollocks in brackets is British slang for a bow legged man.
BOLLOCKS-UP

Bollocks-upis British slang for a mistake,
BOLLOCKSED

Bollocksed is British sang for broken, trouble, disfunctonal.
BOLLOCKY

Bollocky is a British slang term of abuse fora person
Bollocky is Australian slang for completely mude.

BOLO

Bolo is American police slang for be on the lookout for
BOLT

Bolts slang for amy! nate (or any asso
‘Bolts slang for to leave hurriedly. especially
Dorset slang foro run to seed

BOLT THE DOOR

Bolt the door is London Cockney shyming sang fora whore.
BOLTED-UP

Bolted-up is British lang for falsely accused ofa rime or convite for a crime you didn't commit

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Bomb is Beh slang fora major stem as,
‘Bomb i Brith slang fort jump into water making à pls

Bomb Br an fro rave at high speed.

Bomb Atari and New Zend lan fora lo lapsed motors.
Bomb American slang foro cover a wall with graf

Bomb is American football lang or very long pas

‘Bomb is American computer lang for ofl mer.

Bomb is rt slang or best

BOMB THROWER

Bomb thrower is political sang for an individual unwilling to compromise onan issue, or who
disturbs the lawmaking process with unrelenting vocal opposition: the politcal equivalent of à
spoilspor.

BOMBADIER

Bombadier is British lang for a potato

BOMBAY ROLL

‘Bombay roll is British sang for simulation ofthe penis by rubbing it between a woman's breasts.
BOMBED

‘Bombedis slang for under the influence o alcohol or drug.

BOMBER

Bomber isang fran ic drug pil frm,
Bomber ean forage cam ete.
Bombers ans fora gi ais

Boner is Bi Amáncan slang fr athick refer,
Bomber a ang for Plas maine

BOMBHEAD
Bombhead is British slang for someone
BOMBIDO

Bombido is slang for heroin

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BOMBITA

Bombita is American slang fora does of amphetamine sulphate

BOMP ON

‘Bomp was British docker slang for registering atthe Dock Labour Board office.
BONA

‘Bona is British lang for excellent, fine.
‘Bona is Polar lang for good

BONA NOCHI

‘Bona nochi is Polar slang for good night.

BONCE

‘Bonce is British slang forthe head.

BONCE PONCE

‘once ponce i British slang fora parasite hat ives in the har
BONE

Bones slang fr to steal or 0 Lake possesion of
Bone islam fora die

Bone a fora domino.

Bone flan for work har: studious student
Bone is slang fora fol, anit

Bone an fr an erect pein

Bone flan for atin man

Bone is slang fora mixed person, para an Anglo-hish-Black pero. Bone i slang for
Something tating or annoying

Bone fa fr ae cpt seize,

Bone an fr 1 crops

Bone ang orto beta. inform on.

"Bone an fort eg or

‘Bone I an fort nagor pester
‘Bone flan fort ook for and ind something.

Bone I sang fort time, rea uni.

‘Bone i sang fr to have sexual inerevune

Bone is sang for god.

Bone i Aura slang or o Jn, to bring bad uk to.

Bone 3 American lang fora gambling en

‘Bone fs American slang fr one dolar

Bone fs American slang fra bribe

‘Bone I American slang fra cannabis cigars.

Bone is American slang for dre fax

Bone Black American san fra woman

‘Bone fs Black American slang fora cigare of crack cocaine and tobacco mixed, Bone is Black
“American slang for aldo psc of crack cocaine.

Bone Black American Sang for complet. thorough

BONE BOX
Bone box is slang forthe mouth,

‘Bone box is British slang for a coffin
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Bone box is American slang fr an ambulance.

BONE FACTORY

one factory is slang for hospital

BONE OFF

Bone off is British slang for masturbate.

BONE ORCHARD

Bone orchard is American tramp slang for graveyard
BONE SHAKER

Bone shaker is British lang fora bumpy form of conveyance.
BONE-ACHE

he is British slang for aches and pains
he was 17th century slang for venereal disease

BONE-BASTER
Bone-baste was 17th century slang for a cudgel
BONEHEAD

Bonchead is slang for stupid or obstinate person.
BONER

Boner is lang fora blunder. mistake

Boner

ang for an erection,

BONES

Bones is slang for die.
Bones I an fra ship's surgeon

BONESHAKER
Boneshakers slang fora decrepit or rickety vehicle
BONEYARD

Boneyard is slang fora cemetery

BONG

‘ong is slang fora type of water-pipe with carburtio hole used for smoking cannabis, Bong is
slang for 0 smoke cannabis with a water-pipe

BONGO'D

‘Bongo is British slang for intoxicated by an iii ru.

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BONITA

Bonita is slang for heroin.

BONK

Bonk is British sang for to have sex.
‘Bonk is British sang forthe penis

BONKERS

‘Bonkers is British slang for mad; crazy

BONNIE AND CLYDE

‘Bonnie and Clyde is London Cockney rhyming slang for imitation goods (snide).
BONNIE DUNDEE

‘Bonnie Dundee is London Cockney rhyming slang fora lea,
BONUS

Bonus is British slang fora bribe.

BONZER

Bonzer is Australian and New Zealand slang for excellent: very good.
BOO

Boo is Black-American slang fora derivative of jabooby, marijuana, o called because it sometimes
Induces aniety or fear

BOO AND HISS

Boo and hiss is London Cockney rhyming slang foro urinate (pss).
BOO BOO BAMA

Boo Boo Bama is sang for cannabis,

BOO KOOS

‘Boo koos is Black~American slang fora large quantity of anything
BOO-BOO

Boo-boo is slang fra mistake error.

BOOB

Boob is sang for female breast
‘Boob is Bruch sang fora mistake or emo.

BOOB TUBE

‘Boob tube is lang iting strapless top, worn by women. Boob tube is Australian slang for
a Stapless, boneless, shapeless brassiere made ofa stretch fabric.

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Boob tube is American and Canadian slang for a television receiver

BOOBS

‘Boobs is slang for breasts

BOOBY

‘Booby is slang fora foolish or ignorant person.

BOOBY HATCH

Booby hatch is American slang fora mental hopital.

BOODLE

Boodle is slang for money or valuables, especially when sole, counterfeit, or used as a bribe
BOOFHEAD

Boofhead is Australian slang for a stupid person; a person or animal with a large ead,
BOOGER

‘Booger is American slang for nasal mucus

BOOGIE

Boogie is slang fr to dance to pop music
Boogie ura ang fora tour

BOOGIE BOX
‘Boogie box is slang fora portable cassette player, or stereo.
BOOLHIPPER

Booihipper is Black-American slang or black leather coat
BOOLIE

Boolie i British slang for an enema

BOOM

‘Boom is American slang fora car muse system,
"Boom is slang fora pany.

BOOM AND MIZEN
‘Boom and mizen is London Cockney hyming slang fr prison,
BOOMER

‘Boomer is Australian slang fora very large kangaroo.

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BOONDOCKS
Boondocks is American sang fora rural community, somewhere out ofthe way.
BOONG

Boong is derogatory Australia slang for a coloured person.

BOOPSY

Boopsy is Jamaican slang fora man who provides for a woman and receives nothing in return.
BOOST

Boost is American sang fort tel

BOOSTER

Boosters American slang for a shoplifter.

BOOT

Boot is Black-American slang for to explain,

Boot is American slang for navy or marine recruit especially one in taining, Boot is American
slang foro vomit

BOOT CAMP

‘Boot camp is American slang foro vomit Bootcamp is American slang fora basic taining camp for
new reer to the US Navy or Marine Corps

BOOT TREES

‘Boot tees is British slang forthe fect.

BOOT-SNITCH

Boot-snitch is Black-American sang for information

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BOOTED

Booted is American slang for expelled.

BOOTED ON

Booted on is Black-American slang foro be hip
BOOTFACE

Bootfae is British lang fora miserable face.
BOOTIE

Bootie i British sang fora Royal Marine.
BOOTLACE

Bootlace is London Cockney rhyming slang fora suitcase
BOOTLE OF BOOZE

Botte of booze is London Cockney rhyming sang for news.
Boule of booze is London Cockney rhyming sang fr being odds of 2/1 (os)

BOOTLICKER

Booticke is slang fora toady, an obsequious person.
BOOTNOSE

Bootnos is slang for some one with a broken or mishapen nose.
BOOTS

Boots is British slang for tyres.
BOOTSIE AND SNUDGE

Bootie and Snudge was 1960's London Cockney rhyming slang fora judge
BOOTY

Booty is American slang fora woman viewed as a sex objec.
Booty is American sang forthe vagina,

Booty is American slang forthe buttocks.

‘Booty is Jamaican slang for weak, inferior, second-rate
Booty is Jamaican sang for gullible

Booty was 17th century slang orto cheat.

BOOTY-BANDIT

Booty-bandit is American slang for a sodomist.
Booty-bandi is American slang for a male homosexual

BOOTYLICIOUS

Bootylicious is American sang for sexually atracive.

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BOOZE

Booze is slang for alcohol.
Booze is slang for to drink alcohol

BOOZE-UP

Booze-upis slang for a drinking bout or part.
BOOZED

‘oozed is slang for drunk, intoxicated
BOOZER

Boozer is British slang fora public house or bar
Boozer is British slang for a drunkard, an alcohol

BOP

Bop han ma tr je

BOPPER

Bopper is American slang fora musiian, dancer o devote of bop.
BOPPERS

Boppe is slang for amyl nitrate (or any associated inhalant dr)
BORACIC LINT

Boracic ini London Cockney hyming slang for skint (rok, without money)
BORAK

Borak is Australia and New Zealand slang for rubbish; nonsense
BORDEAUX

Bordeaux is musing lang for blood inthe wine.

BORED OUT OF ONE'S SKULL

Bored out of one's shall is slang for extremely bored

BORN AGAIN VIRGIN

‘Bom again virgin British slang for someone who hasnt had sex for ong time.
BORON

‘Boron is British slang fora bore who knows everything about nothing.

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BORROW AND BEG

Borrow and beg is London Cockney rhyming sang foran eg,

BORSTAL

‘Borstal is old English slang fora steep and arrow path uphill in which one could hide
BOSS

Boss is slang for excellent; fine.

BOSS-EYED

Boss-eyed is British sang for awry.

BOT

Bots Australian slang for itt
Bots British slang for bottom.

BOTANY BAY

Botany Bay is London Cockney yming slang for bed (ha).
Botany Bay is London Cockney Myming slang for to ran aay, abscond,

BOTHER

‘Bother is British slang for trouble, violence, aggression,
BOTHERATION

‘Botheration s slang fora minor annoyance or imitation.
BOTHERMENTS

"Boherments is Briish slang for problems, ailments

BOTTLE

Bote is slang foro injure by thrusting a broken bottle into a person.

Bole is British slang for courage or nerve

Bone rh an fr mona ltd by et nern orunken.
Botte sting ang forodasor2 same

BOTTLE AND GLASS

Bort and gas is London Cockney rhyming sang forthe butocks (ars).
BOTTLE AND STOPPER

Boule and stopper is London Cockney rhyming sang fo a police office (copper

BOTTLE BLONDE

Bottle blonde is slang for someone with dyed blonde hal.

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BOTTLE OF BEER

Bottle of beer is London Cockney rhyming slang for er.

BOTTLE OF DRINK

Boule of drink is London Cockney shyming lang fra bad smell (stink)
BOTTLE OF FIZZ,

Bole of fizz is London Cockney shyming slang fr to pick someone's pocket (whizz)
BOTTLE OF KOLA

Bottle of kola is London Cockney rhyming lang fora bowler hat.

BOTTLE OF MILK

‘Bote of milk is British slang fora very white-looking person, someone with no sun tan
BOTTLE OF POP

Bottle of pop is London Cockney rhyming slang for an Tian (wor).

BOTTLE OF SAUCE

Botte of suce is London Cockney rhyming sang fora car horse.

BOTTLE OF SCENT

Botte of scent is London Cockney hyming slang fora homosexual (bent).
BOTTLE OF SCOTCH

Bottle of scoch is London Cockney rhyming slang fora watch.

BOTTLE OF SPRUCE

Botte of space is London Cockney rhyming slang fortwo pounds seins (Seve) Bole of spice
À London Cockney ming tera dae ny an il
Botte of spraces London Cockney rhyming sang for beting odds of 2/

Bots ot space was old London Cockney tyming sang for atuppene,

BOTTLE OF WATER

Boule of waters London Cockney hyming slang for daughter.
Botte of water is London Cockney rhyming sang for a quarter of an once of drugs.

BOTTLE OF WINE
Bottle of wine is London Cockney rhyming slang fora court fine
BOTTLE OPENER

Bote opener is British slang fora laxative,

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BOTTLE OUT

Botte out is British slang fr to lose one's nerve.

BOTTLE RETURN

Boule retum is nursing slang for removing a botle tuck by vacuum suetion in the anal canal, usually
ofa gay man,

BOTTLE TOP

Botte top is London Cockney rhyming lang fora police officer (op).
Bottle top isis London Cockney rhyming slang orto catch o take hold of (cop)

BOTTLE UP AND GO

Botte up and go is Black-American slang fort leave.
BOTTLED

Bottle is British sang for drunk, intoxicated.
BOTTLED PROMISE

Bold promise is British slang for a promise given under the influence of drink, and likely to be
broken when sober

BOTTLES OF BOOZE
Bottles of booze is London Cockney rhyming slang for shoes
BOTTOM BURP
Bottom burp is British slang for o expe wind from the anus
BOTTOM OF A BIRDCAGE
Bottom of a birdcage is British slang for very dry.
BOTTY BOY
Boy Boy (pronounced baty boy) is Jamaican slang for a homosexual.
BOULDER BONCE
Boulder bone
BOUNCE
Bounce is slang for resilience.
omnes 1 tans fonts chee eto con

‘slang for an undeliverable email being returned tothe sender. Bounce is British
Person to leave a place or job: throw out eject. Bounce is banking slang for 10
Senda cheque back unredeemed because of lack of fund in the drawers account.
BOUNCE-UP
Bounce-up was British slang in the 1960s fora fight or brawl.

I British slang fora bald headed person.

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BOUNCED

Bounced is slang for to be dismissed from employment, rejected, expelled

BOUNCER

‘Bouncers slang fora man employed at a club, pub isc, ete. to Uhrow out drunks or woublemakers
and stop those considered undesirable fom enering.

‘Bouncer is banking slang fora dishonoured cheque.

BOUNCERS

Bouncers is slang for large female breast.

BOUNCY-BOUNCY

Bouney-bouney is slang for sex.

BOUNDER

Bounder is ol British slang for a morally reprehensible person a cad.

BOUNDING

‘Bounding was old British slang for behaving with unacceptable effronery or showines
BOUNTY BAR

‘Bounty baris slang fora lack person who behaves like and collaborates with white society.
BOVVER

Bowver is British slang for rowdinss, especially that caused by gangs of teenage youths
BOVVER BOOTS

over boots is British slang for heavy boots worn by some teenage youths in Britain, and used in
gang fights

BOVVER-BOY

Bowver-boy is slang fora youth, particularly a skinhead, who enjoys fighting, conflict, and is always
provoking trouble.

BOW AND ARROW

Bow and arrow is London Cockney rhyming slang for a arrow.
"Bow and arrow is London Cockney rhyming slang for sparrow.

BOW AND QUIVER

Bow and quiver is London Cockney shyming slang for lve, i

BOW DOWN BEFORE THE PORCELAIN GOD

Bow down before the porcelain god is American slang for o vomit

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BOW LOCKS

Bow locks is British sang for nonsense rubbish

BOW-WOW

Bow-wow i slang for an unattractive woman.

Bow wow Islan for a dog
Bow_won is slang for anything inferior unappealing.

BOWL
Bow is British slang for walk, gai
BOWL A WIDE

Bowl a wide is British slang forto make a mistake,

BOWLER HAT
Bowler Hat is London Cockney rhyming sang fora rat.
BOWSER

Bowser i British slang for an unatractve woman.

BOX

Box is slang forthe anus,
‘Box is Slang forthe male genitals.

Box is sang fora coffin,

Box is slang fora sae.

Box is slang fora guiar

Box is American slang fora potable cassete/raio player
Box is Australian slang for he female genitals.

BOX OF BIRDS

Box of bin British slang fora state of lion happiness.

BOX OF TOYS

Box of toys is London Cockney yming slang for noise.

BOX OF TRICKS

Box of ticks is London Cockney rhyming slang forthe cinema (Nicks).
BOX THE FOX

Box the fox is Irish slang for to rb an orchard.

BOXED

Boxed is Black-American slang for overcome by narcotics or liquor
BOY

Boy is sang for heroin

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BOY AND GIR;

Boy and girl is London Cockney hyming slang fora key (wi)
BOY IN THE BOAT

Boy in the boats lang forthe ltrs.
Boy in the boat was 191 century slang forthe nave

BOY RACER

Boy raceris British sang for an responsible young, male, car driver who drives fast and dangerously
trying to impress.

BOY SCOUT

Boy scout is London Cockney rhyming sang for tur o pay for around of drinks (shou)
BOY SCOUT WITH AGOROPHOBIA

Boy scout with agorophibia is British slang for something useless.

BOY SCOUTS

‘Boy scouts is London Coekney shyming slang for Brussels sprouts.

BOYS IN BLUE

Boys in blue is London Cockney shyming slang fora state of agitation (stew).
BOYSIE

‘Boysie is British sang term of address for a man
Bossi is slang fora kiss on the check

BOYSTOWN
Boystown is slang forthe male homosexual scene
BOZO

Boro is slang for heroin.
Boro is American sang For a foo.

BRACE

Brace is American slang for cos.

BRACE OF HORNED CORNS

Brace of horned corns is Black-American sang fr aching feet

BRACELETS

Bracelets is lang for handcuffs,

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BRACES AND BITS

Braces and bits is London Cockney rhyming slang for breasts (it)
BRACK

‘Brack is American slang fo
BRACKERS
Bracker is British slang for without money. penis.
BRACKET
Brackets British sang fort
BRAD PITT

‘Bad Pit is London Cockney hyming slang fort defecate (Shi,
BRADBURY

Bradbury was Dorset slang fora one pound note.

BRADFORD CITY

Bradford city is London Cockney rhyming slang fora female beats (tty).

BRADFORDS

Bradfonls (shortened from Bradford city) is London Cockney rhyming slang for female breasts

BRADS

‘Brads was 1th century British lang for money.

BRADY

‘Brady is Black American slang fora young, suburban, white, middle-class person
BRAHMA

slang for an attractive girl or gilriend

Slang for money. wealth,

Slang for good

BRAHMS AND LISZT

Brahms and Lis is London Cockney rhyming lang for drunk (pissed)
BRAIN

Brian is slang for o hi hard onthe head

BRAIN DAMAGE

Brain damage is British slang fora violent luna

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BRAIN FAILURE

Brain failure is British lang for forgetfllness, mental deficiency.
BRAIN TABLET

‘Brain abet was 1930's American slang fora cigarete
BRAINBOX

Brainbox is slang For the skull
‘Brainbox is slang for a lever person

BRAINS

‘Brains is British criminal slang forthe CID.
‘Bains is British Slang for an idiot.

BRAINSTEM

Brainstem is American slang for an eccenri person.
BRAINSTORM

Brainstorm is slang for sudden inspiration, a sudden ide,

BRAINWAVE

Brainwave is

ng for sudden inspiration, a sudden ides,
BRANDS HATCH

‘Brands Hatch is London Cockney rhyming sang for serateh
BRANDY AND FASHODA

[Brandy and Fashoda was late 19th century British lang for brandy and soda.
BRASS

‘Brass (shortened from bras nal) Is slang fora prostitute

[Briss ls British slang for money.

Brass i Bash slang for penniless

BRASS BAND

Brass band is London Cockney rhyming slang for hand

BRASS HAT

Brass hat is British slang for senior officer in the armed forces or plie.
BRASS MONKEYS

Brass monkey’ is sang for very cold weather.

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BRASS NAIL

Brass nals rhyming sang for a tal
Bass nail is min slang fr a prose,

BRASS NECK

Brass neck is British slang for intensely checky.
BRASS TACKS

‘Bass tacks is London Cockney rhyming slang for fact.
BRASSED OFF

‘Brassed of i British slang or fed up: disgruled
BRASSICK

‘Brassick is British slang for pennilss
BRASSWORK

Brasswork is British slang fora promiscuous woman.
BRASSY

Brassy is British lang for an ostentatious, loud woman,
BRAT

Brats British lang fora badly behaved child
BRATTERY

Battery is British slang fora nursery, creche, a school,
BRAVE AND BOLD

Brave and bold is London Cockney rhyming lang for col, freezing,
BRAVEHEART

‘Braveheart is British slang fora Seotsman,

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BRAWL
Brawl is American and Canadian slang fr an uproarious part.

BREA
Br

is sang for ber

BREAD

Bread is slang for money.
‘Bread was 17th century British slang for employment

BREAD AND BUTTER

Bread a bue London Cockney shying lng o ter.

Bread and uteri London Cockney hyming slang for pat

Bread and batters London Cockney rhymine slang for Quer.
Bread and butter London Cockney sing lang fr ste.

BREAD AND CHEESE

Bread and cheses London Cockney shying sang fr sneer
BREAD AND HONEY

Bread and honey is London Cockney rhyming lang for money
BREAD AND JAM

cad and jam is London Cockney ıhyming slang for pram.
read and jam was old London Cockney rhyming slang for a ram.

BREAD AND LARD

‘Bead and lar is London Cockney rhyming lang for har
BREAD AND SCRAPE

‘Bread and scape is British sang for a piece of bread with a thin sraping of butter.
BREAD HOOKS,

‘Bread hooks is slang forthe hands or fingers.

BREAD KNIFE

‘Bread knife is London Cockney rhyming slang for wife,
BREADBASKET

Breadbaset is slang forthe stomach,
BREADCRUMBS

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BREADHEAD

Breadhead is lang fora person motivated by money:
BREADSPREAD

‘Breadspred is British lang for any kind of fat that can be spread on bread, such as butter or
margarine.

BREAK ONE'S DUCK

‘Break one's duck is British slang foro lose one's virginity (id of a man)
BREAK SHINS,

‘Break shins is old slang for borrow money

BREAK UP

‘Breakup is slang fr tobe, or cause tobe, overcome with laughter.
BREAKING LUCK

Breaking luck is Black-American slang forthe is ick ofthe evening fora prostate
BREAKNECK SPEED

Breakneck speed is British slang or very fas.

BREATH

Breath is American slang for onions

BREEZE UP

Breeze up is Black-American slang forthe utmost
BREKKERS

Brekkers is British slang for breakfast

BREKKY

Brekky is British slang for breakfast

BREMBLE

Bremble is Dorset slang for bramble,

BRENDA FRICKERS

Brenda Frckers is British rhyming slang for knicken.

BREW

‘Brew is British slang or tea.
‘Brew is American slang for bee.

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BREWER'S BUNG

Brewer's bung is London Cockney rhyming sang forthe tongue.

BREWER'S DROOP

Brewer's droop is slang for temporary impotence caused by excessive alcohol consumption
BREWSKI

Brewski is American slang for beer.

BRIAN

Brian i British slang fora boaring, vacuous person.

BRIAN O'LINN

Brian OLinn is London Cockney shyming sang for gin

BRICK

Brick is slang fora good fellow ora meny person.
Brick is Britsh slang foto castrate

BRICK IN ONE'S HAT
"o have a brick in one's hat is slang for 10 be drunk.
BRICK IT

Brick itis British lang fora smash and grab robbery.
Brick its British sang for be scared.

BRICKED

Bricked is Bish lang for castrated

BRICKING IT

ricking ii Britis slang for be scared,

BRICKS AND MORTAR

Bricks and mortars London Cockney rhyming slang for daughter.
BRIDE AND GROOM

Bride and groom is London Cockney rhyming slang for broom.
Bride and groom is London Cockney rhyming slang fora room.

BRIDGE

Bridge is American slang for a quantity of four.

BRIDGER

Bridger is British slang for constipation.

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BRIDGET JONESES

Bridget Joneses is British slang for large women's knickers.
BRIDGETS

Bridget is British lang for large women's knickers.

BRIEF

slang fora layer, especially abarisr
Slang fora passpor.
h lan fora pawnbroke' cet

Slang fora diving nen
slang fora membership ead
ns fora choque.
Brel British polie tang for search war.

BRIG
Br

is Brit sang fora prison

BRIG'S REST

[rigs rest is London Cockney thyming slang for vest.
BRIGHT AND BREEZY

Bright and breezy is London Cockney rhyming lang for easy
BRIGHT AND FRISKY

Bright and fisky is London Cockney rhyming sang for whisky

BRIGHTON

Brighton (shortened from bright and sky) is London Cockney rhyming slang for whisky.

BRIGHTON LINE

hon line is bingo slang forthe number fiy=nine.
Brighton line is bingo slang for the number nine.

BRIGHTON PIER

Brighton pie is London Cockney rhyming slang for queer.
[Brighton piers London Cockney yming slang for disappear

BRIGHTON ROCK

Brighton rock is London Cockney shyming slang forthe penis (cock).
Brighton rock is London Cockney yming slang forthe dock of a cout.

BRILL
Bails British lang for wonderful, exciting, bilan.

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BRING DOWN

Bring down is slang for to cause to be cated and then suddenly depressed
BRING IT UP FOR A VOTE

Bring it up fora vote is American slang for to vom.
BRINGDOWN

Bringdown is British sang fora disappointment.
BRINNY

Brinny is Australian sang fora stone, especially when thrown,
BRINY

Briny is slang forthe sea,

BRISTLES

Brite is British lang fora moustache.

BRISTOL CITIES

Bristol cts is London Cockney rhyming slang for ites (breasts).
BRISTOLS

Bristols (from Bristol Cites lang for women's brest.
BRIT

Britis slang fora British person.

BRITISH RAIL

British Rallis London Cockney rhyming slang for stale
BRITNEY SPEARS

Britney Spears is rhyming slang for beers.

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Brixton briefcase is British lang fora potable radiofcassete player.

BRIXTON RIOT

Brixton riot is London Cockney rhyming slang for die.
BRO

Bro is American slang for brother.

BROAD

‘Brod is slang fora girl, woman or prostute.
BROADS

‘Broads British slang for playing card
‘Broads is British slang for eredit cans,

BROCCOLO

Broccolos Dorset slang for cauliflower.

BROJA

Broja is slang for heroin,

BROKEN HEART

‘Broken heat is London Cockney rhyming lang for to emit wid from the anus (far).
BROKEN WRISTED

Broken write is British sang fora male homosexual,

BROMIDE

Bromide is slang fora person who is conventional and commonplace in his habits of thought and

BROMIDIOM

Bromidiom is slang for conventional comment or saying, such as those characteristic of bromides.

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BRONCO LAYNE

‘Bronco Layne is London Cockney rhyming slang for pain
BRONK

‘Bronk is British lang for an eretion ofthe penis.
BRONX CHEER

‘Bronx cheer is American slang for nose imitating anal wind, made
BRONZE

‘Bronze is British slang for non=silvr coin.
BRONZE EYE

Bronze eyes British slang forthe anus

BRONZE FIGURE

Bronze figure is London Cockney shyming slang for Kipper
BROOKLYN MATING CALL

Brooklyn mating cal is American sang foro vo.
BROOM

‘Broom is Black-American lang fo 0 walk or un
BROOM OFF

Broom oft is British sang foro getrid of something,

BROOM TO THE SLAMMER THAT FRONTS THE DRAPE
CRIB

‘Broom tothe slammer that fronts the drape crib is Black-American slang foto goto the clothes
closet (wardrobe)

BROOM-BROOM
Broom-broom is slang for à ar
BROOMHED

Broomhead is slang fora stupid person,
BROTHEL CREEPERS

Brothel creepers is British slang for shoes with thik crepe soles.

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BROTHEL STOMPERS

Brothel Stompers is American slang for shoes with thick erepe sols.
BROTHER AND SISTER

‘Brother and sisters London Cockney fhyming slang for a liter.
BROTHER BUNG

‘Brother bung is London Cockney shyming slang forthe tongue
BROTHER OF THE BADGE
Brother ofthe badge is London sang for London taxi river.

BROWN
Brown is Bish slang for non-silver coins,
Brown is British sang for the anus

Brown i British slang for excrement.
Brown is slang for heroin,

BROWN AND MILD

‘Brown and mild i London Cockney rhyming slang for wild very angry.
BROWN BESS

Brown Bess is London Cockney rhyming slang for yes.
BROWN BOTTLE
Brown Boule is sang for beer

BROWN BREAD

Brown bread is London Cockney rhyming slang for dea.

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BROWN EYE

Brown eye is sang forthe anos.

BROWN FOOD

Brown fod is British slang fr biter, ber, ae
BROWN HAT

Brown hats London Cockney rhyming slang for eat.
BROWN HATTER

Brown hate is derogatory slang for a male homosexual.
BROWN JOE

Brown Jo i London Cockney rhyming lang for no.
BROWN PAPER

Brown paper is London Cockney hyming slang for caper.
BROWN STUFF

Brown stuffs British slang for excrement,

BROWN SUGAR

Brown sugar is sang for an atrctive Black woman
Brown Sugar is slang for heroin.

BROWN TONGUE

‘Brown tongue is British slang for to toad, be obsequitiows
BROWN TROUSERS

Brown trousers s British lang for very frightening.
BROWN WINDSOR

Bown Windsor is British slang fr the anus,

BROWN WINK

Brown wink is British slang fora male homosexual

BROWN-NOSE

Brown-nose is slang for to be abjely subservient to; curry favour with. An abjectly subservient
person; a syeophant.

BROWNED OFF
Browned of is British slang for bored, disgusted, or angry.

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BROWNIE

Brownie is British lang fora drink of whiskey
‘Brownie i British sang fora male homosexual

BROWNIE POINTS

‘Brownie points is slang for credit for good deeds.
BROWNIE-HOUND
Brownie-hound is slang fora male homosexual
BRUCE FOSYTHE

Bruce Forsythe is London Cockney rhyming slang for nie
BRUCE LEE'S

Bruce Lee's is slang for erect nipples.

BRUM

‘Brum is British lang for Birmingham.
BRUMMAGEM

‘Brummagem is British slang for Birmingham.
‘Brummagem is slang for counterfeit or gaudy but worthless or a sham,

BRUMMAGEM SCREWDRIVER
Brummagem screwdrivers Bish lang fora hammer,
BRUMMIE

Brummie is British slang for «person from Birmingham.
Brummi i British slang forthe dalet spoken in Birmingham.

BRUNO

Bruno is American slang for Brown University

BRUSH

‘Brush is Australian slang fora woman.

‘Brush British slang for pubic hair.

Brush British slang for sexual activity.

BRUSH OFF

‘Brush offs slang foto dismiss and ignore a person, especially curly
BRUSHET

she is Dorset sang forbrushwood, sub,

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BRUSSELS SPROUT

Brussels spout is London Cockney yming slang for a tout
BRUSSELS SPROUTS

Brussels sprouts is London Cockney rhyming sang for scout.

BRYAN FERRY
Bryan fey London Cockney rhyming tang fr she.
BRYANT AND MAY

Bryant nd May is Brith sang fright ae

BRYANT AND MAYS

‘Bryant and Mays is London Cockney ymin slang for stays coset)
BUB

Ba is Ausrllan and New Zealand slang fra bby
BUBBIES

Bubs is ang for reas

BUBBLE

Bubble is Bra slang fr or cont sad

‘Bubble is British slang for a simpleton
‘Bubble is British slang for 10 inform.

BUBBLE AND BLISTER

Bubble and lists London Cockney shying slang fr sister
BUBBLE AND SQUEAK

Bubble and squeaks London Cockney hyming slang for beak magistrate)
Buti and squeak London Cockney shyming sang fora Grek

Babble ant cheak I Locos Cockney mies tans br Weak

Bubble and squeak is London Cockney hyming slang fora week.
‘Bubble and squeak is London Cockney rhyming slang fort urinate leak).

BUBBLE BATH
‘Bubble bath is London Cockney rhyming slang or laugh, joke.

BUBBLE DANCING

Bubble dancing is Black-American slang for washing dishes

BUBBLE GUM

‘Bubble gum is London Cockney shyming slang forthe buttocks (bum)

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BUBBLE UP

Bubble up is British slang forto inform,

BUBBLEBRAIN

‘Bubblebrain is British lang fora simpleton,

BUBBLED

‘Bubbled is British lang for informed upon.

BUBBLED UP

Bubbled up is British sang for informed upon.

BUBBLEGUM

‘Bubblegum is sang forerasly commercial pop musi aimed atthe very young,

BUBBLES

Bubble is British slang for female breasts
BUBBLY

Bubbly i slang for fizzy sparkling wine and Champagne.
BUBS

Bubs was old slang for breasts

BUCCANEER
‘Buccaneers London Cockney shyming slang for homosexual (queer.
BUCK

Buck is American derogatory sang for a young mal Indian or Negro.
Buck fs Amencan Canadian and Australian slang fora dollar.

Buck is British lang for sexual intercourse
Buck i slang fora young male member ofa street gang,

BUCK AND DOE
Buck and doe is London Cockney rhyming slang for snow.

BUCK HOUSE
‘Buck house is Bish lang for Buckingham Palace.
BUCKET

‘Buckets slang for to move quick!
Buckets Brith lang fora ship or oat
‘Bucket Bish slang foran ol car
Buckets British lang for raining heavily.
Bucket Bris lang fora lavatory.
‘Buckets Black American slang for ca.

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BUCKET AFLOAT

Bucket afloat is old London Cockney shyming slang fra coat.
BUCKET AND PAIL

‘Bucket and pail is London Cockney rhyming slang for jal.
BUCKET AND SPADE

‘Bucket and spade is London Cockney hyming slang fora maid - barmaid or spinster
BUCKET AND WELL

Bucket and wells old London Cockney shyming slang fr el.
BUCKET OF COLD MUD

‘Bucket of cold mud is American slang for chocolate icecream.
BUCKET OF HAIL,

Bucket of hil is American slang fr a glass of ce.
BUCKET OF SAND

Bucket of sand is London Cockney rhyming sang for one thousand pounds sterling (grand),
BUCKET SHOP

Bucket sop is American tng for an fi oa place wher Fc are given or eng small
sums on curren prices of stocks, petroleum, cto.

Bucket shop i English slang for a place where cheap airline seat are sold

BUCKETING

‘Bucketing is Australian slang foro criticize severly

BUCKLE MY SHOE

‘Buckle my shoe is London Cockney yming slang fora Jew.
Buckle my show is bingo slang for wo

BUCKLEY'S CHANCE

‘Buckley's chance is Australian and New Zealand slang for no char
BUCKS HUSSAR

‘Bucks hussar was old London Cockney hyming slang for cigar.
BUCKSHEE

‘Buckshee i British slang for without charge; fee

BUDDHA

‘Budi slang for cannabis,

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BUDDHA STICKS

‘Buddha stick is slang for cannabis

BUDDY

‘Buddy is American sang fora male fiend.

BUDDY HOLLY

Buddy Holly is London Cockney rhyming slang for volley
‘Buddy Holly is London Cockney rhyming slang fora pickled cucumber (wall), fool (wally)

BUDGIE

‘Budgie is British slang for atalkative person,
BUFF

‘Buf s slang for an enthusiast, expert or aficionado.
‘Bulls slang for muscular, healthy, ati,
‘Buffs slang for naked.

‘Buf is slang for to swear, ote

[But drug sang for money

‘Buf is Ish slang for a self-important person.
Buff vas old sang fora man. a person.

BUFFALOED

Bufaloed is American slang for bullied, cowed, overwhelmed.
Buffalo is American slang for knocked out

BUFFOON
Buffoon is Bris slang fra spd person,
BUG

Bug is lang for an insect

Bug slang fora cove listening device.
Bug i slang ora vrs or niet

Bugis American slang fort ate or annoy.
‘Bugis computer slang for an unwanted and intended property of program o pice ofhardwa
especial one that causes ito manco.

BUG AND FLEA
‘Bug and lea is London Cockney tying slang for tea.

BUG HOUSE
Bug house is American slang for a mental hospital,
BUG OUT

Bug out is slang for to depart hurriedly: run away: retreat

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BUG PATH

Bug path is British slang fora parting ofthe ha

BUG RAKE

Big rake is British slang fora comb,

BUG RUN

‘Bug run is British slang for a pring ofthe har

BUG WALK

Bug walk is British slang for a parting ofthe hai.
BUG-A-LUG

Bug-a-lug is Dorset slang for a scarecrow
‘Bug-a-Iug is Dorset slang fora very untidy looking person.

BUG-FUCKER

Bug-fuckeris American slang fora man with a very small penis
BUG-SMASHER

‘Bug-smasher is American slang for alight irrt, often use derisivly by jet pls
BUGGED

Bugged is slang for angry. mie.
‘Bugged is sang for sufering from absceses.

BUGGER
Buggers lang for a person or thing considered to be comempúble unpleasant, or dificult. Bugger is
‘humorous or aliciente sang tem fora man or child. Bugger i slang fort ui, complicate: or
Teast.

BUGGER ABOUT

Bugger about is British slang foro foo! about and waste time; to create difficulis or complications
fora person

BUGGER ALL
‘Bugger alls slang for nothing.
BUGGER OFF

‘Bugger off is British slang for go away,

BUGGERATION

‘Buggertion is British lang for run, confusion

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BUGGERED

Buggered is slang for tied, ruined, useless, broken

BUGGERLUGS

‘Buggerlugs isa Briósh slang term of address.

BUGGERY GRIPS

‘Bugger grips is British sang for sideburns.

BUGGINS' TURN

Baggins turn is British slang for an automatic privilege that comes in turn othe members ofa group.
BUGGY

Bugey is American slang for insane.

BUGHOUSE

Bughowse is British slang fora run-down building.
Bughouse is American slang fora mental hospital or asylum.

BUGLE

Bugle is slang forthe ose,
BUGLE-DUSTER
Bugle-duster is sang fora handkerchief
BUGLIX

Bugli is computer slang for DECS ULTRIX operating system in its
Wisi used fo deseribe ULTRIX, but without venom.

BUGS BUNNY

‘Bugs bunny is British rhyming slang for money.
BUGS IN THE RUG

Bugs in the rugis nursing slang for pubic ie
BUGSY

Bugsy is British slang fora mad person,

BUICK

Buick is Bish and American slang for o vomit

BUILD A SCONCE

Build sconce i slang for run up a score

lie severely buggy versions.

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BUILT

Built i slang for physically well-developed

BUILT FOR COMFORT

‘Built for comfor is Brush slang fora at person

BUILT LIKE A BRICK SHITHOUSE

‘Built ikea brick shthouse is slang for strongly or solidly built.

BULL

Bull isan American and Australian slang term for a uniformed policeman.

‘Bull British slang (shortened from bullshit for exaggerated or foolish talk; nonsense. Bull was old
‘British slang for five shillings,

BULL AND BUSH

Ball and bush is London Cockney rhyming slang for being discharge from employment (push)
BULL AND COW

Bull and cow is London Cockney rhyming slang for an argument (row).

BULL ARTIST

‘Bull artist is sang for someone who speaks nonsense while trying to impress.

BULL DUST

‘Bull dust is Australian slang for nonsense.

BULL FIDDLE

Bll fiddle is sang for a double bass

BULL IN THE RING

‘Blin the ring is nursing slang for blockage in the large intestine.

BULL MERCHANT

Bull merchant is slang for someone who speaks nonsense while tying to impress.

BULL SESSION

Bull session s slang for a period of earnest, bt sallow conversation.

BULL'S EYE

Bullseye is slang fr fifty pounds

BULLDOZE

Bulloze is sang orto force someting to happen through wit or intimidation,

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BULLDOZER

Bulldozers London Cockney rhyming slang fora vain exhibitionist (poser)
BULLDYKE

‘Bulldyke is lang for a masculino, dominant or aggressiv lesbian
BULLET

Bulle is slang for amyl nitrate (or any associated inhalant drug)
Bullets British sang fora playing card with one pip.

Bullets British sang for dumiscal, sometimes without notice
BULLETS

Bullets is British slang for hard peas.

BULLOCK'S BLOOD

Bullocks bloods British slang for a cocktail of beer and rum.
BULLOCK'S HEART

Bullock's hear is old London Cockney rhyming slang for to emit wind fom the anus (at).
BULLOCK'S HORN

Bullock's hon is old London Cockney rhyming slang for to pawn.
BULLOCK'S LIVER

Bullock’ liver was old London Cockney rhyming slang for river.
BULLS

Bulls is slang for any anabolic steroid.

BULLS WOOL

Bulls woo! is Black-American sang for stolen clothes.
BULLSEYE

Bullseye is British slang fr fifty pounds tring

BULLSHINE

Bullshine is British military slang for an unnecessary regimental routine.
BULLSHIT

Bullshit is British slang for exaggerated or foolish tlk; nonsense.
BULLY BEEF

Bully beet is British slang for a bully.

ess London Cockney rhyming slang for cie.
‘Bully beet is north English ing slang for deat

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BULLYWAYO

Bullywayo is British sang fora ball.

BULRUSH

Bulrush is London Cockney rhyming slang for a paintbrush.

BUM

‘Bum is British sang forthe buttocks.
Bum is British slang forto cadge or scrounge.

Bum is American slang for something worthless, inferior or bad
BUM BAG

Bum bag is British slang for a bag or improvised sporrn, worn around the lower waist.
BUM BANDIT

Bum bandit is British slang for a male homosexual.

BUM BOY

‘Bum boy i British slang fora male homosexual

BUM BUDDY

‘Bum buddy is Bish slang fora male homosexual

BUM CHUM

‘Bum chum is a British slang term fora male homosexual partner.

BUM FODDER,

‘um fodderis British slang for lavatory paper.
Bum fodder is British sing for newspaper,

BUM FREEZER

Bum Freezer is British slang for an ion jacket, and any of various similar styles of shor jacket wom
by men,

BUM FUCKER,

‘Bum fucker is British sang fora male homosexual.
BUM GRAVY

‘Bum gravy is slang for diarhoca.

BUM LICKER

‘Bum lickers British slang for a sycophant

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BUM RAP

Bum rap is American slang for a trumped-up or false charge. An unjust punishment.
BUM STEER

Bum steeris American slang for fae or misleading information or advice

BUM SUCKER

‘Bum sucker is British slang fora sycophant

BUM TAGS

Bum tags is British slang for dried excrement stuck to the area around the anus,
BUM UP

‘Bum up is British lang fort praise, speak highly of

BUM'S RUSH

Bum’ ah is slang fora forcible ejection, as from a gathering: rapid dismissal, as of an idea,
BUMBERSHOOT

Bumbershoot is Brtsh slang for an umbrella.

BUMBLEBEE

Bumblebee is London Cockney hyming slang for kn,

BUMBLEBEES

‘Bumblebees i London Cockney rhyming slang for knees.

BUMBOY

Punk Eo ln
Bur sah slang fora sycopan

BUMF

‘Burts slang for toilet paper.
‘Bums British lang for information on paper.

BUMFACE

Bumface is a British sang term of abuse.
BUMFEST

Bumfesis British sang for a larg gathering of male homosexuals
BUMFLUFF

Bumfluf is British sang or light facial hair ona pubescent boy.

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BUMMED OUT

Bummed out is American slang fr disappointed, dejected.
BUMMER

‘Bummer is American lang for an idle, worthless fellow, who i without any visible means of support.
A dissipated sponger. Bummer is slang for bad luck, an unfortunate experience.

BUMP

Bump is slang for remove someone surepitiously from a waiting list.
Bump is slang for ketamine

BUMP OFF

Bump off is slang for to murder or Kl

BUMP START

Bump starts British slang for a sudden rousing to act
BUMP TUMMIES

‘Bump tummiesis slang forto have sex.
BUMPERS.

Bumpers is slang for breasts
Bumpers is lang for tenis shoes

BUMPH

‘Bump is sang for wile
‘Bump is British lang,

BUMPS
Bumps is slang for breasts,

BUMSUCKING

Bumsucking is British slang for obsequious behaviour toadying.

BUMSWIZZLED

Bumswizeled is British sang for drunk, intoxicated.

BUMWAD

Bumwad is slang for toilet paper

BUN FIGHT

‘Bun Fight is British slang for a tea pay; an official function,

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BUN IN THE OVEN

Bun in

even is British sang for pregnant.
BUNCE

‘Bunce is British lang fr money or profit perks, bonuses
BUNCH

‘Bunch i slang forthe male genital

BUNCH OF FIVES

Bunch of ives is slang fora fis

BUNCO

‘Bunco is American slang for swindle or fraud,

BUNDLE
Bundle is slang fora large quantity of money or other desirable hing,
‘Bundle is British slang for ight.

‘Bundle is sang forthe male genitals.
Bundle is American slang for an atrctve woman

BUNDU

Bundu is South African and Zimbabwean slang fo largely uninhabited wild region far from towns.
BUNG

Bung Bish slang term fr a rie vent pie

‘Bung is Bets slang fort howto hand over,
Bung is Australian and New Zealand slang for dead destroyed or wees

BUNG IN THE BOTTLE

‘Bung in the bonle i British sang for constipation

BUNG IT IN

‘Bung it in is London Cockney hyming slang fr gin,
BUNGALOW

‘Bungalow is British sang fora well endowered, but stupid, man.
BUNGALOW BILL

‘Bungalow Bills British sang fora stupid man

BUNGEE JUMPER

Bungee jumpers nursing slang fora patient who pulls on his catheter tube,

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BUNGER

Burger is Australian slang fora firework.

BUNGHOLE

‘Bunghole is slang for the anus.
‘Bunghole i slang For to sodomize.

BUNGIE

Bungie is British slang for a rubber eraser.
Bungie was old British sang for cheese

BUNGY

‘Bungy is British slang for a rubber eraser
Bunzy was old British lang for cheese,

BUNK

‘Bunk is British sang for to abscond.

Bank is British slang for nonsense ubbish
‘Bunk is American slang for unfashionable
‘Bunk is American slang foro cheat.

BUNK IN

‘Bunk ins British sang fort ener ic.

BUNK OFF

Bunk ff is British slang for to play truant, to be absent
BUNK-UP

Bunk-up is British slang for he act of sexual intercourse
BUNKIES

‘Bunkies is British slang for sexual intercourse.
BUNNY

‘Bunny is British slang for incessant talking or chat.
Bunny is Australian slang for a mug: dupe

BUNNY BOILER,

Bunny boilers slang for an unhinged and overly possessive woman.
BUNS.

‘Buns is British slang for fod,

‘Buns is American slang forthe buttocks
‘Bus is Austrian slang for sanitary towels or tampons.

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BUNSEN BURNER

Bunsen burners London Coc
Bunsen burner cricket ry mi

BUP

Bupis Bri
Bupis British

BUPPY

Buppy is slang fora member ofthe black middle-class
BURDETT-COUTTS

Burdet-Couts was old London Cockney rhyming sang for boots.
BURG

Burg is American slang fora town or place,
BURGLAR ALARM

‘Burglar alarm is London Cockney thyming slang for arm.
BURGOO

‘Burgoo was 17th century naval lang for a thick porridge.
BURIED

Buried is British lang for imprisoned.

BURK

‘Burk is British slang fora fol

BURKE AND HARE

Burke and Hare is London Cockney rhyming slang fora chair,
BURL

Burl is Australian slang for a try, an attempt
BURLEYCUE.

Burleycue is America slang for burlesque theatre.
BURLINGTON BERTIE

Burlington Bertie is bingo slang for hy.
‘Burlington Bertie is betting slang for odds of 100/30.

BURLINGTON HUNT

‘Burlington Hunt is London Cockney rhyming slang fra despicable, obnosious person (un)

ey thyming slang for came.
‘lang fora tamer,

for a lice of bread and butter
Tor money,

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BURLY

Barly is American slang for something dificult

BURN

‘Bum is British prison slang for tobacco ora cigarete.

‘Bum is British Slang for to Kill by showing

‘Bum is Bish slang for a swindle in which inferior drugs are sold as fis class. Bur is American
slang for to elecrocute or tobe electrocuted.

BURN AND SMOULDER

‘Bum and smoulder is London Cockney shyming slang fr shoulder
BURN OFF

Burn off is British slang for to overtake, outstrip and humiliate another driver.
BURN OIL

Bm oil is British slang for to drive an old car.

BURN RUBBER

‘Bum rubber is slang for to drive very fast.

BURN SMOKE,

Bum smoke is Ameran slang fort go very fas.

BURN SOMEONE'S GOAT

‘Bum someone's goat is American slang for to annoy or infurst someone,
BURN THE BRITISH

Bum the British is American slang fora toasted muffin
BURN-ARTIST

Bum-arist is British slang fora swindler, a cheat, particularly one who ells inferior drugs as it
class nes.

BURN-TOAST

‘Bum-toast is Brlish slang for a useless cook
BURN-UP

Bam -up is slang fora period of fast driving, to drive fas
BURNED

‘Bumed is British slang for having been cheated i a sale of drugs.

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BURNER

Bumer is British slang for venereal disease

BURNOUT

‘Bumout is slang for mental or physical exhaustion

BURNS AND SMOULDERS

‘Bums and smoulders is London Cockney rhyming slang for shoulders,
BURNT

Bunt is old Brith lang fr infected with venereal disease
‘Burts America lang for eile opel.

Bam is American slang or rapid

Bum is American slang for emobonaly drained.

Burts American lang for exhaust,

BURNT CINDER

‘Burnt cinder is London Cockney rhyming sang for winder (window).
BURNT OFFERING

‘Burt offering is British slang for overcoked fod.
BURTON-ON-TRENT

Buron-on-Trent is London Cockney hyming sang for ren.
‘Burton-on—Trentis London Cockney hyming slang for went

BURY

Bury is slang for to win by a wide margin.
Bury is soccer slang fo 0 score a goal

BURY THE HATCHET

‘Bury the hatchet is medical slang foro sew up a patient with a surgical instrument mistakenly left
inside,

BUS AND TRAM
BUSH
er

BUSH LAWYER

Bush lawyer is Australian sang for someone who claims to lay down the law, but has no real
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BUSH PAROLE,
Bush parole is American prison slang for an escape.

BUSH PATROL.

Bush pal is America
‘Bush patrol is America

BUSHBASHING

‘Bushbashng is Australian and New Zealand slang forthe process of forcing a path through the bush,
BUSHED

Bushed is slang for exkausted,

BUSHEL AND PECK

‘Bushel and peck is London Cockney rhyming slang for neck.
BUSHEL OF COKE

‘Bushel ofcoke is London Cockney rhyming slang fora man (bloke),
BUSHER

Busher is American slang foran amateur, an unsophisticated person
BUSHEY PARK

Bushey park is London Cockney rhyming slang for lark (a joke)
BUSHFIRE

‘Bushfire is London Cockney rhyming slang for re,
BUSHFIRED

Bushfires London Cockney rhyming slang for tre

BUSHIE

Bushie is Australian slang for a rural or barbaric person, a yoke!
Bush is Jamaican slang for lc distilled rum.

BUSHWHACKER

Bushwhacker is Australian slang for an unsophisticated person; boor.
BUSHY PARK

Bushy Park is London Cockney rhyming slang for lark
BUSINESS

Business is slang for prostitution

Si sang for hy podem syringe
D ms Fe de ee

1 for sexual foreplay.
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Business is slang for anything that needs tobe done.
BUSINESS GIRL

Business gel is British slang fora prostitute,

BUSK IT

‘Busk itis British sang for to improvise

BUST

Busts slang for an ares, particularly fr possession of drugs.
‘Busts slang for an escape from prison.

Bust is British slang or to burg,

Bast is American army slang for demotion

Busts Australian slang fora break-in or burglary.

BUST ONE'S BUNS

‘Bust one's buns is American slang for to exhaust oneself by working
BUST ONE'S CONK

‘Bust ones conk is Black-American slang for to work hard
BUSTEL PUNCHING

‘Bustle punching is British slang for frottage

BUSTER

Buster is slang fora person or thing that destroys something.
Busters ang or a man or boy,

"Buster is Bath slang fora bet of four or more accumulators.
Buster is American and Canadian slang fora person who breaks horses

BUSTERS

‘Busters is slang for Phenobarbital

BUSTING

Busting is Midlands sang for good, excellent, approval
BUTCH

‘Bute is slang for markedly or gare
Butch is slang fora lesbian whos notice
Butch i slang fora strong rugged man.
BUTCH UP

‘Butch up is slang fr to become more assertive, tougher, more masculine.
BUTCHER'S

Butcher's (from Butcher's hook is British lang for look.

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BUTCHER'S HOOK

Butcher's hook is London Cockney rhyming lang for look

BUTT

But is slang forthe backside, buts.
Butt is American slang for a cigarete

BUTT OUT

‘Butt out is American slang for stop interfering, keep out, leave.
BUTTER CHURN

‘Buster churn is British theatre rhyming slang for a theatrical
BUTTERBALL

Buterbll is America slang fora fa person.
BUTTERBOY

Buterboy is British slang fora novice,
BUTTERCUP

Butereup i British slang or an effeminate male homosexual.
BUTTERCUP AND DAISY

Buttercup and Daisy is London Cockney shyming slang for crazy.
BUTTERED BREAD

‘Butered bread is London Cockney rhyming sang for dead
BUTTERED BUN

‘Buttered bun is bingo slang for one.
‘Buttered hun is old Slang fora woman who has sex with a succession of men ata time

BUTTERED SCONE

Battered scone i bingo sang for one.

BUTTERFLY

Butterfly is London Cockney shyming slang or a neck tie or bow te.
BUTTFUCK

Buttck is American sang for to sodomize

BUTTHEAD

Butthead slang fora stupid person.

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BUTTIE

Buttes British slang fora sandwich.

BUTTINSKI

‘Butinski is British slang for someone who habitually Inerups
BUTTINSKY

Butinsky is American slang for an interfering person, some one who butts in
BUTTNAKED

Buttnaked is sang for phencyclidine.

BUTTON

Buton is slang for the clitoris.

‘Button is slang forthe chin,

Baton is sang for a section ofthe peyote cactus, ingested for ts hallucinogenic effet.
BUTTON IT

‘Button itis slang for shut up, or keep quiet.

BUTTON ONE'S LIP

‘Button ones lips slang for be quiet, shut up.

BUTTONED UP

‘Buttoned up is slang for tacium; silent and somewhat tense
BUTTONHOLE

‘Buttonhole was old British lang forthe vagina,

BUTTONS AND BOWS

‘Buttons and bows is London Cockney rhyming lang for toes.

BUTTY

Buty s British slang fora sandwich.
‘Buty is Welsh long for a close friend.

BUVARE
‘Buvare is Pola sang fora drink
BUY

Bay is slang oro accept as true practica et.

BUY A PUP

Bay a pops British slang for tobe swindled,

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BUY IT

Bay itis slang for die or meet with a disaster.

BUY MY BUICK

‘Buy my buick is American slang foro vomit.

BUY THE FARM

‘Buy the frm is American slang fort die

BUY THE RABBIT

Buy the ibbitis slang for to fare badly or come off worse.
BUYER

‘Buyer is Brlish slang fora receiver of stolen goods.

BUZZ

Bure
Bure
Buzz
Buzz
BUZZ OFF

Buzz offs British lang for go away.

BUZZ WAGON

Buzz wagon was early 20h century lang for an automobile
BUZZ-CRUSHER

Buzz-crusheris America lang for someone who ruins a party, Kiley.
BUZZARD

Buzzard is slang for a cantankerous old person.

BUZZCOCKS

‘Buzzcocks is British slang for bollocks.

BUZZER

‘Buzzer is British slang fora pickpocket.

BUZZING

‘Buzzing is British slang for high on drugs or alcohol

BUZZY

‘Buzzy was mid-180h century sang for sigh intoxicted
‘Buzzy was early 20th century slang for crazy. eccentric.

slang fora rumour:
slang foreannabis

Slang ora pleasant sensation, a from a drug such as cannabis
slang fora sense of excitement: kick

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BUZZY HOUSE

Buzzy house was early 20th century American slang for a nate asylum.
BWOTH

‘Bwoth is Dorset slang for both

BWOY

Boy is Dorset slang fora boy, a son.

BY

By is slang forin one's opinion, as far as ones concerned,

BY A JUGFUL

‘By a jugfulis American slang for by along way or by many degrees.

BY A LONG CHALK

By a long chalk is slang for by along way orby many degrees.

BY A LONG SHOT

By along shots American sang for by a good distance, by a considerable amount.
BY A LONG SIGHT

By along sight is American slang or by along way, by a good del
BY A STREET

By a streets slang forby along way.

BY CHALKS

By chalks is Australian slang forby a long way.

BY PASS

By pass is London Cockney hyming slang for he buttocks (ae)
BY THE CRINGE

By the cringe isa British slang exclamation.

BY THE NECK

[By the neck i Scotsh and Irish slang for a botl of beer served unpoured
BY'N-BY

Bybin-by is British sang for later on,

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BY-BLOW

By-blow was old slang fora bastard.

BY-CHOP

1By-chop was old slang fora bastard

BYE-BYES

Bye-byes is slang for sleep, unconsciousness

c

Cis slang for cocane.

CANDA

(Cand A is British slang for a bisexual man.
(Cand A is London Cockney rhyming sang or homosexil (gay)

C-NOTE

{C=note is slang for one hundred pounds, one hundred dollars,
CA-CA

Ca-cais British slang forexcrement

CAB RANK

Cab rank i London Cockney rhyming slang fora bank
CAB YAB

(Cab yabis British sang for money, bank notes.
(Cab Jab is is British slang for a brain-dead person,

CABALLO

Caballos sang for herein,

CABBAGE

Cabbage i lang for a brain-damaged or inet person.

Cabbage is British slang for money

(Cabbage à British slang for snippets of cloth appropriated bya tailor from a customer's material
(Cabbage is nursing slang fora coronary artery bypass rat (a coronary bypass).
CABBAGE HEAD

Cabbage head is slang for a simpleton, a foo, an idiot.

CABBAGED

CCabbaged is British slang foro be in a drunken stupor.

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CABELLO

Cabellos slang for cocaine,

CABIN CRUISER

Cabin cruisers London Cockney hyming slang for a pub (booze)
CABMAN'S RESTS

Cabas rest as old London Cockney rhyming slang for women's breast
CABOOSE

Caboose is British slang fora prison.

CACA

Caca is British slang for excrement
¡Caca is slang for heroin,

CACA-BACCA

Cacca-bacca is slang for marijuana.
CACATORIUM

Cacatorium was old British slang for a lavatory.
CACK

Cock is slang for defecate
(Gack is Black-American slang for to goto deep.

CACK-CATCHERS
Cak-cuthers is Australian slang for trousers
CACK-HANDED

(Cack-handed is British slang fr clumsy, inept
CACKLE

Cackte is Polar slang for talk, gossip.
CACKPIPE

Cackpipe is British slang forthe anus.

CAD

Cad is British slang fora unprincipled contemptible man.
CADBURY ALLEY

Cadbury alley is British sang forthe anus,

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CADBURY CHANNEL
(Cadbury channel is British slang forthe anus.

CADBURY'S

Cadbury's shortened from Cadbury' snack) is London Cockney hyming slang for back

CADBURY'S SNACK

Cadbury's snack is London Cockney rhyming slang for back
CADDLE

Caddie is Dorset slang for confusion, a muddle
CADDY

Caddy is slang for Cadi

CADY

Cady is sang for a hat

CAFETERIA

Cafeteria (hep your sel is British cricket slang for an easy to hi bal.
Cafeteria is British homosexual sang ora place to go for oral sex.

CAFF

af is British lang for cafe

CAG MAG

Cag mag is Dorset slang for an annoying person.
CAGE

Cage is British slang fora prison cel,
CAHOOT

Cahootis slang fora partnership.

CAIN AND ABEL

Cain and Abe is London Cockney rhyming slang for table
CAINE

Caine is slang or cocaine.

CAKEHOLE

(Cakehole is British slang for mouth

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CAKERY

Cakery is British slang for a bakery.

CALABOOSE

CCalaboose is slang for a prison

CALAMITY JANE

Calamity Jan is London Cockney rhyming slang fora tin.
CALBO

Calbo is slang for heroin.

CALCUTTA

Calcuta is London Cockney shyming sang or butte:
CALENDAR

Calendar is British lang fora yearin prison.
CALIFORNIA SPECIAL

California special is American numismatic slang for an artificial enhanced coin
CALL

Calls Australian slang for to vomit

CALL A COPPER!

Calla copper! is a British sang ery of alarm.

CALL BUICKS

Call buicksis American slang for o vomit

CALL DINOSAURS

Inosaursis American slang for o vomit

CALL EARL

Call Earl is American sang orto vomit

CALL FOR HUEY

Call for huey is American slang for to vomit

CALL OFF ALL BETS

Call off all bets is Black-American slang for 0 die

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CALL RALPH ON THE BIG WHITE TELEPHONE

Call Ralph on the big white telephone is American sang for to vomit

CALL THE SHOTS

Call the shots is slang for o have control over an organisation, course of action, et.

CALL TO THE SEALS

Call the seals is American lang forto vomit

CALL UNCLE RALPH

(Call uncle Ralph is American slang foro vomit

CALL-BOY

Call-boy is slang for a male prosiute

CALL-GIRL

CCall-gil is sang fora prostitute

CALLARD AND BOWSERS

Callar and Bowsers is London Cockney rhyming sang for tousers

CALLARDS

CCaltards (shortened from Callard and Bowsers) is London Cockney rhyming slang for trousers,
CALVIN KLEIN

CAMBER SANDS

‘Camber Sands is London Cockney rhyming slang for hands.

CAMDEN

Camden (shortened from Camden Lock) is London Cockney rhyming slang for shock.
CAMDEN LOCK

Camden Lock is London Cockney rhyming slang for shock.

CAMDEN TOWN

Camden Town is London Cockney rhyming slang fora copper coin (brown)
CAMEL'S HUMP,

‘Camel's hump is London Cockney hyming slang for to defecate (dump

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CAMERER CUSS

Camerer Cuss is London Cockney rhyming lang fora bus
CAMEROON

Cameroon is derogatory London Cockney rhyming slang fora black person (con).

CAMILLA PARKER-BOWLES

Camilla Parker-Bowlesis London Cockney rhyming sang fora Rolls Royce car (Rolls)

CAMISTER

Camister was old British lang fora priest. a vicar.

CAMP

Camp isa slang expression for homosexual, eeminate or an affectedly theatrical manner.
CAN

Can slang fora lavatory:

Can san fra prison police cel

Can lag fora beer
pocket.

Can is Brush lang
ang for adepth charge.

fare
Canis Area lang forthe bade
fap esse ster tear
Can is American slang for suppressor conceal something.
Gan American lng trio Jl someone

CANIT

Can its British sang fr be quie, shut up sto aking.
CAN OF COKE

Can O cokes London Cockney rhyming lang fora joke
CAN OF OIL

Can fils London Cockney shying lng fora boi
CAN OF WORMS

Can of worms is slang foran extremely complicated and distasteful state of afin.
CAN'T TAKE A TRICK

Cant take a trick is Australia slang fort be consistently unsuccessful or unlucky,
CANAL BOAT

Canal boat is London Cockney rhyming slang for tote.

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CANARY

{Canary is slang for an informer.
Canary is teatre tying lang fra homosexual (fairy).

CANARY WHARF

Canary Wharf is London Cockney rhyming slang fora dwarf

CANCER BED

Cancer bed is Brith sang fora sun bed

CANCER STICK

Cancer sick is slang for a cigare.

CANDLE

Candle (shortened from candle sconce is London Cockney rhyming slang for a pimp.
CANDLE BASHER

Candle basher is British sang fora spinster,

CANDLE SCONCE

Candle sconce is London Cockney rhyming stan for a pimp (ponce).
CANDLE WAX

(Candle wax is London Cockney rhyming slang for ax, particularly betting ax
CANDLES

‘Candles is British slang for secretions from the nose running towards the mouth,
CANDY

Candy is tang for heroin.

Candy is slang for cocaine.

{Candy is lang fora dose of LSD taken on a sugar cube.

Candy is American slang fora type of dark heroin from Mexico.
CANDY BLUNT

Candy blunt is sang for a joint soaked in codeine.

CANDYASS

Candyassis American slang fora weak and effete person,
CANDYFLOSS

(Candy oss is London Cockney rhyming slang for toss.

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CANDYMAN

{Candyman is lang fora drug dealer

CANE

Gane a Brash ang rio seve cis

ns Beas sang fotos

CANED

Caned is slang for intoxicated, drunk
lang or high on drugs.

(Caner was ol British sang fora school teacher
CANISTER

Canister is slang forthe head,

CANNED

Canned i slang for intoxicated, drunk:
(Canned is slang for arrested,

CANNY

‘Canny is British sang for shap-wited, aractve
CANOE

(Canoe is London Cockney thy
CANOES

Canoes is London Cockney rhyming slang for shoes.
CANOODLE
Canoodle is sang fortis
CANS

Cans is sang for headphones.
CANTALOUPES

Cantaloupe is American slang for he breasts
CANTEEN MEDAL

‘Canteen medal is British lang fo

slang or shoe.

deuddle: pe; fondie.

food stan on one clothes.

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CANUCK

Canuek is lang fora Canadian,

CANUK

Canuk was a nineteenth and early twentieth century American slang expresion fora Canadian
CANVAS

Canvas is British lang forthe kin

CAP

Capi slang fora capsule of an ilegal ru.

Cap is sang for oral ex

(Cap is American Slang or o insu, humiliate.

CAPE HORN

Cape Hom is London Cockney thyming slang for a com.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

Cape of Good Hope is London Cockney rhyming slang for soap.

CAPEESH

CCapeesh is sang or understand.

CAPER

Capers slang for an activity.
(Caper is American and Canadian slang fora crime, especially an organized robbery

CAPITAL CITY

Capital City is London Cockney hyming slang for a woman's breast (tit
CAPON

Capon is slang for a young homosexual man.

aon lang fora as ala ae elie, e ering
(Capon as slang Tora much

CAPPER

Capper is American slang for a by=bidder; a decoy for gamblers,
CAPTAIN BLIGH

Captain Bligh is London Cockney rhyming slang for pi.
CAPTAIN COOK

Captain Cook is London Cockney hyming slang for book.
Captain Cook is London Cockney shyming slang or look

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