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Less searchable M0rd4nt

12:20 / 15.04.02

I am bored of my current slang. I need new slang. Post your slang here so I can steal it, or I'll beat you up at playtime and steal your dinner money to buy glue.

Thank you.

12:24 / 15.04.02

"To skull" - verb.
To appear suddenly from a secret passageway or attic door. To appear from nowhere. To happen unexpectedly.
"Dude, you just skulled from nowhere!"
Etimology: Don`t ask.

12:51 / 15.04.02

"Breakface," noun. The first meal of the day. Example: "You want bacon for breakface?" Etymology: It's just a finger of speech.

12:52 / 15.04.02

Adj. 'forty-sixed'.

Meaning: lost in nowhere land, AWOL, vanished without trace

Etymology: from the 46 bus, drawn from the US slang 86'd, meaning (I think) cancelled.

12:58 / 15.04.02

"monkey chiseller" (n.) - Similar in manner to Dr Raj Persaud.

13:00 / 15.04.02

dr raj persaud, there really is something about him.

13:06 / 15.04.02

A tap on the Davis - a blow to the head (esp. accidental). "Ooh, I've just had a tap on the Davis off that shelf there"

Dibner's Challenge - An erect winky (after Fred Dibner the semi-famous steeplejack and demolisher of tall chimneys)

Bollop! - a big, moist "wallop!"

and, for the 900th time on this board and elsewhere:

Benson - hair which looks like a wig but is, in fact, real.

13:23 / 15.04.02

Someone in the parking lot asked me if I was "peacin'" yesterday, derivative I suppose of peace out. At least, I think that's what he said.

I augment some of my dialogue with choicer phrases from various episodes of Buffy, most firmly integrated is 'what's the what?'

And, while it's not new or mine alone, one can never go wrong with 'ginchy'.

13:50 / 15.04.02

to Duke - to have sex with someone. There are heavy connotations of anal sex, for some reason. As in, "That Ursula is awfully hot. If she were MY sister, I'd duke her soundly."

Buen - a hot or sexy person. Actually, this slang is supremely annoying and is only used by my friend Stephanie.

Horse - A stud, or your homeboy. As in "Pass me the rock, horse."

My favorite: I make new law: All ________belong to me, ____ originally being "butter" but can be substituted with any irrationally coveted item. The origins of this slang are highly arcane. Should be said in a cave-man-esque voice. Perhaps I am the only person amused by this.

13:56 / 15.04.02

'Horse' is unfortunate - in my experience, it's a word meaning 'to torture by means of massive sexual assault on every orifice', and was the subject of an Amnesty ad campaign a few years ago detailing violence against women under several oppressive regimes including (I think) Turkey.

14:08 / 15.04.02

I can't tell if you're being serious or facetious.

I think I will cry.

14:21 / 15.04.02

"Ride the Donkey"

I'm not explaining, so don't even ask.

Evil Zoom.

14:25 / 15.04.02

I was out last night with a couple of rum coves and some very flash morts, and after a couple of pints of strip-me-naked I was hornswoggled like a regular bacon-brained rattlepate. I nearly shot the cat, and felt like I was going to stick my spoon in the wall...

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14:29 / 15.04.02

Could anybody lend me an Edward? I'm completely Rachel Heyhoe.

14:34 / 15.04.02

morts? I think your meaning and my meaning of this is totally different

14:35 / 15.04.02

Todd - serious, I'm afraid. It needn't stop you, but it's not a term to use around any ex-prisoners, obviously.

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14:55 / 15.04.02

Of course, "horse" also means "heroin"...

My own personal entries.

404 - a very obvious one, this, simply meaning "I don't understand/remember".

292 - a reference to pantone number 292 (deep blue), from the classic Mag Fields song "Reno, Dakota" - very sad or depressed.

Slide - to leave, as in "I'd better slide if I want to get the 11 O'Clock train". Poss. misconstruction of "sidle", although "bodyslide" is a variant. I suspect it is something superheroey.

14:58 / 15.04.02

I'm told that the French have a direct translation of the verb "Ralph". It is "Raoul". What are the chances of the name being onomatopoeic in both languages, eh?

15:06 / 15.04.02

Tangent-boy: In my French Textbook, there is a translation of the noun "breakdancing" as "le smurf." Can anyone corroborate this one?

Also, semi-related

The awesome Lost in Translation

Basically, this thing bounces an English text entry through several other languages, translating it back to English each time. For instance:

Original English Text:
I like to feed the trolls

Translated to French:
J'aime alimenter le trolls

Translated back to English:
I like to feed the trolls

Translated to German:
Ich mag das trolls einziehen

Translated back to English:
I may draw in trolls

Translated to Italian:
Posso dissipare nel trolls

Translated back to English:
I can dissipate in the trolls

Translated to Portuguese:
Eu posso dissipar-se no trolls

Translated back to English:
I can waste myself in trolls

Translated to Spanish:
Puedo perderme en trolls

Translated back to English:
I can lose to me in trolls

Naturally, I tried all sorts of naughty stuff first.

15:10 / 15.04.02

Barrence - 1: the posh version of Barry; 2: a slack-jawed male oaf; 3: anyone when not looking their best (others point at you and say: "F***in'ell: Barrence!."

Egg eyes - The state of your eyes first thing in the morning, espec. after a heavy night, ie protuding like eggs from a chicken's sore arse

15:28 / 15.04.02

Profane Prophet - An elder man.

To not remember if one has a floppy drive in hir computer - Withholding; To refrain from giving, granting, or permitting a good or service. As in:
"Bruno, can you lend me this book?"
"Dude, the case is... I don't remember if I have a floppy drive in my computer..."
"Well, then shove it, asshole!"

To be a "Holy", a "God", a "GodMaster Of The Universe" - To do something really cool and difficult; to perform an action of high value.

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17:19 / 15.04.02

Nude Patrol - an endeavour that is consuming all your current attention.

As in:

"Oh, Haus, could you parse this for me?"

"Not now, honey....I'm on Nude Patrol."

Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero

18:47 / 15.04.02

Try ending every command with "...before I stick my foot up your ass" or "...or, by god, you'll find my foot up your ass post-haste".

18:52 / 15.04.02

todd: indeed I can corroborate

that's a superb site by the way

19:35 / 15.04.02

Barrence - 1: the posh version of Barry; 2: a slack-jawed male oaf;

Oddly enough, in my universe, Barrold means the exact same thing. And IMHO, it's more euphonious.

20:29 / 15.04.02

Frummige: Anything sooo horribly bad its good but only for the fact that its sooo bad...like Space Truckers.
From the french "frommage" meaning cheese.

22:12 / 15.04.02

EYE SERVICE :
what I am doing right now - working only when the boss is around

00:58 / 16.04.02

In the bookstore I used to work at, we could turn the most mundane sentences fun with a simple "prison style."

"Oh, I'm going to show him a real good time... prison style!"

"Yeah, I found that book she wanted. I found it for her... prison style!"

"Sure, I wash your dog for you. I'm gonna wash your dog... prison style!"

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

08:27 / 16.04.02

To "visit Hattie's kitchen"- to go for a poo. This one's suddenly arisen liken a suddenly arisey thing at work in the last few days, and is based on the fact (or more probably, unpleasant urban myth) that before Hattie Jacques died, she'd lost it and was eating her own poo. Similarly, I'm trying to get some sort of Jane Seymour reference which will equate to going for a wee (what with her famously drinking her own piss and all.)

14:06 / 16.04.02

Todd (re: Barrence):

"Oddly enough, in my universe, Barrold means the exact same thing. And IMHO, it's more euphonious."

I like that, and you're right, it is more euphonious, but that's why I reckon Barrence is so right for what it describes. I think a Barrold, depending on how you said it, would be either too dignified or too miserable. A Barrence is less likely to invoke sympathy than a Barrold. A Barrold is a soggy trump on a tuba, whereas a Barrence is an aggressive, ugly parp on a bass sax.

18:59 / 16.04.02

Barrence - 1: the posh version of Barry; 2: a slack-jawed male oaf;

Oddly enough, in my universe, Barrold means the exact same thing. And IMHO, it's more euphonious.

Oddly enough, I referred to the whole 'Barry Auckland' guy as Barald Auckland a few times back in the 'running the cult' days. I thought it was a joke. Is Barry really short for Barald or Barrence?

20:05 / 16.04.02

NAFF

Usage: He's a bit naff
Meaning: Useless, pointless, of no worth.
Etimology: Originally a Polari acronym, used between gay men to describe a straight, but nevertheless desriable, straight man (the original acronym being Not Available For Fucking).

DAISIES

Usage: Did up my daisies
Meaning: Boots or shoes
Etimology: From the Cockney rhyming slang - daisy roots.

THIRD MAN

Useage: He was the third man.
Meaning: To go too far or the unlucky man.
Etimology: Derived from the practice of only lighting two cigarettes from the same match during the First World War. It was considered that the lighting of the first cigarette would alert an enemy sniper, the second would allow them the aim, and, as the match went to the third man, the sniper would fire.

00:10 / 17.04.02

Playing with a Sheepshead deck: Someone who's not all there. So called because the card game Sheepshead is played with only 32 cards.

Techthetic: Someone that's way too dependant upon gadgety technology. Example: "When I was in the bathroom there was a guy using his cellphone in the stall. Christ, how fuckin' techthetic!"

Spinnerrack: So called because they have lots of issues. Example: "Man, was that chick a total nutcase or what? Yeah, a total walking, talking spinnerrack!"

No star here laces

00:25 / 17.04.02

Bleat.

01:54 / 17.04.02

Pls explain to me in de-tears
Shed a tear from my eye
Not shed a tail from my eye(is it details or de-tears?)

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