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Questions about “Language of a highly colloquial type, considered as below the level of standard educated speech, and consisting either of new words or of current words employed in some special sense.” [OED: 𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈]
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Are the terms "welsh" or "welch" (as in reneging on a bet) derogatory toward the Welsh people?
Online Etymology Dictionary
Etymonline.com says of welch:
1857, racing slang, "to refuse or avoid payment of money laid as a bet," probably a disparaging use of the national name Welsh. …
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Do lexicographers have a formal term for Insta-cant
Neologisms may or may not fall out of use later, but its newness distinguishes it from "old-school slang". …
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What does "Sp 12" mean?
Here's the lyrics:
I got a ho named Reel-to-Reel
She got a buddy named SP 12, now you know the deal
We gets freaky in the studio late night
That's why the beats that you hear are coming real …
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Source of the term Munter (unattractive person)
Their first two quotations show it's originally UK student slang.
1999 A. Losowsky Let. 21 Apr. (O.E.D. Archive) , Words and phrases especially prevalent at Warwick [University]... …
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Where does "can't be arsed" come from?
As semi-vulgar slang, it will have been used in speech much before first appearing in a book. …
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Are you "Dinky Die"? And what does Dinky Die mean?
Wiktionary says it's an adjective meaning:
(Australian slang) Genuine, true.
(Australian slang, by extension) Authentically
Australian.
(Australian slang) Honest, on the level. … (Australian slang) True blue, steadfastly loyal.
And etymology:
Fanciful diminutive form of dinkum. …
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Why is "bombshell" used to describe attractive women?
The OED's first quotation for a bombshell describing a woman is 1942, but it was indeed the title of a 1933 film starring Jean Harlow. In fact, the film was later renamed to The Blonde Bombshell so it …
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Origin of "poindexter/pointdexter"
poindexter
“nerdy intellectual,” by 1986, U.S. teenager slang, from the character
Poindexter, introduced 1959 in the made-for-TV cartoon version of
“Felix the Cat.” …
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Origin of "hating on"
Trawling USENET, the earliest reference I found was a review posted from a website to rec.music.hip-hop 19th August 1996:
Jay-Z "Can't Knock the Hustle" (Roc-A-Fella)
O-D.U.B.: Man...and I …
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What is the origin of the slang term “book” meaning “leave” or “hurry”?
Two posters on Ask MetaFilter date it to the 1960s:
“Booking it” has been slang for running away (from trouble or a tight situation) for as long as I remember. … Dictionaries
The first citation in the Historical Dictionary of American Slang is from 1974:
Time to book this joint. …
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Etymology of "far out"
OED
The Oxford English Dictionary defines far out as:
Of jazz: of the latest or most progressive kind. More generally, avant-garde, far-fetched; excellent, splendid. orig. U.S.
Their first quot …
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Etymology of 'ends' or 'the ends' and other current British/London slang
The London slang ends probably came from Jamaican slang, where it seems to have been more generic or local. … by §håÐðw May 21, 2004
A similar meaning can be found in this Jamaican Slang Glossary:
Ends- A place. Mi a go pon one ends still.
(I am going to one place). …
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Why are pounds sterling called "knicker"?
The OED says it's origin is unknown, but suggests it could be originally horse racing slang and the first quotation from 1871 is in this context. …
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Where does "I'll go he" come from, and is there more to the phrase?
I'll go he is found in Australia from the 1910s.
I'll go hopping [to hell] is found in Australia from the 1920s.
I don't know for sure, but as both are found in the same country around the same ti …
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