my arse

Does this circuitous process of misinformation display the ‘liquid clearness of an Ionian sky’? My arse it does.

2015, Colin Burrow, “The Empty Bath”, in London Review of Books, volume 37, number 12:

Denise: Dad! Your fly hole's all undone.
Jim: Ah, the cage might be open, but the beast is asleep.
Barbara: Beast my arse.

1999 September 30, Caroline Aherne, Craig Cash, Carmel Morgan, The Royle Family, season 2, episode 1, spoken by Denise Royle, Jim Royle, and Barbara Royle (Caroline Aherne, Ricky Tomlinson, and Sue Johnston):

(slang, Commonwealth, vulgar) Indicates incredulous disapproval, contradiction or disbelief.

個屁

Indicates disapproval, disregard or disbelief


shana tova

From Hebrew שָׁנָה טוֹבָה (shaná tová, “Happy New Year”, literally “good year”).

bor

שָׁנָה טוֹבָה

(Judaism) Happy New Year; a common greeting on and around Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.


so there

Oh, yeah? Well, that's not physically possible for me to do! So there!

(idiomatic, childish) Used to express one's defiance.


blah blah blah

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Oh blah blah blah. Just be quiet!

A put-down to silence someone who would otherwise not stop talking.

I went to go out, but couldn't find my keys; blah blah blah, my toddler had hidden them in his snow boots.

A stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content.

blablabla

a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content


grow up

Dissimilated from Middle English upgrowen.

You're giggling because I said "butt"? Grow up, seriously.

Grow up! The Bible is nothing more than a astrotheological allegory for things like the Sun!

(imperative) Used to criticize childish behavior, especially that considered unreasonable for one's age.


hee

"Good evening, Kristen," said I; "what are you telling that creates such fun?" "Hee, hee, hee!" screamed the youngsters, with great glee depicted in their faces; "Kristen has told us about the smith and the devil, and then about the lad who got him into the nut, and now he says he's going to tell us about Peter Sannum, whose horse the fairies stopped on the Asmyr hill."

1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 251:

(onomatopoeia) An expression of laughter.

Hyde: (Leaps from desk. LADY BUGG runs behind the sofa. HYDE follows.) Hee, hee, hee! LADY BUGG: Help! Murder! Police!

1995, Tim Kelly, Dr. Jekyll.. Please Don't Hyde!, page 14:

Mona: Hee! Ha! Ho! Ha! The brain buffet is closed, buddy! Take that! And this!

1999, Mona the Vampire, "Attack of the Living Scarecrow" (season 1, episode 1a)

Listen! Fire Thunder sprang from the back of the dying pony to the back of a passing buffalo! Hee-hee! He landed facing the tail! He grabbed that tail and twisted it and made his buffalo go wherever he wanted to go. Hee-hee!

2003, Walter Wangerin, The Crying for a Vision, page 14:

(rare) Said accompanying a vigorous attack.


for fuck's sake

From for + fuck + -'s + sake, dysphemistically modeled after for Christ's sake. The word fuck is personified.

For fuck’s sake, mate! Stop shooting at me!

For fuck’s sake, shut Nicola up!

For fuck’s sake, who’s this tosh?

(idiomatic, colloquial, vulgar) An expression of anger or frustration.

да го еба

expressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance


crivvens

Borrowed from Scots crivvens. Attested in English from the early 20th century.

Jings, crivvens an' help ma boab!

(Scotland, chiefly Dundee) An exclamation of astonishment or horror.


my goodness

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My goodness, what a loud noise!

(US, Canada, minced oath) Used to express surprise, shock, or amazement.

mijn God

used to express surprise, shock, or amazement


dere

African-American Vernacular, New York City

Nonstandard spelling of there, reflecting any of a variety of accents with th-stopping.

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling


battle stations

(nautical) An alert aboard a warship, summoning the crew to man all weapons and all stations.

klart skib

order that prepares a battleship for combat


shalom aleichem

/ʃəˌlɒm əˈleɪxəm/

/ʃəˌlɒm əˈleɪkəm/

/ˌʃɔləm əˈleɪkəm/

From Hebrew שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם (shalóm 'aleikhém, “peace be upon you”). Doublet of salaam alaikum.

der

שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם

(Judaism) A greeting said on meeting someone, especially when the two people meeting have not met in some time.


lots of love

An informal formula to end a letter to relatives, close friends or romantic partners, etc.


banzai

From Japanese 万歳(ばんざい) (banzai, “long live..., huzzah, hurrah”), from Middle Chinese 萬歲 (mʉɐnᴴ siuᴇiᴴ), from Old Chinese 萬歲 (*mans s-qʷʰats, “10,000 years [of life]”, i.e. “immortality”), from 萬／万 (wàn, “10,000”) 歲／岁 (suì, “year (of age)”).
Compare Mandarin 萬歲／万岁 (wànsùi).

der

10,000 years 􂀿of life􂁀”, i.e. “immortality

zh-l

萬歲／万岁 (wànsùi)

A cry or cheer of enthusiasm, or to celebrate victory.


heave-ho

Heave ho! up they hoisted their prize, dripping with moisture, and festooned with verdant water-moss.

1837, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “A Bell's Biography”, in The Snow Image and Other Twice Told Tales:

An exclamation used when pulling, especially by sailors while pulling on a rope.


kthxbye

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From k + thx + bye, literally “OK thanks bye”.

af

Once they tell me that rubbish, it's, "Date's over, kthxbye."

2006, Karina, “But What Man Can Tame Her?”, in PC Gamer, volume 13, numbers 7-9 (letter to the editor):

“Your 15 minutes are up, Audrey. kthxbye.”

2008, Robin Benway, Audrey, Wait!, Razorbill (2008), →ISBN:

Much to the dismay of those who failed to acquire tickets quickly enough, the festival’s verified Twitter account cockily announced, “no we don’t have any passes left to release, kthxbye.”

2011 March 8, Will Hagle, “Festival sales could save the failing live music industry”, in Daily Trojan, University of Southern California:

(Internet slang) Used to express (as though facetiously polite) the dismissive or abrupt end of a conversation, statement, etc.


thanks a million

Shortening of "thank you a million times"

Smith taking leave gently on the grey porch. With a thanks a million. One is enough stranger. And stepping down three steps to the hard path underneath the three great trees at the fork of this road. Turning to look back. The shadow standing in the light of the hall, gun at port arms.

1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 186:

χίλια ευχαριστώ (chília efcharistó, literally “a thousand thanks”)


God Save the Queen

(UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand) An expression of one’s patriotism and hope for the long life of the monarch, especially in her presence.

(UK) A formal statement at the end of many proclamations issued by the UK's queen or in her name.

The King is dead! God save the Queen!

(UK) A formal declaration following the death of a reigning monarch when the next monarch is female.


va-va-voom

The first documented use of the phrase is on the April 21, 1949 episode of The Morey Amsterdam Show. Art Carney portrays "Newton the waiter" in a sketch and uses the phrase. He later recorded a song entitled "Va Va Va Voom" (1954). It was popularized a year later by car mechanic Nick in the Hollywood classic Kiss Me Deadly (1955), which helped the catchphrase to be remembered and reused many decades later in advertisements and pop songs.

(slang) Expressing that something is lively, sexy, passionate, or exciting.


hooah

Platoon Leader: Listen up, gentlemen - tomorrow's a rest and refit day, hooah?

Soldiers: Hooah!

(US, military) The official yell of the US Army.


poot

Americanism, probably onomatopoeic, or connected to poop. Compare toot.

"Oh, poot! I missed again," she complained with a pretty pout.

1994, Pamela Morsi, Runabout, Thorndike, M.E.: G. K. Hall & Co., →ISBN, page 37:

A mild expression of disgust or frustration.


maholla

Maholla, want to hit the beach?


chimo

From Inuktitut ᓴᐃᒧ (saimo, “goodbye; peace be with you”).


Selah

Biblical Hebrew סֶלָה (selāh); according to some scholars, from סָלָה (salah, “to hang”, implying “to weigh”, “to measure”).


boo-ya

1996, Jerry Maguire (film) -- Catch the ball!' BOO YA! Touchdown! I make miracles happen! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116695/quotes

1997, Jackie Brown (film) -- As Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) is sitting in the fitting room and sliding the bag filled with bath towels, books and money under the dressing room door to Melanie (Bridget Fonda), Jackie adds an extra wad of cash - a "cherry on top..." and exclaims, "Boo-ya!"

2002, Scooter and the Galactic Starship by Douglas R. Robinson -- "Boo-ya!" yelled Jay as he sank an outside shot from the edge of the lawn. "Nothing but net. Just wait till next week, I'm going to light it up for a whole bunch of points." http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0595256775&id=SPOpW7yl2mYC&pg=RA1-PA61&lpg=RA1-PA61&ots=kfPG221jK6&dq=%E2%80%9CBoo-ya!%E2%80%9D+yelled+Jay+as+he+sank+an+outside+shot+from+the+edge+of+the+lawn&sig=sbXCdg0BzUDXHRgwmZqW-FMXJV4

2002, Geoffrey Litwack 2002 Annual by Geoffrey Litwack -- [I should] try to get an American Express Stanwood card. That way I can get free upgrades. Boo-ya! Not to Iowa, though. Out of the country. http://books.google.co.uk/books?vid=ISBN0595267602&id=atecnHWvKDgC&pg=RA1-PA325&lpg=RA1-PA325&ots=eEar7HV0QD&dq=%22should+do:+try+to+get+an+American+Express+%22&sig=-q0I5INXVi4d6ySuRjBqhIvJNxQ

(slang) An exclamation of joy, excitement or triumph.


tatty bye

Phrase made popular by comedian Ken Dodd in the 1970s, but persisting in the language.


GIYF

Google is your friend
Google is your friend#English

(Internet slang, initialism, abbreviation, text messaging) Initialism of Google is your friend.


damn skippy

(mildly vulgar, slang) Expressing approval or excitement.

(mildly vulgar, slang) Expressing strong agreement.


my word

(idiomatic, Australia, New Zealand, UK, dated, US, Canada) An expression of surprise.

(idiomatic, Australia, New Zealand, UK, dated, US, Canada) Indeed.


Jesum Crow

Jesum Crow, why's the statie so upset? We're only drinking tonics out here.

(bowdlerization, euphemistic, US) Synonym of Jesus Christ (“exclamation of anger, surprise, etc.”)


P U

Possibly from Spanish fu, an interjection indicating disgust, or from French puer (“to stink”)

What is that awful smell? P U!

(euphemistic) An interjection in response to smelling an unpleasant scent.


yabba dabba doo

/ˈjæbə ˈdæbə ˈduː/

Catchphrase of the animated character Fred Flintstone, of onomatopoeic origin.

Yabba dabba doo! I'm off work!

An expression of happiness or excitement.


skoal

From Danish/Norwegian/Swedish skål, which is used when making a toast and also means "bowl".

A toast when drinking, roughly equivalent to cheers.


sucre bleu

Literally "blue sugar"; a jocular corruption of the French sacrebleu (“good heavens”).

2/17/1977, Robert J. Tobin, Time Magazine-Letters to the Editor https://archive.today/20130630104459/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,914748-3,00.html
Sucre bleu! Louis Bechereau will be sure to wreak his Gallic spleen in that Great Aerodrome in the Sky…

2006, Unknown, University of Minnesota Morris-The Weight https://web.archive.org/web/20070613165602/http://www.mrs.umn.edu/register/archives/v18/URegV18AFE.pdf
Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin raced down to the door and gasped at what stood before him. "Sucre bleu!" he screamed

2003, Bob Weisgerber, Golf Today Magazine http://www.golftodaymagazine.com/pdf/2003/Nov03%20web.pdf
Sucre Bleu! my coffee’s got no sweetener dammit!

(colloquial, humorous) Expressing anger or surprise.


honest injun

honest + injun, a dialectal or eye dialectal spelling of Indian.

(US, dated, offensive) A phrase used to emphasize the truth of something.


fuckaduck

Formed from fuck by way of rhyming reduplication.

“Fuckaduck!” she gasped, “That was a bit bloody scary!”

2003, Patricia Bensky, A Lizard in the Sun: Three Years of Zero Budget Travels:


Lord love a duck

Variant of earlier (18th century) Lord love you, God love us, etc. used as exclamation of exasperation or surprise. The significance of the duck is unknown. Attested from the late 19th century.

"Lord love a duck!" he observed in a dazed voice — "What's this?"

Gypsy Rose passed me a tuna on rye. "Lord love a duck, I hope she's not Carita Magenta's ghost.

2000, Noreen Wald, Death Never Takes a Holiday:

Green's Dictionary of Slang
Michael Quinion


arrivederci

/əˌɹiːvəˈdɛətʃi/

From Italian arrivederci (“goodbye”), from a (“to”) with rivederci (“to see each other again”), from the infinitive rivedersi (“to see each other again, to meet again”), from ri- (“re-”) with the infinitive vedersi (“to see each other”), from vedere (“to see”) with the variable pronoun si (“oneself; one another”).

(in the context of Italy or Italian culture) farewell, goodbye, see you later (non-definitive farewell)

αριβεντέρτσι

Italian farewell (transliterations only)


tiddly

Alternative form of diddly (a trill sound)


dog my cats

Why, dog my cats, they must a ben a house-full o' niggers in there every night for four weeks to a done all that work, Sister Phelps.

1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC:

"I began to feel sorry for Hubby, dog my cats if I didn't."

Buffalo Bill Cody: "Dog my cats" — Preston Sturgis, "Annie Oakley", 1935

Salesman: "Well, dog my cats!" — Moroni Olsen, "Christmas in July", 1940

Joe Ross: "Dog my cats indeed" — David Mamet, "The Spanish Prisoner", 1997

Marshall Eriksen: "Well, dog my cats..." — Jason Segel, "How I Met Your Mother", 2010

(idiomatic) Used as a mild oath, or as an expression of astonishment


bullocks

“Oh, bullocks!” she exclaimed. “Well, no real harm done. I remember the numbers.”

2001, Sanford H. Margalith, edited by Gail M. Hayden, Captains, Jona Books, →ISBN, page 122:

It looks as thoguh you’re in store for a live threed Chairman Olin, I should wan you that the following presentation has been deemed doublepluscrimethink by our Supreme Revolutionary Oceanic Ministry of Truth, and possession of this material in any form is...oh, bullocks, I gave myself away...

2003, Paul Lucian, Nineteeneightyfive; an Unnovel, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 191:

“Oh bullocks!” he shook his head in disgust. “You haven't heard a word I said!”

2008, Valjeanne JEffers, editor, Immortal, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 42:

(slang, euphemistic) Expression of frustration.


God damn

"Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn't think-a lettin' us young'uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber's what she called it... And by God! Us young'uns had ter call the pee pot a chamber or git our God damn necks wrang."

1946, Elizabeth Metzger Howard, Before the Sun Goes Down, page 31:


no idea

Indicates that the speaker is completely ambivalent about something.

不知道

indicates complete ambivalence about something


en garde

(fencing) Used to warn one's opponent to take a defensive position prior to a fight.


ooh la la

French oh là là / ouh là là, an exclamation of surprise, concern, or dismay. The French exclamation lacks the connotations of the English, either of snobbery or raciness; these emerged in English owing to stereotypes about the French.

Oh, they were serving croque-monsieurs, now were they? Ooh la la.

A rejoinder indicating that the speaker asserts (either reproachfully or jocularly) that the interlocutor (or someone else that they are discussing) is putting on airs; often when the interlocutor has used a big word, especially a loanword that English got from French.

Ooh la la, monsieur, you do have big muscles after all.

Well, what are we gonna tell your mama? / What are we gonna tell your pa? / What are we gonna tell our friends / When they say, "Ooh la la!"

1957, Felice and Boudleaux Bryant (lyrics and music), “Wake Up Little Susie”, performed by The Everly Brothers:

An exclamation of surprise, sometimes with strong sexual connotations.


my ass

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She'll use my money to buy a new car, my ass!

You're his brother, my ass! You look nothing alike.

And then I found out. "Single" he told me? Single, my ass! Not only was he married, oh, no, he had six wives!

1975, “Cell Block Tango”, in Fred Ebb (lyrics), John Kander (music), Chicago:

(slang, vulgar) Indicates disapproval, disagreement, or disbelief, often with a tone of disregard, disdain, or disgust, referring to the buttocks.


(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of got to go.

(Internet slang) Initialism of good to go.

(Internet slang) Abbreviation of get together.


for shame

Using that kind of language in mixed company, Mike? For shame!


coppish

Simple, I live here so I was nominated. Coppish?

2001, Lil Cromer, Allen R. Pedrick, chapter 3, in Terminal Greed, Lincoln, Neb.: Writers Club Press, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 33:

"After that we'll see." Jake reached out and clasped Walter's shoulder. "Coppish?" Walter smiled broadly. "Coppish, Mr. Serranto."

2006, Michael Beres, chapter 21, in The President’s Nemesis, Palm Beach, Fla.: Medallion Press, →ISBN, page 174:


O RLY

Internet abbreviation of oh really? First appeared around 2003 on the website Something Awful.

Excessive use of Internet-speak, 1337-speak or chat fads (such as the "O RLY?" "YA RLY"! exchange) are banned. While these are acceptable in small doses, too much use is spamming and just plain annoying.

2003 May 9, Lu Hong, “The Big, Bad, Rules of #simrtk”, in Simulated RTK, archived from the original on 2007-08-13:

Comment by O RLY YA RLY — June 22, 2003 @ 15:10

2003 June 20, O RLY YA RLY, “WHY IS THERE NO GOOD PORN?”, in how to save the world, retrieved 2013-09-12:

(Internet slang) Expressing interest, usually with implied sarcasm or disdain.


booyah

Let's go storm that hill. Booyah!

The party on Saturday night is going to be awesome. Booyah!

Mission accomplished. Booyah!

(colloquial) Expressing satisfaction or accomplishment.


salutations

The interjection is an application of the noun.

Greetings and salutations. You a Heather?

1989, Daniel Waters, 11:50 from the start, in Michael Lehmann, director, Heathers, spoken by Jason Dean (Christian Slater):


halloa

Halloa! what's this?

"Halloa! Below there!" When he heard a voice thus calling to him, he was standing at the door of his box, with a flag in his hand, furled round its short pole.

"Halloa! Stop there!" he shouted, holding his bicycle to block our road.

1903 December 26, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC:

A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention to something or to incite; a shout.


hotcha

Hotcha! Here comes a serving of beer.

La Mezcla, Armijo High School, Fairfield, Calif., June 1933, p. 17

Did you ever see her in a bathing suit? Hotcha!

John O'Hara, Appointment in Samarra, Harcourt Brace & Co., 1935, p. 21

(US, slang, dated) An exclamation of excitement, delight or high approval.


showtime

A declaration that something is about to happen, particularly that the person speaking is about to act.


yadda

In fact, the academic said, crime trends are influenced far more by demographics and social forces and yadda, yadda, yadda than by police work.

2006, Andrew Karmen, New York Murder Mystery: The True Story Behind the Crime […] :

The planners held all the requisite public hearings, public discussions, public meetings, public forums, yadda public-this and yadda public-that.

2002 June 2, Craig Medred, “Trails committee goes a little wild”, in Anchorage Daily News, page G1:

Used three times in a row, or in combination with other words, to indicate part of a sentence which would be annoying to include, or which is incomprehensible, or which is just unimportant.


dang it

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(chiefly US, informal, minced oath) An expression used to show displeasure. A less emphatic, less profane version of dammit.


get bent

Coordinate term: get real

(idiomatic, slang) Used to dismiss a person or what they are saying, and end the conversation.


kia ora

(New Zealand, informal) Used as a greeting.

(New Zealand) Expressing good will or gratitude.


pfft

1965 Peter De Vries — Let Me Count the Ways
You'd never forgive yourself — and then you'd never forgive me, and then pfft, the end of a fine friendship.

Used to signify a sudden ending or disappearance.

Used to signify sarcasm or disagreement.

(onomatopoeia) Used to signify a puffing sound.


great Scott

Uncertain or disputed. May come from Gen. Winfield Scott of the American Civil War, who weighed about 300 pounds and was referred to by his troops as "Great Scott". Alternately, perhaps a corruption of German grüß Gott! (“Good day!, Hello!”, literally “May God greet (thee)!”), or a euphemism for great Satan or good God.

bor

“It's all clear,” he whispered. “Have you the chisel and the bags? Great Scott! Jump, Archie, jump, and I'll swing for it!”
Sherlock Holmes had sprung out and seized the intruder by the collar. The other dived down the hole, and I heard the sound of rending cloth as Jones clutched at his skirts.

1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Red-Headed League:

"Great Scott!" said Mr. Jamieson. "I didn't think things were as serious as that."

1943, H. Lorna Bingham, The Lost Tribe, Sydney: Winn and Co., page 15, column 1:

(dated) An exclamation of surprise or amazement

Great Scott
Green's Dictionary of Slang
Winfield Scott


mahogany gaspipe

A nonsense phrase, to describe what the Irish language sounds like to Anglophones.

It is completely false to suggest that Irish was ever the natural or the native language of this city of Dublin, or of any of our other cities. I always think that Dubliners' attitude to the Irish language is summed up in four words: “Tá sé mahogany gas-pipe”.

1962 June 5, Patrick Byrne, “Committee on Finance. - Vóta 30-Oifig an Aire Oideachais (Atógáil).”, in Dáil Éireann debates, Vol. 195 No. 14 c. 2013:

"Thaw shay mahogany gas-pipes" is a venerable native witticism. It is the facetious Gaelic sally of a person without Gaelic. Suitably mouthed, it sounds frightfully Irish. Leaguers resent it as a sneer.

1967 October 30, Myles na gCopaleen, “Language Please”, in The Irish Times, page 10:

"Buy Irish" is a strongly ritualistic tradition ever since the infancy of the Gaelic League whin all Irish islanders wore Irish tweed and according to Myles na Gopaleen had only to say "Mahogany Gas Pipes" at a ceili to be immediately accepted as native Irish speakers.

1977 July 30, Donal Foley, “The Saturday Column; Buy Irish”, in The Irish Times, page 12:

I've no idea what they're going on about - it's all mahogany gaspipe to me - but next thing Brendan tips me the nod and a wink and gives me to understand that the job is oxo.

1993, Colbert Kearney, The Consequence, Blackstaff Press, →ISBN, page 277:

The original ‘Italian’ reads ‘Raphèl maí amèche zabí almi’, which Carson renders as ‘Yin twa maghogani gazpaighp boke!’, blending Ulster-Scots and ‘mahogany gaspipe’, the non-Irish-speaker's proverbial idea of what the language sounds like.

2014, Sinéad Sturgeon, Essays on James Clarence Mangan: The Man in the Cloak, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 47:

(slang, Ireland, dated) a representation of how the Irish language sounds to a non-speaker; gobbledegook.


no shit, Sherlock

A reference to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, pretending that the interlocutor has just made a great deduction.

"No shit, Sherlock. Take another look, see how they come to be bent."

1976, Emmett Grogan, Final Score, page 264:

My copilot uttered, "I think we are headed for the bridge." No shit, Sherlock.

2006, Barry Morgan, Never Tell Them You're Dying, page 127:

I also find it a little bizarre that, in 2019, we are still seeing reports with names like “Rise of the SHEconomy” which point out that investing in female-focussed brands is probably a good idea. No SHEeet Sherlock!

2019 August 31, Arwa Mahdawi, “All the single ladies have been an economic force for a long time – marketers are just noticing”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

The latest line of heat records has been met with a response that climate scientists have made many times before. They say to stop records from tumbling the world needs to stop burning coal, oil, and natural gas. "It's a, 'No shit Sherlock,' moment," Dr Perkins Kirkpatrick said.

2024 June 5, Tyne Logan, Tom Saunders, “As 12 months of record heat stack up, scientists unpack the impacts around the globe”, in ABC News (Australia):

(vulgar, colloquial, sarcastic, somewhat derogatory) A riposte to someone who has just said something obvious.


I'll drink to that

I agree with that; I support that opinion.


schwing

The term is an onomatopoeia of the sound a sword makes when drawn from a metal scabbard. Popularized by the Wayne's World sketch on the television show Saturday Night Live.

What a babe! Schwing!

(slang, US) An exclamation of excitement or physical attraction.


nosh

(slang, Australia, sarcastic) An ironic response to a statement of the obvious.


hear, hear

From 1689. Imperative, used as an exclamation to call attention to a speaker; now a general cry of approbation. Originally "hear him".

Hearty congratulations are in order to Selma for her successful completion of the curriculum. / Hear, hear!

(often after a toast) Let us hear and applaud the previous speaker; I endorse the previous statement; expression of support, agreement, or enthusiasm for what has just been said.


lumme

From Lor' lumme, a corruption of Lord love me. Compare gimme.

In a spasm of uncontrollable excitement James sucked his teeth. "Lumme, it wouldn't 'alf go on the movies, would it?" he remarked. "Better than them Red Indians and things."

1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 2, in Bulldog Drummond:


Qapla'

/q͡χɑpʰˈlɑʔ/

success (n) Qapla'

1985, Marc Okrand, The Klingon Dictionary, Pocket Books, →ISBN, pages 103, 155:

It is hoped that this report . . . will help lead to the reconciliation of the two governments. Qapla'.

1996, Marc Okrand, The Klingon Way: A Warrior's Guide, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page x:

Maltz, we are honored to still be your students. Qapla'.

1997, Marc Okrand, Klingon for the Galactic Traveler, Pocket Books,, →ISBN, page 5:

Qapla!

2000, Brian Proffitt, Add Red Hat Linux 7 to your Windows desktop in a weekend, Prima Tech,, →ISBN, page 133:

Tina shrugged her shoulders, nodding helplessly. She was beat. “Qapla!” she said, grinning back at Leigh. / “Success!” Leigh laughed, translating the word from the alien Klingon language[…]

2000, Jacqueline Guest, Rookie Season, James Lorimer & Company,, →ISBN, page 5:

“Well, in that case, good luck and—er—Qapla'.”

2003, L. A. Graf et al., Day Of Honor: The bestselling Klingon™ saga—complete in one volume!:

Thank you for all the years of patiently being there, especially on those dark and stormy nights when things detonated unexpectedly and I needed rescuing yet again. Qapla'!

2004, Jacqueline Guest, Racing Fear, James Lorimer & Company, 5

2004, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Pam Brady, Team America: World Police, Paramount Pictures
Sean Penn: Qapla’!

Go forth and hack, Qapla!

2005 October 19-21, Andrew Chalmers, “Hurd is where I hide.”, AUUGN 2005: Conference Proceedings, Sydney, page 145

Unable to resist a sudden temptation, he threw out his arm in a Klingon salute. / “Qapla’!” / He vanished into the photo on his phone.

2009, Greg Cox, The 4400: Welcome to Promise City, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 187:

A phrase said to wish fortune on someone, particularly fortune in some form of honourable battle.


hillo

But, hillo! here comes another questioner for you, my poor quest.

1890, William Morris, News from Nowhere, in the journal The Commonweal. (First published in book form 1890.)

Why, hillo! Look here, now; this ain’t lucky! You’ve gone and cut this out of a Bible.

1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:


kapwing

(rare) The sound of something, such as a bullet, ricocheting violently off something else.


thanks for nothing

I brought another pencil for you, but I accidentally broke it. - Thanks for nothing; now I'll have to find yet another one.

(idiomatic, ironic) Expression of displeasure towards a person who has not provided what was wanted.


bwahaha

Bwahaha, they guffaw as they crush overheads into the corners with the same disdain they display when the clown ahead of them at the airport car-rental counter rents a Hyundai.

2002, Dave Whitehead, The Tennis Junkie's Guide (to Serious Humor), page 41:

“Bwa-ha-ha-ha,” came the unholy mirth from the cold white mask.

2005, Ron Fortier, Brother Grim, page 142:

written with spaces between the syllables

more additional instances of ha to the end

or by adding additional instances of the letter a in any syllable

(onomatopoeia, slang) Literary device used to express a fit of overwhelming or uncontrollable laughter, most frequently with a sinister connotation, see: evil laugh.


that does it

That does it! I'm not waiting here any longer. I'll come back tomorrow instead.

(idiomatic) Used to express annoyance or frustration or announce that one has reached the limit of one's patience or temper.

ja basta

used to express annoyance or frustration

(idiomatic) Used to announce or assert completion of a task.


feh

Directly imported from Yiddish פֿע (fe).

Kvola made a face. "It’s worse than an outhouse." She covered her nose. "Uh!" "It is" "Feh!" We all agreed and covered our noses. But Ma wasn't interested in our complaints.
...
It smelled like rotten food, stinking bodies, and stale air. Feh!

2005, Linda Glaser, Bridge to America: Based on a True Story, page 116:

"A gangster. Feh! Disgusting” she said roughly grabbing Marty by the arm. "We go across the street."

2000, Sidney Weissman, East Side Stories: Tales of Jewish Life in the Lower East Side of New York in the 1930’s, page 100:

"Look at it, how its pale skin blotches — and that evil-smelling thatch on top. Feh! The smell!

1980, Barry B. Longyear, Enemy Mine, page 81:


nice one

(colloquial, Commonwealth) An exclamation of praise or encouragement.


hip hip hooray

Recorded as far back as 1803. The word hip was in use then as a meaningless syllable to get someone's attention. Hooray (or hurrah) goes back to 1686, and also had no specific meaning, used instead to get a person's attention.
A folk etymology for this interjection suggests it comes from the anti-Semitic 1819 German Hep-Hep riots, however many examples of "Hip Hip" exist in English prior to 1819, for example:
*
1813, Edmond Temple, The Life of Pill Garlick, London, page 243:
The first toast “Success to Pill Garlick lick and his saucy crew,” was drank with nine times nine, hip! hip! hip! and a hoorra! The tumult was excessive.

quote-book

The Life of Pill Garlick

An exclamation of congratulations or celebration, especially in response to a call for "three cheers for" the person. Often the person calling for the cheers will yell "Hip! Hip!", the crowd replying "Hooray!"


good for someone

You got married? Good for you!

The president doesn’t dodge “what if” questions. Good for him!

An exclamation of encouragement or congratulation to a person.

hyvä juttu

an exclamation of encouragement or congratulation

He has a diploma from Harvard? Good for him: he's still not qualified for this job.

Sarcastically belittling a person for an unimportant achievement.


come hither

(regional) Used to direct a horse to move to the left.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, hither.


goddam

“[…] This sand,” he said vaguely; then he said it again, viciously, “this sand. This goddam sand. Its like a goddam fuckin desert.”

1951, James Jones, From Here to Eternity, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 742:

‘No, Paul, not now and not in this goddam car!’

2021, Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun, Faber & Faber Limited, page 273:

(uncommon) Alternative spelling of goddamn


make way

(nautical) an instruction to get out of the way of someone else, usually because they are carrying something and need a clear pathway. Compare with gangway.


uffda

Uff da! (UF dah): Norwegian expression used to indicate dismay or concern. Roughly equivalent to "Good grief!"

2004, C. L. G. Martin, Uff Da!, Tricycle Press, →ISBN, page 2:


chu

From the Japanese ちゅっ (chu', onomatopoeia).

By the way, isn't it interesting that the Japanese hear the sound "chu" when someone kisses? In the US, we usually say, "smooch," "smack," "smerp," or even "swock." Now, everytime^([sic]) I kiss my husband, I'm listening to hear if it sounds like "chu."

1996 August 12, Kathleen Webb, “Re: Zoicite a guy!!!”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet):

>Eldrick Tobin - Kiss worthiness of sig pending.
<chu!>
Seems fine to me. ^_^

2000 August 4, Fish Eye no Miko [username], “Re: [POLL] Which anime characters could be Ohtori students?”, in alt.fan.utena (Usenet):

movie Akio: [shoots a kiss to himself] Chu! ^.~

2000 August 19, Verthandi, “Re: [META] Ohha! Gally desu!”, in alt.fan.utena (Usenet):

(anime and manga fandom slang) The sound of a kiss.


caramba

Borrowed from Spanish caramba, a euphemism for the real expletive carajo.

(non-vulgar) Exclamation of surprise or dismay.; golly!


itshay

Unfortunately I typed the key sequence to put all my scrolls IN my BoH. I went through this too fast, didn't catch it, and because I didn't have any scrolls in my inventory, the game starts putting everything I own into the BoH. When it hits the wand of cancellation... BOOM! *itshay itshay itshay!!!* Say goodbye to 3 magic markers, gems galore, spellbooks, 15 potions of holy water, 15 scrolls of enchant stuff and identify, another 10 blank scrolls destined to be enchant armor. *WAH!*

1996, Greg Rogers, “Help! My Bag of Holding keeps exploding on me! *Damn*”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet):

Itshay, dude, I thought you were over her.

2003 August 25, Patrick Null, “(story)Eamdray Irlgay-1959 wrds-Inspired by Andrea”, in alt.fiction.original (Usenet):

Wake up Saturday morning, and look at a map. The gig's halfway down to Brighton. Itshay. But I've given my word, so I leave early, make the gig, they love me.

2005 March 1, Max Leggett, “Re: TURN $6.00 INTO $60,000...READ THIS TO FIND OUT HOW!!!”, in rec.music.makers.guitar.jazz (Usenet):

(euphemistic, vulgar, slang) Alternative form of shit


your mother

In order to keep the teacher from knowing what we were doing, we just cleared our throats and that meant “your mother" (yo momma) .

1991, Evelyn Baker Dandy, Black Communications: Breaking Down the Barriers, page 87:


queep

In flight they often made a close flock calling, queep, queep, queep, queep, queep, . . .

1918, Joseph Grinnell, Harold Child Bryant, Tracy Irwin Storer, The game birds of California:

They followed her at a rapid tiny waddle, crying queep-queep-queep.

1929, Henry Williamson, The Pathway, Volume 4:

The sound a bird may make, similar to peep, chirp, cheep.

The sound a machine may make, similar to beep. See pocketa-queep.


sook

Probably from suck. Compare sukey (attested 1838), Sucky (1844), Suke (1850); sook from 1906.

Mother actually turned her back on that sheep and began dabbling her hand in the milk, saying, “Sook, calfy, sook, calfy!” seductively while the calf gave her the evil eue and walked backward.

1919, Strickland Gillilan, A Sample Case of Humor, page 47:

Sook calf, sook calf, sook calfie,
Sook calf, sook calf! […]

1947, John Avery Lomax, Adventures of a Ballad Hunter, page 265, “You get outside the cowlot gate and start calling like this

(Newfoundland) A call for cattle or sheep.


lookit

Nonstandard reanalysis of look at (that).

Ah lookit deputy, with all due respect to you, if you come in here and act like an ass that's exactly the label that you'll gain

2010 May 20, Miriam Lord, quoting Dick Roche, “As asses roar it's business as usual in the chamber”, in The Irish Times:

Lookit! I'm old enough now, I'll wear what I want!

2010 September 14, Rosemary MacCabe, “MTV VMAs mark two: the young guns”, in The Irish Times, archived from the original on 2015-06-13:

Paddy said yesterday morning: "Lookit he didn't murder anybody. He is not a bad lad."

2014 March 24, Paul Williams, Fionnan Sheahan, Sam Griffin, “Mum tells gardai how drunk TD sent lewd message to schoolgirl”, in Irish Independent:

(colloquial, informal, Canada, US, Ireland) look, listen; see here, pay attention; the thing is, to be honest

He went right on cackling, "Lookit lookit lookit. Oh Jesus, lookit. Lookit lookit." The blast had shattered all the windows, and flames were shooting out of all of them.

2010, Anel Viz, Fairies in the Bottom of the Garden, page 18:

(colloquial, informal, Canada, US) behold!; look at that; look here or there; look!


splutter

I vvill ſhevv him that I vvas not bred at Oxford for nothing.—Splutter! I vvill ſhevv him my head is good for ſomething elſe beſides preaching.

1731 (date written), Scriblerus Secundus [pseudonym; Henry Fielding], “The Grub-Street Opera. […]”, in The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq; […], volume II, London: […] John Bell, […], published 1775, →OCLC, Act III, scene xiii, page 240:

Here he vvas interrupted vvith, "Splutter and oons! you louſy tog, vvho do you call my maſter?[…]."

1748, [Tobias Smollett], “The Behaviour of Mr. Morgan— […]”, in The Adventures of Roderick Random. […], volume I, London: […] [William Strahan] for J[ohn] Osborn […], →OCLC, pages 229–230:

(minced oath, obsolete) A minced oath expressing anger or wonder, usually attributed to Welsh people: 'sblood.


creepers

"Oh, creepers, Mom, that's part of getting to know the gang," Bain said. "Why they used to call Bill 'Cheese,' and he didn't let it bother him."

1961, Presbyterian Life, volume 14, page 43:

An expression of surprise, fear, or excitement


gm

Alternative form: GM

(text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of good morning.


voetsek

From Afrikaans voertsek, voortsek, short form(s) of voort sê ek (“go on I say”).

One house owner was upset when he realised the potential buyer was a black man and hurled insults at him. "He called me a kaffir and other insulting names," Arthur says with a laugh. "As we left he screamed at us to 'voetsek'. I thought it was funny enough to make a good song."

1996, Drum: A Magazine of Africa for Africa, page 17:

At that moment, I heard a cry from behind the tightening ring. “Hey! Voetsek you skelems!” The young ruffians parted to reveal the old Zulu man.

2013, Radmer Lenasch, Paper Samurai, page 149:

(South Africa) get lost! go away! An exclamation of dismissal or rejection.


hubba hubba

/ˈhʌbə ˈhʌbə/

1947, My Favorite Brunette (film), around 23 min 20 sec
- Map? Yeah, she even gave me one to hold for her. Mysterious map, missing uncle... pretty corny. You know, there was something about the way she looked that made me suspicious, but the way she looked, I didn't care.
- But you kept the map?
- Oh, sure. Why not? She may not have it up here, but... hubba hubba.

[Judy] Grahn and [Marilyn] Monroe are allies, as they literally destroy and prevent smirking men from reducing women to hubba hubba hubba, some like it hot, "brainless cinderellas."

1979 April 28, Pat M. Kuras, “Uncommon Poetry”, in Gay Community News, page 12:

(emphatic, somewhat dated or ironic) An expression of appreciation or approval with a strong (positive) sexual connotation.


pah

Imitative of spitting out something disgusting.

Fie! fie! fie! pah! pah! Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagination.

c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vi]:

She was rarely suffered out of their sight; never went beyond the domains of the castle, unless well attended, or, rather, well watched; had continual lectures read to her about strict decorum and implicit obedience; and, as to the men—pah! she was taught to hold them at such distance and distrust that, unless properly authorized, she would not have cast a glance upon the handsomest cavalier in the world—no, not if he were even dying at her feet.

1819, Washington Irving, The Spectre Bridegroom:

Used to express distaste, disgust or outrage.


simples

See simple. As an interjection, “Simples!”, a humorous alteration of “Simple!”, was popularised as the broken-English catchphrase of a meerkat character in an advertising campaign for price comparison website comparethemarket.com.

There is no potential for takeover of the state of Pakistan by a rag-tag bunch of trumped-up nobodies with battered guns, and therefore no threat to the west. simples!

2009 April 14, jamie powell, “Re: Satellite dish acquires wrong 'bird'”, in uk.tech.digital-tv (Usenet):

So you claim. So, put whatcha got on the table, or STFU. ¶ Simples.

2010 March 25, Mike Jones, "Re: And Jeremiah The Prophet Said:", in alt.talk.creationism and other newsgroups, Usenet

Look, the vast majority of F1 viewers don't have HD TV. There for the numbers don't add up. When they do, you will have your HD TV. Simples.

2010 August 10, AC, “Re: HD coverage of the Nascar Race and Indy car races makes the F1 coverage look like Crap”, in rec.autos.sport.f1 (Usenet):

Controversial plans to replace appointed peers with elected senators, longed for by the Lib Dems, were seemingly given a new berth among the leftovers of Sam Cam's veg box. Simples!

2013 August 4, Matthew Bell, “It's a very good 17 days to bury bad news”, in The Independent, London:

Most things will go through on the nod. Simples. Everything will be fixed by Christmas.

2016 July 4, John Crace, “Up really is down on Mummy Leadsom's amazing journey”, in The Guardian, London:

Finally, the right hon. Gentleman talked about uncertainty: the uncertainty of not having the arrangements in place. If he wants to end uncertainty and if he wants to deal with the issues he raised in his response to my statement, then he should vote for a deal—simples.

2019 February 26, Theresa May, “Leaving the European Union”, in parliamentary debates (House of Commons), column 173:

So, here's a bit of advice that I am sure she will not take: simply redeploy the lot of them, merge Network Rail with the train operators, call it British Railways, give it a set budget, and then let Andrew Haines and his colleagues get on with it. Simples.

2022 September 21, Christian Wolmar, “Trevelyan must 'give a damn' and engage with the railway”, in RAIL, number 966, page 45:

(UK, slang, humorous) Indicating that something is easy to do or to understand.


dy-no-mite

From dynamite; made popular by actor and comedian Jimmie Walker in his role as J. J. Evans in the American situation comedy Good Times in the 1970s.


fo shizzle my nizzle

From fo shizzle + my + nizzle, rhyming variation of nigga, with the rhyming particle -izzle.

(slang, hip-hop) More emphatic and familiar form of fo shizzle; “For sure, my friend”, used to stress the following sentence.


dominus vobiscum

From Latin dominus vōbīscum ‘the lord be with you’, apparently taken from the Bible (e.g. Ruth 2:4 ‘And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee’).

(Roman Catholicism) A devout salutation often used as a prelude to certain set prayers; the traditional response is Et cum spīritū tuō.


coming through

Used to order someone to give clear passage.

nước sôi

used to order someone to give clear passage


correctomundo

(slang) Alternative spelling of correctamundo


correctamundo

From correct + -amundo as an intensifier. Popularized by the character Fonzie on the sitcom Happy Days.

"I'm assuming today is still Saturday." "Correctamundo."

1993, William Bernhardt, The Code of Buddyhood, Ballantine, →ISBN, →OL, page 119:

"Correctamundo," Ben confirmed.

1998, Michael Jan Friedman, Fantastic Four: Redemption of the Silver Surfer, →ISBN, →OL, page 182:


haway

Compare the older hadaway, which could be a distorted form of "hold away", "that away" or "get away". The word "haway" may be from have way. Compare the similar give way.

(Wearside) Alternative spelling of howay


perdie

For if the King like not the comedy
Why then belike he likes it not, perdie.

c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:


pho

'She is come!' said the old gentleman, laying his hand upon his heart. 'Cormoran and Blunderbore! She is come! All the wealth I have is hers if she will take me for her slave. Where are grace, beauty, and blandishments, like those? In the Empress of Madagascar? No. In the Queen of Diamonds? No. In Mrs Rowland, who every morning bathes in Kalydor for nothing? No. Melt all these down into one, with the three Graces, the nine Muses, and fourteen biscuit-bakers' daughters from Oxford Street, and make a woman half as lovely. Pho! I defy you.'

1838, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby:

(archaic) Expressing dismissive contempt.


yoicks

A hunting cry used to urge hounds after a fox or other quarry.


chur

"Chur," Sir Howard [Morrison] hooted. "Chur doy, chur", which, translated, means something along the lines of: "Well done, mate".

2009 September 24, Julie Jacobson (interviewer), “Sir Howard Morrison Interview”, in The Dominion Post (reproduced on Stuff.co.nz), Wellington, archived from the original on 2013-12-11:

K[evin] L[ambert]: Got 2 mates; dum as fuk; do nethin 4 me; can drive truks; fly planes, got kidz 2. / T[uhoe] L[ambert]: Cher cuz. Da dumber da better.

[2012 March 24, “A Nation Divided: Inside the Urewera Four Trial”, in The New Zealand Herald, Auckland, archived from the original on 2017-10-18:

Meanwhile, on the crap-to-chur scale, Tron [i.e., Hamilton, New Zealand] weather is explained without any need for isobars or weather systems – who knew rain and snow down south was so simple?

[2015 September 9, Max Christoffersen, “We Like Waikato Civil Defence’s Stick Girl Tracey”, in Stuff.co.nz:

Does Mr [Peter] Thiel (chur, bro, by the way!) gain citizenship because the minister judged it “in the public interest because of exceptional circumstances of a humanitarian or other nature relating to the applicant”?

2017 January 25, Toby Manhire, “New Zealand Citizen Peter Thiel – 5 Awkward Questions and 10 Peculiar Facts”, in The Spinoff, archived from the original on 2017-04-10:

[Stan] Walker's closing address is probably closer to the show's reality: "More whānau … chur!"

2017 November 8, Calum Henderson, “Jacinda Ardern and Stan Walker trace their heritage”, in The New Zealand Herald, Auckland, archived from the original on 2018-01-30:

If someone’s made me some food, and it tastes really nice, when someone puts it in front of me, I’d say ‘Oh chur’. […] You always say it with a smile on your face. Every time you hear it, it pretty much gives you a smile, so, chur.

2018 October 18, “KJ Apa Explains ‘Chur’, ‘Yarn’ and ‘Bugger All’ in New Video”, in Stuff.co.nz, archived from the original on 2018-11-04:

A strong voicing of agreement, approval, or thanks: awesome!, cheers!, ta!, thanks!.

Never a dull moment much love to you axe as well. Chur my cuz. [On hearing of the death of Norm Berryman.]

2015 June 23, Brendon Egan, quoting Slade McFarland, “Norman Berryman Emotional Tribute by John Akurangi”, in Stuff.co.nz:

A parting salutation: bye, see you later.


muss-be

(slang) "must be"; A response in the affirmative, by people such as disgruntled workers, to respond to a question that does not interest them.


thunderation

An Americanism from around 1830 to 1840, from thunder + -ation.

Thunderation! I've lost my glasses!

(US, colloquial) An exclamation of surprise, agitation or petulance.


afuera

From Spanish afuera, the English definition originates from a video where Javier Milei removes the names of government agencies off a board.

South Africa needs a milei!
Socialist ANC? Afuera!
Communist EFF? AFUERA!
LONG LIVE FUCKING FREEDOM!

Javier Milei has been officially inaugurated as president of Argentina.
Our plan is to apply his plan for Argentina in this video to US agencies.
IRS, Fed, NSA, DHS, FBI, CIA, DOE, CDC, FDA, FEC...AFUERA!

(politics, chiefly used by libertarians) used aggressively towards leftist and statist views as a form of get out!


fucking hell

Fucking hell, that wrestler's huge.

(vulgar, idiomatic) An exclamation of great surprise.

мамка му да еба

an exclamation of great surprise (vulgar)

Fucking hell, why are you so bloody late?

(vulgar, idiomatic) An exclamation of anger.

Fucking hell, what the fuck?

(vulgar, idiomatic) An exclamation of bewilderment.


fuck it

I was going to clean my room, but thought "fuck it, nobody's going to see it."

I took a pill in Ibiza / To show Avicii I was cool / And when I finally got sober, felt 10 years older / But fuck it, it was something to do

2015, “I Took a Pill in Ibiza”, in At Night, Alone., performed by Mike Posner:

(vulgar, idiomatic) An expression of great indifference or nonchalance.

(sometimes "dă-o-n" is replaced with "dă-l în") dă-o-n pulă

Fuck it, I can't be arsed to look for that bloody key anymore.

(vulgar, idiomatic) An expression of frustration.

Honey, would you please help me serve the hors d'oeuvres?
You know,... I'm really busy right now hosting and entertaining all my friends...
Fuck it! I'll do it myself.

(vulgar, idiomatic) An expression of anger or dismissal; forget it.


peccavi

Borrowed from Latin peccāvī (“I have sinned”).


yo momma

"where you git it?" asked Freddie. "Yo momma." "Aw, Rank, cut that shit out, man."

In order to keep the teacher from knowing what we were doing, we just cleared our throats and that meant “your mother" (yo momma) .

1991, Evelyn Baker Dandy, Black Communications: Breaking Down the Barriers, page 87:

"I'm out stank man!" I said to the laughing gas man. "Yo momma."

2006, John H. Eaves, Speakers of the House, page 113:

In that vein, I would like to dedicate this book to the drivers of tonight's heat: to Aimee, Ben, Mike, Sebastian, Elizabeth, Ro, Chris, Anna, John, Alice, and Lauren—bad-to-the-bone outlaw crushers every last one of you—yo' momma.

2007, Marc Parent, Aimee Bender, Benjamin Cheever, The Secret Society of Demolition Writers:

(African-American Vernacular) A general purpose insult.


thank goodness

Form of thank God without mentioning God.


ga-ga

(onomatopoeia) The noise of a baby trying to imitate speech.


gee up

Gee up, Dobbin, Gee ho, Dobbin, Gee up, Dobbin, Gee up, and gee ho - o - o!

1850, Charles Dickens, chapter XII, in David Copperfield:

There he sat and kicked away and cried: " Gee up, gee up! " to his nag.

1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 223:

"Gee up!" The horses roused themselves and pulled the light carriage along as though it were a feather

1961, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ, chapter 1, in Dead Souls, →ISBN:

He kept on cracking his whip, and calling out, "Gee-up, my five horses!"

1996, Andrew Lang, The Yellow Fairy Book, Big Klaus and Little Klaus,, →ISBN:

(directed at a horse) move on!, go faster!


the hell

“She said she had a date later!”
“The hell!” exclaimed Crane.

2013, Jonathan Latimer, The Lady in the Morgue, →ISBN:

(mildly vulgar) Ellipsis of what the hell: an exclamation indicating surprise or dismay.


not on your tintype

He got out an enlistment blank, and placing his finger on a blank line said, "Sign here." I answered, "Not on your tintype." "I beg your pardon?" Then I explained to him that I would not sign it without first reading it.

(colloquial) An answer indicating outright rejection or denial; no way; absolutely not.


oggy oggy oggy

(British) A simple chant to rouse a crowd.


blee

Associated with Smash Hits magazine, where it may have originated.

Bikers […] tend to appear at the edges of the road and then zoom in front of your car. […] As you have probably found out already, one touch of these and it's time to order the wooden box. (Blee!)

It's a boring life being a cave man. No telly, no video and not even a Spectrum! Blee! All you can do is eat, but Brontosaurus steaks can be very tough.

1991, Nick Roberts, Cavemania (video game review) in Crash (issue 87, page 47)

(informal) Expressing disgust or trepidation.


cor blimey

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) An exclamation of surprise.


roll up

Roll up, roll up! Pies for sale!

Used to call the attention of potential purchasers.


newsflash

In the 1980s we thought that fat was the root of all evil, but now people are saying that insulin is what is making us fat or that we should eat paleo, like our prehistoric friends (um, newsflash: most people in the Paleolithic era died from starvation).

2019, Rob Lipsett, The Rob Lipsett Game Plan:

(colloquial, often sarcastic) Introduces an obvious fact of which the person addressed is ostensibly not aware.


loadsamoney

From loadsa + money. Originally the name and catchphrase of a vulgar character who flourished wads of banknotes, invented by British comedian Harry Enfield in the 1980s.

My hon. Friend entered the House in 1987, and I am sure that my hon. Friend will recall the right hon. Gentleman the Leader of the Opposition talking about the "loadsamoney society" and the bad effect that that has had on crime rates.

1989 March 10, John Patten, parliamentary debates:

Questioned on BBC Radio 4's Today programme on whether he would be adopting a pre-election "loadsamoney" stance, Mr Blunkett said that there would be "substantial investment" but "loadsamoney will not be a term I'll be using".

2000 July 17, “Blunkett rejects 'loadsamoney' tag"”, in BBC News:

[see title]

2007 June 4, “Loadsamoney! West Ham set to join high rollers with £13m offer for Johnson; £90,000 a week.”, in Daily Mail, archived from the original on 2009-05-25:

(British, informal, humorous) Referring to the free flowing of money, to large amounts spent or earned, or to the perceived acquisitiveness and materialism engendered in society by a booming economy.


aw shucks

Aw shucks, you're going to make me blush.

An expression of bashfulness or modesty, especially in response to a compliment or when giving thanks.

Aw shucks, it looks like we're going to lose the game after all.

Used to express disappointment, embarrassment or annoyance.


ratbags

(UK, colloquial, dated) A mild exclamation of dismay.


take heart

Take heart, help will arrive shortly and everything will be fine.

Used when encouraging someone to bear or take up a difficult situation.

頑張って

more common when encouraging an individual


tut-tut

An expression of annoyance or impatience.

ts-ts-ts

an expression of annoyance or impatience


get fucked

Get fucked-- I'm disgusted with the way you acted today.

(vulgar, offensive) A term used to express contempt. Usually used after the individual in question is retaliated upon and the user has no sympathy.

Get fucked-- I don't need your help.

(vulgar, offensive, dismissal) Go away, get lost.

How dare you do that to Elizabeth? Get fucked!

(vulgar, offensive) A curse meaning "go to hell".

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, fucked.


screw you

You'll just lie in your bed all day rather than help us? Well, screw you.

Screw you—go annoy someone else!

Screw you! You think you can come to my house dressed like a slob?

During [Tucker] Carlson’s keynote, he wedged sneers at his critics for crying “racist!” in between racist remarks about [Ilhan] Omar, jeremiads against the media (“I know there’s a bunch of reporters here, so . . . screw you”), and an attack on Elizabeth Warren and her donors (“She’s a tragedy, because she’s now obsessed with racism, which is why the finance world supports her”)—all to gleeful applause.

2019 July 24, David Austin Walsh, “Flirting With Fascism”, in Jewish Currents:

Well, screw you. Screw all of you. I hope this letter is like a knife in your hearts. You ruined my life. All I've done is pay you back in kind.

(slang, idiomatic, mildly vulgar) less offensive version of fuck you.


fair enough

You can play the exercises pretty well on piano, fair enough, but can you play the movement expressively?

Puel was let go in June despite leading Southampton to their first major final for 14 years and an eighth-place finish in the Premier League. But apparently his style was too boring and some players and many fans disliked his method, so he had to go – fair enough but look at them now.

2017 October 14, Paul Doyle, “Mauricio Pellegrino yet to find attacking solution for stuttering Southampton”, in the Guardian:

(idiomatic) An expression used to concede a point; denotes that, upon consideration, something is correct or reasonable; an expression of acknowledgment or understanding.

Used to stop somebody talking or an argument.


doy

Unknown. Possibly related to doylem (“a stupid person; an idiot”).

—Wow, he looks pretty angry. —Doy!

Uh, doy!

2015 March 6, “Kimmy Has a Birthday!”, in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, season 1, episode 9, spoken by Kimmy Schmidt (Ellie Kemper):

Disdainful indication that something is obvious; see duh.


hoa

Hoa, who is within here?

1751, David Garrick, Every Man in His Humour (adapted from the 1598 work by Ben Jonson)

(obsolete) ho; hey; a call for attention


pit-a-pat

Pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, the bullets kept falling and stirring up little puffs of dust on the open ground in front of the zeriba.

1900 May, Frederic Villiers, “Twenty Years on the War Path. […] VII.—“My Friend Corporal Tonbar.””, in The Canadian Magazine of Politics, Science, Art and Literature, volume XV, number 1, Toronto, Ont.: The Ontario Publishing Co., Ltd., page 40, column 2:

“Pit-a-pat! Pit-a-pat!”—On go the thousands of feet; on to the movie and on to the dance; on to the office, the club and the bank.

[1921], Aimee Semple McPherson, Divine Healing Sermons, [Los Angeles, Calif.], →OCLC, page thirteen:

Pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, / He danced on the whiskery nose.

2004, Julia Donaldson, “The Mouse and the Lion”, in Crazy Mayonnaisy Mum, Macmillan Children’s Books, published 2005, →ISBN, page 4:

Representing a series of quick tapping sounds.


thiam

First element of Hokkien 恬去 (tiām-khì, tiām-khù, “shut up”).


wah lau

[ˈwɑ˦˨ ˌlaʊ˨˧]

[ˌwɑ̽ˈlaʊ˨˦˧]

From Teochew and Hokkien. Ultimate origin uncertain: first element equivalent to Hokkien 我 (óa, “my”) + lau, possibly from 老爸 (lāu-pē, “father”). Originated in the 1990s.

"Wah lau! You tekan him, ah? But he bigger than you, man!"

1992 February 22, soc.culture.asean (Usenet):

Zion Mansion... Wah lau, wasn’t that built in the Qing Dynasty or something.

2009, Jean Tay, Boom, Epigram Books, →ISBN, Act I, scene iv:

(Singlish, Manglish) An exclamation of annoyance or exasperation.


presto change-o

"It doesn't just go one, two, three, presto, change-o, you're cured."

1975, Laura Keane Zametkin Hobson, Consenting Adult, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 85:

1984, Audrey Wood, Presto Change-O, Child's Play, →ISBN:

Then tell them to read the sentence on the front of each flap, open the flap, and read the sentence inside. Presto Change-o! Common nouns are transformed into proper nouns, right before nouns, right before their eyes!

2001, Karen Kellaher, Writing Skills Made Fun: Parts of Speech, →ISBN, page 13:

But then that little psychopath Willie Bosket murdered a couple of subway riders for the hell of it when he was fifteen and -- presto change-o! -- a new law was born.

2006, Peter Blauner, Slipping Into Darkness: A Novel, Little, Brown, →ISBN, page 3:

(informal) Alternative form of presto chango


presto chango

From presto + rhyming variation of change.

1929, Business Week, advertisement,
Just one touch lets you go from black to a second color. Presto. Chango. Or back to black. Presto. Chango. Color copies have never been easier.

PRESTO CHANGO! From a dreary, commonplace piece to a smart colorful chair shining with personality.

1937 April 24, Washington Post, page 12:

"...An' presto-chango, you got yourself a twenty-eight-by-sixty-foot house."

1978, Richard Rhodes, Holy Secrets, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 31:

Tom nodded solemnly. "Presto Chango," he said. Then he looked at the policeman again. "My name is Joshua Cameron," he announced, and the policeman wrote that down.

1983, Lois Lowry, Taking Care of Terrific, Houghton Mifflin Children's Books, →ISBN, page 158:

Watch and before your eyes, presto chango, a capital crime of the most hideous sort will be turned into a superstition,....

2000, Candace Sherk Savage, Witch: The Wild Ride from Wicked to Wicca, Sterling Publishing, →ISBN, page 8:

Jesus is the ultimate stain lifter. He removes the stain of our sin, and presto, chango!

2014, Mike Lutz, God Every Day: 365 Life Application Devotions:

(informal) Indicates the suddenness of a change or transformation, as a magic trick in which one object appears to be suddenly transformed into another.


hooie

I am all done. Hooie!


chewie on ya boot

Australian rules football
Australian rules football

(Australian rules football) A conventional expression meant to distract or wish bad luck to an opponent who is taking a kick for goal.


out of someone's way

Out of my way!

Out of John's way!

Used to order someone to give clear passage.


ecky thump

Introduced in "Kung Fu Kapers", a 1975 episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies. In the episode, "ecky thump" is a secret Lancastrian martial art using black puddings as a weapon.

[…] its bellowing cry of Ecky thump! sounded much friendlier than […]

1985, Keith Waterhouse, Waterhouse At Large.:

The Guardian, Sunday June 10 2007, Kitty Empire
The latest Stripes album title, a play on the Lancastrian exclamation Ecky thump! is, in part, a gasp of surprise...

Ecky thump! I've never tasted anything as good.

(humorous, colloquial) Exclamation of surprise or pleasure, supposedly part of a Northern English dialect.


halloo

From Middle English hallow (“pursue, urge on”), from Old French haloer, which is imitative.

onomatopoeic

imitative

Used to greet someone, or to catch their attention.

Earl Walter winds his bugle horn;
To horſe, to horſe, halloo, halloo!
His fiery courſer ſnuffs the morn,
And thronging ſerfs their Lord purſue.

1796, Gottfried Augustus Bürger, “The Chase”, in [Walter Scott], transl., The Chase, and William and Helen: Two Ballads, from the German […], Edinburgh: […] Mundell and Son, […], for Manners and Miller, […]; and sold by T[homas] Cadell, Jun. and W[illiam] Davies (successors to Mr. [Thomas] Cadell) […], →OCLC, stanza I, page 1:

"Halloo!" cried the goodwife, and away she ran after it, with the frying-pan in one hand and the ladle in the other, as fast as she could, and the children behind her, while the goodman came limping after, last of all.

1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 65:

Used in hunting to urge on the pursuers.


as you like

- So, we'll buy the green one, then?
- As you like.


as you wish

- So, you will work till 8 tomorrow, then?
- As you wish.

A formal expression of agreement to something, especially with the connotation that one does not really agree.


humph

A natural utterance, first recorded in the mid-16th century.

`Beauty is too rare upon it. Give me no thanks, who am made happy by thy coming.' `Humph! old fellow,' said Leo aside to me in English, `the lady is very civil.'

1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

"There!" panted Pollyanna, hastily plucking a pink from a vase near by and tucking it into the dark hair where it would give the best effect. "Now I reckon we're ready to be looked at!" And she held out the mirror in triumph.
"Humph!" grunted the sick woman, eyeing her reflection severely. "I like red pinks better than pink ones; but then, it'll fade, anyhow, before night, so what's the difference!"

1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 8, in Pollyanna, L.C. Page, →OCLC:

(onomatopoeia) A sound, usually made with a closed mouth pouting, indicating annoyance, indignation, disapproval, doubt, or sighing.


hist

(dated) An utterance used to discreetly attract someone's attention.

psst

utterance used to attract someone's attention

"My worthy Nelly! I am greatly rejoiced to find it is no other than thee. Hist! child, hist! Should Ishmael gain a knowledge of our plans, he would not hesitate to cast us both from this rock, upon the plain beneath. Hist! Nelly, hist!"

1827, James Fenimore Cooper, The Prairie: Chapter XI:

1850, Edgar Allan Poe, Scenes from "Politian", 2009 [1902], Charles F. Richardson (editor), The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 1: Poems, page 87,
Hist! hist! thou canst not say / Thou hearest not now Baldazzar?,

There’s a clue somewhere; wait a bit; hist—hark! By Jove, I have it!

1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Chapter 99”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

(dated) An injunction to be silent and/or to pay attention to what is being said or can be heard.


hup

After four we raise our swords. One two three four... hup two three four... hup two three four.

"Hup, two, three, fo', . . . " cracked the American voice out of the foggy darkness.

1943 February 8, The Goulburn Evening Post, NSW, Australia, page 3, column 5:

The first beat of a 4/4 military cadence, commanding either the lead-off step in a march or some other action.


ods

Ods bodikin.

Ods pity.


good Lord

Good Lord! You should really clean out that fridge!

R. Jeeves: In my experience, ladies who spell Gladys with a W are seldom noted for their reliability, sir. It gives them romantic notions.
B.W. Wooster: With a W, Jeeves? No, no, no, no. You spell it with a G.
R. Jeeves: If I might draw your attention to the signature on the portrait, sir.
B.W. Wooster: Good Lord! G-W?
R. Jeeves: I blame Alfred Lord Tennyson and his Idylls of the King. It also accounts for Kathryn, Ysabel, and Ethyl, all spelt with a Y, but Gwladys is a particularly virulent form, sir.

1993 May 16, “Return to New York”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 6:

An exclamation of amazement or disapproval.


ick

Lizzie grabbed a frog out of the lake and put it in her hair! Ick!

An aside for those who think “ick” about goat milk: If there are no billy goats around to arouse those sex hormones, goat milk does not taste “goat-y.

2014, Vicki Robin, Blessing the Hands That Feed Us: Lessons from a 10-Mile Diet:


no kidding

(colloquial) An exclamation of amazement.

Person A: The Cleveland Browns are not doing too awful well this year.

Person B: Yeah. No kidding! They lost their sixth consecutive game.

(colloquial, sarcastic) Said in response to an obvious statement.


rah-rah

Repetition of rah, as used in cheering at sporting competitions.

An expression of enthusiasm, expressed by high school and college cheerleaders at sporting events.


mk

(Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative spelling of m'kay.


BFD

“As Biden would say, it’s a B.F.D.,” said Adam Riess, an astronomer at Johns Hopkins University and the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore.

2024 April 4, Dennis Overbye, quoting Adam Riess, “A Tantalizing ‘Hint’ That Astronomers Got Dark Energy All Wrong”, in Thew New York Times:

big fucking deal
big fucking deal#English

(especially humorous, vulgar) Initialism of big fucking deal.


FAB

Coined by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson for the 1960s TV series Thunderbirds, from fab,
clipping of fabulous.

"Okay, FAB. Over and out."

1986, Márcio Souza, The order of the day: an unidentified flying opus:

It was great to report back to Mike and Jason on this knowing they were eager to hear that everything was operational. F.A.B. Virgil!

2011, Norman Beech, The Atlantic Job - A Dad and a Lad, FilamentPublishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 69:

“Understood. F.A.B., sir.” Their pilot hung the microphone back on its hook.

2013, Andrez Bergen, Who is Killing the Great Capes of Heropa?, John Hunt Publishing, →ISBN:

(radio telecommunications, humorous) used to acknowledge that a message has been received and understood.


whoop-de-do

Oh, wait, they did give me a certificate of appreciation on January 29, 1983, after my 1,000th mile. Well, whoop-de-do!

2014, Eric Neumann, Let John Finger Do The Walking, page 234:


full speed ahead

Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!

We had advanced a hundred yards, perhaps, when our first danger confronted us. Just ahead was a sharp right-angle turn in the tunnel. I could see the river's flotsam hurtling against the rocky wall upon the left as it was driven on by the mighty current, and I feared for the safety of the U-33 in making so sharp a turn under such adverse conditions; but there was nothing for it but to try. I didn't warn my fellows of the danger--it could have but caused them useless apprehension, for if we were to be smashed against the rocky wall, no power on earth could avert the quick end that would come to us. I gave the command full speed ahead and went charging toward the menace. I was forced to approach the dangerous left-hand wall in order to make the turn, and I depended upon the power of the motors to carry us through the surging waters in safety.

1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter IV, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:

(usually nautical) A command to move forward at maximum speed.


100 percent

Your parcel has arrived. / Ah, 100 percent!

(South Africa, slang) excellent, wonderful, magnificent


go chase yourself

One of the boys nudged him and said,
"Hey! Your sister's followin' us."
"Yeah," agreed Neeley. The boy turned around and yelled at Francie:
"Go chase yourself!"

1943, Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, HarperCollins, published 2005, →ISBN, page 18:

1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 147,
"This is what I was trying to get at last night. Before you told me to chase myself...."


potayto, potahto

/ˌpəˈteɪtoʊ ˌpəˈtɑːtoʊ/

Supposedly uses the American English and British English pronunciations of the word potato, by analogy of tomato (see tomayto, tomahto). Unlike tomato, only the former pronunciation is used in either American or British English. Allusion to George Gershwin's song "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off": "You like potato (/ˌpəˈteɪtoʊ/) and I like potato (/ˌpəˈtɑːtoʊ/)".

"He says he has never had a **remission**. You thought he was being smug about 'lack of relapse(s)'."
I think it's more like "potato - potahto." No remission to me says unchanging and, hence, no relapse.

2001 August 31, Robert Hickey , “Re: Vegetarian (fruitarian?) all raw food diet - Ca-AEP”, in alt.support.mult-sclerosis (Usenet):

"Who's whining, pissant? I'm berating!"
Potato, potahto.

2002 July 2, Dave Witzel , “Re: beers in NYC”, in alt.beer (Usenet):

What he liked to call helpful, however, was more like Gwen's idea of controlling and manipulative. Potayto, potahto, and don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.

2004, Elaine Cunningham, Shadows In The Darkness, Tor/Forge, →ISBN, page 49:

"In Common Lisp (and presumably Emacs Lisp), functions are as first-class as in Scheme and elsewhere. You just have to do a bit extra to use them as first-class values, that's all."
Potayto, potahto. That 'bit extra' is what makes them 'not first-class denotable' in my book.

2007 October 7, David Rush , “Re: Nested Lambda function gives error in common lisp, guile, emacs lisp but works in scheme. Why?”, in comp.lang.scheme (Usenet):

distinction without a difference
distinction without a difference

(informal) That is a distinction without a difference.

George Gershwin
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off


nini

(usually even more childish) Alternative form of night night


whiskey tango foxtrot

From the NATO phonetic alphabet names for the letters W, T, and F.

(euphemistic) What the fuck; an expression of shock.


fiddlefart

Oh, fiddlefart! I have the same homeroom teacher next year.


for cryin' out loud

"For cryin' out loud!" from Hamilton. "Look Doc, that damned calf is still alive."

1940, Richard John Dinsmore, "Hoss" Doctor, page 302:

‘I knew yeh weren’t gettin’ yer letters but I never thought yeh wouldn’t even know abou’ Hogwarts, fer cryin’ out loud!’

1997, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, section IV:

Then, why not pray to the trees, for cryin' out loud, and next, the dumb birds?

for crying out loud
for crying out loud#English

Pronunciation spelling of for crying out loud.


kekeke

(onomatopoeia, fandom slang, chiefly in translations of Japanese works) The sound of a soft cackle.


hrm

en-UK

Expresses a moment of particular curiosity or thoughtfulness.


bring it

(US, emphatic) Used to respond affirmatively and aggressively to a challenge by issuing one in return.


God speed

3 [Citizen]. Neighbours, God ſpeed. / 1 [Citizen]. Giue you good morrovv ſir.

c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], page 184, column 2:

Duke. God ſpeed father. / 1. Mad[man]. God ſpeed the Plough, thou ſhalt not ſpeed me.

1604, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton, “The Honest Whore, […]”, in The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker […], volume II, London: John Pearson […], published 1873, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 80:


welp

Representing well pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end. Compare yep, yup, nope, and ope.

“Nuclear power is a dual-use technology. It can be weaponized.” Welp. “It is sort of what we anticipated, that there would be a Three Mile Island moment around data sharing that would rock the research community,” Lazer says.

2018 March 25, Adam Rogers, “The Cambridge Analytica Data Apocalypse Was Predicted in 2007”, in Wired:

(slang) Well, typically used to express exasperation, a matter-of-fact or unenthusiastic attitude, or helpless acceptance of something surprising.


alreet

Alreet wor kid?

Aye, am canny man!

(Geordie) All purpose greeting, often said in passing.


yeppers

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-yeppers.wav


gah

“And stop calling it soccerball! gah! do any of the tickets say soccerball? no!“”

2009 January 20, Alison Godfrey, quoting Bronwyn Lovejoy, “Coles, Woolworths and IGA workers vent about customers on Facebook”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 2009-01-20:


full marks

Expressing complete satisfaction with someone's efforts.


but seriously folks

A nightclub comic who gets off a bad joke, nobody laughs, but he goes right on with: "But, seriously, folks" […].

1969, Julius J. Epstein, But, Seriously ...: A Play in Two Acts, page 18:

But seriously, folks, on behalf of the Copacabana — and believe me, I'd love to be half of the Copacabana

2004, Gerald Nachman, Seriously Funny: The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s, page 23:

"Take my life, … please," Colombo continued, a wry smile creasing his face. (Apparently he was a fan of Henny Youngman.) "Badaboom! But, seriously, folks, I learn long ago, during my life, that justice, she does not exist. […]."

2006, Bob Mitchell, Match Made in Heaven, page 199:

(speech act, idiomatic) Used to direct attention to immediately preceding failed attempt at humor.


whatevs

Clipping of whatever + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

[Subject:] Lame post...whatevs

1996: "Dyer", in alt.skate-board, May 12 (Usenet)

Mitzi’s squeezed eyes registered distate. “Whatevs!”

2004, M. Sue Alexander, The Christian Fugitive, page 34:

“Whatevs,” he said, then he held up three fingers, which I realized was Bud's “cool” way of making a W.

2006, Michael Apostolina, Meri Strikes Back, page 75:

And in the meantime, it’s probably just fine to eat some candy, slack off on your pushups, and hey, maybe even throw yourself a party for your half birthday. Or your cat’s half birthday. Whatevs.

2007, Addie Johnson, The Little Book of Big Excuses: More Strategies and Techniques for Faking It, pages 136–137:


hushaby

Blend of hush + lullaby or hush + -a- (connective interfix) + by (“goodbye, as in bye-bye”).

affix

Hush-a-by, baby, upon the tree-top; / When the wind blows the cradle will rock; / When the bough breaks the cradle will fall; / Down will come cradle and baby and all.

The night is fair, and the waves are still,
And the wind is singing to you and to me
In this lowly home beside the sea —
Hushaby, sweet my own!

1892. Eugene Field. Hushaby Sweet my Own. In With Trumpet and Drum. page 106 http://books.google.com/books?id=FNQMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA106&dq=hushaby&ei=W3AuR-2nAoKotgPstI28CQ

(archaic) hush and be still; a lull to sleep


snicker-snack

Coined by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, probably relating to snickersnee.

(nonce word) An onomatopoeia of unclear meaning, possibly referring to sharpness, or the sound of a blade cutting through something.


no prob

[…] picks up the phone, — Yes, yes, — and hands it to the advisor. — Yeah. OK. No prob. No prob. No prob. Can do. — He slams down the phone. He is dynamic.

1976, Dinah Brooke, Death Games, page 129:

"No prob, man, no prob, I get it taken care of."

1996, James Earl Hardy, 2nd Time Around, page 137:

"Sure, no prob," she snickered. "That is if you wouldn't mind calling me Mrs. W.

2007, Sandra Simpson, Mina Fox Meets the Lady of the Library, page 28:


katsu

(Zen Buddhism): A word shouted out in Zen Buddhism (as well as other sects of Buddhism), and in East Asian martial arts schools, used to help focus the energy (気 (ki)), and thereby induce an enlightened state.


helluv

From "hell of (a)", like hella (originally Northern California slang). See also Wikipedia:Hella (word).

"Hey, you wanna come to the concert tonight?" "Oh, helluv!"

(slang, chiefly Northern California) For sure; totally; hell yeah; used as a strong affirmation of something that was just said, accomplished, or revealed.


à bas

Borrowed from French à bas (literally “to the bottom”).

bor

And ever as any black cockade may emerge, rises the many-voiced growl and bark: À bas, Down!

1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):


arp

All through the prayer he made little arp! arp! noises like a baby seal.

2001, Ruth Bell Graham, Blessings for a mother's day:

"ARP, ARP, ARP." George turned and saw the seal waddling down their side of the river.

2002, Larry Mehelic, Searching for Blue-Eyed Trout:

Usually when I speak about arp [address resolution protocol], at least one person in the audience acts like a seal and shouts, "Arp, arp, arp!"

2003, Chris Wolf, Troubleshooting Microsoft technologies:


cya

(Internet slang) Alternative spelling of see ya


OMGWTFBBQ

OMG (oh my God) + WTF (what the fuck?) + BBQ (barbecue, irrelevantly, as another three-letter abbreviation).

OMGWTFBBQ DOOD UR HELMET IS SO IMPORTANT OBVIOUSLY GO WITH RED FOOL THEN YOU GET LESS SPEEDING TICKETS LOOLOLOLOLOLLL!!!!!

2001 November 9, “Roach” (author), “Re: I Seek Sage Advice..or personal opinions...”, in alt.mountain-bike (Usenet):

2005, Katherine Blashki and Sophie Nichol, “Game Geek’s Goss: Linguistic Creativity In Young Males Within An Online University Forum (94/\/\3 933k’5 9055oneone)”, in Australian Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society, volume 3, number 2, page 83, Leet is a highly metatextual language characterised by increasingly complex layers of signification with each subsequent use of the term coined in the discussion and constant reference within the word itself to its previous iterations

Summary: OMGWTFBBQ? I wrote het? Between Spock and Chapel... What is wrong with me today? This is a response to challenge number two in the Evil Plot Bunny Strikes Again thread.

2007 November 2, “Acidqueen” or “Sorlak” (author), “Stories posted October 2007 (1/5 TOS)”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):

(Internet slang) An exclamation of extreme surprise or excitement (usually facetious, sarcastic, or exaggerated).


congratudolences

: And soon to be an eligible bachelor guy!
Congratudolences, or whatever.

1996 October 31, Dennis Monbourquette, “Re: DemoniK for hire”, in alt.1d (Usenet):

(humorous) Used to express congratulations and condolences simultaneously.


God bless you

From Middle English God blesse you, God blisse you.

“But she will be gained by some one else. And if that some one should be the very he whom, of all others, I could least bear—But I will not stay to rob myself of all your compassionate good-will, by shewing that where I have most injured I can least forgive. Good bye,—God bless you!” And with these words, he almost ran out of the room.

1811, [Jane Austen], chapter VIII, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume III, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, pages 185–186:

Short for May God bless you; said as a short prayer, benediction, or valediction for the recipient.

حَيَّاك اَللّٰه

said as a short prayer for the recipient

Said to somebody who has sneezed, as a rhetorical response; alternative form of bless you

يَرْحَمْكُم اللّٰه (yarḥamkum allāh, literally “Allah have mercy on you”)

يَرْحَمْكُم (yarḥamkum, literally “mercy on you”)

徳万歳 (とこまんざい, to ko man zai, literally “A common Japanese expression generally used to wish a person blessings as a response to a sneeze.”)


bla

[…] Chair of the Women's Committee, bla bla bla, said she won't vote to let Turkey into the EU until Turkish men improve as lovers, […]

Alternative form of blah (“imitative of idle, meaningless talk”)


kerblam

a sudden, loud sound, as the sound of an explosion


neener

Grizzy shouted. She ran up to some old Grouch ladies. She stuck her tongue out at them. She blew a great big razzberry at them. "Neener, neener, neener!"

(childish, informal, often humorous) A hostile taunt, often repeated in a singsong voice.


abso-fucking-lutely

(slang, vulgar) Alternative spelling of absofuckinglutely


you know it

"What he did to her was wrong." "You know it, sister!"

"I've still got a few years on the chain gang." "Counting the days, huh?" "You know it."

2004, Tom Perrotta, Little Children, page 301:

He's a little bit older, mind you, but good people, if you know what I'm saying to you …" "Italian, right?" "You know it, baby, and —" "Over fifty? Widowed? Grown children?" "You're a mind reader!"

2006, Dorothea Benton Frank, Full of Grace, page 19:

"Man, I wonder if David found out. Is that why they divorced?" "You know it."

2007, Sheila M. Goss, Roses Are Thorns, Violets Are True, page 96:

(idiomatic) Indicates agreement, approval, encouragement.


psshaw

Oh, psshaw, I don't believe a word you are saying.


holla

Holla, there! Holla, there, I say! What the devil are you about with my master's box-coat?


holla

(African-American Vernacular) used to express interest in a woman


Sieg Heil

Unadapted borrowing from German Sieg Heil, from Sieg (“victory”) + Heil, a common chant at political rallies in Nazi Germany, translating as "victory brings salvation" or alternatively as "salvation [to] victory" on the model of Heil Hitler.

ubor

"Ti-to! Ti-to! Ti-to!" has exactly the same rhythm and resonance as "Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil!" at the Nazi demonstrations, or "Du-ce! Du-ce! Du-ce!" in Fascist Italy.

[1971, Sydney Morrell, Spheres of Influence, page 216:

All of a sudden a number of the militant homosexuals stood up, raised their hands in a Nazi-style salute and began to chant "Sieg heil! Sieg heil! Sieg heil!" Everyone in the room was paralyzed. How could they accuse us — those who suffered and died in the Holocaust — of being Nazis?

1991, James Davison Hunter, Culture Wars: The Struggle to Define America, page 16:

Tear gas floated into the Hilton, up the air vents, and into the suite of the vice president, who was preparing his acceptance speech. On the street, chanting: "Sieg Heil, Sieg Heil, Sieg Heil," and "The Whole World Is Watching."

1995, Terry H. Anderson, The Movement and The Sixties, page 224:

And so, sometimes, did their direct effects. At many skinhead concerts, bands led fans in swastika flag-waving and chants of Sieg Heil!

2002, John Rodden, Repainting the Little Red Schoolhouse: A History of Eastern German Education, page 202:

Then a few voices started to chant "Sieg heil! Sieg heil!", and these were joined by more voices, and gradually the whole assembly rose to its feet.

2004, Paul Taylor, Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics, page 101:

The omnious vast regimented rallies we have all seen on television, with adoring crowds shouting Sieg heil! and saluting in unison, were now a feature of German social life. In 1933 Hitler was in a position to seize power.

2007 October 8, Harry Davis, Palace of Crystal, Arena books, →ISBN:

(historical) The greeting Sieg Heil, used by the Nazis, and by neo-Nazis and people comparing others to Nazis today.


on your horse, amigo

Adaptation of Korean 안녕하십니까 (annyeonghasimnikka).


wotcha

Alternative form of wotcher (“greeting”)


on your marks, get set, go

on your mark, get set, go
on your mark, get set, go#English

Alternative form of on your mark, get set, go


ready, aim, fire

A sequence of commands used to order soldiers to carefully fire their weapons.


sayang

Indonesian
Philippine English
Singaporean English

* (Singaporean and Malaysian English): Borrowed from Malay sayang.
* (Philippine English): Borrowed from Tagalog sayang.

“Um, okay...” Rosa glanced at the blank boxes. “Cried over spilled milk. Six letters, third letter is a...”
“Sayang,” said the old man cheerfully.
“Sayang. It fits, po...”
“Sayang. That's what I say whenever I spill some milk.” He cackled.
“With these weak wrists and fingers, I say sayang several times a day! Give me another.”

2005, Alex Garland, “Sandmen”, in The Tesseract, Penguin Group (USA) Inc., →ISBN:

But going back to my dad, he died four years ago of leukemia. So he never met my daughter and he never reached the date of our wedding. So sayang. So I decided I wanted to write a book about him. I wanted to write a book for him and about him, for my daughter so she would get to know her lolo. And I was really stumped. Wala akong maisip about a story. This was the time when I just wrote Tuwing Sabado.

2017, Russell Molina, “Magic Secrets, Revealed”, in Bumasa at Lumaya 2: A Sourcebook on Children's Literature in the Philippines, Anvil Publishing, Inc., →ISBN:


howzit

(slang, South Africa, Hawaii) Hello; what's up?


napoo

World War I British and ANZAC army slang, probably a corruption of French “il n′y a plus” (“there is no more”).

“[…]Finish! Napoo!” and he spread his hands expressively, holding the cup upside down with the cloth hanging out of it, before he went on: “But it hasn't come to that yet.[…]”

1939, Ruthven Todd, Over the Mountain, published 1978, page 216:


very well

A: I don't want to go today.

B: Very well. Let's go tomorrow, then.

(idiomatic, formal) Indicating acceptance, often with resignation or acquiescence, of a statement or situation.

Conning officer: "Rudder amidships."

Helmsman: "Rudder amidships aye! Rudder now amidships."

Conning officer: "Very well."

(naval) A standard response by a superior to a report or confirmation.


hmph

"Don't blame me. It's your fault." "Hmph!"

"That does it! I'm not gonna talk to you anymore! Hmph!"


righty-ho

But it is curiously difficult to say to John Simpson, 'Actually, I'm scared of flying.' So, instead, I say 'Righty-ho,' and a few days later he is striding into the lobby of the Durban Hilton to meet me.

2002 February 24, Lynn Barber, “Travels with Auntie”, in The Observer, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-10-14:

Righty-ho, let's get going.

“Er… a cappuccino, please,” replied Chloe, trying to sound grown-up.
“I think I’ll have one too.” Mr Stink shuffled behind the counter and started opening tins. “Righty-ho, two cappuccinos coming right up.”

2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], “Abandon Starbucks!”, in Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 66:

Introducing a sentence in order to draw attention to the importance of what is being said; alright, well (then).


thx

(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of thanks.


no problemo

From no problem + -o. Originally, and largely still, Mock Spanish (actual Spanish expression being no hay problema).


TY

Alternative form: ty

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of thank you.

flm

text messaging abbreviation of "thank you"


have fun

Used to wish somebody a good and enjoyable time when they are about to do something.

хорошо́ повесели́ться

жела́ю/жела́ем

хорошо́ провести́ вре́мя

жела́ю/жела́ем

до́бре повесели́тися

бажа́ю/бажа́ємо

до́бре провести́ ча́с

бажа́ю/бажа́ємо


arr

Blackbeard the Pirate
Indiana University Press
Long John Silver
Robert Newton

Possibly from aye.
The pirate-imitation form was derived from the West Country dialect after its use by West Country-born actor Robert Newton (1905–1956) in the films Treasure Island (1950) and Blackbeard the Pirate (1952)—and the former’s spin-off media—in which he played, respectively, the fictional pirate Long John Silver and the historical pirate Edward “Blackbeard” Teach (c. 1680 – 1718; also a West Country native).

(British, West Country, West Midlands, Yorkshire) Yes.

Arr, matey! Tis a dangerous life, the sea – full of giant beasts, raging storms and wayward ships bobbing around like steel icebergs.

2004, Peter Walsh, How to Organize (Just About) Everything: More than 500 Step-by-Step Instructions for Everything from Organizing Your Closets to Planning a Wedding to Creating a Flawless Filing System, New York, N.Y.: Free Press, →ISBN, instruction 480:

He did an imitation of a pirate: "Arr, Arr, Arr, me buckos."

2007, Howard [A.] Norman, Devotion, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 90:

Suddenly a pirate voice said, "Arr, Arr, Arr. Are you looking for me gold?" Josh looked startled and Will began to laugh.

2008, Gwen Lepkowski, “Tornado”, in Cross-country Treasure Hunt (and the Mystery that Followed), Longwood, Fla.: Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 46:

Used stereotypically in imitation of pirates.


fook

I thought, Who the fook is Faulkner? And how's he related to us Windsors?

2023, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Spare, Penguin Random House, →ISBN:


fufu

Borrowed from Japanese ふふ (fufu, onomatopoeia for the sound of laughter; compare English haha).

ja-r

onomatopoeia for the sound of laughter; compare English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">haha</i>

(fandom slang, chiefly in translations of Japanese works) Alternative form of fufufu (onomatopoeia for laughter; especially a snicker).


batter up

(baseball) Used by an umpire to invite the next batter to the batter's box, especially at the beginning of a half-inning.


I'll be

Presumably short for I'll be damned via anapodoton.


come by

A command to a sheepdog to move clockwise around the sheep


zindabad

Borrowed from Hindustani ज़िंदाबाद (zindābād) / زندہ باد (Zinda Bād, “long live”), from Classical Persian زنده باد (zinda bād).


neato

Oh, neato! My car is fixed.

(colloquial, slang) Neat (in the sense of being excellent or desirable).


tee hee

From Middle English tehee, te he, ti he, alteration of hehe, from Old English he he (“hee hee”).

She […] hath ſtiled him with an immortall penne, the bawewawe of ſchollars, the tutt of gentlemen, the tee-heegh of gentlewomen, the phy of citizens, the blurt of Courtiers, the poogh of good letters, the faph of good manners, and the whoop-hooe of good boyes in London ſtreetes.

1593, Gabriel Harvey, Pierces Supererogation: Or A New Prayse of the Old Asse, London: […] Iohn Wolfe, →OCLC; republished as John Payne Collier, editor, Pierces Supererogation: Or A New Prayse of the Old Asse. A Preparative to Certaine Larger Discourses, Intituled Nashes S. Fame (Miscellaneous Tracts. Temp. Eliz. & Jac. I; no. 8), [London: [s.n.], 1870], →OCLC, page 181:

Tee hee! Isn't that naughty?

1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 97:


shame on you

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JFGI

(Internet slang) Initialism of just fucking google it.


heaven forfend

From heaven (“abode of God”) + forfend (“to avert; to forbid, prohibit”).

Advisor: The voters now see you as imperial and god-like. Burns: Hot dog! Advisor: But there's a down-side to it. The latest polls indicate you're in danger of losing touch with the common man. Burns: Oh, dear! Heaven forfend!

1990, Sam Simon, John Swartzwelder, “Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish”, in The Simpsons:

Now there's an opportunity to employ a man who, heaven forfend, actually thinks about tactics and team balance.

2007 November 23, Scott Murray, “Why England’s failure is good news for, er, England”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2014-10-06:

(dated or humorous) Used to express that one hopes that something does not happen: God forbid, heaven forbid.

taevas hoidku

used to express that one hopes that something does not happen


heaven forbid

"Now, by Our Lady's grace," cried the Butcher, "well do I know thy name, and many a time have I heard thy deeds both sung and spoken of. But Heaven forbid that thou shouldst take aught of me! An honest man am I, and have wronged neither man nor maid; so trouble me not, good master, as I have never troubled thee."
"Nay, Heaven forbid, indeed," quoth Robin, "that I should take from such as thee, jolly fellow! Not so much as one farthing would I take from thee, for I love a fair Saxon face like thine right well—more especially when it cometh from Locksley Town, and most especially when the man that owneth it is to marry a bonny lass on Thursday next. But come, tell me for what price thou wilt sell me all of thy meat and thy horse and cart."

1883, Howard Pyle, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC:

Here’s the worst case scenario: You’ve just wasted your time on a few meaningless Tinder messages and not an actual date—or heaven forbid, a full-blown relationship.

2023 March 6, Alexis Jones, Megan Schaltegger, “These Tinder Conversation Starters Actually Work, According To Dating Experts”, in Women's Health:

(idiomatic) May heaven forbid it: expresses the desire that something does not happen.


headdesk

*thump* *thump* *thump* *thump*[1] ... [1] head/desk interface sounds

1999 May 30, Antony Espindola, “Re: Top Ten Signs A Guest At Your Memorial Day Barbecue Is A Spy”, in alt.fan.james-bond (Usenet), retrieved 2017-02-08, message-ID <37513F4E.CB1511E7@Netscape.net>:

And as we leave, the shybies immediately complain that, although they would have liked to be in the musical, it was hardly fair that they were forced to perform with no script or rehearsal and without even a passed audition confirming they were fit for the part; in fact, it could have been done deliberately to oppress and humiliate them. Head, desk. Thump. Thump. Thump.

2001 August 16, Mark Green, “Re: Are shy people oppressed”, in alt.support.shyness (Usenet), retrieved 2017-02-08, message-ID <88139ee2.0108160306.5a56d802@posting.google.com>:

It would still be very fun to do. Sweetie looked at me really funny when I told him about it. He didn't get it either *head-desk, head-desk*

2002 October 22, Mariot MacFarlane, “Re: Dickens Faire: looking for garb to borrow”, in alt.fairs.renaissance (Usenet), retrieved 2017-02-08, message-ID <hGdt9.601$zR7.44124330@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>:

Headdesk. Gillian, Gillian. You don't need another chemistry class; you need to go to charm school.

2008, Shelley Adina, The Fruit of My Lipstick, FaithWords, →ISBN:

Apparently the reason I am weirded out by the idea of Mum getting porny with Invisible Ray Who May Not Even Exist is because I am afraid this means I am being replaced. Er, dude, I am her daughter? And he is (possibly, depending on invisibility/existingness) her bloke? Not. The. Same. *headdesk*

2008, Susie Day, serafina67 *urgently requires life*, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 154:

berrygirl: *headdesk* um, i don't know, maybe because we have absolutely nothing in common? at ALL?

2010, Susane Colasanti, Something Like Fate, Viking, →ISBN:

Used to express frustration or irritated disbelief, from the tendency of annoyed or irritated people to want to repeatedly bang their heads against their desk.


oh noes

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And Job wuz liek “Oh noes! Wut if cookies were sin? Gota prai, jus in caes.”

2010, Martin Grondin, “Teh Story ov Job”, in LOLcat Bible: In Teh Beginnin Ceiling Cat Maded Teh Skiez An Da Urfs N Stuffs, Ulysses Press, →ISBN, page 60:

He shakes his head. ‘It's a present. Now calm down, it's time for work. Boardroom, Alastair and Amy.’
 Oh, noes! It's the last Monday of the month, so it's our financial review. Where's my Nexium?

2017, Marian Keyes, The Break, Penguin, →ISBN:

And a sudden chorus of “Oh noes,” uttered ironically by the other boys, brought Aunt Belle on the tapis, with a stern admonition to be quiet.

1884, Rosa Nouchette Carey, Robert Ord's Atonement, page 216:


gwan

From various English dialects, notably Gullah.

(nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of going on.

“Aw, gwan, you slave driver,” the boy said, dashing from the room.

1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 199:

(nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of go on.

I need to get to gwan.

(nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of going.


screw off

I said no. Now screw off!

(idiomatic, vulgar, dismissal) To tell someone to leave or to stop being bothersome.

"We just won a new car!" "Screw off! You're joking, right?"

(idiomatic, possibly vulgar) An expression of surprise or disbelief.


GN

Alternative form: gn

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of good night.