ah ah ah

Ah ah ah! You didn't say the magic word!

1993, David Koepp, Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park, spoken by Nedry (Wayne Knight), Amblin Entertainment; distributed by Universal Pictures, published 1993:

hold your horses
hold your horses#English

An admonition to slow down; not so fast, hold your horses.

At one point the count even helped me practice my numbers, as we counted puppet bats together on the children's television program Sesame Street, singing out, “ONE, TWO, THREE, AH AH AH AH AH!

2011, Brian Righi, Vampires Through the Ages:

Play Vampires are not the "I want to suck your blood" vampires or the "Vont to Buy My Chocolate Cereal" vampires or the "Oh, he's so dreamy and complicated and mysterious and dangerous and bad for me but I love him” vampires, or the “One banana ah-ah-ah . . . two bananas ah-ah-ah . . . three bananas ah-ah-ah. . . .Three! Three bananas!" vampires.

2013, Denita Dinger, Jeff A. Johnson, Let Them Play: An Early Learning (Un)Curriculum, page 93:

President Trump’s repeated calls to “Stop the Count!” of votes in undecided states are being met by a purple face familiar from many people’s childhoods: Count von Count from “Sesame Street.” Ah! Ah! Ah!

2020 November 5, Steve Annear, “Sesame Street’s Count von Count has become an election meme as tallies in key states drag on”, in The Boston Globe:

The stereotypical laugh of a vampire, after Bela Lugosi's performance as Dracula in the 1931 film of the same name.


land ho

(nautical) Shouted by the ship's watch to inform the crew that land has been spotted.


wowie

Papyrus: 'Wowie!! My lessons are already working!!'

2015 September 15, Toby Fox, Undertale, Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS X:


for the love of fuck

From for + the + love + of + fuck, dysphemistically modeled after for the love of God. The word fuck is personified.


yesish

An expression of half-hearted or partial agreement.


tarantara

The sound of several notes played on a trumpet or horn.


poogh

"Poogh!" says the squire: "Injury, with Allworthy! Why, Allworthy loves a wench himself. Doth not all the country know whose son Tom is? You must talk to another person in that manner. I remember Allworthy at college."

1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:


for the love of shit

Baby Carrot: [yelling because the Baby Carrots are in danger of being prepared and eaten as food] For the love of shit, run!!!

2016, Conrad Vernon, Greg Tiernan, Sausage Party (movie)

for the love of fuck
for the love of fuck#English

(vulgar) Synonym of for the love of fuck


gawrsh

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling


beg parding

(representing nonstandard pronunciation) Beg pardon.


by Toutatis

Popularized by the French comic book series Asterix, first published in 1959, in which Gaulish characters often use this phrase.

[the expression is used in the message title] I mistyped my search typing in one my shell account IP […]

1998 June 6, tara..., “By Toutatis!”, in sci.astro (Usenet), message-ID <6lb5c5$pc9$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>:

By Toutatis, you're right! After all, if we taught those Romans about Toutatis, the next thing you know, they might be able to duplicate our magic strength potion.

2009 October 11, Quadibloc, “By Toutatis!”, in alt.religion (Usenet), message-ID <71672785-8652-457c-954e-39589d5706e1@p10g2000prm.googlegroups.com>:

(rare, humorous) by God (intensifier or oath)


boohoohoo

1987, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
Wednesday night alone in bed was the first time I really broke down & had a boo-hoo-hoo cry.

[a wild boar is laughing and Obelix is crying]
Wild boar classified a protected species
First reaction from dismayed costumers:
“Boohoohoo! Sniff!”

2009, Asterix and Obelix's Birthday: The Golden Book, page 28:


oh, you

Woman: What if magic isn't real?
Man: Then how would you explain that sparkle in your eye?
Woman: Oh you.

2015 March 16, Reza Farazmand, “Real Magic”, in Poorly Drawn Lines, retrieved 2016-11-09:

Indicates that the speaker is flattered because of something that the interlocutor said.


howdie

Howdie there, Wanda. How about a cuppa .

1984, Preston Jones, A Place on the Magdalena Flats: A Play in Three Acts, →ISBN, page 60:

He says howdie and says he got a deal for Doogan.

2015 November 24, Kristine Francis, “NCIS Recap 11/24/15: Season 13 Episode 10 "Blood Brothers"”, in Celebrity Dirty Laundry:

Then he went round the gypsy saying “Howdie?” to the youngsters inside, who obviously seemed fear stricken.

2016 May 21, Sunita Mudaliar, “Trying to control tourists in Umred-Karhandla is not such a good idea!”, in Nagpur Today:


same same

Looking at the program of recovery today with different eyes, one really cannot say the term, or the phrase, "Same, Same." Seeing how this program has worked in my life and the changes that I've made sense that first day in that meeting hall is not the same.

2013, L.E. Hastings, You, Me, and Everything In Between, →ISBN:

And what does it matter what the truth is, or when anything happened? It's all the same. Same same. You think it's time passing, but its just you falling apart.

2014, Hank Willenbrink, The Boat in the Tiger Suit, →ISBN, page 51:

Nothing has changed; It's all the same thing.


great job

(idiomatic) well done; congratulations! (a praise for someone's efforts, possibly to a higher degree than good job!)


lechayim

(Judaism) "To life": a Jewish drinking toast.


blah blah

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


pardon the expression

Said before (or after) the use of terms that some people might find inappropriate


gloriosky

Catchphrase of the protagonist of the comic strip Little Annie Rooney (launched in 1927), presumably from glorious.

We are told that it is corny to be sentimental, to feel like shouting “gloriosky” with that little girl of the comic strips, Little Annie Rooney. But it is not corny at all; it is deep wisdom.

1963, Joseph Anthony Breig, The Mysteries of Marriage, page 20:

The individual or group at the top feed entirely on flattering and deceptive garbage (the Howard Hughes syndrome). Gloriosky, the tales I could tell about corporations where I've worked... such things are only possible on the Planet of the Apes.

1980, Robert Anton Wilson, The Illuminati Papers:

My heart dropped with a sick thud when I read small type on the label; rather than a German set from EMI Electrola, this originated in the U.K. But it played, gloriosky, without a single tick or click.

1986, Fanfare, volume 9, numbers 3-4, page 197:

STEPHANIE: Gloriosky, Mom! Fiber and long-chain carbs and pure, natural fruit sugar—all without saturated fat! It doesn't get any better than this!

2003, C. John McCoglin, Surviving Youth Sports, page 232:


untz

Alternative form of oontz (“electronic drum sound”)


oh, my stars and garters

Attested (in the figurative sense) since 1765. For the stars, see oh my stars. The garters refer to a heraldic order (in a stellar shape) that British monarchs could bestow. Together they were used as a name for the trappings of high office or the individuals who occupied such.


yo-heave-ho

A repetitive call made in order to synchronise workers performing some collective physical labour, such as hauling on a rope.


yigh

I can't do it.

Yigh, thou can.

Taken from page 206 in Shorrocks (1999).

(UK, dialect, Lancashire) yes, used when contradicting.


wait a minute

BEN: (Suddenly remembers.) Wait a minute, Huckleberry Finn don't have no family.

2005, Susan Pargman, Huck Finn's High-Tailin' Adventures, page 4:

Reader E questioned the plausibility of laundry hanging on a clothesline at night, and Reader C's forward momentum was stalled as he commented, “Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute! She has a different basket..."

2007, Kathleen A. Froriep, The Conscious Thought Processes of College English Faculty when Reading Wordless Books: A Verbal Protocol Study, →ISBN:

Wait a minute. Was it in the cemetery?

2009, Nancy Bishop, Secrets from the Casting Couch: On Camera Strategies for Actors from a Casting Director, →ISBN:

West ruffs the third diamond and the defenders cash their two clubs for down one. "Wait a minute," you exclaim confidently. "I know what to do. I have to draw trumps earlier!"

2010, David Stevens, Wait-A-Minute Bridge, →ISBN, page 96:

Used to indicate a new insight or dawning understanding.

“Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait ... a ... minute,” said Fred. “I don't mind a little cologne, but I am not going to put on eye shadow.

“Wait a minute. I'm not picking her apart. I'm just trying to be helpful. She needs a little guidance, that's all.”

2012, Marilyn King, Sisters: And Other Fast Fiction, →ISBN:

“Wait a minute, I don't know if I want to do this or not. You're talking about losing ten dollars; I could lose my life.”

2013, Robert Vaughan, When Hell Came to Texas, →ISBN:


woof-woof

Representing the sound of a large dog barking.


hang it

"Hang it, you might say I only took her on out of kindness - poor woman having to put up with a beetling bughound like Peabody. But it's taught me a lesson; no more kindness to married women."

1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 82:

(dated, euphemistic) dang; darn (a mild expression of contempt)


does a bear crap in the woods

does a bear shit in the woods?
does a bear shit in the woods#English

(colloquial, rhetorical question) Synonym of does a bear shit in the woods?


congradulations

(word play) A congratulation on the occasion of graduation.


congradulations

Pronunciation spelling of congratulations.


lovanenty

Probably an alteration of the phrase "Lord defend thee".


thwip

A sound like a light flexible object striking something.


mb

Alternative letter-case form of MB (“my bad”)


soot-oh

The traditional cry of a chimney sweep advertising his services.


much appreciated

An expression of gratitude, appreciation, or politeness in response to something done or given.


GTG

(Internet slang) Abbreviation of got to go.


pogh

"Pogh!" says the exciseman, "I believe I am as good a man as he. Besides, here are five of us."

1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:


homina

1993, Sonic the Hedgehog (4-issue miniseries) #3, Archie Comics
Robotnik: If you are a true robot, you will obey! Now tell me the location of Knotville Village at once!
Buzz Bomber: He's stalling, master!
Sonic the Hedgehog: [pretending to be a robot] Homina-homina-homina...

I was pretty sure the sounds homina, homina wasn't going to translate into "Hey, let's go get some lunch."

2009, Tiffany Guthrie, Book: The Lakeside Series, →ISBN, page 460:

“Homina-homina-homina-homina,” I hummed, trying not to appear scared shitless.

2011, K. Dawn Goodwin, Until He Comes: A Good Girl's Quest to Get Some Heaven on Earth, →ISBN:

Then again, she would have said "You're crazy," even if I'd said "Homina homina homina homina," so there's no proof.

2014, Richard Posner, Goodnight, Cinderella, →ISBN, page 24:


here goes

"Well, then, here goes to shatter his timbers," said Grasper, with a lively tone; and seizing, as he spoke, a weighty crowbar from Dan, he assailed the door.

1863, J. Pascoe, The Brigantine, page 263:

Synonym of here we go (on starting something)


odsooks

“Why, that is what I say,” cries the landlord, “whenever folks say who knows what may happen! Odsooks! should not I be a blockhead to lend my money to I know not who, because mayhap he may return it again? I am sure it is safe in my own bureau, and there I will keep it.”


donder and blitzen

From Donner (or Donder) and Blitzen (or Blixem), the last two reindeer of Santa Claus's, named from Dutch donder (“thunder”) and bliksem (“lightning”).

“Donder and blitzen!” he burst forth, “but this is a shock, who would have thought it? The house of Bennet and Ford to be shaken thus! What is to be done?”

1832, John Timbs, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, volume 20, John Limbird, page 58:

“Donder and blitzen! You speak fondly for the robber— perhaps you have seen him?”

1850, The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, volume 7, Langtree and O'Sullivan, page 161:

Scrooge McDuck: (Groan!) I'm beginning to feel that I'm in trouble!
Narrator: Up in the air, Flintheart Glomgold is suddenly feeling that way, too!
Flintheart Glomgold: Donder and blitzen! My engine's flaming out!

1966, Carl Barks, “So Far and no Safari”, in Uncle Scrooge #61:


see here

“Now, see here—” “No, you see here. I don't know how well this is going to sit with the people in your circle, but I don't imagine it's going to go over well in his.”

2015, Parnell Hall, Puzzled Indemnity: A Puzzle Lady Mystery, page 60:

An admonition that the listener should pay attention to what the speaker says next.


tiddledy

Alternative form of diddly (“a trill sound”)


tiddely

Oh I do like to walk along the prom prom prom
Where the brass band plays tiddely-om-pom-pom.

1907, John A. Glover-Kind (lyrics and music), “I Do Like To be Beside the Seaside”:

Alternative form of diddly (a trill sound)


tiddley

Alternative form of diddly (“trill sound”)


mrow

The sound of a cat, midway between a meow and a purr or growl.


woman overboard

(nautical) Announcement that a woman has fallen over the side of the vessel.


diggity

See diggety, analyzable as dig + -ity, a suffix used to extend monosyllabic words.


diggety

Fanciful extension of another lexical item, possibly hot dog (interjection) or dig + -ety, a suffix used to extend monosyllabic words. Compare African American Vernacular English dig. Attested since the end of the nineteenth century.

hot diggety dog

He stared speechless at the booing stands for a moment and then, instead of slinking away, threw his bat into the air and shouted: “Hot Dawg! Diggety diggety dam! Baby cut your toenails;”

1937, Jerome Bahr, All Good Americans, page 109:

(informal) Used to express excitement, surprise, or similar strong emotion.

[We] decided we was gonna run around in a circle by Pop’s chair. We'd go diggety, diggety, diggety, yerr. Go as close to him as we could possibly get.

2015, Ellen Wright, “‘Do you want mustard?’ ‘Yup!’”, in Charles Wolfe, James Akenson, editors, The Women of Country Music, pages 35-36:

(uncommon, informal) Imitative of rapid movement or commotion.


blargh

Blargh! Why is life so annoyingly complicated all of a sudden?

2015, Stacey Jay, You are So Undead To Me:


odsbud

“The devil she won’t!” answered the squire.—“Odsbud!—Don’t we know—I say nothing, but some volk are wiser than all the world. […]

(archaic) Alternative form of ods bodikins


fugg

Have to shoot all the sequences again. Delays! Delays! Retakes! My God, the cost of retakes. Oh fugg! Fugg! Fugg!'

“Oh, fugg,” she swears as she scrambles out of the sofa, “Hello.”

2008, Aleksander Granger, 70689AD, →ISBN, page 110:

“Oh, fugg, man,” he says. “That's fugged up!”

2008, William Dunn, Boot: An LAPD Officer's Rookie Year in South Central Los Angeles, →ISBN:


gz

(Internet slang, text messaging) congratulations


tattarrattat

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tattarrattat.


hummina

Originally used by the character Ralph Kramden in the 1950s American TV sitcom The Honeymooners, often when he was caught in a lie or exaggeration and could not think of a quick response.

Just before the show begins, an MC lists the few rules (no projectiles, is one) and instructs you in how to "boo" the villain, "cheer" the hero, and "hummina" the heroine (in today's world, that probably means sexual harassment).

1994, Carey Simon, The Applause Performing Arts Guide to Los Angeles & Southern California:

Inside my head, a voice chatters nonstop like a machine gun: Hummina hummina hummina.

2012, Anthony Youn, In Stitches, →ISBN, page 120:

The high cheekbones and square jaw now shadowed with dark stubble spoke to a heritage as mixed as New Orleans itself—if one could pick the best bits and discard the rest. Donovan definitely rated high on the hummina scale.

2013, Nicola Marsh, Lucy King, Her Deal With The Devil/One More Sleepless Night, →ISBN:

I forgot everything I was going to say, and I started a "hummina, hummina, hummina" kind of thing.

2014, Joe Pellegrino, Jack Redmond, The 7 Pillars of a Legacy Minded Man, →ISBN:

My head pulled away a bit and I'm pretty sure the look on my face changed from shock to “hummina, hummina, hummina.”

2017, Kelly Brookbank, My Name is Agnes, →ISBN, page 226:

Used to express that one has a strong reaction that cannot be expressed in words, especially when expressing embarrassment or sexual attraction.


gnomesayin

(pronunciation spelling, nonstandard, African-American Vernacular) Do you know what I'm saying?


my emphasis

Inserted in or after a quote to proclaim that italicisation was done by the quoter and was absent in the original text.


namous

UK 19th century. Probably from Spanish vamos (“we go”) or vámonos (“let's go”). Possibly influenced by German nehmen (“to take”). Cognate with English vamoose.
Possibly backslang from summon.

One boy (of the party) is always on the look out, and even if a stranger should advance, the cry is given of "Namous" or "Kool Eslop." Instantly the money is whipped-up and pocketed, and the boys stand chattering and laughing together.

1851, Henry Mayhew, “Gambling of Costermongers”, in London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1, page 17:

(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Look out! Beware!


pshh

Pshh... What an amazing speech!

(Yeshivish) Expresses inspiration, amazement, or respect.


bugger me backwards

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, vulgar, slang) Expression of surprise or amazement.


From Internet decision-making processes such as Apache that allow users to vote for or against a proposal, or signaling slight agreement or disagreement. E.g., http://httpd.apache.org/dev/guidelines.html.

(Internet slang) Used to signify assent to a proposal without indicating a strong opinion.


allez oop

Allez--... --oop!
Beautiful! Great flip Mike!

1985, Kevin Eastman & al., Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Vol. I, No. 4, page 2

The military doctrine of the German General Staff was: Advance at all costs! Germany had good grounds for adopting it. But—allez oop!—the French had taken it over.

1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by H. T. Willetts, August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 100:


leave it out

Stop it; an admonition to a person who is misbehaving.


wuzza

From "who's a...", as in "who's a pretty boy?" etc.

Oh, Betty — I suppose I'll have to go in to see you. That Doctor Holt says not to, in his book — but I don't care. He never was a mother! (She enters nursery.) Betty! Betty, my darling, oh, you wuzza wuzza wuzza!

1966, Vanity Fair, volumes 14-15, page 51:

Patti scooped up the new cat. She put her nose against its nose and cooed, "Wuzza, wuzza, wuzza, her's a pussycat and needs love, doesn't her? Somebody so mean to throw you out. […]

2008, Bethany Campbell, Amarillo by Morning, page 148:

“How do you know the cat's name?”
“Katie told me,” Pete said without looking up. “Who's a wuzza wuzza wuzza? Hey? Who's a wuzza wuzza woo.”
Jack rolled his eyes. “I hope you're not like that with Katie. She seems like a tough girl.”

2013, Martin Berman-Gorvine, Seven Against Mars, page 134:

(informal) Expresses doting affection toward an animal or child.


boo hiss

Where American Jewish men contend with stereotypes of being oversexed, needy, nebbishy and neurotic (like Woody Allen, boo hiss), Jewish women are cast as withholding, bossy, exotic, and materialistic (like Fran Drescher, which honestly? Goals).

2019, Fancy Feast, “On Being a Fetish”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019:

An expression of disagreement, outrage, or frustration.


by Jupiter

From Latin pro Iuppiter. Ellipsis of a full oath of the form "I swear by Jupiter that…". Originally a literal oath; later a minced oath.

I see how it is with you. You are mad, / Stark mad, by Jupiter!

1820 [423 BC], “The Clouds”, in Thomas Mitchell, transl., The Comedies of Aristophanes, volume 1, translation of Νεφέλαι Nephelai by Aristophanes, page 91:

(obsolete, Classics) Invocation of the Roman god Jupiter.

Away! By Jupiter, / This shall not be revoked!

c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 1, scene 1, lines 178–179:

"By Jupiter!" employing his usual mild expletive, "look here, old fellow, had she a white dress on, and geranium-colored bows, and—"

1874 September 5, Fannie Hodgson Burnett, “Pretty Polly Pemberton”, in Peterson's Magazine, volume 66, number 3, page 180:

(dated, chiefly British) Minced oath for by God.


merci buckets

Merci buckets, Jack ol' BOY?

2004, Jeffrey Kipnis, Cosmic Redshifted Anthrocentric Worms, →ISBN:

“Merci buckets,” she said, holding the hem of her pink plastic smock out to her sides in a curtsy.

2013, Dale E. Basye, Precocia: The Sixth Circle of Heck, →ISBN, page 286:

Anyway, merci buckets for coming,

2015, Seth Margolis, Closing Costs, →ISBN:


eyes right

/ˈaɪ̯z ˈɹaɪ̯t/

/ˈaɪ̯.əz ˈɹaɪ̯t/

(military) A command to a group of soldiers to turn their heads right towards a superior officer.

Augen rechts

distinguished from die Augen links with the article


l.p.h.

life, prosperity, health
life, prosperity, health#English

Abbreviation of life, prosperity, health.


life, prosperity, health

Calque of Egyptian ꜥnḫ wḏꜣ snb, anx-DA-s

It is a communication to the Master,—Life, Prosperity, Health!—about causing to be sent to me 10 re-geese for (?) the servant there.

1898, William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Francis Llewellyn Griffith, Hieratic Papyri from Kahun and Gurob (principally of the Middle Kingdom), page 67:

The matters that occurred following what was written in the book of decrees from Year 44 of the Pharaoh — life, prosperity, health — Amasis — life, prosperity, health —, until Cambyses was in command of Egypt; he died ...(?) before regaining his country.

2013, A. Kuhrt, The Persian Empire: A Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid Period, page 125:

Then did His Majesty say to him, ‘I have traversed all the rooms of the palace (life, prosperity, health) in search of recreation, but I have found none.’

2014, Alan B. Lloyd, Ancient Egypt: State and Society, page 85:

However, it happened that, as for King Seqnen-Re—life, prosperity, health!—he was Ruler—life, prosperity, health!—of the Southern City. Distress was in the town of the Asiatics, for Prince Apophis—life, prosperity, health—was in Avaris, and the entire land was subject to him with their dues, the north as well, with all the good prduce of the Delta.

2016, James B. Pritchard, Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament with Supplement, page 231:

(in translations of Ancient Egyptian documents) an honorific phrase used after the names of kings, queens, princes, etc., after the words of a king, ruler, or prince, after references to the royal household, and, more rarely, after the names of ordinary people.


demnition

Alteration of damnation; appears to have been popularized by the speech of the character Mr. Mantalini in Charles Dickens’ novel Nicholas Nickleby (1839).

“[…] It is enough to make one swear. Demnition! if my mother heard of it, what would she say!”

1852, Dennis Hannigan, chapter 11, in The Swamp Steed, New York: Dewitt & Davenport, page 82:

(euphemistic, obsolete) Damn (used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt, etc.).


fergawdsake

Silver bars had me penned in like an animal. I was in a prison cell, fergawdsake.

2012, Parker Blue, Make Me, →ISBN, pages 11–12:

With her pocket knife, she starts to prise the spikes from his wings. Fergawdsake, she says. Somebody shut Tracker up.

2014, Moira Young -, Raging Star, →ISBN:

“Well, fergawdsake, at least she can read!” Sandra laughed.

2014, Janet Costello, The Whole She-Bang 2, →ISBN, page 16:

Pronunciation spelling of for God's sake.


fergawdsakes

And fergawdsakes, when your instructor tells you something, acknowledge by nodding or indicate you didn't understand by appropriate expressions.

1945 June, John R. Hoyt, “When You Learn To Fly - Get A Tough Instructor”, in Flying Magazine, volume 36, number 6, page 146:

Mr. Prestopnick's hat ascended on a rippled brow as he uttered, “Fergawdsakes, reggie ain't my name.

I noticed something else— pine garlands with red bows topped the windows, holiday do-dads seemed to perch on every surface I could see, and there was even a Christmas tree in the corner... with twinkling fairy lights on it, fergawdsakes.

2011, Parker Blue, Fang Me, →ISBN, page 6:


gardy loo

[A]ll the chairs in the family are emptied into this here barrel once a-day; and at ten o'clock at night the whole cargo is flung out of a back windore that looks into some street or lane, and the maid calls Gardy loo to the passengers, which signifies, Lord have mercy upon you! and this is done every night in every house at Haddingborough; so you may guess, Mary Jones, what a sweet savour comes from such a number of profuming pans […]

1771, Tobias Smollet, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, OCLC 277265635, republished in The Novels of Tobias Smollett, M.D.: viz. Roderick Random, Peregrine Pickle, and Humphrey Clinker (Ballantyne's Novelist's Library; II), London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1821, OCLC 271400557, Dublin: Printed for A. Leathley, J. Exshaw, H. Saunders, W. Sleater, D. Chamberlain [and ten others], page 626:

Aunt nell the patter flash and gardy loo! / Bijou, she trolls, bold on lallies / slick as stripes down the Dilly.

2015 October 12, Adam Lowe, “Poem of the week: Vada That”, in The Guardian:


aunt nell

(Polari, imperative) Remain silent; be quiet.


hasta pasta

(US, humorous, slang) goodbye; see you later


holy smokes

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

Stomp on the moon and spit in the ocean / Razzamatazz and I love you / Holy smokes and Land o' Goshen / You can do anything that you want to do.

1971, “Suicide Song”, in Loudon Wainwright III (lyrics), Album II, performed by Loudon Wainwright III:


poda patti

Borrowed from Malayalam പോടാ പട്ടീ (pōṭā paṭṭī, “go away, dog”).

bor

The puppy seized the opportunity and tried to stage a combined entry. Kochu Maria hit the floor fiercely with her hands and said, "Hup, Hup! Poda patti!" So the puppy, wisely, desisted. It appeared to be familiar with this routine.

2008, Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things: A Novel:

A servant's snot-nosed child smiled up at him before stomping the ground to scare away a straggly cat by shouting, 'Poda patti' - Go away, you miserable dog!

2009, Janhavi Acharekar, Window seat: rush-hour stories from the city:

The world mocked me when i sent my resumes to consulting firms and investment banks. Rahul Gupta's exact words were, 'Einstein, you are a complete idiot.' IN YOUR FACE RAHUL GUPTA ! PODA PATTI! Bastard.

2016, Sidin Vadukut, Dork: The Incredible Adventures of Robin 'Einstein' Varghese:

(India, slang) An insult: go away, you dog!


ehh

Alternative form of eh (a request for clarification)


aiyo

Mainly borrowed from Tamil ஐயோ (aiyō) and Sinhalese අයියෝ (ayiyō). Common in Dravidian languages; compare Telugu అయ్యో (ayyō), Kannada ಅಯ್ಯೋ (ayyō), Malayalam അയ്യോ (ayyō), Tulu ಅಯ್ಯೋ (ayyō). Alternatively from Chinese 哎喲／哎哟 (āiyō) in Malaysia and Singapore.

'Are you crying for your father?' 'Aiyo, aiyo!' wailed the girl. 'I shall never see him again!'

Aiyo! aiyo! My little Podi Sinho!

1913, L. Woolf, Village in Jungle ii. 28:

'Aiyo its our Kalu' they all cried.

1971, Fashion Panaroma (Ceylon) Apr. 31:

Aiyo! Never thought our beloved principal will come to this end.

1982, R.K. Narayan, Tiger for Malgudi (1984) 119:

Vijaya touched Rajam's forehead and exclaimed, Aiyo. She is running very high temperature.

2009, S. Manickavasagam, Power of Passion 218:

(South India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, informal) expressing distress, regret, fear


view halloo

A cry uttered by a huntsman when a fox is seen to break cover


blow me over

'Well blow me over, if it isn't Barley Bloody Blair,' a familiar voice declared from the centre of a multi-lingual display of illustrated Bibles.

Well, blow me over. If it isn't Mr. Randilin himself. What a pleasant surprise!

2016, Daniel Blackaby, The Lost City Chronicles:

(UK, slang, archaic) An expression of surprise.


blow me tight

Puss 'unting is werry well for cripples, and those that keep donkeys (renewed cheers from the blues, with angry looks from the green-coated gentry)—Blow me tight, but I never sees a chap a trudging along the turnpike, with a thick stick in his 'and, and a pipe in his mouth, but I says to myself, there goes a man well-mounted for 'arriers!

1838 December 5, “The Handley-Cross Hounds”, in The New Sporting Magazine, volume 15, number 92, page 346:

"Wallingford lock!" they answered. "Lor' love you, sir, that’s been done away with for over a year. There ain't no Wallingford lock now, sir. You’re close to Cleeve now. Blow me tight if 'ere ain't a gentleman been looking for Wallingford lock, Bill!"

1889, Jerome K. Jerome, chapter 9, in Three Men in a Boat […] :

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang, archaic) An expression of surprise.


blow me pink

Why the guv'nor's going to marry again. Well blow me pink! 'E ain't 'arf a husband, 'e's got a few still living!

1904, Edgar Wallace, An African Millionaire:


hoo-boy

Across the aisle, she was absentmindedly fiddling with a loose piece of yarn that had unraveled from her sweater, wrapping it around her finger the same way Derek was wrapped around her finger. And she didn't even know it. Hoo-boy. She killed him.

2005, Dallas Woodburn, 3 A.m.: A Collection of Short Stories, →ISBN:

And hoo-boy I'd like to see the expression on her face when whe realizes she has a bus with no driver.

2010, Jeff Adkins, The Boy Who Skipped, →ISBN, page 202:

Didn't think I'd like it, but hoo-boy, was I wrong.

2012, Loree Lough, A Man of Honor, →ISBN, page 246:


hoo boy

It sounds a lot like a ... well, like a fart, but—hoo boy—I would not like to be standing behind whoever it was that let it out.

2009, Richard Scrimger, The Boy from Earth, →ISBN, page 146:

Mallory exhaled noisily. “Hoo boy, I was hoping to leave that one alone for a while. Like, years and years."

2015, Chris Loblaw, The Patchwork Boy, →ISBN, page 138:

“Hoo boy,” Duff says under his breath. “Jase got burned deep on that pass.”

2015, Huntley Fitzpatrick, The Boy Most Likely To, →ISBN, page 274:

Used to express strong emotion, especially relief or mock dread.


hoo, boy

Hoo, boy, Angie thought with only a vague sense of reality. She was in it now. Deep.

2012, Elizabeth Bevarly, Bride Of The Bad Boy, →ISBN:

The boy, on the other hand... hoo, boy! He was transformed with powers unknown to most humans.

2016, Melody J. Bremen, Super Farm Boy, →ISBN:

“Hoo, boy,” Joely said as she shifted the boxes to find the lightest one. "Do you have to listen to stuff like that every day? It was kind of spooky, the way she was looking at me."


diu lei

From Cantonese 屌你 (diu² nei⁵, “fuck you”).

You impudent muppet, diu lay! You may be able to hoodwink people over in the UK, but not those of us over here.

1996 April 18, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):

Btw, finally saw fat fat here....wahahaha. Diu nei, plane last time.

But I'm like Diu lei sit your ass back down.

Diu Lei, koki, can you don't send food link before bed time?

“操你老妈啊 (diu nei lok mo ah)!” I shouted in Cantonese.

2011, Foo Yin Tung, The Right Mistakes: My Life As A Singapore Gangster, →ISBN, page 198:

“Yes! Hantu! Ghots! Mangroves and snakes! Mong! Stupid! Diu lei loh mo! F ... your mother! That is why it has been chosen; and the name Hantu helps keep people away. Probably like you they fear the devil,” said Ah Cheong, hurling more expletives at his underling before returning back to the house.

2012, Chan Ling Yap, Bitter-Sweet Harvest: A sequel to the acclaimed and well-loved Sweet Offerings, →ISBN:

“Diu lei chau hai ge mo, fuck your smelly mother's cunt,” Spencer said under his breath and belted the bloody skull with his foot, sending splatters of tissue and bone flying around the room.

2015, Valerie Goldsilk, Classified As Crime, →ISBN:

(colloquial Hong Kong, Singlish, vulgar) Fuck you.


win liao lor

/ˈwɪn ljaʊ˨˩ ˌlɔː˦/

From win, Hokkien 了 (liâu, “already”, perfective aspect and change of state marker) and 啰 (lor, final particle used to express resignation).
See liao, lor.

Wah this type of response, win liao lor, typical singaporean hehe.

1997 November 28, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):

Win liao lor… Continue also cannot… Stop also cannot… How?

1999 May 1, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):

And who says that should a policy holder of an annuity dies before the principal sum is exhausted, the balance is forfeited? Like that all insurance companies win liao lor.

2007 August 21, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):

Said the spokesman: "In Singapore, some of the top sticker sets are Singlish sets with illustrations depicting phrases such as bojio (You did not invite me!), win liao lor (when you grudgingly concede to an argument) or kan cheong spider (an anxious person).

2016 October 18, Indonesian artist's series of Line stickers is popular:

(Singlish) Grudging admission of defeat in an argument.


my neck

"This is what we get for burnin' Flint out!" whined Dobbs. "You shouldn't have did that, Bill. It's a judgment!"
"Aw, shut up!" growled his partner. "You make me sick. Judgment my neck! There ain't no such thing!"

1922, A[rthur] M[urray] Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate:


ooch

The interjection and noun are probably variants of ouch. The verb is probably derived from the interjection, or also from ouch (verb).

My mother must have whipped me for almost half an hour, even though it seemed like eternity. […] "Ooch, mama; ooch, mama; ooch, mama; I promise not to do this anymore!" / "I know you won't, believe me; you won't!" / "Ooch, mama; ooch, mama; ooch, mama; you are killing me!"

2000, Marva L. Dowdin, chapter 7, in The Blue Wall, Lincoln, Neb.: Writers Club Press, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 123:

Now tell the children to walk around the room as though they were walking on hot, hot sand. They will want to lift their feet off the floor as quickly as they can because the sand will burn their feet. It adds to the fun to include an "ooch" or an "ouch" to the activity to give them the idea.

2004, Nina Czitrom, Take a Bow! Lesson Plans for Preschool Drama (Smith and Kraus Instructional Books for Teachers), Hanover, N.H.: Smith and Kraus, →ISBN, page 12:

The leader lunged forward so far that his dagger-pointed nose bumped the invisible man's notepad. "Ooch. That smarts."

2004, Jeffrey F. Kipnis, “A New Initiative”, in Cosmic Redshifted Anthrocentric Worms: The Adventures of Lightning Squirrel, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN:

With an "ooch", he [Jack Hobbs] stretched his legs full length and gave a sigh of relief.

2012, Leo McKinstry, “‘It was Too Much for Jack’”, in Jack Hobbs: England’s Greatest Cricketer, London: Yellow Jersey Press, Random House, →ISBN, page 355:


foof

Oh foof. You swim like a fish.

2011, L. Sprague deCamp, The Hand of Zei:

Which was idiotic, because there were Necromantic ones, Ghouls and Bonedancers and even Rancelmen. Oh well, and foof.

'Foof! They don't care!' Rudolf said.

2013, Simon Robinson, A Year with Rudolf Nureyev:

“Ah, foof!” Quinn sputtered.

2013, Robyn Parnell, The Mighty Quinn, page 131:

Used to express exasperation or frustration

"Foof!" he cried. "The world went foof."

1986, NDQ, North Dakota Quarterly - Volume 54, Issues 3-4, page 59:

I was desperately searching for the emergency cord when I landed spread-eagle in the frozen creek bed. Foof! The impact caused the chute to finally deploy.

2005, Dan Rodgers, I Thought You Brought the Can Opener:

Onomatopoeia indicating an explosive burst of air.


see you in the funny papers

Probably a humorous elaboration of see you or see you later (“a phrase used at parting, and not necessarily implying that the person being addressed will be seen later by the speaker”). The funny papers are the pages of a newspaper containing comic strips; the implication appears to be that the person addressed will do something ludicrous which will end up featured in a comic strip.

Bye, Bye, I'll see you in the funny papers. See?

1915 January 13, “The ‘fish’ and ‘whick’: Had a little conversation about the school work”, in W[illiam] Y[oast] Morgan, editor, The Hutchinson News, last edition, volume XXVIII, number 275, Hutchinson, Kan.: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 12, column 6:

I'll see you in the funny paper.

[1919 April 18, “Famous last lines”, in Harold R. Hall, editor, University Daily Kansan, volume XVI, number 120, Lawrence, Kan.: Department of Journalism, University of Kansas, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 5:

"S'long!" he waved brightly. "See you in the funny papers …"

1926 October, Sara Haardt, “Jackson, Tennessee”, in Julian Starr, Jr., editor, The Carolina Magazine: The Official Literary Publication of the Students of the University of North Carolina, volume 57, number 1, Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, →OCLC, page 37:

"I'll see you in the funny papers." This is the remark that Alice White passed to Arthur Lake on the beach near Los Angeles last summer. It was a bit of current slang, but Alice little dreamed it would come true. But it has. A few months later Arthur was assigned to play the title role in First National Pictures' screen version of the famous funny paper comic, "Harold Teen." Miss White was given the role of Giggles in the picture.

1928 May 20, “Flashbacks and fadeouts”, in The Washington Post (Features), Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 3:

[T]a-ta see you in the funnypaper

[1929, William Faulkner, “June 2, 1910”, in “The Sound and the Fury”, in The Sound and the Fury & As I Lay Dying, New York, N.Y.: The Modern Library, published 1946, →OCLC, page 130:

Well, I'll see you in the funny papers, and by that I mean the Alumni office at two tomorrow afternoon.

1947 December 27, Lawrence Williams, “Virgil Oliphant’s Christmas Present”, in William L. Chenery, editor, Collier’s, volume 120, number 26, Springfield, Oh.: Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 28, column 3:

Though [Russell] Myers puns a lot, it was interesting to note that when he said goodbye, he did not tack on the quip, "see you in the funny papers." He probably knows that everyone would.

1975 September 29, Bob Koppany, “Cartoonist Myers bewitches millions with Broom Hilda and his other characters”, in Jim Stebinger, editor, UCLA Daily Bruin, volume XCVI, number 2, Los Angeles, Calif.: Communications Board, ASUCLA [Associated Students UCLA], →OCLC, page 5, column 2:

Just before leaving my room, after tucking me into bed, my dad would turn off the light and say, "See you in the funny papers." Somehow, even though I was just a little kid … he knew.

1989, Lynn Johnston, “A Look Inside For Better or For Worse”, in A Look Inside … For Better or For Worse: The Tenth Anniversary Collection, Kansas City, Mo.: Andrews McMeel Publishing, →ISBN, page 62:

(US, humorous, informal, dated) Goodbye; see you later.


wowza

Wowza. We are tearing — and I mean tearing — down Macklin Avenue.

I blink. Wowza! She is beyond hot: her long, black, curly hair cascades around her naked boobies!

When light hits these cells, it causes a bunch of chemical reactions that in turn create a nerve impulse that gets sent to your brain, and — wowza! — you see.

2014, James Michael Lampinen PhD, Denise R. Beike PhD, Memory 101:


pardy

“Pardy,” return’d the king, “but still / My joints are somewhat stiff or so. / My lord, and shall we pass the bill / I mention’d half an hour ago?”

1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Day-Dream”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 157:


you do you

The implicit policy, in short, is: You do you.

2022 May 4, “Biden Is Rightsizing the COVID Crisis”, in The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-19:


hey pass

(obsolete) A conjurer's exclamation on performing a magic trick; hey presto.


vworp

Imitative of the sound made by the TARDIS in Doctor Who (originally produced by sound technician Brian Hodgson by electronically modifying a recording of a key scraping along a piano string).

With a vworp of displaced air, a Double of Bob appeared. Every detail was perfect save the eyes for some reason unknown. Instead of their clear blue, they were the deep green usually associated with impending violence. Nobody was looking so nobody noticed however.

2005 March 31, Clayton, “Re: [PW!] To the Tourney”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (Usenet):

A cyclic wheezing, groaning noise began as Vin approach the back wall. The vworp vworp noise was synchronized with a flashing blue light on top, as the gigantic three-dimensional holographic wall displayed a London 1950 police call box. Vin snatched the door open, stepping inside.

2010 February 18, "danw" ("DAWootan"), {ASSM} OTEC_204_Years, alt.sex.stories.moderated

A voice cackled all evil-like and then lightning struck the tower and with a vworp it disappeared! Gosh!

2014 February 23, Drew Perron, MISC: Spies With Badges: "Junior Spies The First Movie", rec.arts.comics.creative, Usenet

No sooner had the spell been cast than it was broken by a sound from outside the castle; the loud, rough, grinding, metallic grunting sound—vworp-vworp-vworp!—of some machine trying to come to life or die quickly.

2019, Lucy A. Snyder, While the Black Stars Burn

(onomatopoeia) Representing the sound made by teleporting or dematerialising/rematerialising.


how embarrassment

A catchphrase of Effie Stephanidis, a character who first appeared on the Australian TV show Acropolis Now (1989–1992) and is played by Mary Coustas. Stephanidis is a Greek-Australian, and the phrase is an imitation of the style of English often spoken by immigrants to Australia.

Corneliu, just looking back at the stack, i realise its probably not the FileAppender and is as you suggest (and which i knew but forgot) me locking the Console window (how embarrassment!)- I will confirm this next time it locks.

2010 June 30, Wolfbyte, “Re: log4net 'deadlock'; 2 app domains”, in ausdotnetlist (Usenet):

Hawthorn just allowed Lewis Jetta to kick a goal. How embarrassment. (One goal, nineteen behinds in his first fifteen games.)

2010 August 7, David J Richardson, “And we thought the Dons were bad...”, in aus.sport.aussie-rules (Usenet):

Oh dear! You don't even understand the basics do you? How embarrassment.

2013 May 19, Coach, “Re: Old VHS tapes”, in aus.tv (Usenet):

(Australia, colloquial) An expression of embarrassment, either for the speaker or for another individual or group.


butter my butt and call it a biscuit

As my grandma would say, well butter my butt and call it a biscuit. Because the circus that followed!

2014, Alice LaPlante, A Circle of Wives, →ISBN, page 67:

butter my butt and call me a biscuit#English

Alternative form of butter my butt and call me a biscuit


shit fire

Shit fire, said Harrogate, scurrying down the path with one hand over his head.

1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree (set in the 1950s)


big mood

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Emerged on Twitter in late 2015 as an evolution of the term mood, used on Black Twitter to denote relatable images. Came to prominence as an Internet meme around January 2018.

my professor just got frustrated, said he couldn't speak anymore and left class.... honestly big mood.

2018 October 11, The University Daily Kansan, University of Kansas, page 6:

"She had a rat in either hand and was singing about how she felt 'trapped,'" Eliana Meyerowitz, BC '20, reported. "And I mean, big mood, but I just assumed she was on drugs."

2019, AJ McDougall, "Fairytale Princess Finding It Difficult to Adjust to Columbia Life", The Columbia Federalist (satirical newspaper of Columbia University), March 2019, page 5

From exposing her heart and soul on title track 'Cuz I Love You' to listing all the types of boys she likes (big mood) on 'Boys,' the album is versatile and just generally good fun.

2019, Charlotte Boulton, "Lizzo: Cuz I Love You," in "Writers' picks: our top ten albums of 2019", The Courier (Newcastle University), 9 December 2019, page 28

(Internet slang, informal) Used to express that the speaker finds something very relatable.


yiish

Yiish, talk about tangled grammar.

1998 October 2, Clayton Anderson, “The Resurrection implied by all arguments”, in alt.christnet.philosophy (Usenet):

I whisper, “Yiish, if Julie saw that film, she'd dump me for Deward 'Da Lizard' Banksiana.”

2013, Lyle Markey, The Toll of Valor, →ISBN, page 72:

Ripper says, “Men do seem to like her for some reason.” Myrtle responds sarcastically, “I can think of three reasons—38- 24-36. Yiish!”

2013, Tom Lisanti, Drive-in Dream Girls: A Galaxy of B-Movie Starlets of the Sixties, →ISBN:


konnichiwa

Borrowed from Japanese 今(こん)日(にち)は (konnichi wa).

(informal) Good day, good afternoon; (broadly) hello.


yeppo

“He told you?”
“He said you shot a bucket.”
“Shit.”
“Hey, don't beat yourself over it! Oops! Freudian slip. Sorry. Listen up, bro, all the guys will jack this trip. It's either that or wet dreamland.”
“You too?” he asked, surprised and hopeful.
“Yeppo.”


hnnng

Don't even think about it, especially not the bit when Nala pins Simba to the ground in The Lion King and ... hnnng. ;)

1999 December 27, Markie Mickey Durden-Porter, “Pinnochio (oops, kinda long post)”, in alt.fan.lea-salonga (Usenet):

He rubs against the rough spot deep inside that makes me want to groan loud enough that the whole city will hear. I grind my teeth to keep quiet. "I can't remember exactly what I did...was it this?" "Hnnng," I agree. His thumb circles my clit, and every muscle in my body tenses. "What do you think?" he whispers. "Can I see you lose control like that again? Come for me like you did on the plane?"

2015, Melanie Marchande, His Secretary: Unveiled:

A moan indicating sexual arousal and/or (sexual) frustration.


kazowie

Shazam! Pow! Kazowie! We were out of one world and into another.

2012, Lauren Baratz-Logsted, The Final Battle...for Now, page 23:


jolly good show

(dated) An exclamation of praise or endorsement of an achievement.


order up

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"Order up." She snatched another order ticket from the pickup window and shouted to the women in the kitchen. "Three pigs on a bun! Two fries!"

2007, Joe Hilley, Night Rain, David C Cook, →ISBN, page 242:

“Order up!” yelled Carlos from the kitchen.

2009, B. C. Legans, Cerro, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 31:

A number of mechanisms have been devised to notify waitstaff that food is ready in the kitchen, ranging from a cook's shouting “Order up!” to bells, numbered lights on the wall, and, most recently, pagers.

2015, Yahong Zhang, Dennis F. Galletta, Human-computer Interaction and Management Information Systems: Foundations, Routledge, →ISBN, page 126:

Especially at restaurants, called when someone's food order is ready to be retrieved or served.


bad show

You didn't get the chores done? Bad show!

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bad, show.


yabba dabba don't

Blend of yabba dabba doo + don't, since doo is a homophone of do.

(humorous, informal) An expression of disappointment, especially towards something of or pertaining to The Flintstones franchise.


yk

(text messaging) Abbreviation of you know.


fuckness

(vulgar, colloquial) Expressing dismay or discontent.


April Fools

Alternative letter-case form of April fools


way enough

(Canada, US, rowing) A coxswain's order for rowers to cease rowing immediately.


spectacles, testicles, wallet, watch

spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch#English

Alternative form of spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch


spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch

The positions of these four things on a person's body correspond to the four extremities of the cross shape.

(humorous) Said when performing the sign of the cross.


whoopsie-daisy

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From whoopsie + daisy.
Mispronunciation of upsadaisy.

(informal) Used to acknowledge a mistake.


best of luck

Used to express hopes that someone does well in an endeavor.


wallahi

From Arabic وَٱللّٰه (wa-llāh, literally “by God”).

der

wallahi I got it from her

(MTE, slang) I swear to God; used to add emphasis.


Scout's honor

I will do that for you, Scout's honor.

(figuratively, colloquial) Making a promise or oath.


enuh

(Used as a rhetorical question at the end of a sentence, Jamaica) you know


jeeze

Jeeze, I was mad at him.

1923, John Dos Passos, Michael Clark, Streets of Night, →ISBN, page 86:

“Oh jeeze, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to...jeeze.”

2005, Don Meyer -, Snow Ghost, →ISBN, page 145:

Jeeze that's tough kid... do a shot!

2008, Gene Kalmes, God Is an Indian Giver, →ISBN, page 38:


pas devant

Short for French pas devant les enfants (“not in front of the children”).


sporfle

(Internet slang) Expressing amusement, as though one had spat out one's drink while reading something amusing.


good question

(informal) An acknowledgement that a question is difficult to answer.


hooraw

Then hooraw for the Tars of old England so free, The pride of the world, and the lords of the sea, The pride of the world, and the lords of the sea.

1825, Charles Dibdin, The Sea Songs of the Immortal Charles Dibdin, page 90:

“Hooraw !” cried one of the spectators, whose red flannel shirt seemed to indicate the propriety of looking out for a new One.

1844, Charles Sealsfield, Life In The New World; Or Sketches Of American Society:

"Hooraw—hooraw!" cried a dozen and a half of boys, "here be Hempror o' Roosia coming."

1865 May – 1866 August, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, chapter XVI, in Cradock Nowell: A Tale of the New Forest. […], volume III, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1866, →OCLC, page 265:

"Hooraw for the 'Lantas! Hooraw for the girls! Hooraw for the Institoot!" shout a hundred voices.

1889, Mrs. J. W. Shoemaker, The Elocutionist’s Annual, number 17, page 46:

Used to express joy, excitement, amusement, or approval; hooray.


snerts

Oh, snerts! I nearly forgot why I came over.

1986, Fayrene Preston, Mysterious, →ISBN, page 146:

Used to express disappointment or annoyance.


nosireebob

Nothing in the world like it, nosireebob.

1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 333:

Not by a long shot, nosireebob.”

2007, Steven Merrill Ulmen, The Revenge of Little Crow, →ISBN, page 140:

"And let you spend this first Christmas on your two legs in a city?" he demanded. "Well, I guess not! Nosireebob!"

2014, Leona Dalrymple, When the Yule Log Burns: A Christmas Story, →ISBN:


ods bud

(archaic) Alternative spelling of ods bodikins


odds bud

'Odds bud!' lisped little Puddock, 'what a stentorian voice!'

1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:

(archaic) Alternative spelling of ods bodikin


baugh

“Well, sir,” said the waiter, “here are six, and they are as prime pork steaks as were ever cut from pig.”
“Baugh! baugh!” cried the Jew, “I want no pig's meat: […]

1830, William Thomas Parke, Musical Memoirs:

"Catch the slut. You shan't budge—not a foot—hold her," cried M. M. to the bailiff.
"Baugh!" was his answer.

1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “Relating how the Castle Was Taken, and how Mistress Moggy Took Heart of Grace”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume III, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 36:


God-a-mercy

Content thee, tis no matter, and Iacke Strawe godamercie,
Herein thou haſt done good ſeruice to thy country:
VVere all inhumaine ſlaues ſo ſerued as he,
England would be ciuill, and from all ſuch dealings free.

1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I:

Baſt[ard]. A foot of Honor better then I was,
But many a many foot of Land the worſe.
Well, now can I make any Ioane a Lady,
Good den Sir Richard, Godamercy fellow,
And if his name be George, Ile call him Peter;
For new made honor doth forget mens names: […]

c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 2:

(obsolete) Eye dialect spelling of God have mercy: an exclamation of dismay or of relief.


steboy

(obsolete) A cry used to set a dog on somebody.


blaow

Turtle and log explode in a gigantic, echoing splash that coincides with the BLAOW! of the gun.

1981, Katie Letcher Lyle, Dark But Full of Diamonds, page 34:

She took the gun, loaded it, handed it back to Stephen, who got behind a chicken, brought the gun up, aimed, and pulled the trigger, ka-blaow.

1998, Clyde Edgerton, Where Trouble Sleeps, page 151:

Your wrist's bling-bling; my shit's bling-blaow.

2003, “Poor Lil Rich”, in Curtis James Jackson III, Kevin Risto (lyrics), Kevin Risto (music), Get Rich or Die Tryin', performed by 50 Cent, New York: Shady Records:

A sudden explosion, gunshot, or similar sound.


made you look

Tim sat up suddenly and pointed out the window in excitement. “No way! There's one right now!”
Tara leaned over to see. “Really?”
He laughed. “Made you look!”

2001, Casey Lytle, Alien Encounter: Homeworld: Conclusion, page 45:

There were no stains. No blood. By the time she looked over at Walker, she knew he'd gotten what he'd wanted. His self-satisfied grin told her everything.
“Made you look,” he said.

2008, Gregg Olsen, A Cold Dark Place, page 334:

Trish muttered, “By the way, Jason, your sweater is on backwards.”
He glanced down, but his sweater was on properly. He looked back at Trish, who now bore a knowing grin.
“Made you look,” she said in a sly tone.

2012, Kimberly Chapman, Karen Babcock, Finding Gaia:

They don't tend to fall for the whole pointing one way as you run the other way “made you look” ruse.

2014, Lexi Blake, Steal the Moon, page 7:

Said after tricking someone into believing there was something to be seen where, in fact, there was not.


two for flinching

She ducked. "Two for flinching!" She held out her wrist, and he flicked it twice with his knuckles. Now she swung at him. He didn't duck but his eyelids blinked. "Two for flinching!" Triumphant, she took his wrist and hit it as hard as she could with two extended fingers.

1974, Jeannie Sakol, New Year's Eve: A Novel, page 304:

Another gunshot popped overhead. Joel screamed, waiting for the pain.
"Two for flinching," a voice said.

Said after causing someone to flinch in anticipation of an attack, implying that the act of flinching permits the attack to be repeated.


screw this

I wanted to have a playdate today, but screw this, we could reschedule it for tomorrow.

Screw this—I’m not buying you a new phone this weekend because of your annoying bitches in public!

(slang, idiomatic, mildly vulgar) A much less offensive version of fuck this.


fuck this

I was going to enter the competition, but thought, "Fuck this; nobody's going to know whether I did it or not."

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

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

Fuck this; I refuse to get you a game for this upcoming holiday because you behaved like an asshole this week.

(vulgar, idiomatic) An expression of frustration.


byrlady

Ayoong Heyre […] falles in a quarrelling humor with his fortune, because she made him not King of the Indies, and sweares and stares after ten in the hundreth, that nere a such Pesant as his Father or brother shall keepe him vnder, hee will to the sea and teare the gold out of the Spaniards throats but he will haue it, byrlady when he comes there[…]

1592, Thomas Nash, Pierce Penilesse his Supplication to the Diuell:

Byrlady, a shrewd business and a dangerous!

1657, Thomas Middleton, More Dissemblers Besides Women, act 3, scene 2; republished in The Works of Thomas Middleton, volume 3, London: Edward Lumley, 1840, page 600:

(obsolete) Used as an exclamation of surprise or anger.


chocks away

A command to remove an aeroplane's chocks in preparation for imminent take-off.

And the half-reclining astronaut posture he is forced to adopt breeds sub-conscious fears that any minute now it may be chocks away and blast-off for the Moon.

1970, New Scientist, volumes 48-49, page 61:

Since the final "Chocks away!" was not given until after most schools had, perforce, completed their option choice procedures, the TVEI had to compete with choices already settled.

1982, Perspectives, numbers 8-17, page 26:

Fowler: Chocks away!

2000 June 23, “Fowler”, in Chicken Run (2000):

She thought of the way Pop shouted 'Chocks away, mate!' before he stamped on the accelerator and they shot like Apollo 13 down Worcester Lane, their heads trailing over the backs of the seats with the G force.

Saying goodbye like World War II fighter pilots. Well, this is it, old man. Cheerio, old chap. Take care now. Goodbye, old sock. Toodleoo, old thing. Chocks away, groover. Chin-chin, old pal! Goodbye for six weeks, until the new term in January.

Chocks away for cocoa which hit a new 18 month high on concerns about excess rains in the top producer Ivory Coast.

2018 April 17, “Ivory Coast rain stokes cocoa supply worries, sending price rising”, in Financial Times:

(by extension) A signal of the commencement of a journey or activity.


whatev

If you don't greet the customers when they enter the store, you are going to be fired! – Whatev.

She grins, and Andrew laughs. “Whatev.” “Whatev?” “Word.” “You mean, like, let's g?” “No go's already short enough, you don't need to abbreviate it.”

2010, Nick McDonell, Twelve, Grove/Atlantic, Inc., →ISBN, page 95:

With an air of complete insouciance, Raine remarked, “Whatev, Doc. I'm here all week.”

2015, Leigh Santoro, Myself, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 87:

“Whatev.” – “Really, Bertie? Whatev? You can't even be bothered to add the last syllable?”

2015, Katie Macalister, The Importance of Being Alice, Penguin, →ISBN, page 8:


womp womp

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Imitative of a plaintive descending four-note trumpet or trombone sound, like G–F#–F–E, articulated with a plunger mute, played during game shows to indicate a player losing.

onom

Imitative

However, this fad quickly faded when people realized this technology (sad trombone: womp, womp) . . . well, it didn't work.

2017, Joe Clement, Matt Miles, Screen Schooled: Two Veteran Teachers Expose How Technology Overuse Is Making Our Kids Dumber, page 227:

But in happy news, she said that even though “I have balance in all aspects of my life except for love,” (womp womp) I haven’t met my twin flame.

2019 November, Vonetta Logan, “Future Shtick”, in Luckbox, page 11:

Bread: alcoholic fermentation isn’t just for booze. When yeast, single-celled fungi, chow down on dough’s carbohydrates, they produce alcohol and carbon dioxide gas (the alcohol is evaporated during baking, womp womp).

2020, Meredith Hardie, "Back To Basics", Foodism, Summer 2020, page 39

(US, Canada, onomatopoeia, humorous) Used, sometimes mockingly, to indicate failure or disappointment.


piff

An exclamation of annoyance or contempt; pish; pshaw.


cuhdear

(Barbados) Poor thing. Used to express sympathy or pity.


no fair

What? That was my tadpole. No fair!

(childish) That is not fair; a protest against unjust behaviour


GFYS

go fuck yourself
go fuck yourself#English

(Internet slang) Initialism of go fuck yourself.


doosh

Imitating a drum sound in electronic music.


bumboclaat

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Borrowed from Jamaican Creole bumboclaat.

(Jamaica, by some in both MLE, MTE, vulgar) an expression of anger or frustration


what are friends for

Said by one friend to another in response to thank you.

这是朋友该做的

Said by one friend to another in response to an expression of gratitude.


I'll show you

I was taken into custody by Preventive Security ... The moment I went in to the investigator, he asked me why I had not saluted him, and I replied that I was in a confused state of mind. And because I had not saluted him, he said to me, "I'll show you!" and called in a soldier who held me firmly from behind while blows from the investigator rained down on me. He then escorted me to the torture yard, where the investigator fell upon me, [...]

2010 August 11, “Second follow-up to the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict”, in UNGA, page 104:


raasclaat

1950s. From Jamaican Creole raasclaat, from English arse + cloth. Compare English arsewipe, asswipe.

Alice: The phrase 'O kinsmen!' makes that call specific: the poem's would-be warriors are men. What about women? He only talks about the race by imagining the aspirations of men.
Brother Kiyi: Rasclaat!
Alice: No, not rasclaat or however you pronounce it—the contest for humanity in the poem is fought exclusively by men.

2004 December 16, Kwame Kewi-Armah, Fix Up, scene 2; republished as Plays: 1, London: Methuen Drama, 2009, →ISBN, page 126:

(Jamaica, vulgar) Used to express anger, annoyance or surprise.


'sheart

Minced form of (by) God's heart, ods heart, etc.

Shart, if my haire stand not an end...

c. 1596, Sir Thomas More, Act III, Scene ii, l. 276:

(archaic, minced oath) Used as an oath and in expressions of wonder, anger, etc.


Kowa-Bunga

Kowa-Bunga! Then Me Fix You Good! You Be Sorry.

(obsolete) Alternative spelling of cowabunga


sanks

Pronunciation spelling of thanks, representing various foreign accents in English.


tyty

(Internet slang, superlative) thank you.


ceebs

From the pronunciation of the letters CB, from the start of various acronyms such as CBA (“can't be arsed”), CBB (“can't be bothered”).

"So, the essay's tomorrow… if you want to pass, you'll have to study tonight." "Ceebs!"

(Australia, UK, colloquial) An expression of a lack of enthusiasm for an activity.


God help someone

Compare Old English God helpe sumes mannes.

God help yon poor pale girl, who droops forlorn, / And meekly her affliction doth endure; / God help her, outcast lamb; she trembling stands, / All wan her lips, and frozen red her hands; […]

1848, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Mary Barton:

‘[…]But we want to be a bit more experimental than that. We want to retain our pop sensibilities, but kind of stretch them a bit.’
God help us.
‘Sounds great.’

1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 143:

Expressing extreme pity or commiseration.

“God help anyone who touches wine destined for Amram's lips!” Eliazar laughed as he lifted the skins on the cart to reach for a piece of bread to chew as he walked.

2011, Simon Perry, All Who Came Before, page 60:

Expressing a threat to the person who violates some rule or condition.


lub-dub

The low-pitched, longer first heart sound forms lub. The higher-pitched, shorter second heart sound forms dub.

Ralph tried to listen above the steady lub-dub, lub-dub of Ryan's heart, but soon he grew bored. Ryan's shirt was new and the flannel still fuzzy. Ralph nipped a hole in the front of the pocket for a better view and then, lulled by the muffled lub-dub, lub-dub and the steady rise and fall of Ryan's chest, fell asleep as if he were being rocked in a cradle.

1982, Beverly Cleary, Ralph S. Mouse, New York, NY: HarperCollins, published 2000, →ISBN, page 51:

(onomatopoeia, medicine) Used to represent the normal rhythm of the heart on auscultation, comprising the first and second heart sounds.


ods bodikins

(archaic, minced oath) A corruption of "God's bodkins", referring to the nails used in the crucifixion. Formerly used in oaths and ejaculatory phrases.


kapoof

Blend of kaput + poof. Perhaps influenced by the ka- prefix (which is a variant of ker-).

Not long after childhood his acting career suddenly went kapoof.

(informal) The sound of something disappearing, or going up in smoke.


by jabers

(obsolete) An oath or intensifier, used similarly to by God.


damn my eyes

(archaic) An expression of surprise, outrage, or frustration.


OML

(Internet slang, text messaging) Oh my Lord


best wishes

Used as a polite way to end a letter or see someone off.


my conscience

O, my conscience! said I, she had one but I never look'd into it.

1768, Laurence Sterne, A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy:


don't that beat all

Don't that beat all? A grown thirty-year-old with the measles!

2012, Earl Cooke, Redemption of a Dark Hero, page 26:

(Canada, US, informal) Expressing great wonder or surprise.


h'on

We're not normally impressed by this kind of stuff but h'on the lads! This is pretty good.

2016 August 17, Jennifer Dollard "Seagulls cover Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage'" Today FM

(Ireland, slang); Alternative spelling of hon² (“come on, bravo”)


'hon

'Hon the Banner!

2015, Paul Moore, “The Clare hurling panel do the crossbar challenge and it's savage”, in Joe.ie:


LYSM

(Internet slang, text messaging) Love you so much.


left turn

The noun is derived from left (adjective) + turn (noun).
The interjection is derived from left (adverb) + turn (verb), while the verb is derived from the interjection.

The commanding officer then orders—Shoulder Arms!—Flanks, to the centre advance!—To the right and left turn!—Forward!

1810, “Funeral Exercise”, in The Military Companion: Being a System of Company Discipline, Founded on the Regulations of Baron Steuben, Late Major-General and Inspector-General of the Army of the United-States. […], 3rd edition, Newburyport, Mass.: Thomas & Whipple. […], →OCLC, page 38:

[I]f they each step off at the same instant, with the left foot, the sound of their feet will enable them to keep step and time, and march about in this form, as directed by the instructor, to the leading file, "right turn" or "left turn," without confusion.

[1874], [Alfred Wilks Drayson], chapter XXI, in The Young Dragoon; or, Every Day Life of a Soldier. […], London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, […], →OCLC, page 187:

Sun Tzŭ went on: When I say "Eyes front," you must look straight ahead. When I say "Left turn," you must face towards your left hand.

1910, Sun Tzu, “Introduction: Sun Wu and His Book”, in Lionel Giles, transl., 孫子兵法 = Sun Tzŭ on the Art of War: […], London: Luzac & Co., →OCLC, page XI:

When you joined the Territorial Force you joined a body of men who wash their necks and shine their boots. About turn. Into file, left turn.

1993, Michael Glover, “England 1914: Your King and Country”, in The Fateful Battle Line: The Great War Journals and Sketches of Captain Henry Ogle, London: Leo Cooper, →ISBN:

Go on, soldier! Left! Right! Left! Right! Left! Right! Soldier, left turn!

2004, Roch Carrier, translated by Sheila Fischman, La Guerre, Yes Sir!, Toronto, Ont.: House of Anansi Press, →ISBN, page 77:

My family were there to witness it all and there I was bawling out the commands, "Left Turn, Right Turn, and Halt!"

2013, Billy Gilvear, Eric Gaudion, “Day of Pride”, in Storming Home: British Soldier, Bodyguard to the Stars, Boozer and Addict – Could Billy Change?, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Monarch Books, Lion Hudson, →ISBN, page 54:

(chiefly military) A command to a soldier or other person who is marching: turn ninety degrees to your left!


booyaka

alternative shortened form of booyakasha.


YNWA

you'll never walk alone
w:you'll never walk alone

(soccer) Initialism of you'll never walk alone, an anthem commonly used by Liverpool football club Liverpool F.C. and the Scottish club Celtic F.C.

you'll never walk alone

(soccer, offensive) Initialism of you'll never walk again, used as a taunt in reference to the Hillsborough Disaster.


holy macaroni

(idiomatic, humorous or euphemistic) An expression of surprise.


a pox on

Originally an expression of abuse to wish that someone develop pocks, that is to say, contract pox. Though pox can range from smallpox to chickenpox to cowpox to syphilis, this expression almost always referred to the last one, the Great Pox.

A pox o' your throat, you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog!

1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

(archaic, offensive) To express curses upon (somebody), when irked or wroth, as though wishing someone "a pox".

A pox of that jest! and I beshrew all shrows.

c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

[…] A pox of drowning thyself!

c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

(humorous, said alternatively with of) To hell with (abstract or unalive things).


worse luck

“I wasn't never 'prenticed to no trade, no more'n what you'll be.”
“Worse luck,” said Dickie. “But I started learning a lot of things—games mostly, in the dream, I did—and I started making a boat—a galleon they called it. […]

(UK, dated) Expressing commiseration for misfortune.


howgh

Alternative form of how (“Native American greeting”)


hooly dooly

From hooly (“variant of holy”). Cf. holy moley and dooly (“Indian litter”).

(Australia) Synonym of wow, expressing surprise or amazement.


aaroo

Aaroo! Aaroo! the wolves howled. They would tear him apart. They would shred his flesh and swallow him, bones and all.

2014, David Mains, Karen Mains, Tales of the Restoration: Tales of the Kingdom Trilogy Book 3:

He was always scared that he wouldn't return. “Aaroo, Aaroo,” howled Dunchest until he was out of breath and then he began to whimper realizing Cutlass was not coming back until the mission was over.

2018, Ravi Struck, Josh Weisman, Pirates of the Seven Seas: Book One: Gromund's Tales, BookBaby, →ISBN:

Alternative form of aroo (“howl of a wolf or dog”)


aaroo-aaroo

[...], during which interscapular plumes are erect and fanned; then sways neck and head from side to side; crest, breast, and flank feathers sleeked, eyes bulge, and iris may change from yellow to deep orange; emits aaroo-aaroo sound.

Simultaneously stretching his head and neck upward, out of attack position, swaying submissively side to side, and emitting the soft aaroo-aaroo call nullifies hostility (Bastock, 1967). The bird also makes bowing movements in the display.

2006, David Givens, Love Signals: A Practical Field Guide to the Body Language of Courtship, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 43:


not that I know of

Used to indicate that the response is probably no, but that the speaker is not entirely certain.


tiddly-om-pom-pom

I do like to stroll along the Prom, Prom, Prom!
Where the brass bands play Tiddely-om-pom-pom!

1907, John Glover-Kind (lyrics and music), “I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside”, performed by Mark Sheridan:

(imitative) Meaningless words used to hum a tune or indicate a certain type of rhythm.


catch me

Short for "you'd never catch me doing that" or similar.

I wished at first to persuade him to give me lessons in the office, but could not succeed: “No, no, lad;” said he, “catch me going in there: I would just as soon venture into a nest of porcupines.”

1862, George Borrow, Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery:

(colloquial) There is not the remotest possibility of one carrying out the deed or action suggested.


chup

Borrowed from Hindi चुप (cup, “silent, quiet; keep quiet, shut up”).

bor+

(informal, India) Used to request silence: be quiet, shut up!


ahlie

She bad, ahlie? Ahlie

2015 June 26, “Fallback”, in Cruel Intentions, performed by Tory Lanez:

Silent treatment don't work on me, we both not talking for days ahlie lol

2018 July 31, @sean_o100, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-07-23:

Ahlie fam it could never ever be that deep

2018 August 18, @alhan, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-07-23:

(MLE, MTE, slang) An expression of agreement.

PS, menace, might as well call me Dennis / And I got stripes, ahlie bro tell 'em

2019 August 1, “Dennis Da Menace”, performed by PS Hitsquad:

These tunes are making me realise that I was in love with Rihanna. She's still living in London ahlie ?

2020 May 10, @onlymikes_, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-07-23:

so, everyone's fighting for their life rn ahlie?

2022 April 4, @__chixxy, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-07-23:

Marvel and Netflix need to understand that we know gay people exist, trying to force this lgbtq agenda and gay characters down our throat ain't it, I just want to watch a movie and relax ahlie

2022 September 12, @_ManLikeAJ, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-07-23:

(MLE, MTE, slang) Asking the listener whether they agree; right?, OK?


confound it

Confound it! I can't find my confounded keys!

(euphemistic, dated, minced oath) damnit or goddamnit (used when expressing anger, frustration or surprise)


happy birthday in heaven

Happy birthday in heaven, Joe. Today should be your tenth birthday.

Said or written to a deceased person on his or her birthday in order to convey the good wishes of the speaker or writer.


happy belated birthday

Said or written to a person after his or her birthday in order to convey the good wishes of the speaker or writer.

alles Gute nachträglich (zum Geburtstag)


all good in the hood

Chosen for the rhyme; see slang hood (“neighborhood”).

"Sorry about nearly breaking your vase, Carl."
"I don't mind, man. All good in the hood."

(slang) Everything is all right; no problem; used to reassure someone.


walk about

(military, historical) An order of an officer to a sentry, waiving the customary salute.


skrrt

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Chief Keef
O Let's Do It
Waka Flocka Flame

Onomatopoeic. Lexicalized from Riverdale Shawty’s feature in the original mixtape version of Waka Flocka Flame’s 2009 song O Let's Do It uttering Even got the spots (Scurt! Scurt!) off the block. Then in late 2013 Chief Keef picked up the interjection, alleged to have circulated sporadically in Afro-American circles since the 1990s, for his piece Chiefin Keef, his line Pull off in that foreign, skrr skrr skrr, she thought she seen a beast, and many other lines in his further career, to be imitated by other rappers of New York and soon the whole world, which embraced it as a fashion symbol printed on apparel.

The sound of one quickly turning away from someone/something


my man

Right on! My man!

(US, slang) A term of address for a man, conveying awe or enthusiastic agreement.


drink hail

From Middle English drinc hail, drinchail, drinc-hæil, drincheheil, dringhail, drinkel, drink hail, drinkhail, drynkehaile, drynkeheil, drynk hayl, drynkheil, probably an Old Norse phrase; compare Old Icelandic far heill (“farewell!”), com heill (“welcome!”).

(obsolete) The customary old English reply to a drinking pledge or wassail.


hevva

From the Cornish hevva, a contracted form of the Old Cornish hedva, from Welsh hedfa (meaning swarming, flocking), from Welsh haid, a swarm.

(Cornwall) Cry raised when a shoal of pilchards is sighted, signalling for fisherman to man their boats.


whoa back

Called when riding an animal to warn anybody following behind that one is about to come to a stop.


dear God

Honestly, the pivot from “fuck yeah!” (Daenerys laying waste to the Iron Fleet, then blasting the front gate of the city open from the inside, demolishing the lion’s share of the Golden Company in the process) to “Oh, dear god, no” (Dany and Grey Worm laying waste to everything after) was as solid a rug pull as could be hoped for.

2019 May 12, Alex McLevy, “Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2019-05-15:


snap to it

(informal) Hurry up; start doing something immediately.


top kek

From top + kek; coined by 4chan in 2013 as an intentional catachresis of Turkish Topkek, a brand of cupcake, which was posted to the imageboard as a variant of the then-popular Top Gun hat internet meme.

(Internet slang) A reaction which indicates that the speaker is highly amused.


get along with you

Get along with you! You must be joking!

A light-hearted expression of disbelief.


get on with you

get along with you
get along with you#English

Synonym of get along with you (“light-hearted expression of disbelief”)


if that doesn't beat all

don't that beat all
don't that beat all#English


not even once

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Slogan of an anti-drugs campaign, i.e. one should not even try drugs once.

(Internet slang) Expressing complete rejection or aversion; no way.


Jesus fuck

Short for Jesus fucking Christ, from Jesus Christ + -fucking-.

"Almost got it! Simon must have busted this latch when he — Jesus Fuck!" Kraig disappeared, screaming, into the hole.

1989, John Peyton Cooke, The Lake, Avon Books, →ISBN, page 96:

“Lars! Jesus Christ! What the—” His eyes glance toward James. His heart stops. The thing backing away isn't James. Jesus fuck. Jesus fucking Christ. Jesus fuck. Jason flattens himself against the wall. Jesus fuck.

2006, Screwthedaisies, ... and Death for All, Rockfic Press, LLC., →ISBN, page 46:

“Are the police on me?” “Yes.” “Fuck!” “Is she alive?” “Jesus FUCK!” Pike gave Rainey ten seconds of silence. Rainey was coming apart, but Pike needed him to calm down and think.

2011, Robert Crais, The Sentry, Penguin, →ISBN, page 188:

'Jesus fuck,' said Mike Toad, swallowing to keep from vomiting. 'Jesus, Jesus fuck.' Allison laid a hand on the boy's cheek, leaving bloody fingerprints. 'Calm,' she said. 'You're no use if you panic.'

2013, Kim Newman, Jago, Titan Books, →ISBN, page 380:

'She weighs six stone.' Silence. He'd been out here so long he had to do the math. Convert it. Six times, what? Fourteen pounds to the stone? Around eighty pounds? Could that be... 'Oh Jesus. Jesus fuck.'

2014, John Niven, Straight White Male: A Novel, Open Road + Grove/Atlantic, →ISBN, page 126:

Jesus fuck, that was disgusting!

2014, Charles Stross, The Rhesus Chart, Penguin, →ISBN, page 77:

Jesus fuck, Lizzie! You shot me!

2014, Robert L. Slater, ALL IS SILENCE: A Deserted Lands novel, Rocket Tears Press, →ISBN, page 83:

(potentially offensive) Expression of anger, frustration or shock.


heavens to Murgatroyd

Variant of the earlier heavens to Betsy, with the surname Murgatroyd. Attested from the 20th century. Made popular by the American cartoon character Snagglepuss during the 1960s.


I'll be a son of a bitch

Attested from at least 1925. From older son of a bitch, from Middle English biche-sone (literally “bitch's son”). Compare I'll be damned, from the 18th century.

der

“Well, I’ll be a son-of-a-bitch!” Monty laughed. “You mean you called a pat hand on aces up?”

1957, Herbert Osborn Yardley, The Education of a Poker Player, page 10:

(vulgar) Expression of surprise or irritation.


gleeps

The telephone burst into a prolonged and unnatural clangor.
"Gleeps!" said John. "They gone crazy too?"

1966, Lorenzo Semple Jr., Batman S01E01 - Hi Diddle Riddle; line spoken by extra in disco scene
Gleeps! It’s Batman!

“Gleeps,” said Hartley. “I didn't think about police.”

1997, Nancy Means Wright, Harvest of Bones:

(slang, rare) Expression of surprise or alarm; yikes.


boss up

(South Africa, obsolete) take care; look out


that's something

(colloquial) Used to indicate that one aspect of an otherwise bad situation is good.

Jen: Douglas has asked me to be his PA.
Moss: Oh. My. God! Well, that is something and a half. His PA? How... Whoa! His PA... Shut up! His PA!
Jen: It means "personal assistant".
Moss: Thank you. Right, OK.

2007 September 28, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 6

(colloquial) Used to indicate approval, surprise, etc.


odzookens

Attested from the 19th century. Compare gadzooks from God’s hooks, ods bodikin from God’s bodkins, both allusions to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

“Here, here, odzookens, lad!” grinned the workman, stoldily, “thou ’lt vetch t’ river up if weeps zo ha-ard. Ztop un, ztop un ; do now.”

1897, John Bennett, Master Skylark, page 138:

“His wife, you say, Mr. Sterling?” repeated Bradstreet testily. “Odzookens, I’ll have no tomfoolery or play-acting. Take her away, take her away.”

1905, Mary Catherine Crowley, The Heroine of the Strait, page 344:

(archaic) Expression of surprise or shock, my God, wow!


by Allah

From Arabic الله (allāh, “the deity, God”). Compare by God.

“Oh!” said the King, “by Allah! but vengeance is an inspiriting pleasure!”

1878, Mariana Monteiro, Allah-Akbar. God is Great, page 101:

(Islam) An exclamation of surprise or excitement, oh my God! good Lord!


luvaduck

(informal) Alternative form of love a duck (“exclamation of surprise”)


bugger me

bugger me backwards
bugger me backwards#English

(Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) Synonym of bugger me backwards


bawk

Alternative form of bok (“clucking sound of a chicken.”)


no comparison

Ellipsis of there is no comparison. Compare no contest.

“I'm twice the woman I was” ; “very different to what I have ever been for years before the operation”; “better—no comparison.”

1908, Arthur Giles, “A Clinical Lecture on the After-Results of the Surgical Treatment of Uterine Displacements”, in The Medical Press and Circular, volume 136, M.D., page 549:

He swallowed and shook his head. “No comparison.”

1989, James Kaplan, Pearl's Progress, page 184:

Asquith nodded, and Timbre dismissed it with a wave of his hand. “No comparison. I've seen the sunrises at The Site bring many a cynical old bastard to his knees in tears.”

2006, Bret M. Funk, Beacons of Tomorrow, page 50:

An assertion that two things proposed to be compared are not alike, usually indicating that one is substantially superior to the other.


fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu

Elongated form of fu, a clipping of fuck. The specific elongation length was coined on Reddit in December 2008, in reference to rage comics on 4chan earlier in 2008. 7 "F"s and 12 "U"s are used as a reference to the /r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu subreddit or its community. The term is sometimes shortened to f7u12.

"Fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu!" I yell. It hurts my ears.

2009, Ryan Collins, Complicated Weather, →ISBN, page 264:

New semester starting, all I have to say is: FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU

2011, The East Carolinian, volume 86, number 59, archived from the original on 2023-02-26, page A3:

What, I can't swear while playing video games any more??? #FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU

2013 December 12, James Taylor, Bellarine Times, volume 6, number 50, page 94:

(Internet slang) Elongated form of clipping of fuck.


turrah

Signaller: 2 minutes, please cross immediately and can you give me a call straight back when you’ve [got/crossed] over.
Crossing assistant: Thank you
 Signaller: Thank you
Crossing assistant: Turrah.

2019 August 15, Rail Accident Investigation Branch, “The sequence of events”, in Report 11/2019: Serious operational irregularity at Bagillt user worked crossing, Flintshire, involving an abnormally heavy road vehicle, 17 August 2018, Table 1, page 16:


good lack

A variation of good Lord, under the influence of alack.


cheers, big ears

(UK, slang, humorous) Synonym of cheers (“thank you; or a drinking toast”)


yeah, yeah

(idiomatic, colloquial) A sarcastic expression of disbelief.

(idiomatic, colloquial) A sarcastic expression of impatience.


jawellnofine

Need to say “whatever”? ‘Jawellnofine’ is offered as the perfectly legitimate South African alternative.

2010, Jerusha Sukhdeo, The jawellnofine book that is the epitome of everything South African:

...it could just be that I’m in a commemorative mood, but the endlessly useful South African idiom “jawellnofine” has been on my mind rather a lot this week. It’s a versatile Frankenstein term that, like a more finely calibrated “whatever,” can express everything from dispassionate approval to passive-aggressive indifference to reluctant acceptance — or any combination of these at once.

2011, Guy Lodge, THE LONG SHOT: Jawellnofine:

...coined in 1978 by R.J.B. Wilson of the SABC (‘My youngest brother was in the habit of saying “no fine” to everything that really required a “c’est la vie” or “that’s the way the cookie crumbles”. It had a nice South African feel to it. I added “Ja, well...” to it to reinforce the South Africanism when I was looking for a title for my radio series “Jarwellknowfine” (my original spelling)’)], an expression equivalent to ‘all right’, ‘c’est la vie’, ‘that’s life’: used to indicate a non-committal, resigned, or ironical response, or parodying South African English speech.

2019, R.J.B. Wilson, Dictionary of South African English:

(South Africa) Alternative form of ja well no fine


b******s

... Now there is this idea that trade is entirely controlled by governments, that no trade takes place unless governments agree with each other. Well, b******s...

2016 April 17, Chloe Farand, "'It's B******s': Boris Johnson Hits Out at David Cameron over Impact of Brexit on Trade and Jobs", Independent


God's life

Giuliano: Oh, sister, did you see my cloak?
Bianca: Not I, I see none.
Giuliano: God's life, I have lost it then

1598, Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):


'allo

'Allo, 'allo, 'allo! What's goin' on 'ere, then?

(representing Cockney or other accent) Hello.


get in there

Exclamation of encouragement or approval.


don't forget to write

(informal) Addressed to someone whose departure is permanent or for a long time


burnination

Burnination! O'Meara swore as I rolled up to my feet, pain pricking along my ribs where Feather's claws had found flesh.

A minced oath used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt, etc.


oh girl

Oh, girl! I can't wait to tell my friends about this!

Oh, girl. This is going to be a lot of work.

Oh, girl. Now what do I do?

An expression of delight and joy, or, sarcastically, dismay, resignation, frustration, or annoyance.


poor dab

From poor + dab (“small child, chit; untidy woman”).


howdy doody

An extended form of the expression howdy to more completely mirror the original expression "how do you do".


no returns

A pinch and a punch for the first of the month, and no returns!

They are developing patterns of language use and sharing an understanding of the rules of their game. Sebastian does not 'answer back' when Natasha says 'No returns'.

2006, Annie Davy, New Playwork: Play and Care for Children 4-16:

Used in children's games to forbid another player from responding in kind, doing the same thing that was just done to them.


nice try

(informal) Used to express that something has worked, but can also be used sarcastically when something does not work.


God-willing

Concerning the cure thereof I meane (God-willing) to handle it hereafter.

1635, Jacques Guillemeau, Child-birth; Or, The Happy Delivery of Women:

At a signal from the captain they stumbled back into line to start the final slog of 780 yards, uphill all the way, taking them to the Dook, and thence, God-willing, to the West Mine.

2009, Arthur V. Sellwood, Mary Sellwood, Black Avalanche: The Knockshinnoch Pit Disaster:

I want to get more people aware, and God-willing I will.

2009, Carol J. Franz, There But for the Grace of God: Surviving Cancer with Adult Stem Cell Transplants:

I could never get my fill of looking at you in your bra and slip, and some day, God-willing, I will be looking at you in your bra and slip again.

2014, Martin McDonagh, McDonagh Plays: 1: The Beauty Queen of Leenane:


godwilling

But, of all kinde of paſtimes, fitte foꝛ a Ientleman, I will, godwilling, in fitter place, moꝛe at large, declare fullie, in my booke of the Cockpitte: which I do wꝛite, to ſatiſfie ſom, I truſt, with ſom reaſon, that be moꝛe curious, in marking other mens doinges, than carefull in mendyng their owne faultes.

a. 1569 (date written), Roger Ascham, “The First Booke for the Youth [Teachyng the Brynging vp of Youth]”, in Margaret Ascham, editor, The Scholemaster: Or Plaine and Perfite Way of Teaching Children, to Vnderstand, Write, and Speake, the Latin Tong, […], London: […] John Daye, […], published 1570, →OCLC, folio 20, recto:

That I may cleare all men againe in generall & then, godwilling, I will not desire a penny more then I haue received, till the sow Ironn cast do countervaile it.

1887, Richard Boyle Earl of Cork, Alexander Balloch Grosart, The Lismore Papers of Richard Boyle:

Knowing that there are seven hundred and twenty radii, I might calculate, godwilling, the number of seven day cycles that I had endured since the cessation of my toil, if I knew the number of times I had traversed each of the seven hundred and twenty radii, but I did not.

2008, Michael H. Phillips, Diacatholicon, page 46:


Billy-be-damned

He whispered to Delilah and—as mad as blazes—the pair stared daggers at me and huffed off. They might hate each other, but Billy-be-damned, they hated me more.

2005, Elaine Hatfield, Richard L. Rapson, The Adventures of Firefly, the Tiny Detective, page 22:


tough titty said the kitty

Chosen for the rhyme. The image is of a kitten suckling at the mother cat's teat, hence the references to milk in the extended variants. First use appears c. 1974. See cite below.

Marv's conversation usually dealt in wise cliches like "Tough titty said the kitty, but the milk's already sour.

1974, Journal of Canadian Fiction, Volume 3, page 39:

(humorous) Synonym of tough titty (“hard luck; too bad”)


Jeezum

"Jeezum, Norris, the whole town's blowing up!" Seat cried shrilly.


yas'm

yas + -'m, a contraction of ma'am (itself a contraction of madam).

“Oh, yas'm. I seed him. I seed him,” and Uncle Billy floundered for a moment, caught in his own trap.

1914, Edward Peple, The Littlest Rebel, page 21:

“Yas'm, this is our Jeremiah. Three months old.” “Congratulations, Martha. He looks a fine, healthy boy.” “Yas'm, that he is.”

2010, Sara Donati, Into the Wilderness: A Novel, page 657:

(often African-American Vernacular) Nonstandard spelling of yes'm.


rly

(Internet slang) Abbreviation of really.


fuq

(vulgar) Deliberate misspelling of fuck.


that's a good one

(informal) That's funny (often said to indicate that what has just been said is laughably unbelievable.)


emaho

(Tibetan Buddhism) exclamation of wonder, joy and amazement


LEL

(Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative form of LOL


belated happy birthday

happy belated birthday
happy belated birthday#English

Uncommon form of happy belated birthday.


jonnock

(UK, regional, obsolete) Used to emphasise that one is telling the truth.


morepoke

As soon as the shades of evening close in over the Australian forest, the ear is startled by the cry of "morepoke," clearly and loudly repeated, and a bird as large as an owl flits by on noiseless wing, like the goat-sucker at home. This is the Morepoke, a species of large night-jar,^([sic]) all head and mouth, about the size of an owl.

1861, [Horace William Wheelwright], “A Chapter on the Ornithology of Port Phillip”, in Bush Wanderings of a Naturalist; or, Notes on the Field Sports and Fauna of Australia Felix. By an Old Bushman, London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, […], →OCLC, page 126:


well spotted

Used to express appreciation for someone calling attention to something that was going to be missed.

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


zlid

Zlid, before the Prologue had done, I had lost my purse.

Z'lid, Jove forgive me that I ſwear, / Quoth he, how think'ſt, how came they here?

(obsolete) An oath; expressing fury, surprise etc.


if you say so

(colloquial, dismissive) Used to convey lack of agreement together with a refusal to enter into or continue an argument.


you see

Used to indicate that the speaker hopes the listener understands what is being said.


sank you

Pronunciation spelling of thank you, representing non-native English.

паси́бо

pronunciation spelling of “thank you”, representing non-native speech


ee aye addio

We won the cup, we won the cup, ee aye addio, we won the cup!

(UK) A meaningless refrain traditionally used in football crowd chants.


OK, boomer

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

People who went to college decades ago might talk about how they were able to pay to go to college by working part-time or working a summer job, even though college was substantially more affordable then.
To that, we would say, “OK boomer, we're just asking for the same opportunities you got, and that students around the world get.”

2019 November 21, “Editorial: With high college costs, state should give more funding”, in The State News, Michigan State University, page 2:

On one level, I understood Parker. She came up in an era when putting up with male misbehavior was just part of the job of being a journalist. Sometimes you could make lemonade out of lemons; maybe she genuinely enjoyed “flirting” with Matthews. But to insinuate that what other women experienced with the host was equally enjoyable, well, OK Boomer. (And I say that as a boomer.)

2020 March 3, Joan Walsh, “Chris Matthews Is Gone. His Bosses Are Not”, in The Nation:

(Internet slang, derogatory) Used to sardonically counter or dismiss an older person (typically a baby boomer) as lacking an understanding of the circumstances, priorities, or culture of a younger generation, especially by a millennial or zoomer.

When I was growing up (Ok, Boomer) the only office that had a dog was a firehouse.

2019 December, Scott Grams, “Working Like Dogs”, in The Landscape Contractor, page 5:

“OK, Boomer. And what’s your reason not to change?”, BMW tweeted and as you might imagine, that didn’t bode well with a large portion of social media users; no one likes being patronized after all.

2020 November 17, Michael Karkafiris, “BMW’s Attempt To Patronize Critics Of The New iX With ‘OK, Boomer’ Is A Very Risky Move”, in CarScoops:

(Internet slang, derogatory) Used to facetiously suggest that someone is old, boring, or out-of-touch.


go fish

Q: Do you sell bongs? A: Go fish!

(idiomatic, rude) No, as a firm negative response.


thonk

That guy robbed me once already, so he won't do it again. Thonk.

(Internet slang) Used ironically in reaction to a conclusion seen as illogical.


skiddly

Mighty Dundalk's passing by! HYDIE-HEY, HYDIE HO-OH! Hydie-hey, hydie ho-oh! SKIDDLY WIDDLY WADDLY WO!

1984, Barbara Wernecke Durkin, Oh, You Dundalk Girls, Can't You Dance the Polka?, page 225:

Oh, we went up Channel with a new main yard, Ch. Singing skiddly, winkie, doodle all the day!

1961, Shanties from the Seven Seas, page 42:

External actions (0N_.) indicate that the speaker is attending to something other than the problem solving activity, for example [looking out the window] or humming a tune "skiddly dee dop, da dee dop, da dee dop."

1996, Ming Ming Chiu, Building Mathematical Understanding During Collaboration, page 39:

Goodbye, goodbye We're leaving you, skiddly-dye Goodbye,

2005, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, William Cook, Goodbye Again: The Definitive Peter Cook and Dudley Moore:

A nonsense word used in musical phrases.


good one

that's a good one
that's a good one#English


bite my ass

(vulgar, idiomatic) go away!; an expression of disdain or dismissal.

You want me to find all the books for you? You can bite my ass!

(vulgar, idiomatic) rejection or refusal to perform a requested action


yadder

It would be easy, and actually rather lazy of me, to regale you with all that stuff that you probably know already, like the Great Fire, Christopher Wren, the third biggest dome in the world, the Blitz, yadder, yadder, yadder.

2011, Terry Wood, Kray Twins Ate My Eagle Steak Sandwich:

Used to represent meaningless or implied verbiage.


go along with you

"Oh, go along with you, you charmer," she laughed as a blush bloomed on her cheeks.

2009, Joseph Michael Martin, For Glory Or Despair: A Novel of the French Revolution:

Synonym of get along with you (“light-hearted expression of disbelief”)


jiminy crickets

Oh, jiminy crickets ! ! Oh, great summer coons up in the peach-orchard ! ! ! Yer ought ter see the feller what 's a-bringin' our bedstid.

1891, Effie Woodward Merriman, A Queer Family, page 77:

"By jiminy!" Wesley leaped high and clapped his heels together three times before he came to earth. He seized Mareea and spun her round, kissed her, tousled her hair. "By jiminy crickets! You an' me an' a boy!"

1929, Sophie Kerr, Mareea-Maria, page 166:

this week he had an awful attack, and, jiminy crickets, if he wasn't cross!

2008, Carolyn Wells, Patty in the City, page 129:


Jiminy Crickets

"Jiminy crickets, Bish!" exclaimed the Doctor, "what sort of hash are you and the Judge giving us? This isn't anybody's red-hot folk-lore society! Drop it all—can't you?

1912, Thomas A. Janvier, Beverly's Pneumatic Cat-Silencer:

Some day, I feel like the old timer who once said, "Jiminy Crickets, hain't life changed since I was a boy?"

1992, Reba Young, Truman's Birthplace: Lamar, Missouri, page 27:

"Jiminy Crickets, what's all the racket about," he hollered.

2004, Bonnie Bedi Siegrist, Little Farm Down the Lane:

Dave was telling Pierangelo something about the overall plot, and when the waitress accidentally spilled a drink on him, Dave abruptly shouted, “Jiminy Crickets!”


ishkabibble

/ˈɪʃkəˌbɪbəl/

This paper was prepared for a large audience—if the audience is not here—“Ishkabibble”—their misfortune.

1924, Transactions of the Kansas Engineering Society:

“Oh, ishkabibble,” I replied gaily. As if I cared!

1940, Esquire - Volume 14, Issues 1-3, page 50:

Dave was the last one here, so he has to be It.” - “Ishkabibble,” David said.

1942, Martin Joseph Freeman, Bitter Honey, page 17:

The “good name” business had upset her so much, she appeared to be in such a state, that for once she might forget herself and tell him, but then he thought: Ishkabibble. Hell with her, and went downstairs.

2016, Evelyn Piper, The Lady and Her Doctor:


alamak

Borrowed from Malay alamak, see it for more.

“Aiyo! Nearly langgar leh! So scary ah! Alamak! Why you go so fast!” he is heard exclaiming to a companion in his car.

2019, Cherlynn Ng, “Near-collision with Mercedes going against traffic during rain in Yishun: 'So scary ah!'”, in AsiaOne:

(colloquial, Malaysia, Singapore) Oh dear (expression of shock or dismay)


ayy

(informal, Internet slang) A greeting between friends (typically male) or display of approval.


tio boh

(Singapore, colloquial) Alternative spelling of tio bo