tio bo

Borrowed from Hokkien 著無／著无 (tio̍h bô, “right?”, literally “correct no?”).

bor+

You can drive tio bo?

(Singlish) Right?, is that right? (checking agreement or seeking confirmation)


yaa-boo

The SDP wanted a different political image from that portrayed in the BBC's Today in Parliament /Yesterday in Parliament reports — of juvenile yaa-boo exchanges on the floor of the House of Commons.

1982, Hugh Stephenson, Claret and chips: the rise of the SDP, page 10:

No! we hug each other, swooning and falling about with the ecstatically comforting knowledge that — yes! it's true! — those feminists have just gone too far. That we are, what we are! Men! Real Men! Yaa-boo!

1999, Jeff Raglus, Big Funky Action, page 220:

This is yaa-boo, in-yer-face, up-yours theatre, vaguely but crudely feminist; a Punch and Judy show with drab dialogue of naff lower-middle-class cliches. Ghastly sex scene, about as erotic as playing dominoes.

2002, Theatre Record - Volume 22, Issues 19-26, page 1226:


shut my mouth

(idiomatic) An exclamation of surprise or astonishment.


laugh die me

Calque of Cantonese 笑死我 (siu3 sei2 ngo5, “very funny”, literally “making me laugh to death”).

calque

really laugh die me! Coma patient wakes up to turn off YPAP video playing on smartphone

2014 May 16, atwee, Singapore Rolex Club:

Laugh die me @CGTNOfficial

"Doctor" laugh die me

2019 November 25, XxBananaLordxX, Reddit, r/HongKong:

(Hong Kong, Singapore, Chinglish) very funny


oh worm

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Humorous misspelling of "Oh, word?" as it appeared in an advice animal of late 2016. Spread through Tumblr as an Internet meme through early 2017.

I just learned that slugs have teeth.
Oh worm?

(Internet slang, humorous) Exclamation of surprise or disbelief.

I woke up today and I just don't feel like doing anything.
Oh worm. I know what you mean.

(Internet slang, humorous) Yes; I understand or can relate.


nomsayin'

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

know what I'm saying
know what I'm saying#English

(African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of know what I'm saying.


be a devil

Just after a woman announcer had read the weather forecast before the BBC's 10 o'clock radio news last night a man was heard to say: “Go on. Be a devil. Give us a bit." The BBC was inundated with calls and letters wishing the happy couple every happiness in their future together.

You don't need to lose any, but try it. Be a devil.

1987, Susan Musgrave, The Dancing Chicken: A Novel, page 48:

I used to say to him, “Wouldn't you care for a sandwich just today, Mr Main? Come on, be a devil. Strike new ground. '

1995, Freda Bream, Sealed and Despatched, page 107:

(UK, informal) Used to encourage someone to do something when they are unsure whether they should.


bless up

If you're not Jamaican, what you have here is a special opportunity to see who we actually are: we're not at all like you, but absolutely the same. Mostly, Arthurs has written a love letter to Jamaicans, and it feels so good. Yes, iyah. Bless up.

2018, Alexia Arthurs, How to Love a Jamaican: Stories:

“Yo, what's up, niggas?” I said as I approached. “Yo, Father, bless up,” Gio said.

2018, Racquel Williams, Carl Weber's Kingpins: Jamaica:

(Jamaica, informal) A greeting or farewell.


hurr durr

Let’s not kid ourselves – there are plenty of men saying that Will has been emasculated by Jada, because hurr durr why would he hit a bro over a woman.

2022 April 5, “A$AP Rocky: Will Smith 'emasculated' Chris Rock but 'it's more than just a GI Jane joke'”, in Cele|bitchy:

(informal, Internet slang, derogatory) Used to mimic the noise of a stereotypical idiot.


hyaa

(chiefly manga) Ah! Argh! A shriek or scream.


au reservoir

Humorous alteration of au revoir after reservoir.

“Adieu-au reservoir” (as an ambitious artist once remarked)

1855, A Month at Malvern under the Water-cure. With the sequel, etc. Third edition. Reconsidered, rewritten:

"Let her go, Gallagher. I've got everything on skids, even the presses. Au revoir—or perhaps one should say, Au reservoir."

1914, Francis Lynde, The City of Numbered Days, Scribner's, page 330:

They could be heard shouting jocosely to one another across the street: "Bon sewer, monsewer!" "Au reservoir!" Jack thought.

1917, McClure's Magazine ..., volume 50, S. S. McClure, Limited:


EABOD

eat a bag of dicks
eat a bag of dicks#English

(Internet slang, vulgar) Initialism of eat a bag of dicks.


holy doodle

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


slap my ass and call me Judy

(Between bites of taco shells, he does manage to sample one of Monica's dishes, and he likes it well enough to shout, "Slap my ass and call me Judy!") April 17, 1995: Monica and Fake Monica (the woman who stole her credit cards) audition ...

1996, Amy Paulsen, True Friends, HarperCollins, →ISBN:

“But both of the girls are positive that they'll want their own rings when they get engaged,” Mrs. Candell goes on, “so I decided my diamond is there for Jack whenever he wants it. And...he wants it.” Well, slap my ass and call me Judy! Better yet ...

2012, Wendy Markham, Slightly Engaged, Harlequin, →ISBN:

(Southern US, colloquial, mildly vulgar) An expression of astonishment upon learning something unbelievable; chiefly something positive.


does a bear poop in the woods

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

(Canada, US, euphemistic, rhetorical question) Synonym of does a bear shit in the woods?


holy shamoley

(slang, humorous) An expression of surprise.


daebak

I suggest you listen to "The Liar and his Lover" and "Goblin OST". Daebak!

2017, Marianne Faye Rafanan, "K-Drama: What's With the Hype?", The Bud (University of the Northern Philippines), January - May 2017, page 19

Slowly, Gia's fangirl dreams unfolded in her eyes and she planed on making Jun Ho fall in love with her for real. Will this fake marriage turn into a real one? Daebak!

2017 September 28, “GMA Telebabad's back-to-back treats”, in Manila Standard, page 1:

This is going to be a serious jam. Same sort of electronic vibes Expectation has. Daebak.

2019, anonymous, quoted in Kine Fjeld Jansen, "Pop culturally motivated lexical borrowing: Use of Korean in an English-majority fan forum", thesis submitted to the University of Bergen, page 75


aliensdidit

From aliens + did + it, modelled after goddidit.

(slang) A sarcastic assertion that something that has not been satisfactorily explained by science is therefore evidence of extraterrestrial life on Earth.


evolutiondidit

From evolution + did + it, modelled after goddidit.

(slang) A sarcastic assertion that something that has not been satisfactorily explained by science is therefore caused by evolution.


Satandidit

From Satan + did + it, modelled after goddidit.

(slang, humorous) A sarcastic assertion that something that has not been satisfactorily explained by science is therefore evidence of Satan.


FSMdidit

From FSM + did + it, modelled after goddidit.

Flying Spaghetti Monster
Flying Spaghetti Monster#English

(slang, humorous) A sarcastic assertion that something that has not been satisfactorily explained by science is therefore evidence of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.


flooddidit

From Flood + did + it, modelled after goddidit.

(slang) A sarcastic assertion that something that has not been satisfactorily explained by science is therefore evidence of the Biblical Flood as described in the book of Genesis.


ripperoni

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(Internet slang) Used to express sympathy.


periodt

From period + -t (an intensifying suffix).

or maybe i just dont keep up with her live interviews ... idk? idk, idc what nobody says, i'm convinced she's a mute, PERIODT.

2009 October 15, @DANYEEZY2020 [username], Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-09-16:

First of all, I'm a proud black girl! Periodt.

2019, Melissa Henderson, “Self-Aware Is Free”, in Violet Summer Zine, number 5, page 10:

I love you, periodt. #954EVA

2019 December 5, Diana Riojas, The Daily Orange, Syracuse University, page 12:

(African-American Vernacular, Internet slang) Used to underscore a statement or indicate that it is not open to dispute.


tuh

A derisive interjection, onomatopoetic of spitting


ten-hut

Abbreviated form of attention; compare hut § Etymology 2.

When the officer appeared, the sergeant brought the soldiers to attention by shouting, "Squad, ten-hut!"

(US, military) Used to bring a marching band or group of soldiers to attention.


aye aye

(nautical) Response to ahoy if a commissioned officer is in the boat.

(nautical) I acknowledge and will comply.


check and mate

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Synonym of checkmate (“chess: word called by the victor”)

Synonym of checkmate (“by extension: said when one has checkmated someone”)


bofa

"Hey, do you know what bofa is?" "What's bofa?" "Bofa deez nuts in your mouth!"

(chiefly Internet, humorous, typically considered vulgar) An interjection of "both of my balls" or "both of deez nuts".


game set

Calque of Japanese ゲームセット (gēmu setto), derived from English game, set, match.


oons

Oons, woman, said I, the lady may be in a fit: the lady may be dying—Let me go up.

1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCCXXXIV”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:

[H]e no sooner comprehended the nature of this shower, which in a twinkling bedewed him from head to foot, than he exclaimed, “Blood and oons! I'm afloat?”

1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

(now archaic) Expressing anger, surprise etc.


yuh-uh

"Do I look like a weirdo?" “Well, yuh-uh.” Ok, it was a stupid question.

“Yuh-uh.” Limax agreed with a sniffle.

“We got you!” Fung said as they backed the duckling named Zan against a wall. “Nuh-uh!” Zan said. “Yuh-uh!” Fung argued when— “NUH-UH!” Tigress called.

'He's into you,' sang Kat in his ear. 'Nu-uh.' 'Yuh-uh.' 'Naw, dude, he's my accountant?'


Jesus God

Behind his right shoulder was a wall, with a corner of a painting in its frame, the naked leg of Cupid just visible — “Jesus God!” Jan shouted, having recognized himself at last.

2007, Kage Baker, Gods and Pawns: Stories of the Company:

And oh Jesus God, it was good to feel the touch of another human, let alone the press of a woman's flesh against his own. How long had it been?

2011, Norah Wilson, The Merzetti Effect:


Christ on a raft

Christ on a bike
Christ on a bike#English


ooh-wee

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Ooh wee. That's been a long time.

2001, Eugene Williams, Free My Heart, page 57:

Just a look could cause sin, just an "ooh wee, he is fine, I got to get with him!"

2007, Evangelist Shanetria Peterson, The Greatest Part of Me and Now It's Time for Deliverance:

“Ooh Wee,” he said. “She looks like some Lord have mercy with some good googly woogly on top.”

2008, Kim Robinson, The Roux in the Gumbo, page 173:

Ooh wee baby them shits is nice.

Ooh wee! The rum punch which has freed me from my oppressive compulsive self the way a balloon lifts its gondola from the earth, was now working the room.

(informal) Expressing astonishment, admiration, dismay, excitement etc.


you shouldn't talk

look who's talking
look who's talking#English


hooshta

As a rule the temper of a camel is very good; the driver guiding it by ropes fixed by string to a stud, very similar in every way to a collar stud, which is put through the nostril of the beast, and a tug at this, with an accompanying word of command, such as "Hooshta," when it is wanted to lie down, is generally sufficient inducement to make it do what it is told.

1895 July 6, The West Australian, Perth, page 6, column 8:

Some day a solitary prospector will say "Hooshtah" to his camel, and, on the intelligent beast kneeling down, will dismount, and prepare to camp.

1903 November 28, The World's News, Sydney, page 14, column 3:

A call made to a camel to direct it to stand, sit, go, etc.


no ways

No ways, I don’t use traditional healers.

2018, Tariq, Shema, et al., ““I did not see a need to get tested before, everything was going well with my health”: a qualitative study of HIV-testing decision-making in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa”, in AIDS care, →DOI:

(idiomatic, South Africa) Synonym of no way (“absolutely not”)

No ways! Is that real?

(idiomatic, South Africa) Synonym of no way (“indicates astonished disbelief”)


cockadoodledo

Alternative spelling of cock-a-doodle-doo


yas queen

From yas (“yes”) + queen (“an effeminate male homosexual”). Associated with drag queens in 1980s, mainstream online since 2010s.

com

(slang) An expression of approval, support, or encouragement.


how dare you

How dare you accuse me like that?

Used to express indignation and shock at another person's actions.

hogy merészel

used to express indignation and shock at another person's action


no means no

(emphatic) Categorically no. (in response to an offer or a request, with the implication that the answer has been expressed previously and the asker's refusal to abide by it is transgressive).


now you tell me

Used to indicate that the person telling them should have told the speaker earlier, typically with annoyance.


sad trombone

From a plaintive trombone (or sometimes trumpet) sting played during game shows to indicate a player losing.

Last week the Wall Street Journal reported LP sales surged 49 percent last year and that factories are struggling to keep pace, but in the end, vinyl sales represent only 2 percent of U.S. music sales (*sad trombone*).

2014, Tim McMahan, “All About Survival and Spotify”, in The Reader, 25 December - 31 December 2014, page 11:

Any time a player's token lands on the top of a chute, the token must "slide" down to the final square where that chute is pictured (sad trombone).

2019 January 31, “Chutes and Ladders: Legislative Bill Edition”, in City Weekly, page 10:

And then you never hear from that person again. (Wah-wah...sad trombone.)

2019, Jeff Shore, Follow Up and Close the Sale: Make Easy (and Effective) Follow-Up Your Winning Habit, page 5:

(humorous) Used to indicate failure or disappointment.


cotso

Cotso, I know 'em a little.

a.''' 1726, John Vanbrugh, Journey to London

Cot-so, sir, I know you are deemed to be a man of wit: but may I not ask if these things sit not too light upon you?

1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CDXXXVI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:

(obsolete) Expressing surprise, affirmation etc.


mirabile visu

Borrowed from Latin mīrābile vīsū (literally “strange to see”).

bor

But still, I edged forward, stepping around other runners until I could - mirabile visu - actually see the bony arms of the men who expected to win this thing.

2018, Peter Sagal, chapter 9, in The Incomplete Book of Running:


you hear me

(colloquial) Used to emphasize a command or an opinionated statement.


no cap

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From AAVE cap (“to lie, exaggerate”, verb), popularized by rappers Future and Young Thug in their 2017 track "No Cap".

I just found $20 on the ground, no cap.

Yellow diamonds like banana, that's cap / Put some dirt in Mello Yello, no cap / Rockin' Maison Margielas, that's cap / Red bitch, Cinderella, no cap

2017, “No Cap”, in Super Slimey, performed by Future and Young Thug:

yall no cap i lowkey think women deserve equal rights to men 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

2024 May 12, @gojoballs69, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-06-28:

(African-American Vernacular) Used to emphasize that one is telling the truth.

Future (rapper)
Green's Dictionary of Slang
Super Slimey
Young Thug


od's niggers

Corruption of God's diggers (“God's fingernails”).

[T]he landlord, starting up at the well known sound, cried, “Odd's niggers! there is the commodore with his company, as sure as I live!”

1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

Odd's niggers! they ha' lock'd the door; I must clamber over the wall and get round the front.

1835, anonymous author, “Husbands and Wives”, in Alexander's Modern Acting Drama, volume II:

If my father did but drink a cup of small beer more than his wont, or did break out upon provocation into any fond oath, as “Od's niggers!” or “Heart alive!” he would mourn over it as though it were the seven deadly sins.

(obsolete) Exclamation of surprise, anger etc.


achievement unlocked

Deriving from video gaming, where the phrase is a common in-game notification upon completing an activity for the first time.

(informal, humorous) A goal has been accomplished.


tough break

Tough break, Linda.

1966, Charles Dizenzo, A Great Career, Dramatists Play Service, page 16:

My reaction? Tough break, chump.

1990, Rickley S. Christian, Alive 2, Campus Life Books, page 120

(idiomatic) An interjection of mild or insincere sympathy for someone else's misfortune.


tooraloo

So long! See you soon! Too-ra-loo!

—Toraloo, Lenehan said. See you later.

1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:

So poor Admiral Nelson, toora loo

1966, Joseph Dolan, “Nelson’s Farewell”, as covered by The Dubliners, Transatlantic Records

Tooraloo, must get at the new White Mule. […] I didn’t set out to write a letter as long as this. What the hell’s the matter with me?

1984, William Carlos Williams, The Selected Letters of William Carlos Williams, New Directions,, →ISBN, page 184:

Here, a lark sprang up at his feet and darted into the air with its thrilling rush of exquisite moldy.―“Faith, you’ve given me my answer sure enough, my purty lark—that’s as much as to say, they may go whistle for them—oh, my poor fellows, how I pity yiz;”―and here he broke into a “too ra lal loo” and danced along the path:—then suddenly dropping into silence he resumed his walk, and applying his hand behind his head, cocked up his caubeen* and began to rub behind his ear, according to the most approved pleasant practice of assisting the powers of reflection.

1837, Samuel Lover, “The Burial of the Tithe”, Legends and Stories of Ireland, series 2, Baldwin and Cradock, page 68


tura-lura

“Well, off with you then, and I’m off too. Sing tura la, tura la, tura lura la.”

1853, Frederick Marryat, Poor Jack, H.G. Bohn, page 213:

Over in Killarney, many years ago / My Mother sang a song to me in tones so sweet and low / Just a simple little ditty, in her good ould Irish way / And I’d give the world if she could sing / That song to me this day
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral / Too-ra-loo-ra-li / Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral / Hush now don’t you cry!
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral / Too-ra-loo-ra-li / Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral / That’s an Irish lullaby
Oft, in dreams I wander to that cot again / I feel her arms a huggin’ me as when she held me then / And I hear her voice a hummin’ to me as in days of yore / When she used to rock me fast asleep outside the cabin door

1913, James Royce Shannon, “Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral”, “That’s an Irish Lullaby”, M.Witmark & Sons, New York

Bring your old iron, bits o’ brass / Tura-lura-laddi / Bring your old iron, bits o’ brass / Tura-lura-lido

1964, “Old Iron, Bits o’ Brass”, in Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, page 102:

Tur-a-lur-a-la, tur-a-lur-a-lae / A small bird sat on an ivy branch, and the song he sang was a Jug of Punch

1982 June, unattributed/traditional, “Jug of Punch”, Soodlum's Irish Ballad Book, Oak Publications, unpaged

Toora loora toora loo rye ay / And we can sing just like our fathers […]

1982 June 25, Kevin Rowland, “Come On Eileen”, Too-Rye-Ay, Mercury Records

Toora loora toora loo rye ay / And you’ll hum this toon forever


toora loora

A meaningless refrain in old popular songs.


da fuq

Eyebrows on fleek, da fuq.


choops

Anglo-Indian corruption of Hindustani चुप रहो / چُپ رَہو (cup raho, “Remain silent.”).


poggers

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *peh₁-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.?
Latin patior
Proto-Italic *-tjō
Latin -tiō
Latin passiōbor.
Old English passion
Latin passiōbor.
Old French passionbor.
Middle English passioun
English passion
Latin frūctus
Old French fruitbor.
Middle English fruyt
English fruit
English passion fruit
Proto-Mon-Khmer *lŋaamder.?
Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga)bor.
Classical Persian نَارَنْگ (nārang)bor.
Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj)bor.
Old Occitan auranjabor.
Old French orengebor.
Middle English orenge
English orange
Taíno *wayababor.
Spanish guayababor.
English guava
English POG
English pog
Proto-Italic *kampos
Latin campusbor.
Proto-West Germanic *kamp
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Proto-West Germanic *-jan
Proto-West Germanic *kampijan
Proto-Germanic *-jô
Proto-West Germanic *-jō
Frankish *kampijōbor.
Medieval Latin campiō
Old French champiunbor.
Middle English champioun
English champion
English champ
English pogchamp
English pog
English -er
English -ers
English poggersFrom pog + -ers.

etymon

“Nice,” Chandler said. “Poggers.”

2020 September 15, “A U.S. Navy Twitch Stream Included Jokes About Nagasaki and the N-Word”, in Vice:

(Internet slang, text messaging, Twitch-speak) Alternative form of pog.


bruh moment

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(Internet slang, humorous) Alternative form of bruh


yeah, nah

(Australia, New Zealand) A polite expression of either agreement or disagreement (clarified by following speech): can be used to denote conclusion of cursory difference(s) of opinion between speakers ("yeah-nah, he's a top bloke at the end of the day"), and/or perceived escalations of discord ("yeah-nah, I can, however, see where you're coming from").


bobbery-bob

Alteration of Hindi बाप रे बाप (bāp re bāp, “Father oh father!”).

der

‘Would not your Royal Highness like to come into the next room and see the dancers?’ said the Major in great perplexity, forgetting all about the inflected verbs. / ‘No, Bobbery Bob! I’ll drink some more sherbet, old man’.

1868, Out of the Meshes, volume II, page 273:

(Anglo-Indian, obsolete) Oh dear! Alas! Good lord!


Aah, Bisto

From the catchphrase of a long-running advertising campaign for Bisto brand gravy granules.

Aah, Bisto! How nice it is to put my feet up after such a long day!

(UK) An expression of enjoyment of a pleasant aroma; a general expression of relaxed satisfaction.


badbye

From bad + bye, by analogy with goodbye, reanalyzed as good + bye.

(colloquial, humorous, childish) Said in reaction to a departure involving painful emotions.

Used to express sadness at the departure of a friend or loved one.

Once, when she was little, she was angry at Jason because he was going away and she refused to say goodbye to him. Instead she ran to a window and shouted after him, “Badbye, Daddy, badbye!”

1976, Violet Weingarten, Half a Marriage, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 110:

Used to dismiss someone whom the speaker is angry with, such that the speaker may be happy to see them leave.

Goodbye. / Then I don’t know what’s so good about it. / Then badbye or just bye. / Yes, that’s probably just a goodbye. / Bye, then? / I wish we didn’t have to say bye. / We didn’t say bye. / We said “badbye” and “just bye” and “then bye.”

2010, Stephen Dixon, What Is All This?: Uncollected Stories, Fantagraphics Books, →ISBN, page 534:

The distant thump of the front door. Gone. She didn’t even go to the window to watch him walk away. / And I cannot let you in. / What kind of a woman falls for a grieving man? / Badbye.

2019, Ray Robinson, The Mating Habits of Stags, Lightning Books, →ISBN:


much grass

Jocular malapropism of Spanish muchas gracias.


lolol

(Internet slang, text messaging) Exaggerated form of lol


no really

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no kidding!; is that so? (sometimes used sarcastically in response to the obvious)


sweet mother of pearl

Of unknown origins. Attested from the late 19th century.
Presumably a euphemism for sweet mother of God or sweet mother of Jesus, using mother-of-pearl.

(chiefly US, dated) Good gracious; good heavens.


be cool

That's why I scoured our newsroom for red yarn, watched an episode of "The Bachelorette" during work (shhh, be cool) and tacked pictures of reality TV stars alongside a scrap of notebook paper...

2016, Erin Udell, “Could CSU's Chase McNary be the next Bachelor?”, in The Coloradoan:

(imperative) Used to implore someone to not reveal illegal or improper activity.


two points

"Two points!", said Zach as his wad of gum landed into the wastebasket across the room from his bed.

Said after successfully attempting to toss an object into a receptacle, such as a wastebasket.


pogchamp

From POG + champ.
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *peh₁-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.?
Latin patior
Proto-Italic *-tjō
Latin -tiō
Latin passiōbor.
Old English passion
Latin passiōbor.
Old French passionbor.
Middle English passioun
English passion
Latin frūctus
Old French fruitbor.
Middle English fruyt
English fruit
English passion fruit
Proto-Mon-Khmer *lŋaamder.?
Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga)bor.
Classical Persian نَارَنْگ (nārang)bor.
Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj)bor.
Old Occitan auranjabor.
Old French orengebor.
Middle English orenge
English orange
Taíno *wayababor.
Spanish guayababor.
English guava
English POG
English pog
Proto-Italic *kampos
Latin campusbor.
Proto-West Germanic *kamp
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Proto-West Germanic *-jan
Proto-West Germanic *kampijan
Proto-Germanic *-jô
Proto-West Germanic *-jō
Frankish *kampijōbor.
Medieval Latin campiō
Old French champiunbor.
Middle English champioun
English champion
English champ
English pogchamp

etymon

(Internet slang, text messaging, Twitch-speak) Synonym of pog.


see you in the funny pages

see you in the funny papers
see you in the funny papers#English


darn it

Darn it, my dad didn't get eggnog!

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


haiya

/ˌhaɪ̯˨ ˈjaː/

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Coordinate term: fuiyoh

Don't put ketchup on steak, haiyaa!..

(chiefly Malaysia) An exclamation of exasperation, said especially when a bad event occurs.


by Jiminy

(dated) An expression of surprise or annoyance.


by jiminy

Alternative letter-case form of by Jiminy


py chiminy

(Germanesque) Pronunciation spelling of by Jiminy.


py chiminey

A policeman who was standing on the corner tried to catch Gilb as he sailed by, but missed him. Gilb lay where he struck for a few minutes and then got up. There was a long cut over his eye and another on the back of his head. He rubbed his head, looked at the wreck of his wagon, and said: ¶ “Well, py chiminey, dat vas a funny ting.”

1894 December 1, “Grocer Gilb Thought It Funny”, in The New-York Times, volume 44, number 13,503, New-York, page 10:

“Den, py chiminey!” roared Mr. Vogel, “I vill keep this cat if I haf to build a cat hotel. I am made ashamed to dink I raised a vife and childern vat vould gif a cat like this to the Cruelty.[…]”

1906 May, Caroline Lockhart, “Marked Mit Cats”, in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, volume 77, number 461, page 582:

“What, he!” cried the stout German. “For why should I tell him about them? He knows nothing. He has bought my time to instruct classes; he has not bought, py chiminey! everything—even the soul Gott gave me!”

1910, Edwin Balmer, William MacHarg, “The Man Higher Up”, in The Achievements of Luther Trant, Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, page 164:

“No,” John agreed. “It ain’t my argument. But I bet I make it mine! So!” He swept his hand across the other’s cheek. “Now, py chiminey, if you got to be a brute, be one with me! When I get done, you listen to Owen, I bet you!”

1924, Sidney Herschel Small, chapter 4, in Fourscore, Book 1: Westward, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 102:

(Germanesque, nonce word) Pronunciation spelling of by Jiminy.


hn

Up to seventeen per cent at bingo and the wheel of fortune, and fifteen to twenty per cent at the slots. Not bad for the House, hn?

1956, Ian Fleming, chapter 14, in Diamonds Are Forever:


Bismillah

/ˌbɪsmɪˈlɑː/

From Arabic بِاسْمِ اللّٰه (bismi llāh, “in the name of God”)

bor

بِاسْمِ اللّٰه

‘Bismillah!’ he exclaimed. ‘I call all here to witness that Rashîd, the son of Ali, called the Fair, is free henceforth to go what way he chooses.’

1918, Marmaduke Pickthall, Oriental Encounters: Palestine and Syria, London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., page 25:

Thus recitation of Bismillah creates a sort of firm conviction in the existence of Allah, and also develops the sense of gratitude, in the mind of the servant of Allah, for all that Allah has provided for him.

1984, Syed Anwer Ali, Qurʼan, the Fundamental Law of Human Life: Surat ul-Faateha to Surat-ul-Baqarah (sections 1-21):

On the night before his execution he calls God in Arabic - "Bismillah" - and so regains his soul from Satan.

2011 June 15, “Smashed Hits: What is a Bohemian Rhapsody?”, in BBC:

(Islam) In the name of Allah! Used in belief of blessing the speaker's imminent action, especially prior to eating and drinking; sometimes used as an apotropaic.

In Bismillah, Allah has chosen to mention only two of His attributes, Rahman and Rahim, out of all His numerous attributes and the verse does not mention any other Divine attribute;...

2004, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Commentary on the Holy Quran: Surah Fatiha, Islam International, →ISBN, page 44:

(Islam) The basmala; the phrase Bismillahi ar-Rahmani ar-Rahim (“in the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate”).


chef's kiss

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-chef's kiss.wav

From the stereotypical association of the gesture with a French or Italian chef.

And when Jacobin tweeted that "Gritty is a worker." Ooohh boy. *chef's kiss*

2019 January, Derek Baker, “The Gauntlet staff's best of 2018”, in The Gauntlet, University of Calgary, page 22:

Try the bluefin tuna, the crispy nori roll with wagyu steak tartare (so good), and the yuzu mousse (lemon, cream and thyme crumble disguised as a whole lemon) for dessert. *Chef's kiss*

2020 March, “So, Mallorca needs to be on your bucket list STAT”, in Cosmopolitan, South Africa, page 119:

While this has all the vibrant bergamot and zesty lemon you'd expect from a classic Mediterranean scent, the woody, leathery notes gives it an unexpected, contemporary twist – it's a true celebration of the brand's strong Italian roots *chef's kiss*.

2020 April, Erin Docherty, “Scents of Identity”, in Men's Health, Australia, page 63:

(Internet slang) Used to express that something is exquisite.


all change

A request for all passengers to change trains.

(transport) An announcement, heard especially on trains, instructing passengers to alight because the last stop has been reached.


God bless the Duke of Argyle

God bless the Duke of Argyll
God bless the Duke of Argyll#English

Alternative form of God bless the Duke of Argyll


God bless the Duke of Argyll

A reference to parasites or cutaneous affections that might induce a shrugging reaction. Associated with an apocryphal tale that the Duke erected posts on his land that people found it convenient to rub against.

(Scotland) Said in response to a person shrugging their shoulders.


awoman

Modeled on amen, based on the false etymology that amen is derived from men.

Amen (or Awoman) said the Choir:[…]

1994 June 18, Daniel Myers, “A Capella^([sic]) Filkers”, in alt.music.filk (Usenet):

AMEN! (or as my feminist best friend teases me, AWOMAN!)

1995 June 6, Jeff Bronte, Applied Digital Access, San Diego, “We Should All Be Ashamed”, in bit.listserv.free-l (Usenet):

Amen! (or awoman)

1997 April 12, Carol Ann Hemingway, “Feminist -equality-, no men allowed.”, in alt.feminism (Usenet):

>LET'S IGNORE THE FLAMERS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR POSITION!! / Amen Awoman

1997 April 22, Don Addison, Darla McClure, “IF WE IGNORE THEM WILL THEY GO AWAY?”, in alt.pagan (Usenet):

Amen. / or / Awoman. / Depending on gender.

1997 July 8, Trickster, “STOP DA XXX PASSWORD SHIT!!!”, in alt.hackers.groups (Usenet):

Prayer of Damnation / Mother in Hell, /[…]/ AWoman!

1998 January 12, Elvis J.R., “Question?”, in alt.religion.wicca (Usenet):

As Pastor Blaster would say..."Yea, and verily." or Amen, Awoman, or something close.

1998 June 17, Raine, “Church of Modern Christianity”, in alt.religion.angels (Usenet):

Amen!!! / 'Scuse me...Awoman!!!

1998 August 18, Raine, “JhiaRaine's Annex Answer!”, in alt.religion.angels (Usenet):

>aMEN! / aWOMAN!

1999 April 9, SKWEETER1, “Stevie should be on DIVAS99”, in rec.music.artists.stevie-nicks (Usenet):

Amen. Er, I mean AWoman.

1999 October 24, Bruce Burtin, “BLACK PORN FANS”, in rec.arts.movies.erotica (Usenet):

AMEN, or to be more politicly correct, AWOMAN.

2000 February 12, Patrick McDonough, “I'm back!”, in alt.uk.penpals (Usenet):

> Can I get an AMEN? / I'm still waiting on my awoman.

2000 February 21, Wes Hutchings, “Random Musings”, in alt.fan.starwars (Usenet):

> Amen ! / Awomen !

2000 March 31, Bill Yeakel, “Falling down”, in alc.suicide (Usenet):

Amen ( or Awoman even, in fact can there be A men? It surely would be Aman?)

2000 June 22, Tae Kwon-Do Tiger, “A welcome (was Re: Loneliness)”, in alt.fan.lion-king (Usenet):

It is as it always been and always shall be. / (seven beers) / Amen / Awoman

2000 July 11, BB, “The rest of the damned thing. By BB(seven beers to no cigs)”, in alt.fan.scarecrow (Usenet):

> AMEN!! /[…]/ AWOMAN...or...ANYWOMAN

2001 January 31, Glide95, “RUBS and the like”, in alt.motorcycles.harley (Usenet):

> Can I get an AMEN? / AMEN (as any good Southern Baptist would say) / AWOMAN (Gots' to be equal these days!)

2001 June 12, Jeffrey Speegle, “OT: McVeigh”, in rec.music.makers.percussion (Usenet):

"awoman" to that

2002 February 1, sheri.lyn, “girls tattoo”, in sheri.lyn (Usenet):

{Parg} Amen! Or Awoman!

2002 April 9, Parg2000, “==-=*Romance Novels-- Female Equilivant to PORNO*-==-”, in soc.men (Usenet):

amen, awoman

2002 May 20, Kathleen, “Suntanner Apology”, in rec.nude (Usenet):

Amen to that. Or awoman, as the case may be. Lol

2003 January 25, Bill Dobbins, “Nicole Bass is a man”, in alt.sport.bodybuilding (Usenet):

see phoenix ... just work a Dont^([sic]) Talk rule like dick head wants - just for a day --- its^([sic]) a different kind of recovery then dick head does of course - dick head wants it forever and ever amen and awoman.

2003 March 18, Alan B. Mac Farlane, “The Sacred Calling of Addiction”, in alt.abuse.recovery (Usenet):

I think we should all get down on our knees and pray for him. / Amen/Awoman

2003 April 18, John Maines, “Unbelievable!!!!! The best cleanup of a Bootee”, in alt.tv.survivor (Usenet):

PRAISE "BOB", HAIL CONNIE AND SMACK YOURSELF ON THE FUCKING BACK TOO!! / AMEN AND AWOMAN

2003 December 1, Rev.Dave Taylor, “DETROIT DEVIVAL THANKS”, in alt.slack (Usenet):

> Amen'! / Awoman.....

2004 May 4, Twan Kee, “I don't like bouquets of flowers....”, in alt.paranormal.crop-circles (Usenet):

Amen, Awoman :)

2004 October 21, SlowJet, “What does "burn in" mean?”, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (Usenet):

Amen!.......I mean Awoman....I mean..Oh,Hell.

2005 October 22, hbuck, “OT: Term 'freshman' banned at some local schools...”, in alt.autos.toyota (Usenet):

Amen to that. :-) Awoman too. :-)

2007 June 26, Hyerdahl, “Polygamy: the Red State Answer to Family Values. AZ and UT Attorney Generals Won¹t Prosecute It. And Then There's Orrin Hatch.”, in soc.men (Usenet):

May the Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon us and give us peace, peace in our families, peace across this land, and dare I ask, O Lord, peace even in this chamber. We ask it in the name of the monotheistic God, Brahma, and ‘God’ known by many names by many different faiths. Amen and awoman.

2021, Emanuel Cleaver, Opening prayer to the 117th United States Congress:

(nonstandard, nonce word, humorous) Form of amen concluding a prayer, focusing on the existence of women.


all serene

“All serene,” cried the jubilant voice outside, “open the door, you fellows!”

1887, Talbot Baines Reed, The Willoughby Captains, page 201:

(obsolete, slang) All is well; a cry of acquiescence or approval.


dash it

A party of his friends had met in the evening to talk over his merits, and to drink, in Scottish phrase, his Bonallie. While, about the witching hour, they were crowning a solemn bumper to his health, a figure burst into the room, muffled in a seaman's cloak and travelling cap covered with snow, and distinguishable only by the sharpness and ardour of the tone with which he exclaimed, "Dash it, boys, here I am again!"

1811, Walter Scott, “John Leyden, M.D.”, in The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., volume IV, Edinburgh: […] [Stevenson & Co. for] Robert Cadell; London: Houlston & Stoneman, published 1843, →OCLC, pages 174–175:

Dash it all! I thought to myself, they can’t trade without using some kind of craft on that lot of fresh water - steam-boats!

1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 198:

"Where did you pick that up?" "I see it before me, now." "Why, dash it, man, that is what my mother always wore! D'you tell me you can see her?"

1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:


KMS

Initialism of kill myself, based on KYS (“kill yourself”).

Alternative form: kms

i left my wallet at home kms i don't wanna go back and get it

my mom found condoms in my room and now she wants to call me kms

(Internet slang) Used to express frustration: I am going to kill myself; fucking hell; fuck this.


cheesit

(African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of cheese it.


blimey Charlie

(Australia, New Zealand) Synonym of blimey


HNY

(informal, text messaging) Initialism of happy New Year.


great heavens

`Great heavens!' I said, perfectly aghast at this dreadful manifestation of human power; but She did but laugh a little.

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

(dated, exclamation) An exclamation of surprise or shock.


how very dare you

Catchphrase from British TV comedy series The Catherine Tate Show (first broadcast in 2004).

'How very dare you! I'm a respectable lady, I'll have you know. I've never left my key ring in anyone's fruit bowl.' I feign outrage. I know what he's referring to, but it's still fun teasing him.

2015, Carmel Harrington, Every Time a Bell Rings:

There was something 'how very dare you' about Jeremy Corbyn's recent temper tantrum in rebuttal of the charge that the company he kept reflected badly on him.

2017, Howard Jacobson, The Dog's Last Walk (and Other Pieces):

(humorous, emphatic) Synonym of how dare you


shame upon me

(dated) An expression of self-disapproval.


shame on me

'Cause I knew you were trouble when you walked in / So shame on me now

2012, “I Knew You Were Trouble”, in Red, performed by Taylor Swift:


potrack

Here and there cattle were grazing, guinea fowls were calling potrack in tones which not even the magic of distance could render musical[…]

1898, Bradford Torrey, “Virginia”, in A World of Green Hills: Observations of Nature and Human Nature in the Blue Ridge, Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, page 186:

My grandmother got me some guinea eggs once, to put under one of those hens. Their "potrack, potrack, potrack" had all the neighbors up in arms after a while

2003 November 29, DittyDu...@webtv.net, “Thanksgiving over, now TRUTH!”, in alt.fifty-plus.friends:

[…]a few guinea hens pecking for seeds or worms and calling out their idiot incessant potrack, potrack, potrack.

2019 May 20, Terrell Greene, Terry’s Run: An American Life 1923 ..., Xlibris, →ISBN:

(dated, especially Southern US) The shrill, high-pitched noise of a guinea fowl.


chookas

You'll be great on stage tonight, chookas!

(Australia) Expression of encouragement given to performers before a theatrical or musical performance.


swear to God

(informal) Used to indicate that the speaker is swearing to God.

(informal) Used to indicate a high level of seriousness.


ah so

'Ah so,' said a Japanese passenger.
'Ah so to you,' said a rough sailor.
'Ach, a wee Japannee,' said McGonagall, and went into a series of Buckingham Palace photographic poses.

1988, Spike Milligan, Jack Hobbs, William McGonagall Meets George Gershwin: A Scottish Fantasy:

“One other thing,” Jack said, “let's not play here, at the Tropicana.”
“Ah, so,” Harry said with a Chinese accent. “The wise fox doth not despoil its own nest.”

1998, Robert W. Bliss, A. N. G. E. L. S., Inc., page 91:

(now offensive) Stereotypical utterance of wise understanding by a Japanese or Chinese person.


FGS

(Internet slang) Initialism of for God's sake.


great balls of fire

Goodness gracious, great balls of fire!

1957, Otis Blackwell, Jack Hammer, Great Balls of Fire:

(idiomatic, euphemistic, dated) Expressing great surprise.


no such luck

[…] being then crippled in my starboard foot.―Wounded perhaps, in action?―No, no such luck; that shabby dog, Jack Frost, bit off a couple of my toes: […]

1835, Ben the Sailor, “Adventures on Shore and Afloat”, in The Nautical Magazine a Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs in General:

We might have expected the blunder to be corrected by the major Chicago law firm representing the appellees. No such luck.

2006, United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, “Smoot v. Mazda Motors of America”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

Used to express regret that something failed to occur.


no such thing

And why? Is it that he is too generous, too like a philanthropist in the former case? Or that he is too wicked in the latter? No such thing. It is an impeachment of his own judgment, against which he braces himself.

1823, John Neal, Randolph: A Novel, Volume 1:

Is the merchant happier when, quitting the din and bustle of the city, his ships, his freights, and his speculations he hastens to the enjoyment of rural life, purchases a beautiful villa, and looking around him, says within himself "I am content." Is he so? no such thing! He must still busy himself with the news, the business, and the exchanges; or, let him look at home, every thing is wrong, every thing wants improving[…]

1833, Theodore Sedgwick, Crayon Sketches Volume 1:

At the time those were my sentiments too, but I soon discovered that I could not make common cause with my colleagues. After dinner I reported the conversation I had had with the professor of history, and again I said that I thought the political truth of democracy could be demonstrated. No such thing! Democracy could be saved by force of arms but it could not be proved by weight of reason.

1940, Mortimer Jerome Adler, “This pre-war generation”, in Harpers:

Did Lothair imagine that the society of those people (such as it was) existed because of their demented notions and by means of their contradictory institutions? And that these were the essence of their society? No such thing!

You thought the notion of New York as Fun City died with the Lindsay administration? No such thing. In A Little Sex, Manhattan is still where a coupla crazy kids can get their Wasp jollies[…]

(possibly obsolete) That is not the case; on the contrary.


God bless the mark

Set in sporting stone, September was ‘Finals’ month but then they moved to August and now, God bless the mark, they’re talking about going back to July!

2020, John Arnold, “John Arnold: Memories of matches, a wake and planting trees - 30 years on”, in The Echo:

God save the mark
God save the mark#English


God save the mark

[…] for he made me mad
 To see him shine so brisk and smell so sweet
 And talk so like a waiting-gentlewoman
 Of guns and drums and wounds,—God save the mark!—
 And telling me the sovereign'st thing on earth

c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

[…]the gnawing pain, the sick faintness, the deadly stupor, the insatiable animal craving for mere food, all of which sensations are frightful enough to those who are, unhappily, daily inured to them, but which when they afflict one who has been tenderly reared and brought up to consider himself a 'gentleman,'—God save the mark! are perhaps still more painful to bear.

1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan, →OCLC, page 7:

The world’s population is atomized among the dying, the ill, the quarantined, the sheltered, the heroically imperilled “essential” (never forget!), and, God save the mark, the blinkered fools.

2020, Peter Schjeldahl, “The Melancholy Gestalt of Isolation”, in The New Yorker:

(somewhat archaic) Ironic expression of distaste.


orite

(Internet slang) oh, right; acknowledgment of understanding


ten-shun

Company, 'ten-shun—(More violently.) 'ten-shun, please... (He draws himself up exaggeratedly.) Stand straight, like soldiers!

1946, Harry Lester Baum, Prelude to Victory: A Masonic Play:

(US, military) Used to bring a marching band or group of soldiers to attention.


at-ten-shun

Respelling of attention to show the stress pattern.

"At-ten-shun !" commanded he, with that peculiar inflexion only attainable after considerable service.

1906, Joseph Edgar Crowell, The Young Volunteer: The Everyday Experiences of a Soldier Boy in the Civil War:

At-ten-SHUN! ¶ The United States Marine Corps wants your children.

2003, “Family Fare”, in The New York Times:


faxx

(Internet slang) Alternative form of facts (“used to express agreement”)


oh my lanta

A play on Mylanta, a brand of over-the-counter drugs for digestive problems.

Shannon Gardner soon took the stage for her valedictorian speech after an introduction that described her as having a positive attitude which shone through in her speech.
“Oh my lanta, we made it y’all,” Gardner started her speech, leaving the audience laughing.

2019 May 27, Brittney Melton, “Southview graduates dared to take on future challenges”, in Statesville Record & Landmark:

(US, euphemistic, humorous) An exclamation of surprise, excitement or astonishment: oh my God!


well, to be sure

“My dear, I never saw him.”
“And I never saw him !” returned Ada.
Well, to be sure!

[…]words that were quickly interrupted by a murmur of dismay at finding the room in total darkness. "Well to be sure! The lamp must have gone out!" she exclaimed,

1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan, →OCLC, page 21:


kerblammo

(informal) Alternative form of kablam (“sound of a loud explosion”)


my lands

Oh? At your age? Oh... the youth of today shock me... My lands...

1995, HAL Laboratory, EarthBound, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Entertainment System:

(chiefly US, somewhat dated and rustic) An expression of surprise or dismay.


oboy

"Oboy," he said. "Oboy, Scozzafava's not going to like this."

1975, Dorothy Gilman, A Nun in the Closet, New York: Fawcett Crest, →ISBN, page 92:

"Oboy!" shouted Cabbage. "That sounds like grand fun."

1978 March 5, Niel Hancock, Dragon Winter, New York: Popular Library, →ISBN, page 231:

Oboy. Now he'd made her mad.

1996, Dixie Browning, The Beauty, The Beast and The Baby, New York: Silhouette Books, →ISBN, page 100:

Oboy! It's here!

2005 September 4, Jim Davis, Garfield, Paws, Inc.:


nitchevo

(in Russian contexts) never mind; no matter


va fangool

(vulgar, US, Italian American) Fuck you!


kms

Alternative form of KMS (“[I want to / am going to] kill myself”).


ooga booga

/ˌuːɡəˈbuːɡə/

(derogatory) Used to suggest that the interlocutor is stupid.

(offensive, ethnic slur) Mimicking African languages.

(offensive, ethnic slur) Mimicking Aboriginal Australian languages.


wakey wakey, eggs and bakey

From eggs and bacon, a breakfast food; chosen for the rhyme.


you're fine

(Utah) A casual response to an apology, similar to no worries


what goes on

I pulled a flashlight out of my pocket and stooped to flash it under the front wheels. The owner of the lot rushed up. "Hey, what goes on?" he yelled. "I don't want any spies around here. Get going. […]

1941, The American Magazine, volume 131, page 43:

Dated form of what's going on (“expression of concern, asking for an explanation”).


wonder of wonders

Tear it up, and put a fragment under the microscope, and, wonder of wonders! see the maze of geometric forms exhibited in the bones of the creature; for who can help regarding the spicules as bones, even though a sponge be invertebrate?


well aye

Well aye man!

(Teesside, Hartlepool) A positive yes, of course.


peepo

The baby whimpered. Askew opened his coat again and she giggled out at us and Grandpa gasped with delight. 'Peepo,' said Grandpa. 'Peepo, little hinny.'

Connie fumbled with the material, desperately trying to push her nipples back into place. “I can't close it up!” “Peepo,” said Ryan.

2015, Kiki Archer, Too Late... I Love You, page 220:


strike me up a gum tree

(Australia, informal) Expressing astonishment.


yucko

The diet food gets at me—yucko! No sugar, no fat, zero calories whenever possible. Ugh!


kerchug

The sound of something dropping into water; a plop.


kerslosh

The sound of something moving noisily through water; slosh.


nevers

How many nevers do you have?


too soon

Calling out that something is too soon, often in response to someone saying such a joke.


hardy har

'[…] why don't you have a beer with me, Howie? It's this new stuff. American Grain, it's called. I never heard of it, but it was on sale so I bought a six-pack. Nothing ventured, nothing grained, am I right?'
'Hardy-har,' he said, wrinkling his nose. Vi's penchant for puns had struck him as cute when he first met her, but it had staled somewhat over the years.

Alternative form of hardy har har (“false or sarcastic laughter”)


not Pygmalion likely

A reference to the then-scandalous use of the phrase "not bloody likely" in George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion.

(informal, euphemistic, humorous) not likely; under no circumstances; absolutely not


why in the world

Why in the world would you spend so much money on a toy?

(idiomatic) used to add emphasis to “why” in a question.


yawk

(slang, African-American Vernacular, MLE, gaming, rare) imitative for the sound of a shot in particular of a gun.


woop woop

(Internet slang, leetspeak) Used to express joy, particularly that felt during success or victory.


hi-yah

She leaped down beside him and took a karate stance. “Hi-yah!” she shouted. She kicked as high as she could, first with one foot, then with the other.

2017, Jerry Mahoney, My Rotten Stepbrother Ruined Snow White, page 101:

I double over and hear a karate ninja sound. “Hi Yah!” A sharp chop to my neck brings me down to the floor. What just happened?

2020, K. Anthony Wilson, Better Together:

(often humorous) Accompanying an attacking move in (parodies of) Eastern martial arts such as karate.


get out of it

Synonym of get out (“indicating incredulity”)


kazoom

Zap is a comic-book hero - Zap! Powie! Kazoom!; why have you retired, Zap, when we need you so much?

1975, Rennie Ellis, Australian Graffiti, page [1]:

I saw a white light flash from side to side and I heard a loud buzz zooming in my head - kazoom, kazoom!

1988, Good Housekeeping, volume 207, page 62:

An abrupt or explosive zooming noise; the sound of something powerfully speeding by.


Gadsbodikins

(archaic) Alternative spelling of ods bodikins


gadswoons

Contraction of God's wounds; see zounds.

Well, I thought that, gadswoons, I would have a peep at his Infernal Majesty.

Gadswoons! I muttered, could it be that the Young Mistress herself would finally take dinner with us?

1961, Rosser Evans, A Feast of Friends, page 106:

Gadswoons I will. I swear on myself and on Satan and on the mother who bore me that I'll hang twelve of you today from one yard-arm if someone doesn't own up.

2017, Arturo Perez-Reverte, Pirates of the Levant: The Adventures of Captain Alatriste:


begorry

(Ireland) Alternative spelling of begorra


adsbud

(archaic) Alternative spelling of ods bodikin


shanti

Transliteration of Sanskrit शान्ति (śānti, “calmness, peace, tranquillity; quietness, rest”), from शम् (śam, “to exert or fatigue oneself, toil at; to become tired, come to an end, finish, stop; to be calm, contented, quiet, or satisfied; to calm, pacify, settle, soothe”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱemh₂- (“to exert oneself, toil”)) + -ति (-ti, suffix denoting a state of being).

der

[lines 431–432, page 49] Datta. Dayadhvam. Damyata. / Shantih shantih shantih […] [page 64, note 433] Shantih. Repeated as here, a formal ending to a Upanishad. "The Peace which passeth understanding" is a feeble translation of the content of this word.

1922 October, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “Part V. What the Thunder Said.”, in The Waste Land, 1st book edition, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, published December 1922, →OCLC, pages 49 and 64:

(Hinduism) A call for peace, often recited three times as a prayer for peace of the soul.


od's bobs

Perhaps a euphemistic alteration of God's body.

“[F]or odds-bobs, if you do not pay me, he will return, and be as good as his word.”

1755, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Tobias Smollett, Don Quixote, Volume 1, I.4:

(obsolete) Expressing surprise, emotion etc.


may God have mercy on your soul

Originated in beth din courts in ancient Israel to show that God has the highest authority. It was later spread to England as a prayer for a criminal who was sentenced to death, and then the British Empire to indicate a death penalty.

you cannot escape the consequence of your actions

ঈশ্বর যেন আপনার আত্মাকে ক্ষমা করেন

an expression showing that someone is doomed


Lordy loo

“Lordy loo, sugar,” she said from her wheelchair, her face all crumpled up like a dried-out apple. “You're going to ruin it. […]

2012, Delilah S. Dawson, Wicked as They Come:

Rather, what I'm after is comics creation as an engrossing, gripping, enthralling experience that seizes my full attention—and lordy loo, was that ever the case with the concluding half of Empowered 8.

2017, Adam Warren, Empowered Deluxe Edition Volume 3:


sir, this is a Wendy's

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One of the comments:
 "I got the whole alphabet right, even the hard part where you have to say LMNOP! The doctors were really impressed!"
 "Sir, this is a Wendy's"

2020 July 24, jthr...@gmail.com, “Re: LOL!”, in alt.guitar.amps (Usenet):

Sir, this is a Wendy's. (Full disclosure: this isn't a Wendy's. This is a sex-advice column, JACKS, and sex-advice columnists are not matchmakers. So you'll have to find and/or hire a phone-sex provider on your own.)

2022, Dan Savage, "When an asexual says 'no', she means no", The Georgia Straight, 17 February 2022 - 24 February 2022, page 17

“You must be in so much pain to keep posting bikini pictures at your age,” a follower commented on longtime supermodel Paulina Porizkova’s Instagram this week. “I pray you can come to terms with your mortality.”
This comment has big “Sir, this is a Wendy’s” energy, or at least, “Sir, if seeing a woman’s exposed flesh compels you to bring up her death, the internet might not be the healthiest place for you right now” vibes. But Porizkova, who is 57 and known for having a good sense of humor, responded with another bikini pic, adding, “As you can see, I’m suffering indeed.”

2022 May 2, Jenny Singer, “Women Are Calling Themselves ‘Old and Ugly’ on Twitter—And It’s Actually Super Heartwarming”, in Glamour:

sir, this is an Arby's
sir, this is an Arby's#English

(Internet slang) Alternative form of sir, this is an Arby's.


sir, this is an Arby's

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From a humorous Internet meme that envisions a character giving a strange, rambling monologue, with the punchline being a fast-food employee reminding them that they are in a restaurant. This format of joke is first attested in a November 2011 tweet by American screenwriter Ethan Hunter (@ethanhunter).

Setting aside the fact that Trump inviting a group of lawmakers to the White House to discuss trade policy only to launch into an out-of-nowhere rant about one of his enemies being fat is the definition of the phrase “ma’am, this is an Arby’s,” Trump’s hatred for Nadler goes way back.

2019 April 9, Bess Levin, “Trump's Radical Anti-Impeachment: Fat Jokes”, in Vanity Fair:

When you’re doing your job as a journalistic commentator in its highest form, you’re drawing new parallels, expanding the Overton Window, opening people’s minds and also ensuring them they aren’t alone in their frustrations with the status quo. When done at its most hacky, however, you’re ranting at people, making leaps and assumptions that gloss over reality, casting yourself as omniscient genius, and generally just pulling real “Sir, this is an Arby’s” shit.

2021 October 13, Blair Stenvick, “If I Ever Run for Governor, Please Don't Vote for Me”, in Portland Mercury:

I wonder if you’re familiar with the “Sir, this is an Arby’s” meme. Let me illustrate it for you:
Person A [with aggressive aggravation]: Can you believe it? The other day, I heard someone refer to the book of Genesis. Surely you KNOW that Genesis is not just “a book,” but the first part of the Pentateuch, and the Pentateuch is a five-fold book, not five books. Do you know what the first word is in Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy? It’s and. BOOM. What did Jesus call the Torah? “The book of Moses.” Not the books of Moses.
Person B [laconically]: Sir, this is an Arby's.

2020 September, Alex Duke, “'Sir, This Is a Local Church'— Or, How an Absurdist Meme about a Roast Beef Shop Might Help Heal Our Church”, in 9Marks Journal, page 142:

(Internet slang) Used to indicate that one finds a statement to be bizarre, tangential, or inappropriate for the context in which it is made.


awomen

Amen. (Awomen as well.)

1980 May, Harry D. Schultz, “Harry D. Shultz Speaks Out”, in American Import Export Bulletin, page 74, column 2:

Amen … Awomen

1987, Linda Goodman, “Physical Immortality: A Thought Transformation, Leading to the Achievement of Cell Regeneration”, in Linda Goodman’s Star Signs: The Secret Codes of the Universe; Forgotten Rainbows and Forgotten Melodies of Ancient Wisdom, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, published 1988, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 544:

Forever and Ever and Ever Amen . . Awomen

1989, Linda Goodman, “Canto Nineteen”, in Gooberz, Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 828:

Forevermore. Amen. Oh, and one other thing, Goddess. Please don’t wait more than two weeks to send me someone or something that gives me goose bumps and hot flashes for all the right reasons. Amen and awomen.

1998 September 16, Rob Brezney, “Real Astrology”, in Santa Fe Reporter, Santa Fe, N.M., section “Gemini (May 21-June 20)”, page 43, column 1:


a-women

The child of a Woman’s Rights advocate heard the Lord’s prayer in a public school. “Ma,” said she upon coming home, “I don’t want to say ‘Amen’ at the end, as the other girls do. Why can’t I say A-women?”

[1856 June 10, Hartford Daily Courant, volume XX, number 139 (whole 5567), Hartford, Conn., column 5:

And may every one of them live to see a thousand Christmases after the last fool and knave is driven from the high places of the land we love, and honesty, purity, decency and prosperity reign unbroken from ocean to ocean, is the Pioneer’s prayer, now, henceforth and forevermore, world without end—Amen! A-women!

1879 December 25, “Merry Christmas!”, in Black Hills Daily Pioneer, volume 3, number 162, Deadwood, S.D., column 2:

Never despair of liberty and the republic, and pay for your paper in advance—And, as surely as there is a heaven for christians, and another and altogether different place for a large proportion of our so-called statesmen, you will be healthy, wealthy, wise and happy. Pax vobiscum. A-men A-women.

1880 March 6, “A Short Pioneer Patent Sermon”, in Black Hills Weekly Pioneer, volume 4, number 35, Deadwood, S.D., column 3:

And may God bless you all and give you husbands able and willing to gratify your every wish and whim! Amen! A-women!

1880 May 8, “Dress. Woman and Her Fashions, Tastes, Notions and Whims Defended. Some Rough Slashes at Various Maligners and Scoffers.”, in Black Hills Weekly Pioneer, volume 4, number 44, Deadwood, S.D., column 4:

It was a big day, a big crowd and a big time. For which let us all be thankful—world without end—amen and a-women, not forgetting the children.

1885 September 18, The Courier-Journal, volume LXIX, number 6,106, Lousville, Ken., page 12, column 6:

Now, henceforth and forevermore, world without end—amen, a-women!

1885 October 4, “Pat Donan’s Wild Shriek. [From His Speech at the Tennessee Banquet.]”, in The Daily Examiner, volume XLI, number 96, San Francisco, Calif., page 3, column 9:

I would rather cook forever my lone corn dodger, wash my own solitary paper collar, sew on my own pasteboard horn buttons, and do my own darning and other diminutive profanity, than dream of such a fraud on womankind or unkind, now, henceforth and for ninety days or so, world without end, amen, a-women!

1886 April 26, Peter Donan, “Love and Matrimony. Some Original Views by Peter Donan.”, in The Times-Democrat, New Orleans, La., page 6, column 7:

Yours for reform! Amen! A-women! World without end, with Kansas ahead!

1897 January 15, Geo. E. Glass, “Woman Suffrage”, in Kansas Agitator, volume 7, number 35, Garnett, Kan., column 3:

She was repeating her prayers at bedtime recently, the Lord’s Prayer first, and, as is her habit, winding up with petition for blessings on the various members of the family of both sexes. But this time, when she came to the conclusion, she hesitated a moment as a new idea struck her, and then in a most devout tone added: “Amen and a-women!” “Why, daughter, you must not say that! What did you say ‘a-women’ for?” asked her mother in surprise. “Well,” replied the young philosopher, “didn’t I pray for women as well as men?”

1902 November 28, “A Question of Sex”, in The Minneapolis Journal, Minneapolis, Minn., page 16, column 6:


barlafumble

(Scotland, obsolete) A cry for peace or truce in children's games.


by my faith

Who, I rob? I a thief? not I, by my faith.

c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I, act I, scene II:


lolwot

(Internet slang) Alternative form of lolwut


more power to your arm

more power to your elbow
more power to your elbow#English


geddup

Alternative form of giddyup (command for a horse to move faster)


gedup

Cora whisked her hat down to cut off communion with him, and slid in among the trees. She lurked there till she heard him say, "Gedup," in a voice thick with rage, and horse and cart click-clacked off along the road, and left it free for her to follow.

1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 171:


ahum

Alternative form of ahem (“coughing sound”)


sugma

Used for its similarity to suck my (balls).

(chiefly Internet, humorous) An interjection designed to sound similar to “suck my” (especially used to trick a person into asking the meaning).


sst

"Sst!" hissed Mel Daggett, who was the last to enter. "Don't you know the door's open? Don't talk so loud, you fellows."

1907, Burt L. Standish, Dick Merriwell's Backers:

Alternative form of st (“hush; silence”)


odso

Abſ[olute]. Aye, Bob, Miſs Melville's Mr. Faulkland. / Acres. Od'ſo! ſhe and your father can be but juſt arrived before me— […]

1775 January 17 (first performance), [Richard Brinsley Sheridan], The Rivals, a Comedy. […], London: […] John Wilkie, […], published 1775, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page 22:

Odso! Thou dost wax great in wisdom day-by-day!

1841, Robert Eyres Landor, Earl of Brecon:

(obsolete) Expressing surprise or affirmation.


shushy

The Ghost feigned concern and put his hand over his mouth, “Oooh, shushy shushy, no word from me."

2006, C. Owens, The Hacksaw, the Rose & the Parthenon Parrot, page 124:

Oh baby shushy shushy it's coldy and my legs are hurty and I need a ciggy and I ain't got one in my / bag

2014, David Watson, Flight Path & Undercarriage:

“Shushy, little baby,” Kim tried to soothe.

'Shushy shushy,' pleads Catherine. 'Shushy shushy for Mummy and Auntie Jessie.

2020, Stevie Davies, The Web of Belonging:


aaugh

"AAUGH! I can't stand it!" (Linus)

1960, Charles M. Schulz, Peanuts, 2/7/1960:


scout's honor

Alternative letter-case form of Scout's honor


voops

Vot I don't understand is vy so many faucet? Maybe vun for hot, vun for cold, vun for shocolate, and vun ... ( Tries again and squirts milk all over himself ( in mime ) ] Voops!

I yust pushed it in, like dis, and—voops! der goes anudder vun!

1994, Jan Harold Brunvand, The Baby Train and Other Lusty Urban Legends, page 179:

Ronnie cuts in: "And just as he was saying 'I'm God!' the boss walks in and voops! He falls off the table!"

2003, Chris Van Wyk, Now Listen Here: The Life and Times of Bill Jardine, page 80:


bitch, please

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(African-American Vernacular, vulgar, slang, often offensive) Please (an expression of annoyance or impatience).


RLY

(Internet slang) Alternative form of rly (“really”)


testing, testing

A phrase used to check loudspeakers such as microphones and intercoms or wireless communications like a phone call.


lawksamercy

But lawksamercy! While she is here, her youngest is, by pure chance, stolen away by a heroin addict who sells children for adoption by lustful Arabs.

1996, Francis Wheen, Lord Gnome's Literary Companion, page 74:


whooee

“Whooee! You boys is havin' yourselves a good time, ain't you?”

2002, Jim Blair, The Foundation, page 139:

He returned to the song for a few notes then introduced, “Whooee, whooee, whooee, whooee,” the way a human whistled his dog.


give paw

Lie down, Atherton, who's a good dog? Come on — give Dame Rosie a paw — paw, Atherton — give paw […]

"Okay, give paw." I caught her flopping paw, gave it a shake, and fed her the treat.

2011, Michael Scotto, Latasha and the little red Tornado, →ISBN, page 28:

"It's time to learn a new trick. Ready? Sit. Give paw."

2018, Kay Arthur, Janna Arndt, Who Created It?, →ISBN, page 87:


take care of yourself

An expression used when parting, especially to a sick person


la la la

I'm turning up the volume when you speak 'Cause if my heart can't stop it I find a way to block it, I go la la, la la la la la

fingers in ears, la la la, I can't hear you, la la la, I can't hear you

2011, Paul Johnson, Choose Life, page 14:

said loudly to prevent the speaker from hearing something he/she doesn't want to hear


go outside

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Suggesting that the person should leave their computer and go outside into the natural environment.

(Internet slang) An insult suggesting that a person posting online is out of touch with reality and should spend time outdoors and/or away from the Internet.


issokay

“Issokay sir, I already got one here,” says his tormentor, gingerly holding up a decidedly sick piece of fruit hanging on desperately to the last vestiges of bananahood, before lowering it from Kevin's view.

2019 December 14, Marc Lindon, The Long Way to Get to Me, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 20:

“You didn't tell me about career day.”
“Issokay,” he said, combining the two words together. “I told them about you.”

2020, Claire Adams, Daddy's Virgin, Ownit Publishing LLC:

(colloquial) Alternative form of it's okay.


sew buttons

Based on the fact that so and sew are homophonous.

“Ah. So?” “Sew buttons.” “What was it like? I don't know.

2018, Lisa Super, chapter 13, in So Glad to Meet You:

“That's what my mother used to say when we kept saying 'so.'” At Jack's puzzled look I bat my hand at him. “Don't bother trying to get it. It's a non sequitur.” “Oh. So. Sew buttons. I get it.”

2016, Rita Lakin, Getting Old is Criminal:

“So.” “Sew buttons.” That phrase always made Cam laugh. Her grandmother was the only one who still used it because she was probably the only person who still actually sewed buttons.

2012, Wendy Wunder, The Probability of Miracles, Penguin Random House Children's UK:

(idiomatic, humorous, slightly dated) used in response to someone asking "so?"

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sew, button.


sew buttons on your underwear

Alternative form of sew buttons (“humorous response to someone asking "so?"”)


DonoWall

From dono (“donation”) + wall. Originally referred to an on-screen donation paid by a viewer being ignored.

(Internet slang, text messaging, Twitch-speak) Used to state that someone was completely ignored or disregarded.


herp derp

(Internet slang, dated) Alternative form of derp


tits out for the lads

(England, derogatory, offensive) A chant, usually by a group of men to one or more women, demanding that they expose their breasts.


get your tits out for the lads

tits out for the lads
tits out for the lads#English

(England, derogatory, offensive) Alternative form of tits out for the lads.


OUCA

(Oxford University slang) Used by members of OUCA as a celebratory or rallying expression of approval for the association and/or wider Conservative values.


time in

(live action roleplaying games) Used to announce the end of time out and the beginning of time in.


congratufuckulations

Blend of congratulations + fuck/fuck you

I will be / > selling this compound in about 3 days and I have had no trouble finding a / > source for it. / Congratufuckulations. And when my patent comes thru you will be breaking the law. Good riddance

1998 September 4, Patrick Arnold, “AST Research Claims 5-AD is Superior”, in misc.fitness.weights (Usenet):

congratufuckulations, you wonderful screaming queen, you...

1999 December 31, acelightning, “Hello Y2K, goodbye 19 whatever it is”, in alt.tasteless (Usenet):

There's nothing to compare to that feeling after you've closed when you rush *home* and think to yourself, "wow...I *own* this place - mine!". Congratufuckulations! I can't think of anyone who deserves this more.

2000 May 31, Bechi, “AAAAHHHH! HAPPY BUM WIGGLE FOOTY DANCE!!!!!!!!”, in alt.support.childfree.moderated (Usenet):

Congratufuckulations. (Give me advanced warning next time. Like 2 days or something. TIA).

2000 October 6, maura, “I'm a neilsen house!”, in alt.tv.real-world (Usenet):

Congratufuckulations! I have to admid your plight has been consuming my thoughts. Enjoy! How'd you get it?

2001 May 4, D, “WHOO TO THE GOD DAMN MOTHER FUCKING HOO”, in alt.music.tool (Usenet):

well congratufuckulations. aren't you PROUD.

2005 April 12, 78, “metallica is pure american arrogance”, in alt.rock-n-roll.metal.metallica (Usenet):

“We got that done,” trumpeted Caesar. “Yeah. Well Congratufuckulations.[…]”

2010, Kent Killmer, Red House, New York, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN:

‘I thought I’d ... scare you.’ ‘Well, congratufuckulations! It worked.’

2012, Laura J Harris, Splintered, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 128:

(slang, humorous, offensive, vulgar, derogatory) A sarcastic form of congratulations.


attakid

Variant pronunciation of "That's the kid!", a cry of encouragement, especially to children.

Attakid! That's the way to hit a home run!

(idiomatic, nonstandard) Used to show encouragement or approval to a person.


come ed

For quotations using this term, see Citations:come ed.


come 'ead

For quotations using this term, see Citations:come 'ead.


come head

For quotations using this term, see Citations:come head.


come 'ed

For quotations using this term, see Citations:come 'ed.


yehey

Possibly from a blend of yey + hey or a blend of yeah + yey.

Yehey The Philippines At Your Fingertips!!

1997, Danilo Arao, The Electronic Trail: Computer-assisted Research and Reporting in the Philippines, page 73:

“Yehey!” LenLen starts shouting. I pay no attention to her.

2016, HEAT: A Southeast Asian Urban Anthology, →ISBN:

(Philippines) Used to express joy or elation.


clankety

A clanking sound suggesting mechanical motion.


fuck me gently with a chainsaw

From the 1988 black comedy film Heathers. The character Heather Chandler says, "Well, fuck me gently with a chainsaw. Do I look like Mother Teresa?".

He muttered, “Well, fuck me gently with a chainsaw. I give up. Either this guy is the invisible man or, or...or I don't know what. Or this is all a conspiracy and you're all involved, or something. Fuck...me.”

2012, Darragh McManus, Even Flow, page 160:

I was sitting in one of the forever-waiting lines that form in the Army, when I thought, 'well fuck me gently with a chainsaw, there's 50 Cent.' And sure, as shit it was him.

2020, Aaron Lee Marshall, Baqubah: Bones and Blood, page 60:

(vulgar) Expressing astonishment or disgust.


gotdamn

Gotdamn, got so wrapped up in my bullshit I forgot I'm a wanted criminal.

2019 December, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 105:


for Christsakes

For Christsakes, have you even left Greer?

2019 December, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 93:


Jai Shri Ram

Borrowed from Hindi जय श्री राम (jay śrī rām).

(Hinduism) "Victory to Lord Rama"; a salute or invocation towards the Hindu god Rama.

ജയ് ശ്രീ റാം

jayŭ śrī ṟāṁ


Om Namah Shivaya

Borrowed from Sanskrit ॐ नमः शिवाय (oṃ namaḥ śivāya).

bor+

(Hinduism) "Adoration to Lord Shiva"; a salute or invocation towards the Hindu god Shiva.


lai lai

Borrowed from Mandarin or Hokkien. Reduplication of 來／来, Mandarin 來／来 (lái) or Hokkien 來／来 (lâi).

(Manglish, Singlish) An exclamation to express encouragement, or to precede a request.


kerblooey

The ’80s were when ’70s fragmentation went kerblooey.

1990 January 2, Robert Christgau, “1980–1989: Rockism Faces the World”, in The Village Voice:


Jesus motherfucking Christ

(vulgar) Alternative form of Jesus Christ


GAWA

Unclear. May have been coined by alt_right_united on Instagram as a made-up dog whistle for white supremacy and alt-right groups. Many backronyms exist including "Groyper And White Army", "Gmake America White Again" (a play on MAGA) and "God Always Wins, Allelujah".

If Trump doesn't win in 2024 it must have been rigged. GAWA!

(white supremacy, neologism) An exclamation of support for alt-right groups.


that is something

that's something
that's something#English


good thinking

Used to express approval of a clever idea.


alrite

please don't be unhappy.. u can solve it.. just ask her what is the problem. just sit down.. if ur temper is not good or her, please clam down alrite!!!1

1998 August 3, angel, “Not Happy”, in hk.talk.love (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-03:

alrite, alrite...i know u have all the strength and influence...coz u are just one of mamateh's lackey/bootlicker...shoo shoo, mamateh's dog!

1999 April 15, hangm...@my-balls.com, “MAHATIR THE PARIAH - MAY YOU BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-03:

ALRITE popickers?, not half, well i'll tell yer me old maties pretty dam good this e-mail thing, dont u agree not half eh!, so get onboard folks and we'll have a good old chinwag, no wotta mean, toptastic stuff!
cheers, and i;ll tell u wot......................
tune in 4 more next week when am back online, ALRITE!!
SiMooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooN

2000 March 8, Simon Allen, “poptastic news! ALRITE!!!”, in freeserve.test (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-03:

alrite, alrite, calm it down like!

2002 May 16, Patrick Kelly, “LOL”, in uk.sport.football.clubs.liverpool (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-03:

namely dana antel gets an all expenses paid trip to my house. this prize includes use of either the 5.0L stang or my monster truck, all the breakfast's she could want, free deep body massages, free ..(an ungodly scream issuses forth).... alrite mommy i'm almost done on your computer! jeez! can't a guy daydream at the keyboard anymore? man, i hate hierarchies! (mommy screams again) alrite! i'll take out the garbage in a minute.(he grumbles very queitly to himself) i'll have to get that list out later i guess :-)

2002 February 22, gorefan, “one lucky winner from the women's hockey team”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.tor-mapleleafs (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-03:


yarbles

Green's Dictionary of Slang
Nadsat
rhyming slang

Yarbles was coined by Anthony Burgess in 1962, when he introduced it within the invented slang Nadsat found in his dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange. The word is generally understood to be a derivation from Russian яблоко (jabloko, “apple”), owing to the variant form "yarblockos" used within the same novel. Jabloko does not have the equivalent vulgar connotation among Russian speakers, although яйца (jajca, literally “eggs”) does, which may have influenced the word. Green's Dictionary of Slang posits possible alternate origins as yarb + balls: a combination of the antiquated, sometimes-derogatory English dialect word yarb with the vulgar colloquialism balls. Others have suggested a connection, via the methods of English rhyming slang, to marbles.

"God knows, does He?" grinned Andy, unfazed. "Why hasn't He struck me dead then, kiddo?"
Chris looked at him. "Just because He hasn't yet doesn't mean He won't. I hope I'm not standing next to you when it happens, that's all."
"Yarbles!"

1996, Robert Swindells, Last Bus, London: Puffin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, pages 53–54:

"Oh, yarbles," Micky whispered. "This really is a bitch, isn't it?"

1999, Marjorie Dorner, Seasons of Sun & Rain: A Novel, 1st edition, Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, →ISBN, page 96:

(colloquial, euphemistic, possibly vulgar) Expressing disgust, annoyance, frustration, or disapproval.


congratufuckinglations

: : : : : : Try a good shrink. / : : : : : I tried shrinking. Cheaper and more effective. / : : : : Oh yeah, lsing wiehgt will do wonders for depression.... NOT! / : : : How would you know? / : : Oh gosh, maybe I actually *read* (things other than usenet and weight / : : loss centre propaganda that is) / : I did something even better, I lived it. / Congratufuckinglations.

1996 April 30, Sherry L Anderson, “quitting Fen/Phen”, in alt.support.big-folks (Usenet):

She leaned in and gave Sally a very long, slow, drunken, closed-eyed, openmouthed kiss. Sally sat frozen, with her blue eyes opened wide. What the hell was this? Zola sat back and took another swig from the bottle. “There,” she said, “now you’ve been kissed at the prom. Congratufuckinglations.[…]”

2000, Scarlett MacDougal, Have a Nice Life (Start Here), AlloyBooks, published 2001, →ISBN, page 69:

“[…]By the way, Michael, congratufuckinglations!” She grabbed him in a big hug, and they almost toppled to the floor, but she managed to keep him upright. “You must feel so proud!” He nodded, still looking serious.

2000, Beverly Bloomberg, The Last Hollywood Romance, Bridge Works Publishing Company, page 207:

I make a tremendously loud sucking noise into the receiver. “THHHHUUUUURRRRRPP. Hear that? That is the sound of your book sucking. So congratulations. Congratufuckinglations on your big break.[…]”[…]“Hey. Prestige, you pussy. That’s your old place, right? Wow. Congratufuckinglations. Must be pumped.”

2002, Adam Davies, The Frog King: A Love Story, New York, N.Y.: Riverhead Books, →ISBN, pages 231 and 277:

(vulgar) Emphatic form of congratulations, but also often used sarcastically.


one moment

(idiomatic) Stop; wait; hold on. Used to interrupt speech or proceedings so that one can make a comment or query.


Jai Hind

Borrowed from Hindi जय हिंद (jay hind), from जय (jay, “hail to, victory”) and हिंद (hind, “India”). Coined by Subhas Chandra Bose, an Indian freedom activist.

(India, politics) "Victory to India", a patriotic slogan raised to salute or celebrate India.


slap my ass and call me Sally

(Southern US, colloquial, mildly vulgar) An expression of astonishment upon learning something unbelievable; chiefly something positive.


over the river

"Over the river!" said Abe.
Gene drank. As he set his glass down, he tried to push past us.

1925, Munsey's Magazine, volume 85, page 460:

Each of them got half a water-glass of the clear brown liquor. They waited ceremoniously for the captain and then they said: “Over the river,” and tossed it back.

(dated, colloquial) Said before swallowing an alcoholic drink.


oml

(Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative letter-case form of OML.


khalass

(MLE, slang) Indicates the performance of a homicide.


yodelayheehoo

“Yodelayheehoo," said Jon.

2012, Paul Miles Schneider, The Powder of Life, page 170:

Well then, yodelayheehoo. Here I go.

2012, Khalif Aziz, The Magikh Series: The Black Phoenix Book 1, page 53:

“Yodelayheehoo,” K.C. sung at the top of her lungs.


bullscheisse

> Repeat after me, "Kent does NOT lie. He has no reason to lie. He tells the truth, even when it hurts."
Bullscheisse!
Ken DOES lie when he is losing an argument.

2002 November 7, Axel Van Kampen, “"I taught my kids responsible gun use, blah, blah, blah"”, in talk.politics.guns (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-05:

>Moron, I've already presented plenty of facts (dates, circumstances, affiliations, etc.). You and the other worm have shown nothing to refute them.
In this thread? Bullscheisse.

2004 January 15, Nick Soapdish Jr, “Jimmy Carter: 'Compassion for Mordor'”, in alt.fan.tolkien (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-05:

"Bring the material before a larger and more diverse group"??? Bullscheisse!!! How does taking information OFF of a public website and REQUIRING a donation to get a CD MAILED to you improve dissemination of the info???

2011 April 21, StevenP, “Boycott PPM! (maybe)”, in rec.games.pinball (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-05:


RIP in peace

(Internet slang, video games, humorous) Alternative form of RIP


R.I.P. in peace

(Internet slang, video games, humorous) Alternative form of RIP in peace


wrongamundo

No. Wrongamundo. Monty Python yes, but wrong sketch.

1996 March 31, Steve Taylor, “Dixons PC World Disaster Area”, in demon.local (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-10:

Wrongamundo!

1998 July 16, Kenneth G. Hamilton, “What ever happened...”, in alt.tv.silk-stalkings (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-10:

> > What's My Line?
>
> 1968-1974 version
Wrongamundo! That sample is of the 1974-1975 rerecroding (the circus set era)

2000 July 31, Nicholas Mooneyhan, “Score Productions”, in alt.tv.game-shows (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-10:

wrongamundo, amigo:

2003 September 2, redc1c4, “FINAL RFD: recharter us.military.army”, in us.config (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-10:

Wrongamundo, Timothy.

2003 November 30, Owner and Manager of AST I and II, “Christmas Shopping”, in alt.tv.days-of-our-lives (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-10:

Wrongamundo! "Flaming" is the subject of the sentence, and it is singular! "Flaming have been"? Oy vey.

2004 June 16, pinknebulous, “Great”, in alt.tv.american-idol (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-10:

WRONGAMUNDO !!!!
INCOREECTAMUNDO !!!!

2005 April 2, Uncle Wally's World, “** POPE EXPIRES***1/4/5”, in soc.culture.usa (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-10:


IOTBW

it's okay to be white
w:it's okay to be white

(alt-right, white supremacy) Initialism of it's okay to be white; an intentionally innocuous slogan used as bait to maliciously generate backlash for the purpose of ridicule.


cockwaffle

"Cockwaffle!" she shouted as her hand went to her face. The cut wasn't deep, but if she hadn't moved, she would have become the punch line of a Homestar Runner joke.

2014, Michael R. Underwood, Attack the Geek, unnumbered page:

Cockwaffle. Of all the amazing charities I could have said, why the fuck did I make one up. About squirrels.

2015, Kirsty Greenwood, The Vintage Guide to Love and Romance, page 297:

She'd forgotten what Nikala had said about Cian turning the dead bodies to dust in this very warehouse. Cockwaffle. “I'm sorry. That was insensitive of me.”

2020, Tameri Etherton, Fatal Legacy, unnumbered page:

(slang, vulgar) An expression of shock, frustration, worry, etc.


stand fast

(archery) a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target


it's a joke, Joyce

Slight alteration of "That was a joke, Joyce," catchphrase of George Wilson (played by Graham Kennedy) spoken to his wife Joyce (Rosie Sturgess) in The Wilsons, a segment featured regularly on Kennedy-presented show In Melbourne Tonight in the 1960s.

Scientists are an amusing lot, often with a Monty Python sense of fun. When they say elementary particles such as quarks have charm and strangeness, it's a joke, Joyce.

2005, Damien Broderick, Ferocious Minds: Polymathy and the New Enlightenment, Wildside Press LLC, →ISBN, page 128:

This book, like so many of mine, is an account of a journey I made to what I've rather cheekily called the Far East. Some people's eyebrows were raised at the expression, thinking it suggested that here in the UK we're still at the centre of the world […] But as my Australian fiancée, Sarah, might say, 'It's a joke, Joyce.'

2009, Rick Stein, Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey, Random House, →ISBN, page 9:

She doesn't laugh. She looks at me quiet and solemn.
So I tell her to laugh. About my conspiracy theories she just lapped up.
'It's a joke, Joyce.'
She shakes her head.
'My name's not Joyce.'

2012, Malcolm Knox, The Life, Allen & Unwin, →ISBN, page 12:

(Australia, informal) That was a joke, so don't take it seriously.


that was a joke, Joyce

it's a joke, Joyce
it's a joke, Joyce#English


joke Joyce

'Enough of me talking. Now you tell me something about me.'
It was an old favourite of Jean’s, but she realised she’d cut Cathy off again, just when she’d started talking.
'Joke Joyce. What’s with the surfie?'

2008 April 1, Meme McDonald, Love Like Water, Allen & Unwin, →ISBN:

Read it again, note the shed reference. Joke Joyce, jeez.

2009 January 8, jl, “Can anyone ID this bike?”, in aus.motorcycles (Usenet):

Take a simple calculator, or, if you are so inclined, do the sums in your head. Joke Joyce!

2013 February 1, Stephanie Retchless, Are All Banks Bastards?, eBookIt.com, →ISBN:


sadge

A blend of sad + Pepege, where Pepege is a derivative of Pepega, both earlier emoticons that ultimately derive from Pepe the Frog. First attested on the Twitch website during the late 2010s.

Dude, you missed the sign-up deadline, now you can't participate! What were you thinking?

Sadge...

Shiv added: “I still don’t know the exact cause [for my ban], because they said the vod/clips that caused the suspension were deleted, by whom I don’t know. I just assumed it was from this being spam reported by probably the hacker/cheater himself, who later probably deleted the clips himself. Sadge.

2021 April 26, Dom Sacco, “UK Apex Legends streamer ShivFPS banned on Twitch after retaliating to hacker”, in Esports News UK:

“Sadge,” she said in a now deleted tweet. “Sad to see a friendship end this way but it is what it is. Please don’t send hate his way.”

2021 August 26, Ryan Leston, “xQc mocks Pokimane for not being the “bigger person” amid Twitch drama”, in NME:

[…]Piker fans spammed the chat with messages saying “sadge” “sadge” “sadge”[…]

2021 September 5, Matt Pearce, “Digital Dunkirk Vital in Kabul Airlift. Now?”, in Los Angeles Times, page E7:

SADGE / Twitch bans streamers for saying ‘cracker,’ but doesn’t for ableist slurs

2021 December 14, Kate Irwin, “Sadge: Twitch bans streamers for saying ‘cracker,’ but doesn’t for ableist slurs”, in Input:

(Internet slang, originally Twitch-speak) Used to connote sadness or depression.


holy carp

Insert a quick recap of everything magic-related from the night of the card tournament in which Tedd learned of his ability to intuitively know how spells work here, including things that would be considered spoilers as of the time this comic was first published. "Holy carp!" "I know!"

2014 December 22, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive - EGS:NP (webcomic), Comic for Monday, Dec 22, 2014:


fvck

OH FVCK

1999 April 1, J. Haas, “[bst] for leisuretown fans...”, in alt.music.nin (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-18:

2001 November 30, +mrcakey, “FVck its cold outside, whens summer cummin?”, in bigpond.broadband.users (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-18:

Yup! Gatta pin it on them Rag-heads! Oh, fvck! That's right! The even found a head rag!

2008 March 7, Attuarii, “Could an airliner be seen from the ground 260 miles away?”, in alt.religion.asatru (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-18:


jeemany

(archaic) An expression of surprise or annoyance.


fuckity fuck

(vulgar, colloquial) Used to express dismay, discontent or frustration.


fuckity bye

Coined by Scottish actor Peter Capaldi in 2009 as the character Malcolm Tucker in the film In the Loop, a spin-off from the television show The Thick of It. Subsequently gained mild popularity on social media.

coinage

(vulgar, offensive) A contemptuous farewell.

In the Loop
Malcolm Tucker
The Thick of It


henlo

From hello; this form was used in an Internet meme involving a lizard reading an abusive online conversation directed towards itself.

Henlo hooman, u gotz any joosy treatos in ur pocketz?

2019 January 14, Doug Jasinski, “HENLO FREN! How dogs talk online.”, in Medium:

[picture of a dog] Henlo! There is a global emergency! It’s called climate change!

2019 December 6, “The List”, in The College Hill Independent, volume 39, number 10, back cover:

Henlo humans i brought over my friend moohorse

2020, Doggos Doing Things: The Hilarious World of Puppos, Borkers, and Other Good Bois, Running Press, →ISBN:

Henlo Honi, Just wanted to say I really enjoyed the Week 2 edition of Honi.

2020, James, “Declaration of Affection”, in Honi Soit, week 3, semester 1:

Henlo. My name is Doug, I’m 4 years old, and I’m a hooman. Yes, I am very sure of this.

2021 March, “Lake Cove Pooch”, in The Pointe, page 11:

Henlo, frens: MCO brings back ‘Paw Pilots’ therapy dogs after too-long pandemic hiatus

2021 May 5, “Briefly”, in Orlando Weekly, page 10:

“HENLO WORLD WUT IZ MET GALA I AM DOG.”

2021 September 14, Madison Vanderberg, “Who Was The Mystery Dog At The Met Gala?”, in Scary Mommy:

You can visit her on Instagram @[…] and say henlo to her pet bunny Peepers @[…].

2022 June 1, “Put Your True Crime Skills to Work at Live Hunt a Killer Events”, in The Pop Insider, Adventure Media & Events:


whirra

Alternative form of wirra (“exclamation of dismay”)


lookatchu

“Lookatchu.” Doody observed. “Y’all two niggas are stoned as a motherfucker.[…]”

2010, J. Matthew Snook, chapter 14, in Night Moves, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 126:

Well, you’re common then, too, mista. Lookatchu. Didn’chu take the twenty dollars to be in this room with everyone else? Lookin’ all high and mighty, but you just as medi-okra as me.

2011, John Cooker, “The Divergent Characteristic”, in Cure Your Democracy: The Infection, Spread and Treatment of Contagious Opinions, Spin Doctor Press, →ISBN, page 49:

Aw, well, lookatchu, actin’ all sweet.

2015, Brett Wright, YOLO Juliet, Random House, →ISBN, page 38:

Lookatchu, puffin’ up. You ain’t fancy.

2021, Lucas Baisch, Dry Swallow, Methuen Drama, →ISBN:

A mini taco sitting in a lime wedge: Lookatchu and your catering skills.

2021, Dustin Harder, “It’s a Handful: Sandwiches, Tacos, and Burritos That Pack a Punch”, in Epic Vegan Quick and Easy: Simple One-Pot and One-Pan Plant-Based Recipes, Fair Winds Press, →ISBN, section “Breezy Cauliflower and Chorizo Brunch Tacos”, page 115:


lookatcha

Such expressions as “dijever,” “slong,” “lookatcha,” “saulrite,” “izatso,” “yamnot,” “notchet,” express our national rush.

[1925 June, Vida Ravenscroft Sutton, “Do You Speak English”, in Frank Quinn, editor, Everybody’s Magazine, volume 52, number 6, New York, N.Y.: The Ridgway Company, page 180:

Why, Mary Street! I wouldn’t of recognized you. Lookatcha! Back from Florida an’ brown as an indian!

1957, Dorothy Erskine, Patrick Dennis, The Pink Hotel, page 253:

Lookatcha! You’re one of those weekend golfers who hasta stand in line at Lincoln Park, Lake Hefner or some place before dawn for a chance to play 18 holes of golf.

1965 May 9, Wally Wallis, “State Parks Have Good Golf Courses”, in The Sunday Oklahoman, volume 74, number 124, Oklahoma City, Okla.: Oklahoma Publishing Co., section “Sports”, page 5:

Lookatcha. Movin’ ’em bodies like grown ladies and talkin’ that nonsense.

2006, Dana Rondel, A Flower: It Has Its Own Song, Bloomington, Ind., Milton Keynes: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 71:


hello again

A greeting (salutation) said when encountering someone that one has met with recently in the past.


what the actual fuck

'What the... fuck?' Aaron's shoulders drop, he shakes his head. 'What the actual fuck? You couldn't make it up!'

2017, Cara Delevingne, Mirror, Mirror: A Twisty Coming-of-Age Novel about Friendship and Betrayal from Cara Delevingne, Hachette UK, →ISBN, page 273:

What the actual fuck, Erin? What the actual, stupid, fuck are you doing? Lying low is not a thing.

2018, Catherine Steadman, Something in the Water: The Gripping Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick!, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 150:

What the fuck? What the actual fuck, man.

2020, Clint Dyer, Death of England: Delroy, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 15:


howaya

'Howaya, Da. I brought ya this leather jacket from Canada.'

2002, Bill Cullen, It's a Long Way from Penny Apples, page 275:

'Howaya,' she said in her gruffest voice as she passed by. They nodded at her and carried on talking.

2010, Colette Caddle, The Secrets We Keep, page 361:


NTY

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of no thank you.


nty

(Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative letter-case form of NTY.


Gadslid

Contraction of "God's eyelid". Compare gadzooks, zounds.

(obsolete) An expression of surprise, shock etc.


ma'am, this is an Arby's

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-ma'am, this is an Arby's.wav

(Internet slang) Alternative form of sir, this is an Arby's.


ma'am, this is a Wendy's

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-ma'am, this is a Wendy's.wav

I simply could not imagine going about my day in this heightened-reality femme fever dream of an outfit without at least a few well-meaning people stopping to inform me that, "Ma'am, this is a Wendy's."

2021 July 3, Jess Joho, “That viral Selkie puff dress only works for the Instagram fantasy world”, in Mashable:


and then everyone on the bus clapped

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-and then everyone on the bus clapped.wav

"....and then everyone on the bus clapped"
 This story reeks of being only very loosely based on a real event and every character in it kind of has the same voice.

2017 November 26, Aurora Borealis (@RebelMechaniker), Twitter:

And then everyone on the bus clapped! That's a very nice anecdote that has zero basis in reality.

2020 January 1, Tom-A062 (@Tom_A062), Twitter:

And then everyone on the bus clapped.
Yeah this didn't happen.

2022 April 2, Bugpope (@PopeBug), Twitter:

(Internet slang) Used to refute or express doubt of the veracity of an anecdote.


cronch

Only another rock grappled and swung out, and the cronch, cronch of the shovels again.

1875 March, Emma E. Brewster, “Buried Alive”, in Demorest’s Monthly Magazine, page 92:

He eats him cronch, cronch, cronch.

1953, Ruth and Latrobe Carroll, “Beanie”, in Beanie and Tough Enough, Dover Publications, published 2015, page 42:

“Now I only have to build three more houses so I earn 30 points, and I can buy ten bags of tzips for half the price!” Snowball said and stuffed his beak with some more tzips: cronch, cronch, cronch.

2019, Alex Donovici, Hoppy the Lark and the Silent Forest, →ISBN:

There was slobber on his hand, and his toast was missing. The cronch cronch from his side told him all he needed to know about where it had gone.

2019, AK Faulkner, Sigils of Spring (Inheritance; book seven), Ravensword Press, →ISBN:

She quickly eats a couple steaks; Jake next to her is doing the same with a noisy cronch cronch cronch.

2020, C. B. Lee, Minecraft: The Shipwreck, New York, N.Y.: Del Rey, →ISBN:

Cronch, cronch, cronch go our footsteps as they break through the crusts of salt. The cronching echoes in the thick air, which swallows all other sound.

2021 July 6, Carrot Quinn, The Sunset Route: Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West, New York, N.Y.: The Dial Press, →ISBN, page 293:

Lucky for you, these two good dogs are here to remind you to eat your veggies. Also, they like the cronch, cronch, cronch of the lettuce.

2021 August 11, Bec Heim, “Good boys: The funniest dog videos to get you through the day”, in Film Daily:


no kizzy

From no cap + -izzy (suffix forming hip-hop-sounding words).

suf

I told her no kissin', these racks is no kizzy / Won't nut, ain't no dude want no baby, no kizzy

2020 April 24, “No Kizzy”, in Hood Baby 2, performed by Lil Gotit:

(African-American Vernacular, slang) Emphasizing that one is telling the truth.


cyka blyat

Partial orthographic borrowing from Russian су́ка блядь (súka bljadʹ, “fucking shit!”, literally “bitch whore”), compare cyka (“bitch”).

obor

(Internet slang, vulgar, offensive) Son of a bitch, fucking hell: expression of disappointment or anger.


WTAF

Nursery says, ‘We're starting phonics,’ to your three-year-old, and I can almost guarantee you'll be thinking, WTAF is phonics?

2020, Daisy Upton, Five Minute Mum, Penguin UK, →ISBN:

what the actual fuck
what the actual fuck#English

(Internet slang, vulgar) Initialism of what the actual fuck.


fu*k

Oh yeah, Cameron Hodge is back....Oh fu*k!!!!!!!(deep breath)

1993 September 17, Kevin Decker, “Dave's X-Rant Sept 15: Xcalibur, Uncanny”, in rec.arts.comics.xbooks (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-23:

1999 April 18, -sduck-, “oh Fu*k =)”, in rec.games.roguelike.adom (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-23:

1999 April 21, Trippin0OO, “OH, FU*K---BILL's BACK!!!!!!!!”, in rec.music.artists.stevie-nicks (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-23:

Oh fu*k, it's the start of *not* watching football on a Saturday again! :-(

2002 November 8, ż Moogster ż, “Shock live TV coverage of Goodison match”, in alt.sports.soccer.everton (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-23:


phewee

'Phewee,' said Mel, scrambling up and breaking into their circle. Her clothes were ripped and her hands were bleeding, but she was grinning, she was the old Mel.

Synonym of phew (“expressing relief, amazement, or disgust and rapid exhalation at a smell.”)


kasme

Borrowed from Pahari-Potwari قسمے (qasme), vocative case of قَسَم (qasam, “oath; swear”), taken from Urdu قَسَم (qasam), itself from Classical Persian قَسَم (qasam), ultimately from Arabic قَسَم (qasam, “oath”).