Archive for Slang
Alicia Vikander on Swedish slang
Dictionary of hobo slang
I recently read a novel set among Depression-era hoboes, which led me to look up some of the slang terms, which led me to an online dictionary of hobo slang....
vagina et alia
The brouhaha over a Michigan state Representative being banned from speaking on the House floor after saying the word “vagina” has led to, among other outcomes, a spate of articles...
budgie smugglers
Liz A, who is Australian, referred yesterday to Australian politician Tony Abbott and his “budgie smugglers.” When I asked what that meant, she explained that it's Australian slang for tight...
bondoon
I was reading Suzanne Brockmann's novel The Defiant Hero, and I came across this phrase: as they crossed the roof on their bondoons. I had no idea what bondoons were....
fracking
I turned on the radio during Talk of the Nation's Science Friday yesterday, in the middle of a segment about natural gas in water. At one point (starting at 13:52...
Australian slang
Recently encountered an annotated transcription of a podcast from 2007 covering a wide variety of Australian slang terms....
Glossaries: Vietnam War, general military
Recently happened across two useful online glossaries, probably while editing a story: Glossary of military terms and slang from the Vietnam War. Wiktionary's Glossary of military slang....
ixnay
The other morning, as I was waking up, it occurred to me that I pretty much never hear the word "nix," but I do occasionally hear the Pig Latin word...