Results for “West Bank”

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gone west
phrase

Scouse for something that's gone wrong, weird, or pear-shaped.

#scouse#liverpool#wrong#british
Barclays Bank 18+
noun

Mature content — open to view.

#cockney#london#rhyming-slang#british
On da Wes' Bank
phrase

Across the Mississippi from NOLA proper — Algiers, Gretna, Marrero, Harvey.

#nola#geography#new-orleans#yat
Mae West
noun

Inflatable life-jacket — named for the curves.

#military#raf#wwii#kit
Banksman
noun

The person who signals and directs vehicle and crane movements on a construction site.

#construction#trades#british#safety
Banker
noun

A mason who cuts and shapes building stone at a workbench.

#construction#masonry#stonework#trades
The Bank's Closed
phrase

Flapper brush-off meaning no more kissing or canoodling tonight, fella.

#1920s#flapper#jazz-age#prohibition
Crescent City Connection
noun

The twin bridges over the Mississippi linking NOLA to the West Bank.

#nola#geography#new-orleans#bridges
position 5
noun

The lowest-farm hard support who buys the wards and keeps the team running.

#dota 2#moba#role#support
spec
noun

A weapon's special attack you bank up energy to unleash.

#runescape#combat#mmo
Sand Dancer
noun

Someone from South Shields, on the south bank of the Tyne mouth.

#geordie#south shields#northeast#british
pikelet
noun

A crumpet — what the West Midlands calls them.

#brummie#midlands#food#british
bonk
noun

A bank or hillside — a slope, usually a steep one.

#brummie#black country#landscape#midlands
daps
noun

Welsh and West Country word for plimsolls or trainers.

#welsh#wales#west-country#clothing
where you to
phrase

South Wales (and West Country) way of asking 'where are you?'

#welsh#wales#phrase#british
quat
verb

To squat, crouch or hunker down — Welsh and West Country dialect.

#welsh#gower#west-country#dialect
tara
interjection

Goodbye, see you — informal British sign-off, especially Welsh and Northwest English.

#welsh#scouse#dialect#farewell
swats
noun

Southwest Atlanta — 'Southwest Atlanta Too Strong.'

#atlanta#hip-hop#geography#dungeon-family
zone 4
noun

Atlanta Police Department's Westside / Southwest zone.

#atlanta#hip-hop#geography#police-zones
the four
noun

Zone 4 — Westside / Southwest Atlanta.

#atlanta#hip-hop#geography#police-zones
-izzle
suffix

West Coast suffix that turns any word into slang.

#west-coast#hip-hop#snoop-dogg#slang
KDAY
noun

The legendary LA hip-hop radio station name-dropped across West Coast rap.

#la#radio#hip-hop#west-coast
G-funk
noun

Early-90s West Coast sound — funk samples, synth leads, laid-back basslines.

#la#hip-hop#production#west-coast
Mo City
proper noun

Missouri City — Houston's southwest suburb, half-jokingly 'Misery City.'

#texas#houston#neighbourhood#suburb
The Clarke
proper noun

Hiram Clarke — south-west Houston neighbourhood.

#texas#houston#neighbourhood#hip-hop
Third Coast
proper noun

Texas/Gulf-Coast rap as the third hip-hop region, after East and West.

#houston#texas#hip-hop#scene
ope
interjection

Midwest reflex 'oops' when you bump into someone.

#midwest#regional#politeness
pop
noun

Midwest word for any fizzy soft drink.

#midwest#regional#food-drink
puppy chow
noun

Midwest party snack — Chex coated in chocolate, peanut butter, powdered sugar.

#midwest#food-drink#regional
lizzies
noun

Money — banknotes with the Queen's face on them.

#uk-drill#london#money#road
elizabeth
noun

Money — a banknote, named for the Queen on the front.

#uk-drill#london#money#road
erk
noun

Lowest-rung aircraftman — the RAF's grunt.

#military#raf#wwii#rank
slick-sleeve
noun

A private with no rank insignia — the lowest rung.

#military#usmc#us-army#rank
Boiler room
noun

A high-pressure phone-bank operation cold-calling retail to dump dodgy stock.

#finance#wall-street#fraud#sales
Rainmaker
noun

The senior banker whose Rolodex prints fees.

#finance#wall-street#banking#sales
Pitch book
noun

The slide deck a bank uses to win a deal.

#finance#wall-street#investment-banking#ib
MD
noun

Managing Director, the top dealmaking rank at an investment bank.

#finance#wall-street#banking#titles
Bed-and-breakfast
noun

Sell a stock at the close and buy it back at the open to bank a tax loss.

#finance#wall-street#tax#uk
Spinning
noun

Slipping hot IPO shares to executives to win their company's banking business.

#finance#wall-street#ipo#ethics
The Street
noun

The collective US investment-banking and trading world.

#finance#wall-street#metonym#culture
Pitchbook
noun

The bound presentation bankers use to pitch a deal or sell their services.

#finance#investment-banking#wall-street#m-and-a
sugar daddy
noun

Wealthy older man who bankrolls a younger partner in exchange for company and usually sex.

#sex-work#sugar-dating#transactional
Lush
adjective

Gorgeous, lovely, or delicious — a Welsh and West Country favourite.

#british#uk
Commas
noun

Big money — the more commas in your bank balance, the richer you are.

#money#cash#aave#hip-hop
Scrilla
noun

Money, cash, paper — a classic West Coast term for the green.

#money#cash#aave#hip-hop
Glass
noun

The backboard — bank shots 'off the glass,' rebounds are 'cleaning the glass.'

#sports#american#aave