Results for “lad”

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Lady Godiva
noun

Cockney for a fiver — Lady Godiva rhymes with five-er, so a fiver becomes a 'Lady'.

#cockney#rhyming#british#uk
madlad
noun

Someone admired for doing something reckless, audacious, or gloriously stupid.

#reddit#british#compliment#memes
bladdered
adjective

Absolutely steaming drunk.

#scouse#liverpool#british#drinking
soft lad
phrase

Affectionate Scouse for 'you idiot'.

#scouse#liverpool#british#insult
heavy salad
phrase

Scouse for grim news or a rough situation.

#scouse#liverpool#bad-news#british
howay the lads
phrase

Geordie rallying cry of support, especially for Newcastle United.

#geordie#newcastle#football#north-east
Wallad
noun

A mild insult for an idiot or fool, borrowed from the Arabic word for 'boy.'

#uk#mle#british#gen-z
Glad Rags
noun

Your finest party clothes, the beaded, fringed, dressed-to-kill outfit you saved for a night out.

#1920s#flapper#jazz-age#vintage
lid
noun

Scouse for mate, lad, or dude — a friendly term of address.

#scouse#liverpool#british#address
kidda
noun

Geordie for mate or young lad.

#geordie#newcastle#north-east#british
rambo
noun

A large knife — usually a hunting or combat blade.

#mle#london#british#weapons
valley boy
phrase

A lad from the South Wales Valleys — Rhondda, Merthyr, Cynon, the lot.

#welsh#wales#valleys#british
chib
verb, noun

To stab someone — or the blade you do it with.

#scottish#glasgow#scots#violence
Zombie
noun

A zombie knife — serrated, jagged-bladed weapon.

#nyc-drill#uk-drill#hip-hop#weapons
ruca
noun

Caló for an old lady — wife, girlfriend, ride-or-die.

#la#calo#chicano#pachuco
muffuletta
noun

Round Sicilian sandwich stacked with cold cuts and olive salad.

#nola#food#italian#southern
kweng
verb

Slashed or stabbed — UK drill onomatopoeia for the sound of a blade.

#uk-drill#london#violence#slang
back out
verb

To pull out a weapon — usually a blade or strap.

#uk-drill#london#violence#weapons
ox
noun

A blade. Razor, knife, anything sharp.

#uk-drill#london#weapons#violence
shiv
noun

A makeshift stabbing weapon — prison-made blade.

#prison#weapon#us-prison#violence
Foley
noun

An indwelling urinary catheter — the balloon-tipped tube that stays in the bladder.

#medical#hospital#nursing#urology
garde manger
noun

The cold station — pantry chef handling salads, charcuterie, terrines.

#kitchen#brigade#french#fine-dining
Pete
noun

A Peterbilt truck — the chrome-laden status symbol of long-haul trucking.

#trucker#cb-radio#rig#peterbilt
sharps
interjection

Called out when you're walking knives or blades through the line.

#kitchen#boh#restaurant#safety
Jawn
noun

A Philadelphia all-purpose noun for literally anything — a thing, place, person, or situation.

#american#aave
Blokecore
noun

Dressing like a regular British football lad — retro soccer jerseys, trainers, jeans, and a casual everyman swagger.

#british#uk#gen-z#sports
Sheik
noun

A smooth, romantic young ladies' man of the 1920s, named after Valentino.

#1920s#flapper#jazz-age#prohibition
Pibe
noun

A kid, lad or young guy, one of the warmest words in the porteno vocabulary.

#lunfardo#spanish#argentine#tango
Cake-Eater
noun

A flapper-era dandy, the smooth, idle ladies' man who lived for parties and easy charm.

#1920s#flapper#jazz-age#vintage
Goon
noun

Cheap boxed wine — the silver bladder inside the box, fuel of broke Aussie students.

#aussie#drinks#alcohol
Foin
noun

A pickpocket — the rogue who lifted a purse by fingers alone, no blade required.

#thieves-cant#cant#historical#british