Results for “nary a”

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nary
adjective

Not a single; none.

#american#regional#negation#quantity
mercenary camp
noun

A neutral camp you beat up to recruit mercs that push a lane for you.

#heroes of the storm#moba#jungle#macro
canary in the coal mine
phrase

An early warning sign of trouble.

#corporate#office#work#idiom
Naff Omi
noun

Polari for a dull or unavailable man — 'naff' here meaning ordinary, possibly 'not available for...'.

#polari#lgbtq#british#heritage
chufty badge
phrase

Imaginary medal for doing the bare minimum.

#mancunian#manchester#british#sarcasm
squaddie
noun

A British Army ordinary soldier.

#military#british-army#infantry#uk
Foley
noun

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

#medical#hospital#nursing#urology
sapphic
adjective

Umbrella term for women and non-binary people attracted to women.

#lesbian#wlw#lgbtq#sapphic
the punters
noun

Ordinary people; customers or the crowd

#australian#aussie#people#crowd
gains goblin
noun

Imaginary creature that steals your gains if you skip.

#gym#fitness#meme#muscle
the box
noun

Disciplinary confinement; another name for solitary.

#prison#criminal#place#punishment
write up
noun

A disciplinary report for breaking a rule.

#prison#criminal#discipline#document
ticket
noun

A disciplinary report or rule-violation write-up.

#prison#criminal#discipline#document
slug
noun

An inmate who rarely leaves his cell; also a disciplinary ticket.

#prison#criminal#status#discipline
retail
noun

Ordinary individual investors, as opposed to big institutions.

#finance#stocks#wsb#individual
joe
noun

An ordinary soldier; a GI.

#military#army#enlisted
Football bat
adjective

Bizarre; utterly out of the ordinary.

#military#army#humor#odd
retrospectoscope
noun

The imaginary instrument of perfect hindsight

#medical#nursing#hindsight#pun
eating the twinkie
phrase

Cardiac-cath term for advancing the catheter through the coronary

#medical#nursing#cardiac#procedure
Foley (verb) / straight cath
verb

To pass a urinary catheter

#medical#nursing#procedure#urology
one-point restraint
noun

Ironic term for a urinary catheter keeping a patient in bed

#medical#nursing#catheter#humour
CPR
noun

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; chest compressions and rescue breaths.

#medical#nursing#resuscitation#abbreviation
COPD
noun

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

#medical#nursing#abbreviation#respiratory
PE
noun

Pulmonary embolism; a clot in the lung's arteries.

#medical#nursing#abbreviation#respiratory
CABG
noun

Coronary artery bypass graft; open-heart bypass surgery.

#medical#nursing#abbreviation#cardiac
penile intubation 18+
noun

Mature content — open to view.

#medical#nursing#urology#procedure
slice of life
noun

Genre depicting ordinary, everyday life

#anime#weeb#genre#trope
cattywampus (variant: catawampus)
noun

An imaginary fierce creature; a bogey.

#american#regional#creature#folklore
Gone
adjective

So deeply into the music or moment that you've left ordinary reality behind — totally absorbed and excellent.

#beatnik#1950s#beat-generation#vintage
Normcore
noun

Deliberately plain, unbranded, ordinary clothing as a style statement — think dad jeans and a blank tee.

#internet#american#2000s#pop
Bloke
noun

A man, an ordinary guy — 'some bloke at the pub.'

#british#uk#aussie
Aura Points
noun

An imaginary scoreboard for how cool or cringe your actions are — gain aura for wins, lose it for fails.

#gen-z#meme#tiktok#aave
Gremlin
noun

The mischievous imaginary imp that RAF pilots blamed for every mysterious mechanical fault.

#1940s#wartime#swing#vintage
Copium
noun

Imaginary 'drug' you take to cope with a loss or disappointment through denial.

#gen-z#gaming#meme#internet
Plonk
noun

Cheap, ordinary wine — British slang born from WWI soldiers mangling 'vin blanc'.

#british#uk#money#slang