Tag

#history

30 words tagged “history”

putter
noun

A boy who pushed coal tubs underground

#british#regional#noun#industry
friend of Dorothy
phrase

Mid-20th-century coded phrase for a gay man.

#lgbtq#polari#gay#history
Open outcry
noun

Pit trading by shouting and hand signals.

#finance#wall-street#trading#history
satoshi
noun

The smallest unit of Bitcoin; also Bitcoin's pseudonymous creator.

#crypto#web3#bitcoin#units
reive
verb

To plunder or raid

#british#regional#verb#history
PMHx
noun

Past medical history.

#medical#nursing#abbreviation#charting
Where Dey At
phrase

MC T. Tucker & DJ Irv's 1991 single — widely cited as the first true bounce record.

#nola#bounce#hip-hop#history
game as Ned Kelly
phrase

Extremely brave or daring.

#australian#aussie#idiom#history
KYAH
phrase

"Know Your Art History" — respect digital art's roots.

#crypto#web3#art#culture
lavender menace
noun phrase

1970 slur for lesbians in feminism, flipped into a battle cry within a year.

#lesbian#feminism#lgbtq#history
defaults
noun

The big-name subreddits Reddit used to auto-subscribe new accounts to.

#reddit#communities#internet-culture#history
keel
noun

A flat boat once used to carry coal on the Tyne

#british#regional#noun#industry
back of Rackhams
phrase

Birmingham's old red-light district — behind the famous department store.

#brummie#birmingham#history#british
organ recital
noun

A patient's exhaustive list of every symptom in every organ

#medical#nursing#history#behaviour
back o' town
noun

Historic Black NOLA neighborhood near the old New Basin Canal.

#nola#jazz#history#southern
pele
noun

A fortified border tower

#british#regional#noun#history
bastle
noun

A fortified border farmhouse

#british#regional#noun#history
mosstrooper
noun

A Border raider (Reiver)

#british#regional#noun#history
candyman
noun

A bailiff who evicted miners

#british#regional#noun#history
LMP
noun

Last menstrual period.

#medical#nursing#abbreviation#obgyn
camelback
noun

A shotgun house with a single-story front and a two-story rear.

#nola#architecture#south#history
Boston marriage
noun phrase

Two women living together long-term, independent of men — Victorian-era partnership.

#lesbian#history#lgbtq#wlw
Hx
noun

History (medical history).

#medical#nursing#abbreviation#charting
poss
verb

To wash clothes by beating them

#british#regional#verb#domestic
S/P
phrase

Status post; occurring after a prior event or procedure.

#medical#nursing#abbreviation#charting
bushranger
noun

A 19th-century outlaw of the bush.

#australian#aussie#history#people
hand of god
noun

A goal illegally scored with the hand.

#sports#goal#handball#history
alltud
noun

Welsh for a foreigner or exile — someone from outside the tribe.

#welsh#wales#law#history
pool
noun

An empty swimming pool skated for its curved walls.

#skater#surf#obstacle#transition
pant
noun

A public drinking fountain

#british#regional#noun#structure