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“Hunger pang, a term often misinterpreted as 'hunger pain', is a term that describes the general discomfort caused by the feeling of hunger, involving contractions of the stomach when it is ...
Ether-hunger The hunger for earth, sometimes felt by persons approaching death Evemen: Evening [5] F Faddle: To pack or bundle together [6] Fantod: Fuss [6] Farterous Father-like Feasen Faces Fess: Pleased with, proud [6] Fevrell February Fleeceful As much as fills a fleece Fleecy Fleece; drunk, drunken Flummocks: To scare or frighten [6] Footling
British slang term that originally meant eccentric, neurotic or slightly mentally ill; generally considered offensive to mentally ill people [68] [69] Senile [10] Slow [70] Sluggish [63] Sociopath [60] Spastic/Spaz: Especially in the UK and Ireland. Previously referred to muscle spasticity or a person with cerebral palsy, which may involve ...
(slang) idiot; a general term of abuse, from Red Dwarf. snog (slang) a 'French kiss' or to kiss with tongues (US [DM]: deep kiss, not necessarily with tongues). Originally intransitive (i.e. one snogged with someone); now apparently (e.g. in the Harry Potter books) transitive. [citation needed] soap dodger one who is thought to lack personal ...
While slang is usually inappropriate for formal settings, this assortment includes well-known expressions from that time, with some still in use today, e.g., blind date, cutie-pie, freebie, and take the ball and run. [2] These items were gathered from published sources documenting 1920s slang, including books, PDFs, and websites.
A euphemism that developed in slang on social media, particularly TikTok, to avoid censorship of the words "kill" and "die." Unsubscribe from life To die Euphemistic: 21st century slang Up and die Unexpected death, leaving loose ends Euphemistic: Waste [20] To kill Slang Wearing a pine overcoat (i.e. a wooden coffin) [citation needed] Dead Slang
Schadenfreude (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː d ən f r ɔɪ d ə /; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔʏ̯də] ⓘ; lit. Tooltip literal translation "harm-joy") is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, pain, suffering, or humiliation of another.
English-speaking nations of the former British Empire may also use this slang, but also incorporate their own slang words to reflect their different cultures. Not only is the slang used by British expats, but some of these terms are incorporated into other countries' everyday slang, such as in Australia, Canada and Ireland.