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Dry Guillotine is the English translation of the French phrase la guillotine sèche, which was prisoner slang for the Devil's Island penal colony at French Guiana.It is also the title of several articles by various authors and most notably, a very influential and successful book by former prisoner #46,635, René Belbenoît.
The devil mostly speaks a language of his own called Bellsybabble which he makes up himself as he goes along but when he is very angry he can speak quite bad French very well though some who have heard him say that he has a strong Dublin accent. The name "Bellsybabble" is a pun on Beelzebub, "babble" and Babel.
The Barn at the End of Our Term (2007) by Karen Russell; Homestuck (2009) by Andrew Hussie; I, Ripper (2015) by Stephen Hunter; Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #6 (2016) by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa; Scratchman (2019) by Tom Baker; Windswept House (1996, pg 402) by Fr. Malachi Martin "Disappearance At Devil's Rock" (2016) by Paul Tremblay
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.
Stacker compiled a list of 20 slang words popularized from Black ... so obvious that it would be like reading text from a book. The concept is what powers the Reading Challenge on "RuPaul's Drag ...
The term dickens itself, most likely from the surname, became a minced oath when referring to the devil. [5] Flipping, used as a euphemism for fucking, is a slang term first recorded 1911 by DH Lawrence in The White Peacock. A popular combination with heck to make Flipping Heck, serves as a minced oath of the phrase Fucking Hell.
Dead Euphemistic: Croak [7] To die Slang: Crossed the Jordan Died Biblical/Revivalist The deceased has entered the Promised Land (i.e. Heaven) Curtains Death Theatrical The final curtain at a dramatic performance Dead as a dodo [2] Dead Informal The 'dodo', flightless bird from the island of Mauritius hunted to extinction Dead as a doornail [1]
The term “black dog” was initially coined in the 1700s to describe “a brief period in a person’s life” but has since expanded to cover the spectrum of depression and its symptoms.