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Unattractive man [6] alarm clock Chaperone [6] alderman Man's pot-belly or simply a prominent belly of a man; see bay window [8] alibi Box of flowers or candy [6] alibi Ike One who excuses all his faults [4] all in Exhausted [4] all to the good Everything is all right [9] all to the good, the mustard, etc Excellent [4] all wet Erroneous idea or ...
The term man (from Proto-Germanic *mann-"person") and words derived from it can designate any or even all of the human race regardless of their sex or age. In traditional usage, man (without an article) itself refers to the species or to humanity (mankind) as a whole. The Germanic word developed into Old English mann. In Old English, the word ...
The term is used several times by Paul Newman's eponymous character in the 1967 prison drama Cool Hand Luke [citation needed] and by Peter Fonda's character in the Wild Angels in "We wanna be free to ride our machines without being hassled by The Man." [3] The use of this term was expanded to counterculture groups and their resistance to ...
The term has been around in Black American communities since the 1990s, appearing as early as 1992 on "It Was a Good Day" by Ice Cube, who raps: "No flexin', didn't even look in a n----'s direction."
comare: literally "godmother" in Southern Italian slang, usually pronounced "goomah" or "goomar" in American English: a Mafia mistress. confirm: to be made; see made guy. connected guy: an associate consigliere: the family adviser, who is always consulted before decisions are made. Cosa Nostra (Our thing): mob term for the family or Mafia
James Locklear posts videos showing off his rustic wordplay nearly every day. Laughter is good medicine for the soul.” Has this NC man got a pun for you — 10,000 of them, all using his ...
Polari, a jargon that began in European ports and evolved into a shorthand used in gay subcultures, influences much of today's slang in words like "zhuzh," "drag," "camp" and "femme."