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  2. Birdie (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Birdie is a given name used in reference to an informal English diminutive word for a bird. Spelling variants include Birdee, Birdy, and Byrdie. Spelling variants include Birdee, Birdy, and Byrdie. It has been in use since at least the 1800s in the United States both as a nickname for various formal names such as Elizabeth and as a formal name.

  3. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    bird Broad term for a man or woman, sometimes indicating "unusual," behavior e.g. "what a funny old bird" [5] biscuit Pettable flapper [28] bit Prison sentence [32] black hats Bad person, especially a villain or criminal in a movie, novel, or play; Heavy in a movie e.g. The Black hats show up at the mansion [33] blaah No good [5] blind 1.

  4. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    slang term for the undergarment called an athletic supporter or jockstrap: joint piece of meat for carving * (slang) hand-rolled cigarette containing cannabis and tobacco connection between two objects or bones an establishment, especially a disreputable one ("a gin joint"; "let's case the joint") (slang, orig. US) (slang) hand-rolled cigarette ...

  5. Old-School Slang Words That Really Deserve a Comeback

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    Coming from the Spanish word "juzgado" which means court of justice, hoosegow was a term used around the turn of the last century to describe a place where drunks in the old west spent a lot of ...

  6. What does ‘skibidi’ mean? Kids’ top slang words of the year ...

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    The slang term is typically used to describe a “self-reliant” male. It is not to be confused with the eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. The term “slay”, refers to someone who is ...

  7. The finger - Wikipedia

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    The gesture is a visual pun on the two meanings of the Greek word daktylos, both "finger" and the rhythmic measure composed of a long syllable and two short, like the joints of a finger (— ‿ ‿, which also appears as a visual pun on the penis and testicles in a medieval Latin text [15]). Socrates called one who made the gesture "boorish ...

  8. Detroit Slang - AOL

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    Detroit slang is an ever-evolving dictionary of words and phrases with roots in regional Michigan, the Motown music scene, African-American communities and drug culture, among others. The local ...

  9. Urban Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Urban Dictionary is a crowdsourced English-language online dictionary for slang words and phrases. The website was founded in 1999 by Aaron Peckham. Originally, Urban Dictionary was intended as a dictionary of slang or cultural words and phrases, not typically found in standard English dictionaries, but it is now used to define any word, event, or phrase (including sexually explicit content).