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

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    6. Hoosegow. Used to describe: Jail or prison 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 ...

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

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    Broad term for a man or woman, sometimes indicating "unusual," behavior e.g. "what a funny old bird" [8] biscuit Pettable flapper [31] bit Prison sentence [35] 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 [36] blaah No good [8] blind 1.

  4. A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words

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    A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant and Vulgar Words is a dictionary of slang originally compiled by publisher and lexicographer John Camden Hotten in 1859.. The first edition was published in 1859, with the full title and subtitle: A dictionary of modern slang, cant, and vulgar words: used at the present day in the streets of London, the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the houses of ...

  5. Bad breath - Wikipedia

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    Approaches to improve bad breath may include physical or chemical means to decrease bacteria in the mouth, products to mask the smell, or chemicals to alter the odour creating molecules. [1] Many different interventions have been suggested and trialed such as toothpastes, mouthwashes, lasers, tongue scraping, and mouth rinses. [28]

  6. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    (n.) (slang) a strong unpleasant smell; (v.) to give off a strong unpleasant smell; (adj.) pongy poof, poofter (derogatory) a male homosexual (US equivalent: fag, faggot) pouffe, poof, poove A small drum-shaped soft furnishing used as a foot rest (related US: hassock, Ottoman) porky, porkies slang for a lie or lying, from rhyming slang "pork ...

  7. List of Puerto Rican slang words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    Normally means “hard”, but in Puerto Rican slang means that someone is really good at what they do. [3] embustería series of lies, something that is completely false, a "pack of lies" [15] ¡Fo! literally translates to "eww!" or "yuck!" it is often used as an exclamation in reaction to a bad smell. fregao, fregá shameless person [16]

  8. What's that smell in your water? Fayetteville PWC can tell ...

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    Ammonia begone. Well, for a month. Mostly. Anyway, PWC on March 1 began its annual water treatment changeover, which means it stopped adding ammonia to its treatment process, according to a news ...

  9. Water company investigating taste, smell complaints around ...

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    Rotten egg or sulfur smell, Henderson said, is often caused by stagnant water in the house's pipes, such as when residents go on vacation, rather than a problem with the water supply itself.