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Slang terms for money often derive from the appearance and features of banknotes or coins, their values, historical associations or the units of currency concerned. Within a language community, some of the slang terms vary in social, ethnic, economic, and geographic strata but others have become the dominant way of referring to the currency and are regarded as mainstream, acceptable language ...
The earliest recorded occurrence of the word as slang for money appears to have been in the late 19th century in the United States. The New Oxford Dictionary of English marks the origin as US slang. However, according to the Cassell Dictionary of Slang, [4] the term can be traced back to the mid-19th century in England. Other sources also ...
Soft money – a colloquial term for paper currency in the United States [10] Spot – such as "five spot", [9] "ten spot", [9] etc. Stacks - large sums of money, 10 racks; Tenner [9] – £10 note, USD $10 bill; Toonie – Canadian two dollar coin; Two bits; Wad; Wonga – British slang [12] Conto – Brazilian Real; Pau – Brazilian Real ...
Moola – lit. "money". Is the English slang term for money as well as the name of the actual mobile-currency used in the now defunct Mxit. morne – boring, sterile, unexciting ("This is more morne than watching Saracens play!")
List of military slang terms; Slang terms for money; N. ... List of South African slang words; List of sports idioms; T. List of terms referring to an average person
Slang terms for people (2 C, 8 P) S. Sexual slang (6 C, 56 P) W. ... Slang abbreviation; Slang terms for money; Smart shop; Social butterfly; Sociolismo; Son of a gun ...
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11 Terms for money in general, vs terms instead of the name of the currency