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Oh boy oh boy I have a list for this -
Victorian Slang:
1. Afternoonified
A society word meaning “smart.” Forrester demonstrates the usage: "The goods are not 'afternoonified' enough for me.”
2. Arfarfan'arf
A figure of speech used to describe drunken men. “He’s very arf’arf’an’arf," Forrester writes, "meaning he has had many ‘arfs,’” or half-pints of booze.
3. Back slang it
Thieves used this term to indicate that they wanted “to go out the back way.”
4. Bags o’ Mystery
An 1850 term for sausages, “because no man but the maker knows what is in them. ... The 'bag' refers to the gut which contained the chopped meat.”
5. Bang up to the elephant
This phrase originated in London in 1882, and means “perfect, complete, unapproachable.”
6. Batty-fang
Low London phrase meaning “to thrash thoroughly,” possibly from the French battre a fin.
7. Benjo
Nineteenth century sailor slang for “A riotous holiday, a noisy day in the streets.”
8. Bow wow mutton
A naval term referring to meat so bad “it might be dog flesh.”
9. Bricky
Brave or fearless. “Adroit after the manner of a brick," Forrester writes, "said even of the other sex, 'What a bricky girl she is.'”
10. Bubble Around
A verbal attack, generally made via the press. Forrester cites The Golden Butterfly: "I will back a first-class British subject for bubbling around against all humanity."
11. Butter Upon Bacon
Extravagance. Too much extravagance. “Are you going to put lace over the feather, isn't that rather butter upon bacon?”
12. Cat-lap
A London society term for tea and coffee “used scornfully by drinkers of beer and strong waters ... in club-life is one of the more ignominious names given to champagne by men who prefer stronger liquors.”
13. Church-bell
A talkative woman.
14. Chuckaboo
A nickname given to a close friend.
15. Collie shangles
Quarrels. A term from Queen Victoria’s journal, More Leaves, published in 1884: “At five minutes to eleven rode off with Beatrice, good Sharp going with us, and having occasional collie shangles (a Scottish word for quarrels or rows, but taken from fights between dogs) with collies when we came near cottages.”
16. Cop a Mouse
To get a black eye. “Cop in this sense is to catch or suffer," Forrester writers, "while the colour of the obligation at its worst suggests the colour and size of the innocent animal named.”
17. Daddles
A delightful way to refer to your rather boring hands.
18. Damfino
This creative cuss is a contraction of “damned if I know.”
19. Dizzy Age
A phrase meaning "elderly," because it "makes the spectator giddy to think of the victim's years." The term is usually refers to "a maiden or other woman canvassed by other maiden ladies or others.”
20. Doing the Bear
"Courting that involves hugging."
21. Don’t sell me a dog
Popular until 1870, this phrase meant “Don’t lie to me!” Apparently, people who sold dogs back in the day were prone to trying to pass off mutts as purebreds.
22. Door-knocker
A type of beard "formed by the cheeks and chin being shaved leaving a chain of hair under the chin, and upon each side of mouth forming with moustache something like a door-knocker."
23. Enthuzimuzzy
"Satirical reference to enthusiasm." Created by Braham the terror, whoever that is.
24. Fifteen puzzle
Not the game you might be familiar with, but a term meaning complete and absolute confusion.
25. Fly rink
An 1875 term for a polished bald head.
26. Gal-sneaker
An 1870 term for "a man devoted to seduction.”
27. Gas-Pipes
A term for especially tight pants.
28. Gigglemug
“An habitually smiling face.”
29. Got the morbs
Use of this 1880 phrase indicated temporary melancholy.
30. Half-rats
Partially intoxicated.
31. Jammiest bits of jam
“Absolutely perfect young females,” circa 1883.
32. Kruger-spoof
Lying, from 1896.
33. Mad as Hops
Excitable.
34. Mafficking
An excellent word that means getting rowdy in the streets.
35. Make a stuffed bird laugh
“Absolutely preposterous.”
36. Meater
A street term meaning coward.
37. Mind the Grease
When walking or otherwise getting around, you could ask people to let you pass, please. Or you could ask them to mind the grease, which meant the same thing to Victorians.
38. Mutton Shunter
This 1883 term for a policeman is so much better than "pig."
39. Nanty Narking
A tavern term, popular from 1800 to 1840, that meant great fun.
40. Nose bagger
Someone who takes a day trip to the beach. He brings his own provisions and doesn’t contribute at all to the resort he’s visiting.
41. Not up to Dick
Not well.
42. Orf chump
No appetite.
43. Parish Pick-Axe
A prominent nose.
44. Podsnappery
This term, Forrester writers, describes a person with a “wilful determination to ignore the objectionable or inconvenient, at the same time assuming airs of superior virtue and noble resignation.”
45. Poked Up
Embarrassed.
46. Powdering Hair
An 18th century tavern term that means “getting drunk.”
47. Rain Napper
An umbrella.
48. Sauce-box
The mouth.
49. Shake a flannin
Why say you're going to fight when you could say you're going to shake a flannin instead?
50. Shoot into the brown
To fail. According to Forrester, "The phrase takes its rise from rifle practice, where the queer shot misses the black and white target altogether, and shoots into the brown i.e., the earth butt."
51. Skilamalink
Secret, shady, doubtful.
52. Smothering a Parrot
Drinking a glass of absinthe neat; named for the green color of the booze.
53. Suggestionize
A legal term from 1889 meaning “to prompt.”
54. Take the Egg
To win.
55. Umble-cum-stumble
According to Forrester, this low class phrase means "thoroughly understood."
56. Whooperups
A term meaning "inferior, noisy singers" that could be used liberally today during karaoke sessions.
Rhykenologist - A person who collects woodworking planes.
Ludibrium is a word derived from Latin ludus (plural ludi), meaning a plaything or a trivial game. In Latin ludibrium denotes an object of fun, and at the same time, of scorn and derision, and it also denotes a capricious game itself: e.g., ludibria ventis (Virgil), "the playthings of the winds", ludibrium pelagis (Lucretius), "the plaything of the waves"; Ludibrio me adhuc habuisti (Plautus), "Until now you have been toying with me."
Incommensurable - adjective: incommensurable not able to be judged by the same standards; having no common standard of measurement."the two types of science are incommensurable and thus cannot be integrated"
Verklempt - overcome with emotion
Fremdscham (German) - Vicarious embarrassment is often seen as an opposite to schadenfreude, which is the feeling of pleasure or satisfaction at misfortune, humiliation or embarrassment of another person.
Kenopsia - the feeling of spaces left behind
Karoshi - the Japanese word for death by working
Victorian Slang:
1. Afternoonified
A society word meaning “smart.” Forrester demonstrates the usage: "The goods are not 'afternoonified' enough for me.”
2. Arfarfan'arf
A figure of speech used to describe drunken men. “He’s very arf’arf’an’arf," Forrester writes, "meaning he has had many ‘arfs,’” or half-pints of booze.
3. Back slang it
Thieves used this term to indicate that they wanted “to go out the back way.”
4. Bags o’ Mystery
An 1850 term for sausages, “because no man but the maker knows what is in them. ... The 'bag' refers to the gut which contained the chopped meat.”
5. Bang up to the elephant
This phrase originated in London in 1882, and means “perfect, complete, unapproachable.”
6. Batty-fang
Low London phrase meaning “to thrash thoroughly,” possibly from the French battre a fin.
7. Benjo
Nineteenth century sailor slang for “A riotous holiday, a noisy day in the streets.”
8. Bow wow mutton
A naval term referring to meat so bad “it might be dog flesh.”
9. Bricky
Brave or fearless. “Adroit after the manner of a brick," Forrester writes, "said even of the other sex, 'What a bricky girl she is.'”
10. Bubble Around
A verbal attack, generally made via the press. Forrester cites The Golden Butterfly: "I will back a first-class British subject for bubbling around against all humanity."
11. Butter Upon Bacon
Extravagance. Too much extravagance. “Are you going to put lace over the feather, isn't that rather butter upon bacon?”
12. Cat-lap
A London society term for tea and coffee “used scornfully by drinkers of beer and strong waters ... in club-life is one of the more ignominious names given to champagne by men who prefer stronger liquors.”
13. Church-bell
A talkative woman.
14. Chuckaboo
A nickname given to a close friend.
15. Collie shangles
Quarrels. A term from Queen Victoria’s journal, More Leaves, published in 1884: “At five minutes to eleven rode off with Beatrice, good Sharp going with us, and having occasional collie shangles (a Scottish word for quarrels or rows, but taken from fights between dogs) with collies when we came near cottages.”
16. Cop a Mouse
To get a black eye. “Cop in this sense is to catch or suffer," Forrester writers, "while the colour of the obligation at its worst suggests the colour and size of the innocent animal named.”
17. Daddles
A delightful way to refer to your rather boring hands.
18. Damfino
This creative cuss is a contraction of “damned if I know.”
19. Dizzy Age
A phrase meaning "elderly," because it "makes the spectator giddy to think of the victim's years." The term is usually refers to "a maiden or other woman canvassed by other maiden ladies or others.”
20. Doing the Bear
"Courting that involves hugging."
21. Don’t sell me a dog
Popular until 1870, this phrase meant “Don’t lie to me!” Apparently, people who sold dogs back in the day were prone to trying to pass off mutts as purebreds.
22. Door-knocker
A type of beard "formed by the cheeks and chin being shaved leaving a chain of hair under the chin, and upon each side of mouth forming with moustache something like a door-knocker."
23. Enthuzimuzzy
"Satirical reference to enthusiasm." Created by Braham the terror, whoever that is.
24. Fifteen puzzle
Not the game you might be familiar with, but a term meaning complete and absolute confusion.
25. Fly rink
An 1875 term for a polished bald head.
26. Gal-sneaker
An 1870 term for "a man devoted to seduction.”
27. Gas-Pipes
A term for especially tight pants.
28. Gigglemug
“An habitually smiling face.”
29. Got the morbs
Use of this 1880 phrase indicated temporary melancholy.
30. Half-rats
Partially intoxicated.
31. Jammiest bits of jam
“Absolutely perfect young females,” circa 1883.
32. Kruger-spoof
Lying, from 1896.
33. Mad as Hops
Excitable.
34. Mafficking
An excellent word that means getting rowdy in the streets.
35. Make a stuffed bird laugh
“Absolutely preposterous.”
36. Meater
A street term meaning coward.
37. Mind the Grease
When walking or otherwise getting around, you could ask people to let you pass, please. Or you could ask them to mind the grease, which meant the same thing to Victorians.
38. Mutton Shunter
This 1883 term for a policeman is so much better than "pig."
39. Nanty Narking
A tavern term, popular from 1800 to 1840, that meant great fun.
40. Nose bagger
Someone who takes a day trip to the beach. He brings his own provisions and doesn’t contribute at all to the resort he’s visiting.
41. Not up to Dick
Not well.
42. Orf chump
No appetite.
43. Parish Pick-Axe
A prominent nose.
44. Podsnappery
This term, Forrester writers, describes a person with a “wilful determination to ignore the objectionable or inconvenient, at the same time assuming airs of superior virtue and noble resignation.”
45. Poked Up
Embarrassed.
46. Powdering Hair
An 18th century tavern term that means “getting drunk.”
47. Rain Napper
An umbrella.
48. Sauce-box
The mouth.
49. Shake a flannin
Why say you're going to fight when you could say you're going to shake a flannin instead?
50. Shoot into the brown
To fail. According to Forrester, "The phrase takes its rise from rifle practice, where the queer shot misses the black and white target altogether, and shoots into the brown i.e., the earth butt."
51. Skilamalink
Secret, shady, doubtful.
52. Smothering a Parrot
Drinking a glass of absinthe neat; named for the green color of the booze.
53. Suggestionize
A legal term from 1889 meaning “to prompt.”
54. Take the Egg
To win.
55. Umble-cum-stumble
According to Forrester, this low class phrase means "thoroughly understood."
56. Whooperups
A term meaning "inferior, noisy singers" that could be used liberally today during karaoke sessions.
Rhykenologist - A person who collects woodworking planes.
Ludibrium is a word derived from Latin ludus (plural ludi), meaning a plaything or a trivial game. In Latin ludibrium denotes an object of fun, and at the same time, of scorn and derision, and it also denotes a capricious game itself: e.g., ludibria ventis (Virgil), "the playthings of the winds", ludibrium pelagis (Lucretius), "the plaything of the waves"; Ludibrio me adhuc habuisti (Plautus), "Until now you have been toying with me."
Incommensurable - adjective: incommensurable not able to be judged by the same standards; having no common standard of measurement."the two types of science are incommensurable and thus cannot be integrated"
Verklempt - overcome with emotion
Fremdscham (German) - Vicarious embarrassment is often seen as an opposite to schadenfreude, which is the feeling of pleasure or satisfaction at misfortune, humiliation or embarrassment of another person.
Kenopsia - the feeling of spaces left behind
Karoshi - the Japanese word for death by working
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Glossolalia.
- the phenomenon of (apparently) speaking in an unknown language, especially in religious worship. It is practiced especially by Pentecostal and charismatic Christians.
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I only came in here to see how quickly this popped up.
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Floccinaucinihilipilification - The act of evaluating someone or something as worthless.
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Vitrioleuse
French word meaning a woman who commits acid attacks, the context behind it being women in Victorian France disfiguring their romantic rivals. The act itself is "vitriolage."
French word meaning a woman who commits acid attacks, the context behind it being women in Victorian France disfiguring their romantic rivals. The act itself is "vitriolage."
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Nonsense, it's probably my favorite word period but is especially useful for dealing with stupid shit since it's not vulgar but gets the point across.
If I write something about a topic that pisses me off, you'll see "nonsense" a lot. Same deal when speaking, I frequently use this word when dealing with the same bullshit in verbal form.
If I write something about a topic that pisses me off, you'll see "nonsense" a lot. Same deal when speaking, I frequently use this word when dealing with the same bullshit in verbal form.
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Cattywampus. No one is sure how the word originated. My favorite is its related to the Wampus cat. A 6 legged cougar hybrid genetically created in a secret military lab hidden deep in the mountains of North Alabama as a super weapon against the Nazis. Its a local legend. I swear I didn't make it up.
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We have a legend about the Wampus cat too. Except our legend says its a large black cat that used to be the familiar of a witch who was in league with the devil.
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Pretty sure that is the original legend, it probably got spun in a secret weapons program as a cover for the nearby Oak Ridge TN / Manhattan atom bomb project.