Slang Down the Ages: The Historical Development of Slang |
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19C terms abbreviation Afro-American appears arse Australia backslang beer beggar brothel buttocks cant century Chinese cock cognate coinage coined comes context copulate Covent Garden criminal describe dial dialect drink drunk Dutch earlier Eric Partridge especially etymology euphemism eyes Finally fool French fuck girl gives Grose hair Harman head homosexual horse intercourse Irish Irish toothache Jack jargon Jewish jibb late 19C Latin linked London masturbation meant meat modern mouth mutton notably noun number of terms offers one's originally Partridge penis phrase pimp play policeman popular possibly presumably prick prison prostitute pubic hair punning queer refers rhyming slang Romany root Scots sexual sexual intercourse Shelta simply slang terms specifically street synonym tail talk term meaning terms include thief Thomas Harman Tyburn urine usually vagina variously verb vocabulary whore woman word Yiddish