| ice | Noun. Diamonds or more generally jewellery. [Orig. U.S.] |
| ick | Noun. A distasteful substance. Probably derived from the adjective icky. |
| ickle | Adj. Small, little. A mock juvenile shortening of the word 'lickle'. Cf. 'lickle'. |
| icky | Adj. Gooey or sticky, usually denoting unpleasantly so. {Informal} |
| iffy | Adj. Unsound, incorrect, improbable, suspicious. |
| ignorant | Adj. Not polite, disrespectful, rude. {Informal} |
| iky | Adj. Frugle, stingy. [Dundee use] |
| I'll be buggered! | Exclam. An exclamation of surprise. |
| I'll be buggered |
Exclam. There's no way. E.g."I'll be buggered if I'm going to help him after what he said about my sister." |
| I'll go to the foot of our stairs! | Exclam. An exclamation of surprise. [Lancs/Yorks use] |
| in a bit! | Exclam. Goodbye! See you later! |
| in bits | Adj. Mentally confused. E.g."It's no wonder he's in bits, he's had two tabs of acid, four grams of coke and smoked an ounce of draw." |
| in bulk | Phrs. Laughing. E.g."Sarah was in bulk all the way through the film." [Merseyside use] |
| in cahoots with | Phrs. In league with, colluding. |
| in deep shit | Phrs. In big trouble. |
| indie | Noun. A type of guitar orientated music derived from 'punk'. Indie has generated its own fashions as with most youth music. Originally an abb. of independent, being a record label not affiliated to a major label such as Sony or EMI. |
| indie-kid | Noun. A person who is keen on 'Indie' music and wears its fashions. |
| (the) information superhighway | Noun. The rather impassioned and premature title given to the World Wide Web. This expression has already lost popularity and rarely used within the Internet community. [Late 1980s] |
| innie | Noun. A navel or belly button that doesn't protrude, as is the case with the majority. Cf. 'outtie'. |
| innit! | Exclam. A questioning statement. E.g."That's got to be the best goal ever, innit!" |
| inside | Adj. In prison. E.g."I'm a bit out of touch, having being inside for the last two years" |
| inside job | Noun. A crime committed against an organisation or property, by a affiliated person. {Informal} |
| in shtook | Adj. In trouble. Has various spellings such as in shtuk/stook/schtuk/schtook which has been suggested comes from Yiddish. |
| in the altogether | Phrs. Naked. E.g."She walked in on Mike, screamed, and ran downstairs crying. Mind you he was in the altogether." |
| in the buff | Phrs. Naked. |
| in the club | Phrs. Pregnant. A contraction of in the pudding club. |
| in the doghouse | Phrs. Out of favour. Said of a person. E.g."My dad's in the doghouse after getting drunk last night." |
| in the niff | Phrs. Naked. [Yorkshire use] |
| in the nuddy | Phrs. Naked. |
| in the scud | Phrs. Naked. See 'scud mag'. [Mainly Scottish use] |
| into | Prep. Interest, like what's your bag ?. E.g."What are you into?" |
| irie * | Adj. Nice, great, fine. Exclam. Expressing approval or good wishes. Also as a greeting. * [Orig. Jamaican. Mainly Black/Jamaican use] |
| iron | Noun. A homosexual. Rhyming slang on iron hoof meaning 'poof' |
| I should cocoa! | Exclam. I should say so! A London expression used with irony and often jocularly by those from outside the city. The cocoa or coco is rhyming slang for say so. |
| item | Noun. A couple in a steady relationship. |
| ivories | Noun. Teeth. |
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