A dictionary of slang - "S" - Slang and colloquialisms of the UK.

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sab	Noun. Abb. of saboteur. The 'sab'/'sabbing' terms gained prominence during the 1980s with the increased activity in animal rights and hunt saboteurs. Verb. To sabotage.
sabbing	Noun. An act of sabotage. E.g."We're off sabbing the ICI animal labs in Cheshire tomorrow so bring your lawyers phone number."
sack	Noun. 1. Bed. E.g."Let's hit the sack, I'm exhausted." See 'hit the sack'. [Orig. U.S.] 2. Dismissal from employment. Verb. To dismiss from employment. E.g."I was sacked because of my poor time keeping. I was consistently late arriving at work in the mornings."
sack (something) off	Verb. To put an end to something. E.g."I sacked the relationship off at the end of last year. She was sleeping around and spending all my money."
sack-it	Verb. Stop it, put an end to something.
sad	Adj. 1. Unfortunate, pitiful or pathetic. E.g."Geoff's so sad, getting his tongue pierced just because it's fashionable." 2. Objectionable.
sad arse	Noun. 1. A pathetic person. Derog. 2. General insult for someone who acts contemptuously.
saddo	Noun. A pathetic or contemptible person.
sad sack	Noun. A miserable, pathetic person. Derog. [Orig U.S.]
safe!	Exclam. 1. An expression of agreement, OK! Agreed! 2. Thanks! 3. A form of greeting.
safe as houses	Phrs. Very safe, secure, something assured. {Informal}
saft	Adj. Stupid, soft. [West Midlands use]
salad dodger	Noun. A fat person. Derog.
salmon and trout	Noun. Tobacco, cigarettes. Rhyming slang on 'snout'. See 'snout'.
salmon canyon	Noun. The vagina.
same to you with brass knobs on!	Exclam. A dismissive and contemptuous retort.
sand grown	Noun. A person born in one of the West Lancs coastal towns, e.g. Blackpool, Morecombe etc. Also a sand grown 'un.
S. and M.	Noun. Sado-masochism. Abb. of sadism and masochism. The sexual pleasure derived from inflicting and receiving pain.
sand niggar	Noun. An Arab, or more widely a person from the Middle East. Derog/Offens.
sandwich	Noun. A sexual threesome.
Sapphic	Noun. Of or like a lesbian.
sanger	Noun. A sandwich. [Orig. Aust/Irish]
sarky	Adj. Abb. of sarcastic.
sarnie	Noun. A sandwich. {Informal}
sauce	Noun. Alcoholic drink. E.g."He's going to feel bad in the morning, after 12 hours on the sauce."
saucepan (lid)	Noun. 1. A child. Rhyming slang on kid. 2. A Jew. Rhyming slang on yid. Offens
sausage	Noun. A penis.
sausage fest	Noun. An event or situation that has a disproportionately large number of male participants in comparison to female, or an event that is wholly male based. Use of sausage refers to the penis. Cf. 'sausage party'. [Orig. U.S.]
sausage fingers	Noun. Clumsy and imprecise fingers, usually applied to when mistyping on computer keyboards. E.g."Sorry about the spelling mistakes; I must have had sausage fingers when I was typing."
sausage jockey	Noun. A homosexual male. Derog. [1990s]
sausage party	Noun. See 'sausage fest'.
sausage sandwich	Noun. 1. A sexual act involving one man and two women. 2. A masturbatory act involving the penis being sandwiched between a woman's breasts.
savvy	Adj. In the know, well informed.
S.B.D.	Noun. A silent breaking of wind that is particularly foul smelling. Abb. of Silent But Deadly. [1960s]
S.B.V.	Noun. See 'S.B.D.' Abb. of Silent But Violent.
scabby	Adj. Unpleasant, distasteful, rotten.
scaffy *	Noun. A refuse collector, street cleaner. [Scottish use] Adj. Cheap, low value, undesirable. [Scottish use] * Also, occasionally scaffie.
scag	Noun. Heroin, the opiate. Also spelt 'skag'.
scally *	Noun. 1. A miscreant, an irresponsible, self-assured lout, usually male. Abb. of scallywag. This derogatory term has been in prolific use from the early 1990s. 2. A person, usually young, who typically wears casual, brand-name sportswear, such as Nike, Addidas and Reebok etc., baseball caps, and boots, often Rockport. Usually associated with town/city dwellers. * Scally was also a term for a Liverpudlian youth, used in and around Liverpool itself and was possibly the forerunner of the current expression, however the use of it in this form is now rare.
scam	Noun. A trick or con. [Orig. U.S./1900s]
scammels	Noun. Prominent and erect female nipples. An abbreviated form of scammel wheel nuts. Scammel, a manufacturer of heavy and industrial vehicles.
scanties	Noun. Female underwear. From their often exiguous nature.
scared shitless	Adj. Very frightened. See 'shitless'.
scare shitless	Verb. To terrify. See 'shitless'. E.g."I was scared shitless when he jumped out at me wearing a Freddy Kruegar mask."
scaredy-cat	Noun. A person who is frightened. Mainly adolescent use, often employed as a taunt. Derog.
scare the pants off (someone)	Vrb phrs. To terrify (someone). E.g."When I saw the muscles on him it scared pants off me."
scare the shit out of (someone)	Vrb phrs. To terrify (someone).
scarper	Verb. Go, often hurriedly, to escape. Abb. rhyming slang from Scapa Flow. E.g."He grabbed her handbag and scarpered before anyone had the chance to tackle him."
scat queen	Noun. A gay male who indulges in sexual acts involving faeces. Scat is derived from scatology. Cf. also 'curry queen', 'pissy queen' and 'dinge queen'.
scatty	Adj. Absent-minded. Possibly from scatterbrained. {Informal}
scav	Noun. Abb of scavenger. Verb. To scavenge.
schemie	Noun. A disparaging term for a person from a Scottish council estate, called a scheme. Derog. [Scottish use]
schizzo	Noun. Abb. of schizophrenic but more generally applied to a person showing mental problems and incapabilities. Pronounced skitzo. Derog.
schlep	Verb. To tiresomely lug around, to do lots of leg work. Also spelt 'shlepp'. The term gained popularity in Britain during the late 1980s. {Informal} [Yiddish]
schlong	Noun. Penis. Also spelt shlong. [Yiddish]
schmooze	Verb. To chat intimately and in a flattering manner.
schmuck	Noun. A clumsy or stupid person. [Orig. Yiddish/US]
schnoz	Noun. The nose. Also schnozz, shnoz.
schoolboy howler	Noun. A very stupid mistake, one considerably worse than a 'howler'. Cf 'howler'. {Informal}
schpiel	Noun. Persuasive talk. Cf. 'spiel'.
schtum	Adj. Quiet, silent. Also spelt schtoom, stumm. E.g. "Keep schtum about it, we'll get into trouble if the boss finds out!" [Yiddish]
scive /scive off	Verb. To evade doing one's work or duties. Less common spelling of 'skive'.
scoff	Verb. To eat. {Informal} Noun. Food. {Informal}
sconner	Noun. A person without pubic hair.
scooby	Noun. 1. A clue. Rhyming slang on 'scooby doo', the cartoon character. E.g."I haven't got a scooby why she went into a rage, I was only 1 hour late for dinner." 2. A Suburu car. Rhyming slang from 'scooby doo'.
scoops	Noun. Pints of beer, drinks. [Orig. Irish]
score	Verb. 1. To obtain illicit drugs. [Orig. U.S. 1930s] 2. To achieve a liason with a sexually desirable person. Noun. In money, 20 pounds sterling.
Scouse	Adj. Of, or, from Liverpool. Derived from the name of a local stew, an abb. of lobscouse.
Scouser	Noun. A person from Liverpool, a Liverpudlian. See 'scouse'.
scrambled	Adj. Confused. E.g."Strewth, my head's scrambled from all those drugs." Also applies to one's hearing, E.g."What did he say ? My ears were on scramble."
scrag	Verb. 1. To throttle, strangle. 2. To handle roughly.
scram	Noun. 1. Food. Cf. 'scran'. [North-west use] 2. A scratch. [South Wales use] Verb. 1. To depart quickly. Frequently used in the imperative. [Orig. U.S.] 2. To scratch, with claws or fingernails. E.g."It's my own fault the cat scrammed me, I was teasing it." [South Wales use]
scran	Noun. Food. [Northern use. Late 1800s]
scrap	Noun. A fight or quarrel. {Informal}
scratcher	Noun. Bed. [Mainly Irish use?]
scratter	Noun. 1. A slovenly dressed person, a dirty person, perhaps of low intelligence and having little culture. Derog. 2. A contemptible person.
scream blue murder	Vrb phrs. To make an outcry of anger or exasperation. E.g."The crowd was screaming blue murder and baying for the head of George Bush, who they blamed for the death of their families and children."
screaming abdabs	Noun. Terror, the frights, nerves. E.g."He's got the screaming abdabs since failing his driving exam 6 times." Cf. 'abdabs' [1940s]
screw	Verb. 1. To copulate. E.g."Yeah I think they like each other, they screwed all night and kept us awake with their noise." [1800s] 2. To cheat, to swindle. Noun. 1. A act of sexual intercourse. 2. A prison officer.
screw around	Verb. 1. Be sexually promiscuous. E.g."I screwed around all through my teens and only stopped when I got married." [Orig. U.S.] 2. To idle away time. E.g."We've been screwing around, watching TV, drinking, playing pool."
screwed	Adj. 1. In trouble, in a hopeless situation. E.g."We need to think how we can keep him quiet, cos if he goes to the police we're screwed." 2. Cheated, tricked, swindled.
screwing	Noun. Sexual intercourse.
screw loose	Noun. See 'have a screw loose'.
screw the arse off	Vrb phrs. 1. To copulate vigorously and with great enthusiasm. Cf. 'fuck the arse off.' 2. To drive a car or vehicle aggressively or hard. E.g."I screwed the arse off the hire care for 200 miles and got caught speeding 3 times."
screw up	Verb. To make an error, to ruin, to mess up, to upset. E.g."Don't screw up your life taking recreational drugs." Noun. A failure, a 'cock-up'.
screw you!	Verb. A rebuke such as 'get lost' or 'fuck you'.
scrike	Verb. To cry. Also skrike. E.g."She scrikes that much she actually takes a box of tissues to the cinema." [Northern Dialect]
scrikey	Adj. Tearful. [Northern use]
scrote	Noun. 1. A contemptible person. 2. An abb. of scrotum. 3. A young criminal. Derog. [Police use]
scrotty	Adj. Unpleasant, dirty.
scrubber	Noun. 1. A coarse and sexually amenable or promiscuous woman. Derog. 2. An untidy, slovenly woman. Derog.
scrub round	Verb. To avoid or disregard (something). E.g."If you haven't got the time to complete the task, scrub round the latter part." {Informal}
scrub up well	Vrb phrs. To dress up smartly and clean, in comparison to normally. E.g."Dont worry about me showing you up, I scrub up well and won't be wearing my jeans."
scruff	Noun. An unkempt or dirty person. {Informal}
scruffs	Noun. Less important clothes in which one relaxes or completes tasks likely to dirty or ruin them. E.g."I can't come for a meal immediately, I'm still in my scruffs."
scrummy	Adj. Delicious, pleasant, occasionally sexually appealing. Derived from the informal scrumptious.
scrump	Verb. To steal fruit from a garden or orchard. {Informal}
scud mag	Noun. A pornographic magazine. Also scud book. See 'in the scud'. [Orig. Scottish]
scuds	Noun. Underwear.
scuffer	Noun. A policeman. [Liverpool use]
scum	Noun. A worthless person or persons. Derog. {Informal}
scumbag	Noun. 1. A despicable or objectionable person. 2. A sleazy person. Derog. * Orig. meaning a condom, a contraceptive sheath.
scumbucket	Noun. Meaning the same as 'scumbag'.
scummer	Noun. A person from Southampton. Derog. [Portsmouth use]
scundered	Adj. To be embarrassed. E.g."I was totally scundered when my girlfriend caught me playing with myself." [Irish use]
scunt	Noun. A contemptible person.
scupper	Verb. To thwart, to prevent from succeeding. E.g."Don't scupper your chances of passing your driving test by having a beer first." {Informal}
scut	Noun. A sexually promiscuous woman. [Merseyside use?]
scutch	Verb. Sting or smart from a slap. [Runcorn/North-west use]
scutter	Noun. A slovenly woman. [Midlands use?]
scuzzbucket	Noun. 1. A despicable or objectionable person. Derog. 2. A sleazy person. Derog.
scuzzy	Adj. Filthy, dirty, unkempt.
seconds out	Phrs. Usually stated by a third party, and jocularly announcing the imminent onset of trouble between two parties. From boxing.
see a man about a dog	Vrb phrs. An euphemism to avoid telling of your true destination, often in reply to an awkward question. Is commonly used as a euphemism for going to the toilet.
seeing to	Noun. 1. A sexual act. E.g."I wouldn't mind giving her a good seeing to." 2. A beating.
seen!	Exclam. OK! Understood! Right! [London use]
see one's arse	Vrb phrs. To get upset, to lose one's temper. E.g."You might want to avoid Dave for a few hours, he's seen his arse and is no mood to talk to anyone." [Mainly Yorkshire use]
see you next Tuesday	Phrs. A veiled insult, working on the approximate creation of the acronym, CUNT. From See (C) you (U) next (N) Tuesday (T).
semi	Noun. A half erect penis. An abb. of semi-erection. [1990s]
sen	Pron. Self, or oneself. Usually in expressions such as yoursen, yourself. E.g."Did you carry that huge box all by yoursen?" [Yorks use/dialect]
senga	Noun. A young, poorly educated female who wears casual sportswear and is of working class upbringing. The female equivalent of a 'ned'. Derog. Cf 'chav'. [Scottish/Glasgow use]
seppo	Noun. A person from the U.S.A.. Abbreviated and altered form of 'septic', see below.
septic	Noun. A person from the U.S.A.. From the rhyming slang septic tank meaning Yank.
sesh	Noun. A period of drinking or drug taking. Abb. of session.
set of wheels	Noun. A vehicle or a wheeled means of transport.
seven shades of shit	Noun. That which can be beaten out of someone - see 'beat seven shades of shit out of someone'.
sex on a stick	Noun. A slim, sexually attractive woman.
sex on legs	Noun. A sexually desirable person, usually applied to women.
sex wee	Noun. Ejaculate, semen.
shade	Adj. Unfair, questionable, disreputable, dubious. Probably from shady.
shaft	Verb. 1. To fornicate. Male terminology. [1940s] 2. To con, treat unfairly. Noun. The penis.
shag	Verb. 1. To copulate, to have sex. Less coarse than 'fuck'. E.g."The first night we met we shagged all night." [1800s] 2. To wear out, to break. E.g."You'll shag it up if you keep hitting it with that hammer." Noun. 1. An act of fornication. 2. A hassle. E.g."It's such a shag, having to get the early train; I'm not even usually awake at that time in the morning." 3. A term of address for a friend. [Staffordshire use]
shagbag	Noun. A sexually amenable or available woman. Derog.
shaggability	Noun. A measure of a person's sexual desirability. Also shagability. E.g."He had a general air of shaggability about him, he was truly gorgeous!"
shaggable	Adj. Sexually desirable. Also shagable.
shagged	Adj. Worn out, exhausted. Also often combined with out or up. E.g."I'm shagged out after my 26 mile run."
shagging	Noun. Sexual intercourse.
shag out	Verb. To wear out, to tire out. E.g."He shagged out the engine by forgetting to top up the oil."
shagtastic	Adj. 1. Sexually desirable, sexy. 2. Excellent, wonderful, by extension of meaning 1. E.g."It was a shagtastic Ferrari."
shake a leg !	Exclam. Hurry up! Move! E.g."Come on you two, shake a leg! We have to get to the station before 6."
shake hands with the unemployed	Vrb phrs. To urinate, male usage.
shambolic	Adj. In a mess, disorganised, mismanaged. {Informal}
shan	Adj. Unfair. [North-east use] Verb. To embarrass. Also see 'shant' (verb). [Cumbria use]
shank	Verb. To stab with a knife. E.g."My mate got shanked outside the club by these drunken louts from out of town."
Shanks's pony	Noun. On foot, walking. E.g."Looks like we've missed the bus, so it's Shanks's pony or wait another hour for the next bus." {Informal}
shant	Noun. A drink, usually alcohol. Verb. Embarrassed - past tense of 'shan'. [Cumbria use]
Sharon and Tracy	Noun. A disparaging name for females considered to be working class, unintelligent and vulgarly dressed, generally below the social standards acceptable to the user of the phrase. Each name can be heard used individually to imply the same. Derog.
sharpish	Adj. Quickly. E.g."You had better hurry to shops pretty damned sharpish, before they close"
shart	Verb. To break wind, from the anus, and to inadvertently defecate at the same time. A combination of the words 'shit' and 'fart'. E.g."It was so embarrassing, I sharted infront of my mother-in-law."
shat	Verb. To have defecated, the past tense of 'shit'. E.g."I shat my pants when I saw the size of him, he was very scary."
shattered	Adj. Worn out, exhausted. {Informal}
shaven haven	Noun. A depilated pubic region, usually of women, and viewed as sexually desirable.
Shaz/Shazza	Noun. A form of the name Sharon, see 'Sharon and Tracy'. Can be derog.
shed	Noun. Something dilapidated. Cf. 'shed on wheels'.
shedded	Adj. Very intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
shed load (of something)	Noun. A large quantity of (something). E.g."If you want tunes, go down Oldham Street, there's a shed load of record shops there."
shed on wheels	Noun. A dilapidated vehicle. Cf. 'shed'.
sheepshagger	Noun. A ruralised person. Derog.
sheet	Noun. Paper money, monetary notes. E.g."My new computer cost me 800 sheets."
shell out	Verb. To pay up, to hand over, usually money. E.g."I shelled out over £1000 for that holiday." {Informal}
sherbet	Noun. An alcoholic drink. Also sherbert. E.g."I think we should go down to the bar, get in some sherbets and then hit a nightclub."
sherbet (dab)	Noun. A taxi. Rhyming slang on cab. (1990s?)
sherman	Noun. An act of masturbation. Cockney rhyming slang. Sherman tank, rhyming with 'wank'. [1940s]
sheila	Noun. A woman. Stereotypical but jocular use when impersonating Australians and their vernacular. [Orig. Aust.]
shift	Verb. 1. To move quickly. E.g."You should have seen him shift when I told him they were giving away free beer downstairs." {Informal} 2. To consume large amounts of drink or food. {Informal}
shift oneself	Verb. A request to move oneself. Used in imper. E.g."Will you shift yourself so I can vacuum the lounge." {Informal}
shift one's arse	Vrb phrs. To move out of the way or to hurry up. E.g."Come on, shift your arse and help me tidy up, my parents will be here soon."
shirt	Noun. A male nightclubber whose ideal night out will be to drink excessively, make sexual advances towards women and complete the night with a drunken brawl. Invariably their attire includes a dressy shirt, often without a tie.
shirtlifter	Noun. A homosexual male. Derog.
shirty	Adj. Ill-tempered. E.g."Pete got all shirty with me when I didn't invite him for dinner." {Informal}
shit (!)	Noun. 1. Faeces. 2. An act of defecation. 3. A contemptible person. 4. Rubbish, nonsense, a bad thing. 5. Cannabis or marijuana. 6. Miscellaneous items. E.g."Come on, get your shit together, the taxi's due in 5 minutes." Verb. To defecate. E.g."I do my best thinking when I'm on my own, actually usually when I'm shitting." Exclam. An exclamation of frustration or anger.
shit-a-brick!	Exclam. An exclamation of surprise or annoyance.
shit-all	Adj. Nothing at all. Cf. 'fuck-all', 'sod-all'.
shitbag	Noun. A contemptible person.
shitbox	Noun. 1. The anus. 2. A contemptible thing, place or person.
shit bricks	Vrb phrs. To be terrified, very scared. Cf. 'shit one's pants' and 'brick it'.
shitcunt	Noun. A contemptible, worthless person. Also shit-cunt.
shite	Noun / Verb. See 'shit'. [Orig. Northern use. 1800s]
shit eater	Noun. A contemptible person. Also shiteater.
shitehawk	Noun. 1. A despicable person. 2. A seagull.
shitepipe	Noun. The anus. [Mainly Scottish/Northern use]
shiter	Noun. The anus. A variation on 'shitter' (noun 1).
shitey	Adj. See 'shitty'.
shit-face	Noun. A contemptible person.
shit-faced	Adj. 1 Drunk, intoxicated. [1940s] 2. Intoxicated with drugs.
shit for brains	Noun. A particularly stupid person, a contemptible person.
shit-head	Noun. An contemptible person.
shit heap	Noun. Of an object or place, dirty, unsightly, unreliable, of poor quality. Cf. 'heap of shit'.
shit hits the fan	Phrs. As 'when the shit hits the fan', it warns that severe consequences will be felt when the results of actions are discovered. Alternatively, in such phrases as "the shit will hit the fan when she discovers the truth". See 'when the shit hits the fan'.
shit-hot	Adj. Excellent, the best, extremely good.
shithouse	Noun. A messy or dirty domicile. Originally a shithouse was an externally accessed toilet, before the advent of an inside lavatory.
shit kicker	Noun. A rural person, usually a farm worker. Also shitkicker. [Orig U.S.?]
shitless	Adj. Very frightened. Usually preceded by the word bored or scared. See 'scared shitless' and 'bore shitless'.
shit load (of something)	Noun. Many, a large number of. Also shitload. E.g."It was a great New Year party - there was shit loads of free wine and some really lovely people."
shitloads	Adj. A large amount.
shit on a raft	Noun. The meal, kidneys on toast. [Navy use]
shit on a stick (!)	Exclam. Expression of surprise. Noun. Something, or someone, important or exceptional. E.g."Go buy that new tune, it really is shit on a stick."
shit one's pants	Vrb phrs. To be terrified. Used metaphorically for when in extreme terror the bowels are uncontrollably voided. E.g."He was shitting his pants when he heard the police had warrant out for his arrest."
shit on (someone)	Verb. To betray, to land someone in trouble. E.g."I know it was you who shitted on him, so don't pretend you're his best friend"
shits	Noun. Diarrhoea. E.g."I can't come out tonight, I've got the shits."
shit-scared	Adj. Very frightened. Cf. 'shit bricks'.
shit (somone)	Verb. To deceive or tease. E.g."Are you shitting me? Or is that the truth?"
shit-stabber	Noun. A homosexual male. Derog.
shitstain	Noun. A contemptible person. Derog.
shit stirrer	Noun. An insidious gossip, a person whose malicious actions cause problems for others.
shit stirring	Noun. Trouble making, for the sake of it.
shit stoppers	Noun. 1. Very narrow, tight fitting jeans. [North use] 2. Tracksuit bottoms with elasticated ankles. [North use]
shitter	Noun. 1. The anus. 2. A toilet. 3. A contemptible person.
shit the bed!	Exclam. An exclamation of surprise.
shit ticket	Noun. Toilet paper.
shitting	Adj. 1. A general intensifier. E.g."Did you see the shitting size of that man." 2. A general term of abuse.
shitting hell!	Exclam. An exclamation of surprise, annoyance or frustration. Almost invariably it'll be heard pronounced shittin'ell!
shit-tip	Noun. A mess. E.g."Tommy, you're not going to Macdonalds until you tidy your bedroom, it's a bloody shit-tip!"
shitty	Adj. 1. Worthless, trashy. 2. Covered in faeces. 3. Dirty, filthy. 4. Contemptible, despicable. 5. Uncomfortable, unpleasent. E.g."We had a shitty night's sleep." 6. Insignificant, trivial. E.g."It was a shitty little car that could only seat 4 people, and uncomfortably at that."
shit up	Verb. To terrify, to scare. E.g."I was so shitted up I had to sleep with my bedroom light on."
shlepp	Verb. See 'schlep'.
shock horror!	Exclam. That's not surprising. An ironic exclamation.
shonky	Adj. Dubious, unreliable, underhand. [Orig. Aust./N.Z.]
shoofty	Noun. See 'shufty'.
shoot!	Exclam. A euphemism for 'shit'. [Orig. U.S.]
shoot blanks	Verb. Of a man, to be sterile. Cf. 'fire blanks'.
shoot off	Verb. To leave quickly, to hurriedly go. E.g."I'm just going to shoot off down to the post office before it closes."
shoot one's load	Vrb phrs. To ejaculate semen. E.g."He shot his load all over her chest and expected her to like it." [1800s]
shoot one's wad	Vrb phrs. To ejaculate semen. E.g."She was furious! I shot my wad and fell asleep on top of her."
shoot-up	Verb. To inject a drug.
shop	Verb. To tell or inform on. [1890s]
shopping	Noun. 1. A euphemism for illicit drugs as brought from a drug dealer. 2. Shoplifting. [Criminal use]
short and curlies	Noun. Basically the term refers to pubic hairs, however it is used figuratively in having got someone by the short and curlies - having complete power over someone. Orig military use. [1930s]
short-arse	Noun. A person who is small in stature. Derog.
shot	Adj. Worn out, exhausted. {Informal}
shotgun	Verb. A way of smoking cannabis/marijuana between two people, with one person blowing and the other inhaling.
shout	Noun. A round of drinks. E.g."Go on, get to the bar you lazy sod, it's your shout."
shout-out	Noun. A mentioning of a person verbally or in writing, as a method of showing respect. Often heard used on the radio by DJ's replacing the previously popular request. [1990s]
shovel (and pick)	Noun. Prison. Rhyming slang on 'nick'. See 'nick'.
shove it!	Exclam. A dismissive exclamation of anger.
shove it up your arse!	Exclam. An exclamation of contempt.
shove off (!)	Verb. Go away. Often heard as an imperative exclamation.
shower	Noun. A derogatory and all encompassing term for a motley group of people.
shower of shite/shit	Noun. Contemptible person, persons or thing. E.g."It has been said that this dictionary is a shower of shite."
shrammed	Adj. Cold, frozen. Also occasionally numbed by extension of being frozen. [South-west use/dialect]
shrapnel	Noun. Money in the form of loose change.
shreddies	Noun. Underwear.
shrimp	Verb. To lick, suck and kiss the toes for sexual gratification. E.g."I dont know how people can be into shrimping, imagine how smelly people's feet get." Noun. A small, thin, feeble and objectionable person. Cf. 'prawn'.
shrooms	Noun. Mushrooms, often with regard to 'magic mushrooms', the hallucinogenic psilocybin. Cf. 'mushies'.
shufflebutt	Noun. A fidgety, restless person.
shufty	Noun. A look, a glance. Also shufti. Derived from the Arabic sufti, meaning have you seen. E.g."Have a shufty at the copyright laws before you use this Peevish designed dictionary on your own website." [1940s] {Informal}
shushy	Adj. A 'camp', extravagant style. Many spelling alternatives including zhoosy, jujjy, zuzshy.
shut your face / gob / trap / cake-hole / pie-hole	Exclam. Shut your mouth! Shut up! Be quiet! E.g."If you don't shut your gob I'll shut it for you!"
sick!	Exclam. Excellent! Good!
sick as a parrot	Phrs. Depressed, upset, very disappointed.
sickie	Noun. A period away from work with illness, and usually without just medical cause. Cf. 'throw a sickie'. {Informal}. [Orig. Aust./N.Z.]
sicko	Noun. A disturbing and unsavoury person, a pervert. Derog.
side	Noun. Boastfulness, arrogance. Usually in negative, e.g."He's a nice man, honest and down to earth, and there's no side to him." {Informal}
sign one's pants	Vrb phrs. To be in need of defecation. E.g."Quick! Let me in the toilet will you! I've just signed my pants."
sike	Noun/Verb. Alternative spelling of psyche, as in psyche out. E.g."He was really siked out by my staring at him all night."
sile down	Verb. To rain heavily. From sile meaning sieve. E.g."You'll need an umbrella, it's siling down out there." [Yorks/Lincs use]
silent but deadly	Phrs. Describing the silent emmision of wind from the anus, a 'fart', that is particularly bad smelling. Cf. S.B.D. [1960s]
silent but violent	Phrs. The same as 'silent but deadly', see above.
silly billy	Noun. Affectionate name for a foolish person.
silly bugger	Noun. An idiot, a fool. Cf. 'play silly beggars/buggers'.
silly cow	Noun. A foolish woman. See 'cow'. Cf. 'silly moo'.
silly moo	Noun. A foolish woman. Often jocular use. Cf. 'silly cow'.
silly sausage	Noun. A foolish person. Jocular usage but mildly derog.
single fish	Noun. An act of urination. Rhyming slang on 'pish', meaning 'piss'. See 'pish'. [Scottish use]
siphon the python	Vrb phrs. Of males, to urinate. Also 'syphon the python'.
sissy	Noun. An effeminate, weak, or cowardly person. Derog. {Informal}
sitter	Noun. In sport, an easy catch or shot, that should result in points being scored. {Informal}
six-pack	Noun. Strong and evident abdominal muscles. [Orig. U.S.]
sixpence short of a shilling	Phrs. Crazy, eccentric.
sixty-nine (69)	Noun. A couple's simultaneous oral stimulation of each others genitals during sex. Being representative of the shape two bodies attain in such a position. Verb. To have oral sex in the manner of the noun, above. E.g."It was a wild party, there was a couple sixty-nining each other in the garden."
size queen	Noun. A gay male with a sexual preference for partners with large genitalia.
skag	Noun. Heroin. Also spelt 'scag'.
skaghead	Noun. A heroin addict. Derog. See 'skag'.
skanger	Noun. A young, working class person who dresses in casual sportswear. Cf 'chav'. [Irish/Dublin use]
skank	Verb. To steal, thieve. E.g."Someone's skanked my cigarettes and it was nearly a full packet!" Noun. Someone or something disgusting, or unpleasant. E.g."He's a bit of a skank, not washing for 5 days and then expecting Debbie to sleep with him."
skanky	Adj. Dirty, unnattractive, ugly, smelly.
skanky pants	Noun. Dirty, or disgusting, lingerie or underwear. Also occasionally skanky panties, but this is more U.S..
skate	Noun. A person from Portsmouth. Derog. [Mainly Southampton use]
skedaddle	Verb. Move, go away. {Informal}
skeen	Exclam. O.K.! Understood! [London use/2000s?]
skeg	Noun. A look at. E.g."Give us a skeg at your paper, I need to check the racing results." (Hull/Yorkshire use)
skelf	Noun. A splinter. [Scottish/N.Irish use]
skerret	Noun. A tiny amount. Such as in given in the reply to the question "Did you get anything ?" "No not a skerret." A derivative of 'skerrick'.
skerrick	Noun. A small amount. Cf. 'skerret'.
sket	Noun. A promiscuous woman. Derog. (South-east use)
skew-whiff	Adj. Out of alignment, incorrect. {Informal}
skid lid	Noun. A motorcycle helmet.
skidmark	Noun. A faecal smear or stain. Usually with regard to one's undergarments. [1900s]
skids	Noun. 1. Underwear, underpants, knickers. 2. Excrement smears or stains, usually with respect to one's underpants. Abb. of 'skidmark'.
skin	Noun. 1. A skinhead. 2. A sister. See 'skin and blister' Verb. To roll up a cannabis/marijuana cigarette. Abb. of 'skin up'.
skin and blister	Noun. Sister. Cockney rhyming slang.
skin diver	Noun. A five pound (sterling) note. Rhyming slang on 'fiver'. See 'fiver'.
skin flute	Noun. The penis.
skinful	Noun. A sufficient quantity of alcohol to make one drunk. E.g."I'm not driving anywhere; I've had a skinful and the police are out in force." {Informal}
skinny	Noun. Information, details. E.g."What's the skinny with that new man in accounts?"
skins	Noun. Cigarette papers, but refers more to those used in a 'joint.'
skint	Adj. Having no money, poor.
skin up	Verb. To roll or build a cannabis/marijuana cigarette. E.g."Anyone who was spotted skinning up was arrested and given a police warning."
skirt	Noun. A woman or women. Cf. 'bit of skirt'. Derog.
skit	Verb. To make fun of, to tease. [Merseyside use]
skitters	Noun. A bout of diarrhoea. E.g."I'm not coming into work today, I've got the skitters."
skive	Noun. An evasion of one's tasks, a period of shirking. Verb. To evade doing one's work or duties, to truant. E.g."Every Friday afternoon you can guarantee he'll be skiving and getting drunk down the pub."
skive off	Verb. Meaning the same as 'skive' (verb).
skiver	Noun. A shirker, one who evades doing their work or duties.
skiving (off)	Noun. Neglecting one's duties or work.
skivvies	Noun. Underwear, particularly with reference to pants. [Orig. US]
skivvy	Noun. A servant for menial tasks. Derog. {Informal}
skoosh *	Noun. 1. A squirt of cream from an aerosol. 2. Something very easy. E.g."That exam was a skoosh! I knew all the answers." 3. A carbonated drink. * All uses are Scottish.
skrike	Verb. See 'scrike'.
skullfuck	Verb. To actively perform sexual intercourse with a person via their mouth. [Orig U.S.]
skun	Verb. Past tense of 'skin' (verb), i.e. skinned. E.g."Rob skun up a joint last night that was 9 inches long!"
skunk	Noun. 1. A popular type of very strong marijuana, characterized by its pungent smell, hence its name. 2. A person from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and more particularly a supporter of Newcastle football club. From the team's colours, black and white stripes, and as a derogatory term due to the fact that skunks 'smell'. Derog. [Mainly Sunderland use]
skunkweed	Noun. A type of very strong marijuana. See 'skunk'.
sky (rocket)	Noun. Pocket. Rhyming slang.
skypilot	Noun. A priest, vicar or similar preacher of religion.
slag	Noun. 1. A prostitute or promiscuous woman. Also occasionally heard with reference to such men. Derog. 2. A contemptible person. Derog. Verb To put down, verbally. Meaning the same as 'slag off'.
slag (someone) off	Verb. To verbally put down someone or something. E.g."If you are going to persistently slag off your friends you soon won't have any left to upset."
slag tag	Noun. A tattoo located at the base of the spine, usually spread across the width of the back and often tribal in style. Cf. 'tramp stamp'.
slam dancing	Adj. An aggressive and physical dance style adopted by 'thrash metal' fans, originating with second generation punks in the early 1980s. Cf. 'moshing'.
slap	Noun. Cosmetic make-up. Originally from theatrical usage. See 'slap-up' (verb). Verb. To beat-up, hit, thump. E.g."I'm going to slap that bastard if he doesn't shut up."
slap and tickle	Noun. A lighthearted sexual liason. {Informal}
slaphead	Noun. A balding person. Derog.
slapper	Noun. 1. A sexually promiscuous woman. Derog. 2. A contemptible woman.
slapping the monkey	Noun. Masturbating. E.g."How are you going to catch up on your sleep if you're lying there slapping the monkey all night?"
slappy	Noun. A pie sandwich. Usually a meat pie on a bread bun. [Wigan use]
slap the monkey	Verb. To masturbate.
slap-up	Verb. To apply cosmetic make-up. Adj. Extravagent and sumptuous. Usually applied to meals or dinner. E.g."It's my birthday so we're off out for a slap-up meal, and I'm paying!" {Informal}
slash	Verb. To urinate. Onomatopoeic. Noun. An act of urination.
slaughtered	Adj. 1. Very intoxicated by drink or drugs. 2. Exhausted, worn out.
sleazebag	Noun. A despicable, sleazy, fawning person. [Orig. U.S.]
sleazeball	Noun. Meaning the same as 'sleazebag'. Derog.
sledge	Verb. To be incapacitated mentally, and consequently physically, from taking drugs. E.g."I just sat there sledging in the corner, unable to dance." [1990s]
slimeball	Noun. A repugnant person. Also shortened to slime. Derog.
sling one's hook	Vrb phrs. Go away. A demand or order to leave. E.g."You're not coming in here, sling your hook before I call for security."
slip (someone) a length	Vrb phrs. Of males, to have sex.
slit	Noun. The vagina. [1600s]
Sloane	Noun. A young, fashionable, upper-class person, usually a woman, living in London. Abb. of Sloane Ranger. {Informal} [1970s]
Sloanie	Noun. See 'Sloane'. Adj. Of or like a Sloane Ranger.
slob	Noun. A uncouth, unsavoury and lazy person. Derog. {Informal} Verb. To act in the manner of a slob. E.g."Are you going slob all day, or do something useful for a change."
slob about /around	Verb. See 'slob' (verb).
slobberchops	Noun. A name for a person with a particularly salivery mouth.
slob out	Verb. See 'slob' (verb).
slog one's guts out	Vrb phrs. To work very hard.
slo-mo	Adj. Slowly. Abb. of slow-motion.
slop out	Verb. To empty a prison chamber pot. E.g."Britain is full of old fashioned prisons where inmates are still expected to use chamber pots and complete the process of slopping out each morning." [Prison use]
sloppy seconds	Noun. A subsequent indulgence in an activity by a second person involving an exchange of bodily fluids. This may involve the sharing of drink, or more often it applies to a sexual nature. E.g."I'm not having sloppy seconds, I want to shag her first."
sloshed	Adj. Drunk. [1900s]
slot	Verb. Hurt, injure, stab, shoot. E.g."I slotted that bastard last year, and he spent 3 weeks in hospital." [Mainly Army use]
slum-it	Verb. To live without the usual pleasures.
slummock	Noun. A dirty, untidy or lazy person. {Informal} Verb. To behave in a lazy and unkempt fashion. {Informal}
slummy	Noun. Loose change. [Liverpool use]
sluts wool	Noun. Clumped dust that has accumulated at the edge of rooms and under furniture. A dated expression and rarely heard, with the slut in this sense referring to a slovenly woman. [Mid 1800s]
slutty	Adj. Sluttish.
smack	Noun. Heroin. Derived from the Yiddish schmeck. [Orig. U.S. Mid 1940s]
smacked up	Adj. On the drug heroin, or occasionally, just generally on drugs. See 'smack'.
smacker	Noun. 1. A loud kiss. From the noise it might make. 2. One pound sterling, although usually in the plural. E.g."She still owes me 40 smackers from last week." 3. A strong physical blow. E.g."I caught him a right smacker on his jaw."
smackeroos	Noun. Meaning the same as 'smacker' (version 2), but with a more lighthearted slant. E.g."I can't wait to get my hands on all those lovely smackeroos when I collect my winnings."
smackhead	Noun. A heroin addict, junkie. Derog.
smackie	Noun. Heroin addict. From 'smack', meaning heroin. E.g."If I was you I wouldnt go in the park after dark, it's usually full of smackies." [Orig. Aust.?]
smack out	Verb. To succumb to an excessive indulgence in recreational drugs, to become stupified by drugs. Originally referring this state when high on heroin. E.g."I was so smacked out I fell asleep where I was. Although waking up under the kitchen table was a bit of a surprise." See 'smack'.
smacktard	Noun. An incompetent person. Used frequently within the online gaming community. Possibly derived from either smack the retard or retard on smack. See 'smack', heroin.
small potatoes	Noun. An insignificant amount, often with regard to money.
smalls	Noun. Small items of clothing, usually underwear. E.g."There were dirty smalls all over the floor - it was a typical teenager's bedroom."
smarmy	Adj. Obsequious, condescendingly flattering. {Informal}
smart-arse	Noun. A person who smuggly displays their intelligence.
smart-arsed	Adj. Smuggly displaying ones cleverness.
smarty-pants	Noun. A know-all. Also smartie-pants. {Informal}
smashed	Adj. Very intoxicated with drink or drugs.
smashing	Adj./Adv. Excellent, brilliant, wonderful. E.g."We had a smashing time at the circus." {Informal}
smashingly	Adv. Very well, without any problems. E.g."Yes we had a great time, the holiday went smashingly."
smash someone's pasty	Vrb phrs. To have sexual intercourse, with a female. E.g."She's gorgeous, I'd smash her pasty." [North-east use]
smeg	Noun. Abb. of smegma. Exclam. An exclamation of annoyance.
smeggy	Adj. Unsavoury, horrible. The word derives from smegma.
smeghead	Noun. An idiot, an objectionable person. Popularized on Red Dwarf, a British sit-com, for the humorous usage. Also smeg head. [Orig. Liverpool?]
smellies	Noun. Scented toiletries and perfumes.
smelly	Noun. A biker, usually unkempt, long haired, and a listener of rock music. Derog.
smelly-bridge	Noun. The perineum. From the area bridging one smelly place to another (the genitals to the anus).
smidge	Noun. A little, a small amount. An abbreviated form of 'smidgeon'.
smidgeon	Noun. A little, a small amount. {Informal}
smoggy	Noun. A person from Middlesbrough. From the area's heavy industry and resulting polution. Cf. 'smog-monster'. [Mainly North-east use]
smog-monster	Noun. A person from Middlesbrough. Term not used by the locals of Middlesbrough. Derog. Cf. 'smoggy'. [Mainly North-east use]
smoke	Noun. 1. A cigarette. 2. Also cannabis or marijuana. E.g."Have you got any smoke for tonight." 3. London. Always phrased as the smoke.
smoke a pink cigar	Vrb phrs. To fellate. See 'pink cigar'.
smoothie	Noun. A person who is over stylish and suave. {Informal}
smuggling peanuts	Phrs. Of a woman, having erect and prominant nipples apparent through her clothing. Cf. 'peanut smuggling'.
snaffle	Verb. To grab, seize or steal. E.g."The apple pie was delicious, so I snaffled an extra portion when the cook wasn't watching." {Informal}
SNAFU	Noun. A bad situation, a mistake, a foul-up. Acronym of situation normal all fucked up. [Orig. U.S. 1940s]
snail-mail	Noun. Post, surface mail. Jocular expression coined with the advent of the speedier and generally immediate email.
snail-trail	Noun. A thin line of pubic hair extending from the pubic region to the navel.
snap	Noun. Food, especially a snack, occasionally a packed lunch. [Northern and Midlands use/dialect?]
snappin	Noun. Food. [Stoke-on-Trent use]
snashters	Noun. Sweets, confectionary. [Strathclyde use]
snatch	Noun. The female genitals.
snazzy	Adj. Smart or attractive in an ostentatious way.
sneck	Noun. The latch of a door or gate. [Dialect? Scottish/Northern use]
sneep	Verb. To insult, to upset. Also sneap. [Staffordshire use]
sneeped	Adj. Hurt, offended. [Staffordshire use]
snicket	Noun. An alleyway. [Mainly Northern use]
snide	Adj. Fake, not genuine, occasionally can mean illicit. E.g."There's a good stall on the market that's well worth checking out. It sells snide D&G handbags."
snided	Adj. Very crowded, busy. E.g."It was New Year's Eve, the club was snided, and John was queuing for the toilet once again. He wished he was at home in bed." [Northern/N. Midlands use]
snifter	Noun. A small drink of alcohol, usually a shot of spirits.
snig	Noun. Nasal mucus. Often extended to sniggy.
snitch	Verb. To inform on somebody. Noun. Someone who snitches. [1700s]
snitcher	Noun. An informer.
snockered	Adj. Drunk, intoxicated.
snog	Verb. To kiss lengthily, passionately or lustfully. E.g."There was a young couple snogging in the seats behind us, and making such slurping noises that we couldn't hear the film." Noun. A lengthy and passionate kiss.
snog someone's face off	Vrb phrs. To kiss someone deeply and passionately.
snook-cocking	Adj. Showing contempt. From 'cock a snook'.
snookered	Adj. Defeated, thwarted.
snort	Verb. To inhale via the nose a small quantity of powdered drug, such as cocaine or amphetamne. [Orig U.S.]
snot	Noun. Nasal mucus. [s.e. from 1400s, until 1800s] Verb. To expel nasal mucus. E.g."He laughed so much that he snotted down his chin."
snotbox	Noun. The nose.
snot rag	Noun. A handkerchief.
snot-rocket	Noun. An expulsion of mucus from the nose. Done by blocking one nostril with the fingers whilst blowing hard out of the other. See 'snot'.
snotter	Noun. 1. The nose. 2. Handerkerchief.
snotty	Adj. 1. Over proud and conceited. 2. Full of nasal mucus, as with having the ailment, a cold.
snotty nosed	Adj. See 'snotty' (adj.1).
snout	Noun. Tobacco, or a cigarette. E.g."Have you got a snout John? I'm gasping for a smoke."
snowballing	Noun. The sexual act of passing ejaculated semen from one person's mouth to anothers.
snuff	Verb. To kill. E.g."He got snuffed whilst jogging in the park in the middle of the night."
snuff-it	Verb. To die. E.g."Bing Crosby snuffed it at the ripe old age of 73, just after finishing a game of golf."
snuff movie	Noun. A violent movie showing real murders or torture. Snuff meaning to murder or a murder.
snurge	Noun. A person who smells bicycle seats for sexual pleasure.
soak	Noun. A drunkard.
so-and-so	Noun. A contemptible person. Mildy offensive. {Informal}
soap-dodger	Noun. An unkempt, dirty person. Derog.
soapy tit wank	Noun. An act of masturbation between a woman's breasts with the use of some form of lubrication. Cf. 'tit wank'.
sobs	Noun. Money. A mispronunciation of 'sovs' (sovereign, meaning £1 sterling). E.g."How many sobs did that Armani suit cost?"
sod *	Noun. 1. A contemptible or objectionable person. 2. A pitiable person. E.g."He's just had his car stolen and his wife has just run off with the milkman, the poor sod." This use is also be found with the expressions 'poor bastard' and 'poor bugger'. 3. A thing or action that is difficult or problematic. E.g. "We had a sod of a journey, getting stuck in a traffic jam at Birmingham for over 3 hours." * Abb. of the word sodomite.
sod about / around	Verb. To waste time, to idle away time. E.g."My son needs to find himself a job, he's been sodding about playing computer games for the last 6 months and sleeping 15 hours a day."
sod-all	Noun. Nothing. E.g."I've done sod-all this vacation, but I still feel like I need a holiday." Adj. No. E.g."I've done sod-all work this vacation."
sodding	Adv./Adj. Used as an intensifier. E.g."It's always that sodding idiot who wakes everyone up at a god awful hour."
sod it!	Exclam. A exclamation of contempt or frustration. E.g."Sod-it! I'm giving up."
sod off	Verb. Go away, leave. Usually used in the imperative. E.g."If he doesn't sod off in the next 2 minutes I'm going to hit him."
sod this for a game of soldiers !	Exclam. I give up! There's no way that I'm continuing with this. Or sod that for a game of soldiers. Cf. 'sod this for a lark'.
sod this for a lark !	Exclam. I give up! An intolerant, impatient exclamation. Cf. 'sod this for a game of soldiers'.
sod you !	Exclam. General exclamation of dismissal, rejection, hostility.
sofa surfing	Noun. Being homeless and relying on the generousity of friends to provide a temporary place to sleep, often on a sofa.
soft in the head	Phrs. Stupid, dimwitted.
soft-lad / lass	Noun. Affectionate expression for an inept or overly sentimental male/female.
softy	Noun. A weak, feeble or overly sentimental person. {Informal}
solid (!)	Adj. Excellent. Jazz origins. [Orig. U.S.] Exclam. An approving exclamation. Noun. Hashish.
sonny Jim	Noun. A condescending term of address, usually to males. Occasionally spelt sunny Jim.
soopy	Noun. A supermarket. Unknown spellings, perhaps also supie or supey.
soppy	Adj. Feeble, sickly sentimental. {Informal}.
sort	Noun. An attractive woman. [Mainly London/South-east use]
sorted (!)	Exclam. An approving exclamation, brilliant, excellent. Adj. An all purpose expression of satisfaction, contentment. Commonly used to denote having the required or desired drugs. E.g."I've just been into town and got sorted for tonight's party."
sort (someone) out	Verb. To beat (someone) up.
sound	Adj. O.K., wonderful, similar to 'sorted.'
sound as a pound	Phrs. Wonderful, excellent, correct. [Merseyside/North-west use?]
sounds	Noun. Tunes or music. E.g."Have you brought any new sounds for tonight's party."
sovs	Noun. Money. Abb. of sovereign, £1 sterling.
sow one's oats	Vrb phrs. To have sexual intercourse, usually during a period of youthful sexual promiscuity.
soz	Adj. Sorry. Mainly adolescent use.
sozzled	Adj. Drunk, but not incapacitated. {Informal}
SP	Noun. Abb. starting price. Meaning information and heard in expressions such a what's the SP? meaning what's happening, or what's the information? Comes from horse racing and betting vernacular. E.g."What's the SP with the holiday accommodation? Are we staying in a hotel or apartments?"
spac	Noun. An imbecile, objectionable person. From spastic. Offens.
space cadet	Noun. An eccentric person, a crazy person, a person not thinking rationally, or who is out of touch with reality. Possibly derived from 'spaced out'. Derog. [Orig. U.S.]
spacecake	Noun. Cake made with the added ingredients of cannabis or marijuana.
spaced out	Adj. A light-headed stupification resulting from the use of drugs.
spacey	Adj. Ambient, ethereal.
spacker	Noun. An imbecile, an objectionable person. From spastic. Cf. 'spacky'. Offens.
spackered *	Adj. 1. Mentally or physically impaired, or resembling such. 2. Very intoxicated by alcohol or drugs. 3. Exhausted, very tired. * From 'spacker'.
spackhead	Noun. An idiot, contemptible person. Derived from spac. Offens.
spacko	Noun. 1. A mentally, or occasionally physically, disabled person. Offens/Derog. 2. A clumsy, inept person. Derog.
spacky	Adj. Idiotic, stupid. Also spaccy. From spac. Offens.
spadger	Noun. A sparrow. [dialect]
spaff	Noun. Semen. Verb. To ejaculate, sexually. E.g."I just had to think about her naked and playing with herself and I spaffed."
spag	Noun. 1. Abb. of spaghetti. Also spag bol, spaghetti bolognese. 2. An imbecile, socially inept person. From spastic. Cf. 'spaz'.
spam fritter	Noun. The anus. Rhyming slang on 'shitter'. [1990s]
spam javelin	Noun. Penis. Spam is a meat product derived from pork.
spam valley	Noun. A poor neighbourhood or town, because the residents can only afford a poor diet, such as spam meat. [Scottish use]
spangled	Adj. Very intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
spaniel's ears	Noun. Saggy, flat, droopy breasts. From their similarity.
Spanish archer	Noun. See 'give the spanish archer'.
spanking	Adj. 1. Excellent. 2. New. Short for brand spanking new. Noun. A beating.
spank the monkey	Verb. To masturbate. A term for male masturbation.
spanner	Noun. An idiot, a contemptible person.
spannered	Adj. Thoroughly intoxicated with alcohol or drugs.
spare	Noun. A sexually available, unattached person. Cf. 'bit of spare'.
spare prick at a wedding	Noun. A useless or unwanted person. Usually heard in the expression 'like a spare prick at a wedding'.
spare-tyre	Noun. A roll of fat around one's midrift. [1920s] {Informal}
spark	Noun. An electrician.
spark out	Verb. To pass out, become unconscious.
spark up	Verb. To light a cigarette, and often with regards to a 'joint'.
sparrowfart	Noun. Dawn, morning break. Cf. 'crack of sparrow's fart'.
spasm chasm	Noun. The vagina.
spatchcock	Verb. To add a phrase, clause or sentence in a context that is inappropriate. {Informal}
spawny	Adj. Lucky.
spaz	Noun. Imbecile, socially inept person, objectionable person. Also spas. Derived from spastic. Offens.
spaz chariot	Noun. 1. An invalid's car. See 'spaz'. 2. A wheelchair.
spazmo	Noun. Imbecile, objectionable person. Derived from spastic. Offens.
spazmobile	Noun. 1. A car for the disabled. 2. An objectionable, unstylish car.
spaz out	Verb. To have a tantrum, lose control, become extremely emotional. E.g."She totally spazzed out, smashed the TV, broke three windows and then locked herself in the bathroom until daybreak."
spazzy	Adj. Stupid, 2. Uncool, not fashionable.
spearchucker	Noun. A black person. Also spear-chucker. Derog/Offens
spec	Noun. A viewing point. Also speck. E.g."Let's go up to the top tier, it's a good spec to see the match." [Merseyside use]
special K	Noun. The drug ketamine.
specky-four-eyes	Noun. A juvenile name for a wearer of glasses (spectacles). Derog.
speed	Noun. The drug amphetamine sulphate. [Orig. U.S. 1960s]
speed freak	Noun. 1. A compulsive user, or addict, of amphetamines. 2. A person who loves driving fast.
speed garage	Noun. A genre of dance music which encompasses 'garage' styles with 'dubby' basslines and 'jungle' type 'samples'. Although in some ways existing for some time, it has only recently been given its contentious name by the music press. [1997]
speeding	Adj. Under the influence of amphetamine sulphate.
speg	Noun. Chewing gum. [Blackburn use]
spell	Noun. A splinter. [Yorkshire use/dialect]
spend a penny	Vrb phrs. To urinate, to go to the lavatory. A euphemism derived from a fee charged in public toilets, albeit usually only in the women's; the saying is based on a pre-inflatatory figure. {Informal}
spends	Noun. Money to spend on oneself, often with respect to children's pocket money.
sperm bandit	Noun. A woman who has sex with a man with the ulterior motive of getting pregnant.
spesh	Adj. Abbreviated form of special. E.g."Last night was really spesh!"
spew	Noun. Vomit. Verb. To vomit.
spew one's guts up	Vrb phrs. To vomit.
spew-up	Verb. To vomit.
spic *	Noun. 1. A person from Puerto Rico, Mexico or Spain. Derog. [Orig. U.S.] 2. Of Spain and its languages. Derog. [Orig. U.S.] * Also spelt spick.
spice	Noun. Confectionery. [Yorks/Notts use]
spide	Noun. A young person, usually male, who is of a working class background, and typically dresses in sportswear and showy jewellery. Cf. 'chav'. [N. Ireland use]
spidge	Noun. Chewing gum. [Derbyshire use]
spider's legs	Noun. The pubic hairs which protrude from beneath one's underwear.
spiel	Noun. Persuasive speech, sales patter. Cf. 'schpiel'.
spiffing	Adj. Excellent, first rate. Somewhat archaic expression perpetuated by humourous use when mimicking upper class behaviour. E.g."We had an absolutely spiffing time, thanks mainly to Lord Ponsonby's generous gift of!"
spinny	Adj. Strange, unusual, confusing. E.g."That new kid's spinny, and I dont trust him."
spiggy	Noun. Chewing gum. Cf 'spoggy'. [East Lancs use]
spill one's guts	Vrb phrs. 1. To confess or reveal the truth. 2. To vomit. Probably a misuse of version 1 due to its similarity with 'spew one's guts up'.
spin someone's drum	Vrb phrs. To search someone's house or property. [Police use]
spit	Noun. An exact double, an identical image. E.g."She was the spit of her when she was Jane's age, but now she's dyed her hair and wears glasses."
spit (out) one's dummy	Vrb phrs. To throw a tantrum. Like a child discarding its pacifier (a dummy) in a fit of anger. E.g."If you're gonna spit out your dummy over such a minor insult, then I think you need some anger management."
spit roast	Noun. Sexual intercourse between at least two males and a third party, the recipient (either male or female). The active males taking positions at either end of the recipient, in the manner of a spit roast. Also spit roasting.
spit tacks	Vrb Phrs. Be very angry. E.g."She was spitting tacks after I stained her best table cloth with ketchup."
spitting feathers	Adj. 1. Thirsty. E.g."Let's stop at the next cafe, I'm spitting feathers." 2. Frantic, fretful, agitated. E.g."She was spitting feathers after those kids smashed her front window."
spiv	Noun. A man, who typically makes a living by disreputable dealings, lives by his wits, and is often characterized by his flashy dress sense. Cf. 'wide-boy'. {Informal}
splash one's boots	Vrb phrs. To urinate. Male usage.
splick	Noun. Distasteful or unpleasant viscous substances. [1980s]
spliff	Noun. A cannabis or marijuana cigarette. [Orig. W.I.]
split arse	Noun. A woman. Derog.
split beaver	Noun. An explicit pornographic pose fully revealing the female genitals. Cf. 'beaver'.
splosh	Noun. Tea (the drink). [Mainly London use]
spod	Noun. 1. A studious person. A 'swot'. Derog. 2. A contemptible person. Derived from definition1. Derog.
spogs	Noun. Confectionary, any kind of sweet. [Yorks use]
spoggy	Noun. Chewing gum. Cf 'spiggy'. [Humberside/Lincs use]
spondulicks	Noun. Money. Also spelt spondulics and spondulix. [1800s]
spoof	Noun. Semen.
spoon	Verb. 1. To nestle against one another in bed whilst both facing the same way. [Mid 1800s] 2. To miss hit a ball during a sporting activity. E.g."He only had the goalkeeper to beat and he spooned it!" Noun. An idiot, a foolish person.
spot on	Adj./Adv. Correct, exactly right. {Informal}
spraff	Verb. To chat, talk. E.g."Don't just stand there spraffing, find some work to do."
spread it on thick	Vrb phrs. To exaggerate.
spreathed	Adj. Sore through exposure to cold weather, chapped. [South Wales use]
sprog	Noun. A child.
sprogged up	Adj. Pregnant. From 'sprog' meaning child.
spud	Noun. 1. Someone who is ugly. 2. An affectionate term of address for a friend. A play on the word bud, an abbreviated form of buddy. 3. A potato. {Informal}
spud ugly	Adj. Very ugly.
spuds	Noun. The hands. Children might be heard to say "Put your spuds in", when chanting a rhyme to decide who is it.
spuggly	Adj. Very ugly. A contraction of 'spud ugly'.
spuggy	Noun. A sparrow. E.g."The only wildlife they ever saw were hundreds of spuggies. You could tell they lived in Newcastle city centre." [N.E./N. Yorkshire use]
spunk	Noun. Semen.
spunk bucket	Noun. 1. A woman, possibly implying of easy morals. Derog. 2. Vagina, as viewed as a recepticle for semen.
spunk dustbin	Noun. Vagina. As viewed as a receptacle for semen.
spunk (up)	Verb. To ejaculate semen. E.g."He spunked up just as his dad came in the room."
squaddie	Noun. A low ranking soldier.
squaddie mattress	Noun. A woman who sexually prefers soldiers. See 'squaddie'. [Military use]
square	Noun. A person who is reactionary, old fashioned and set in their ways. Derog. Adj. Old fashioned, conservative, conventional.
square-eyes	Noun. A humourous address for someone who watches too much television.
square-go	Noun. A fist fight, a punch up. [Scottish use]
square root of fuck-all	Phrs. Absolutely nothing. Cf. 'fuck-all squared'.
squat	Verb. 1. To defecate. 2. To urinate. Female expression. Noun. 1. The act of defecation. Also, of females, urination. 2. Nothing, naught. E.g."He knew squat about football and shouldn't have been refereeing the match." [Orig. U.S.]
squeaky-bum time	Noun. The time when one is likely to be most nervous or worried. [Early 2000s]
squeal	Verb. To inform (on). Often used in the simile, squeal like a pig.
squeeze	Noun. A girlfriend or boyfriend, generally one's romantic partner. Often heard as main squeeze meaning main or primary partner. [Orig. U.S.]
squick	Noun. Something distasteful, vile, disgusting. See 'squick someone out'.
squick (someone) out	Vrb phrs. To disgust (someone). E.g."People picking their noses in public really squicks me out." [Orig. U.S.?]
squicky	Adj. Disgusting. [Orig. U.S.?]
squid	Noun. A jocular term for one pound sterling, derived from 'quid'.
squidgey	Adj. Feeling soft, squashy or soggy. E.g. "I think the ground's a little too squidgey for cricket today." {Informal}
squiffy	Adj. 1. A little drunk. {Informal} 2. Askew, off centre, awry. {Informal}
squillion	Noun. A very large indefinite amount.
squinny	Noun. One who moans or complains. [Portsmouth use]
squire	Noun. A term of address. {Informal}
squirt	Noun. A diminutive and insignificant person. Derog. {Informal}
squit	Noun. Nonsense, rubbish. [Mainly Norfolk use]
squits	Noun. Diarrhoea. [1840s]
squity	Adj. Of or having the characteristics of diarrhoea. E.g."I not coming into work today, I have a squity bottom."
squiz	Noun. A look, a glance. E.g."Have a squiz at the photos and see if you can spot anyone you recognise."
stacked	Adj. Of a woman, well built or large breasted.
stack it	Verb. To fall over, to tumble, to lose balance. E.g."I stacked it when I punctured my front tyre taking a stupid short cut up a cobbled street."
stage-diving	Noun. The act of climbing onto the stage during a gig, to then leap off and be caught by the audience. Originates from 1980s punk but proliferating during 'thrash' and 'grunge' era of the late 1980s and 1990s.
stalk	Noun. An erect penis.
starfish	Noun. The anus. Abbreviated form of 'chocolate starfish'.
stark bollock naked	Adj. Totally naked.
starkers	Noun. Naked. From stark naked. Cf. 'stark bollock naked'.
starved	Adj. Of a person, very cold, freezing. [Yorks use]
stash	Noun. Illicit drugs.
steamboated	Adj. Drunk, very intoxicated.
steamboats	Adj. Drunk.
steaming	Adj. 1. Drunk, intoxicated with alcohol. Abb. of steaming drunk. 2. Racing, moving quickly. E.g."We were steaming up the motorway at 140." 3. Very angry. E.g."I've never seen her so angry, she was steaming." Adj./Adv. An intensifier, such as 'blinking', 'bleeding'. E.g."That steaming idiot has spent all our holiday money on a new stereo." Noun. A act of aggressive robbery, often taking place on public transport, whereby groups of youths terrorize their victims.
steam off my piss	Phrs. Heard in phrases such as "wouldn't give them the steam off my piss" or "not worth the steam off my piss", meaning somebody or something worthless.
stecky	Noun. A tantrum, an fit of anger. Also throw a stecky, to have a tantrum. [Lancs/Cumbria use]
steds	Noun. Steroids. [Mainly bodybuilding/sports use]
stench-trench	Noun. The vagina.
Stenders	Noun. Abb. of Eastenders, the British TV soap. Cf. 'Brooky' and 'Corry'.
Steve McQueens	Noun. Jeans. Rhyming slang, often shortened to steves.
stewed	Adj. Drunk.
stick	Noun. 1. Hassle, excessive criticism, trouble. E.g."Keep giving him stick and he'll pack his bags and leave." 2. Effort. E.g."Go on, give it some stick." Verb. Suffer, tolerate, abide. E.g."I can't stick that sarcastic humour of his." {Informal}
stickin' out	Adj. Impressive, excellent. [Ulster use]
stick in the mud	Noun. A boring, unadventurous, old-fashioned person. Derog. {Informal}
stick one on someone	Vrb phrs. To hit or beat up someone. E.g."I'm going to stick one on him if he shows up tonight."
sticks	Noun. Rural, remote areas such as in the countryside. [Orig. U.S.]
sticky	Noun. A member of the official I.R.A., an Irish republican. E.g."The stickies protested against the proposed march by the Unionists." [Mainly army use/1970s]
sticky biscuit	Noun. A sex game whereby a biscuit (cookie) is placed centrally between a circle of masturbating males. The last male to ejaculate, over the biscuit, is obliged to eat it.
sticky fingers	Noun. 1. A thief. 2. A tendency to steal.
sticky-fingered	Adj. Liable to steal. Evokes interesting imagery of other people's belongings adherring to the culprit's fingers. Not dissimilar to the s.e. light-fingered.
sticky love piss	Noun. Semen.
sticky wicket	Noun. A difficult situation. Cf. 'Bat on a sticky wicket'.
stiff	Noun. 1. A dead body. 2. A boring, conventional person. Derog.
stiffener	Noun. A reviving or fortifying alcoholic drink.
stiffy	Noun. An erect penis. Crude but jocular. Also stiffie.
stinker	Noun. 1. A contemptible person. 2. An awkward, difficult task.
stinking	Adj. 1. Extremely objectionable. E.g."That stinking idiot deserves all he got." 2. Wealthy. A shortening of stinking rich. E.g."She can afford it, she's stinking." 3. Drunk.
stinks	Adj. Suspicious. E.g."Don't lie to me, your excuse stinks."
stitch up	Verb. To betray with false evidence. Also phrased to stitch someone up. Noun. An act of betrayal with the use of falsified evidence.
stoater	Noun. Something impressive or excellent. [Scottish use]
stocious	Adj. Intoxicated. [Irish/Scottish use?]
stodge	Noun. Heavy, filling food, often without much nutrition.
stoked	Adj. Excited, pleased, thrilled. E.g."My dad was stoked when I passed my driving test."
Stoke on Trent	Noun. 1. A male homosexual. 2. Criminal. Both meanings are rhyming slang for 'bent', Stoke on Trent being a city in the midlands of England.
stomp on	Verb. To physically assault (someone).
stomping	Adj. Lively, energetic. E.g."That last tune the DJ played was stomping."
stone bonker	Noun. A sure thing, a certainty.
stoned	Adj. Intoxicated with drink or more frequently its contemporary usage refers to cannabis or marijuana intoxication. [Orig. U.S.]
stone me!	Exclam. An exclamation of surprise.
stone the crows!	Exclam. An exclamation of surprise.
stonk (it)	Verb. To hurry, to race. E.g."We stonked it up the M6 motorway and just got to the game at kick off."
stonked	Adj. 1. Heavily bombarded, usually by artillery. [Military use] 2. Thoroughly defeated, by extension of above use. E.g."Then our team lost its two best defenders to injury and we ended up getting totally stonked." 3. Drunk, intoxicated with drink or drugs.
stonker	Noun. 1. An erect penis, usually implying great size. 2. Something huge or impressive.
stonkered	Adj. Very intoxicated with drink or drugs. [Orig. Aust./N.Z.]
stonking	Adj. 1. Impressively large. 2. An intensifier, E.g."Yeah, we had a stonking good time."
stookie	Noun. A plaster cast on a broken limb. Also spelt stooky. [Scottish use]
stoppy back	Noun. An after hours drink at a public house (bar). [Macclesfield use]
storming	Adj. Marvellous, excellent. E.g."We had a storming night out at the club, the best ever."
stottie	Noun. A flat coarse bread, made from the scraps of dough leftover in baking. [Scotland/Tyneside/Northern use]
stove in	Verb. To smash up. E.g."When I see that idiot again I'm gonna stove his head in"
stowed out	Adj. Crowded, packed out, full to capacity. [Mainly Scottish use]
straight	Noun. 1. A heterosexual. [Orig. U.S.] 2. A conventional but boring person. Derog. 3. A manufactured cigarette, as opposed to a roll-up. Adj. 1. Heterosexual, as opposed to homosexual, being 'bent' 2. Law abiding.
straight edge	Noun. A lifestyle choice based around the philosophy of abstention from things that are considered harmful, such as alcohol, drugs and sexual promiscuity. More common in the U.S. from where it originated.
straight-up	Adj. True. Adv. Truthfully, honestly. E.g."Honestly, I didn't touch it Sarah, straight up."
strap	Noun. A gun.
strap-on	Noun. A substitute penis that can be worn by females to simulate male to female sexual intercourse.
strapped	Adj. 1. Lacking, short of. E.g."Can you give it some thought? I'm strapped for ideas." {Informal}. 2. Poor, short of money. E.g."I can't come out tonight, I'm strapped."
strap up	Verb. To make a cannabis/marijuana cigarette.
street	Noun. Having to do with the street life of a city at the most common accessible level, urban subculture.
The Street	Noun. Nickname and abbreviation for Coronation Street, a popular UK TV soap. Cf. 'Corry'.
street cred	Noun. Having fashionable awareness, acceptable on the 'street'.
stretch	Noun. A period spent in prison.
strewth!	Exclam. An exclamation of surprise, annoyance or frustration. Derived from God's truth. Also spelt struth. {Informal}.
strides	Noun. Trousers
strike a light!	Exclam. An exclamation of surprise.
strike me pink!	Exclam. An exclamation of surprise.
stringbean	Noun. A tall, thin person. {Informal}.
strobing	Adj. An effect similar to seeing a series of stills as when viewed under a stroboscope, but when under the influence of LSD or another hallucinogen.
strop	Noun. A bad mood, a fit of fury. E.g."I got in a strop after that bloke knocked over my pint of beer."
stroppy	Adj. Bad tempered. {Informal}
strum	Noun. An act of female masturbation.
strung out	Adj. Emotionally stressed, in mental turmoil.
strut ones stuff	Vrb phrs. To act proudly, confidently and without inhibitions; often heard in relation to dancing.
stuck-up	Adj. Conceited, snobbish. {Informal}
studmuffin	Noun. An attractive male. [Orig. U.S./ mid 1970s]
stuff	Verb. 1. To copulate. Male usage. [Mid 1800s] 2. To defeat thoroughly in a game or competition. E.g."With our new signing from United we're going to stuff them good and proper." 3. Used to exclaim indifference or rejection of (something). E.g."Stuff the consequences! I'm going to get drunk."
stuff and nonsense	Noun. Worthless or foolish ideas, speech, or writing; nonsense. Often as an exclamation. E.g."Stuff and nonsense! You're talking rubbish."
stuffed	Adj. 1. Concerned, bothered. Usually phrased in the negative. E.g."I'm not stuffed with going out drinking tonight." 2. In a position of no hope.
stuffing	Noun. Sexual intercourse, from a male point of view. E.g."I gave her good stuffing then went back down to the party."
stuff it !	Exclam. An exclamation of anger, contempt or indifference. Verb. Expressing contempt. E.g."I don't care, you can stuff it! I'm going home."
stuff one's face	Vrb phrs. To eat greedily or fully.
stump up	Verb. To pay up, to hand over what is owed.
stupid o'clock	Noun. At an unreasonable, early time.
suck	Verb. To be worthless, contemptible or disgusting. E.g."The storyline in that book is a little contrived and the characters suck." Noun. Sweets, confectionary in general. A suck shop being a sweet shop. [W. Midlands use]
sucker	Noun. 1. A gullible person. Derog. 2. An ice lollipop. [Notts use]
sucking diesel	Phrs. Doing very well, progressing well. [Orig. Irish?]
suck off	Verb. To give oral sex (to someone). E.g."I lay down on the sofa so she could suck me off."
suck shit	Verb. To be worthless, contemptible. E.g."How can you wear beige? It totally sucks shit." [Orig U.S.]
suck up	Verb. To flatter, be obsequious.
sugar!	Exclam. A euphemism for 'shit!'.
suit	Noun. A white-collar worker, a business executive.
suicide blonde	Noun. A woman with dyed blonde hair, a peroxide blonde. [Orig. U.S./1930s]
suited and booted	Adj. Very smartly dressed. From wearing a suit and equivalent formal footwear.
summat	Pron. Something. E.g."There's summat up with the engine. Everytime we accelerate the exhaust blows smoke." [Northern use/dialect]
sunnies	Noun. Sunglasses. [Orig. Aust./N.Z.]
sunshine	Noun. A form of address. E.g."Alright sunshine! Show us what you've got." {Informal}
sup	Verb. To drink. E.g."It's no wonder you've got a headache, you've been supping beer all day."
surf	Verb. To browse different Web sites using the links in a relaxed almost random manner. E.g."I've been surfing on the net all night and found an excellent new music page."
surf-bum	Noun. A person, usually young, whose life revolves around surfing, and who consequently spends much of their life on or around beaches.
suss (out)	Verb. To work something out, to understand, to ascertain, to discover. E.g."The manager sussed him out and had security watch him. They eventually caught him stuffing an unpaid for item under his coat."
suss	Adj. Abb. of suspicious. E.g."I don't like the looks of that bloke, he's suss."
sussed	Adj. Knowledgeable, well-informed, able to look after oneself.
swag	Noun. Money or items, as taken by a thief or burglar, ill-gotten gains. {Informal} Adj. Not very good, terrible, worthless, cheap or of poor quality.
swally	Noun. Alcoholic drink. [Scottish use]
swamp donkey	Noun. An ugly person. Derog.
swan	Verb. To travel about in a casual, relaxed way. E.g."So I hear you've been swanning around Europe after your win on the lottery?" {Informal}
swap spit	Verb. To kiss deeply.
sweat cobs	Verb. To perspire profusely, to sweat excessively. E.g."With the room temperature at 95 degrees, I was sweating cobs."
sweaty Betty	Noun. A jocular name and insult for a woman suffering excess perspiration and consequently from bad body odour. Derog.
sweaty sock	Noun. A Scot. From the rhyming slang sweaty sock - Jock. Offens.
swedge	Noun. A fight. [Scottish use]
(the) Sweeney	Noun. A specialist section of the London Metropolitan Police called the Flying Squad, a branch of the CID. Rhyming slang on Sweeney Todd, meaning Flying Squad.
sweet	Adj. Excellent, a general term of approval.
sweet as a nut	Phrs. O.K., great, fine, satisfactory.
sweet F.A.	Phrs. Nothing at all. Euphemism for sweet fuck-all. Cf. 'sweet fanny adams'.
sweet Fanny Adams	Phrs. Absolutely nothing. Euphemism for sweet fuck-all. Cf. 'fanny adams'.
sweet-pea	Noun. A term of affection.
swig	Verb. To drink greedily. E.g."I swigged a whole bottle of brandy, danced for 20 minutes, threw up, and then not surprisingly passed out." {Informal}
swimbo	Acronym. One's wife or girlfriend. Standing for She Who Must Be Obeyed.
swing both ways	Vrb phrs. To be bisexual. [Orig. U.S.]
swinger	Noun. A person who indulges in partner swapping for sexual variety.
swing the lead	Vrb phrs. To waste time, to shirk one's duties. E.g."Come on Mark, stop swinging the lead, there's work to do."
swirly	Noun. The act of forcing a victim's head down a toilet bowl whilst simultaneously flushing it. Also occasionally swirlie.
swizz	Noun. A swindle. {Informal}
swot	Noun. A person who studies hard. {Informal} Verb. To study hard. E.g."Timmy had been swotting for 3 months, but still failed his exams." {Informal}
swotty	Adj. Studious. {Informal}
swot up	Verb. To study hard. {Informal}
syphon the python	Vrb phrs. Of males, to urinate. Light-hearted expression, also spelt 'siphon the python'.
syrup	Noun. A wig. Abb. of the rhyming slang Syrup of Fig; making a comeback into everyday usage.