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AUBURN
adj. 1592 sl. • ABRAHAM-COLOURED auburn
adj. 1599 obs. • ABRAHAM auburn; formerly written 'abern' and 'abron'; a corruption of 'auburn'
adj. 1599 sl. • ABRAM auburn
adj. 1599 obs. • ABRAHAM auburn; formerly written 'abern' and 'abron'; a corruption of 'auburn'
adj. 1599 sl. • ABRAM auburn
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AUCTION, AUCTIONEER
n. 1600 obs. exc. hist. • SUBHASTATION a public sale by auction
n. 1651 N. Eng. dial. • CANTING sale by auction
n. 1680 Amer. dial. • VANDUE an auction
n. 1681 obs. • LYTH-COOP an auction of household goods
n. 1686 • VENDUE a public sale; an auction
n. 1695 • HIGH BIDDER the person who holds the highest bid at any time during an auction; one who wins an auction with the highest final bid
n. 1699 • BARKER one who 'barks' at a cheap shop or show to entice people inside; an auction-room or shop tout
n. 1710 • VENDUE-MASTER an auctioneer
n. 1712 • OUTCRY an auction
n. 1760 Sc. obs. • WHITE BONNET a fictitious bidder at an auction
n. 1774 Amer. dial. • SALE an auction
n. 1778 • VENDUE CRIER an auctioneer
n. 1780 • MOCK AUCTIONEER the auctioneer at a mock auction (a fraudulent auction of worthless goods at which genuine bidding is encouraged either by pretend bids made by associates of the auctioneer, or by the offer of free gifts or other incentives)
n. 1785 sl. • PUFF a mock bidder at auctions
n. 1790 Eng. dial. • CANT a sale by auction
n. 1830 Sc. obs. • UNCTIONER an auctioneer
n. 1842 obs. • FUNK a perpetrator of any of various ruses to raise prices or otherwise cheat buyers at an auction
n. 1848 • BYBIDDER a person at an auction who bids with the object of raising the prices
n. 1851 Brit. obs. • HAND-SELLER an itinerant auctioneer who sells by 'Dutch auction'
n. 1851 sl. • BUTTON a sham buyer at an auction employed to bid and raise the price of articles
n. 1853 sl. • CAPPER a dummy bidder whose function is either to start the bidding, or to run up the price of articles for sale
n. 1859 Amer. thieves' sl. • JAW-COVE an auctioneer
n. Bk1860 sl. • BABES the lowest order of ‘knock-outs,’ who are prevailed upon not to give opposing biddings at auctions, in consideration of their receiving a small sum (from one shilling to half-a-crown) and a certain quantity of beer
n. 1861 Amer. dial. • VANDOO an auction
n. 1866 Sc. • BACK-ROUPER the person who bids at a public sale merely to bring up the price
n. 1869 Sc. • CLERK OF THE ROUP one who notes the bids and buyers at an auction; an auctioneer's clerk
n. 1871 Sc. • UNCTIONEER an auctioneer
n. 1881 Eng. dial. • SALE-CRIER an auctioneer
n. Bk1887 Eng. dial. • WANTER a person who goes to an auction intending to buy
n. 1890 Eng. dial. • CANT-MASTER an auctioneer
n. Bk1890 sl. • CHAUNTER a hired bidder at a sale
n. Bk1892 Eng. dial. • CAALER an auctioneer
n. 1896 Sc. • UNCTION an auction
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BLACK-CAP a person who bids at an auction merely to raise the price
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • CANTING-CALLER an auctioneer
n. 19C sl. • ODD-TRICK MAN a hanger-on at auctions
n. 1910 criminals' sl. rare • BUTTONER a person who bids at an auction in order to raise the price or to encourage others to bid; a dummy bidder
n. Bk1911 Sc. • BONNET a person who bids for his own goods at a sale - one who is employed by the owner to bid for him
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • COLONEL an auctioneer
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • CALAMITY old stuff, such as is bought at an auction
n. 1929 Amer. dial. • VENDOO an auction
n. 1933 Sc. • UNCTION BODY an auctioneer
n. 1944 Amer. dial. • SALE-CALLER an auctioneer
n. 1944 Amer. dial. • SALE CRYING conducting an auction
n. 1964 Amer. sl. • ANGEL a greenhorn buyer at an auction who can be depended to buy unsound horses
n. 1982 Amer. dial. • SALE BILL a broadsheet advertising an auction
n. 20C Aust. • KNOCK-EM-DOWN-BUSINESS auctioneering
vb. 1393 • CRY to offer for sale by auction or by hawking in the streets
vb. 1701 obs. • CRY OUT to sell out by auction
vb. 1720 chiefly Irish • CANT to dispose of by auction
vb. 1760 • KNOCK DOWN to sell something to a bidder at an auction
vb. 1828 • GO UNDER THE HAMMER to be sold by auction
vb. 1828 • BRING TO THE HAMMER to sell by auction
vb. 1846 • PUFF to bid on an item at an auction solely to increase the price that the final bidder must pay
vb. 1866 Sc. • BACK-ROUP to bid at a public sale merely to raise the price
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • CAD to bid at a public auction
vb. M19 sl. • JOLLY to make a sham bid at an auction
vb. 1944 Amer. dial. • CALL A SALE to preside at an auction
n. 1651 N. Eng. dial. • CANTING sale by auction
n. 1680 Amer. dial. • VANDUE an auction
n. 1681 obs. • LYTH-COOP an auction of household goods
n. 1686 • VENDUE a public sale; an auction
n. 1695 • HIGH BIDDER the person who holds the highest bid at any time during an auction; one who wins an auction with the highest final bid
n. 1699 • BARKER one who 'barks' at a cheap shop or show to entice people inside; an auction-room or shop tout
n. 1710 • VENDUE-MASTER an auctioneer
n. 1712 • OUTCRY an auction
n. 1760 Sc. obs. • WHITE BONNET a fictitious bidder at an auction
n. 1774 Amer. dial. • SALE an auction
n. 1778 • VENDUE CRIER an auctioneer
n. 1780 • MOCK AUCTIONEER the auctioneer at a mock auction (a fraudulent auction of worthless goods at which genuine bidding is encouraged either by pretend bids made by associates of the auctioneer, or by the offer of free gifts or other incentives)
n. 1785 sl. • PUFF a mock bidder at auctions
n. 1790 Eng. dial. • CANT a sale by auction
n. 1830 Sc. obs. • UNCTIONER an auctioneer
n. 1842 obs. • FUNK a perpetrator of any of various ruses to raise prices or otherwise cheat buyers at an auction
n. 1848 • BYBIDDER a person at an auction who bids with the object of raising the prices
n. 1851 Brit. obs. • HAND-SELLER an itinerant auctioneer who sells by 'Dutch auction'
n. 1851 sl. • BUTTON a sham buyer at an auction employed to bid and raise the price of articles
n. 1853 sl. • CAPPER a dummy bidder whose function is either to start the bidding, or to run up the price of articles for sale
n. 1859 Amer. thieves' sl. • JAW-COVE an auctioneer
n. Bk1860 sl. • BABES the lowest order of ‘knock-outs,’ who are prevailed upon not to give opposing biddings at auctions, in consideration of their receiving a small sum (from one shilling to half-a-crown) and a certain quantity of beer
n. 1861 Amer. dial. • VANDOO an auction
n. 1866 Sc. • BACK-ROUPER the person who bids at a public sale merely to bring up the price
n. 1869 Sc. • CLERK OF THE ROUP one who notes the bids and buyers at an auction; an auctioneer's clerk
n. 1871 Sc. • UNCTIONEER an auctioneer
n. 1881 Eng. dial. • SALE-CRIER an auctioneer
n. Bk1887 Eng. dial. • WANTER a person who goes to an auction intending to buy
n. 1890 Eng. dial. • CANT-MASTER an auctioneer
n. Bk1890 sl. • CHAUNTER a hired bidder at a sale
n. Bk1892 Eng. dial. • CAALER an auctioneer
n. 1896 Sc. • UNCTION an auction
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BLACK-CAP a person who bids at an auction merely to raise the price
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • CANTING-CALLER an auctioneer
n. 19C sl. • ODD-TRICK MAN a hanger-on at auctions
n. 1910 criminals' sl. rare • BUTTONER a person who bids at an auction in order to raise the price or to encourage others to bid; a dummy bidder
n. Bk1911 Sc. • BONNET a person who bids for his own goods at a sale - one who is employed by the owner to bid for him
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • COLONEL an auctioneer
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • CALAMITY old stuff, such as is bought at an auction
n. 1929 Amer. dial. • VENDOO an auction
n. 1933 Sc. • UNCTION BODY an auctioneer
n. 1944 Amer. dial. • SALE-CALLER an auctioneer
n. 1944 Amer. dial. • SALE CRYING conducting an auction
n. 1964 Amer. sl. • ANGEL a greenhorn buyer at an auction who can be depended to buy unsound horses
n. 1982 Amer. dial. • SALE BILL a broadsheet advertising an auction
n. 20C Aust. • KNOCK-EM-DOWN-BUSINESS auctioneering
vb. 1393 • CRY to offer for sale by auction or by hawking in the streets
vb. 1701 obs. • CRY OUT to sell out by auction
vb. 1720 chiefly Irish • CANT to dispose of by auction
vb. 1760 • KNOCK DOWN to sell something to a bidder at an auction
vb. 1828 • GO UNDER THE HAMMER to be sold by auction
vb. 1828 • BRING TO THE HAMMER to sell by auction
vb. 1846 • PUFF to bid on an item at an auction solely to increase the price that the final bidder must pay
vb. 1866 Sc. • BACK-ROUP to bid at a public sale merely to raise the price
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • CAD to bid at a public auction
vb. M19 sl. • JOLLY to make a sham bid at an auction
vb. 1944 Amer. dial. • CALL A SALE to preside at an auction
AUDACIOUS, AUDACITY
adj. a1400 obs. • DERF in a bad sense: bold, audacious, daringly wicked
adj. 1566 obs. • FACING bold, audacious
adj. 1593 obs. • DARING-HARDY foolhardy, presumptuous, audacious
adj. 1789 • BOLD AS BRASS audacious
adj. 1822 Sc. • BARDY forward, pert, shameless, audacious; insolent; defiant
adj. 1847 Eng. & Amer. dial. • OWDACIOUS impudent, shameless, audacious, bold, incorrigible; of things: very bad, shocking
adj. 1884 US sl. • FLY wild, audacious, impertinent; brash
adj. 1885 Eng. & Amer. dial. • OUTDACIOUS impudent, shameless, audacious, bold, incorrigible; of things: very bad, shocking
adj. 1891 Amer. dial. • OUDACIOUS audacious, bold
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BARE audacious; also, mean, base
adj. L19 orig. US • NERVY daring, audacious, pushing one's luck
adj. c1900 Amer. sl. • CRUSTY audacious, nervy
adj. 1908 Amer. dial. • BARDACIOUS audacious, unceremonious
adj. 1908 Amer. dial. • BODACIOUS (as above)
n. 1535 Sc. obs. • BELLOMY a blustering or audacious man
n. 1579 arch. • HARDIHEAD boldness, hardiness; audacity
n. 1679 • AFFRONTERY effrontery; shameless audacity, unblushing insolence
n. 1682 • BRASS audacity, effrontery; courage; nerve; impudence
n. 17C US sl. • FACE audacity, impudence
n. 17C US sl. • FACIAL AREA (as above)
n. 1840 sl. • CHEEK impudent talk; audacity; effrontery
n. 1853 Yiddish • CHUTZBAH impudence; audacity, effrontery
n. 1853 Yiddish • CHUTZPA (as above)
n. 1853 Yiddish • CHUTZPAH (as above)
n. 1874 Eng. dial. • DAREDNESS boldness, audacity
n. 1887 • NERVE audacity, effrontery, impudence, cheek
n. 1893 sl. • NECK audacity, effrontery
n. c1900 Amer. sl. • CRUST gall, audacity, nerve
n. 1903 sl. • RIND audacity, effrontery
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • HELLION a desperate, audacious person
n. 1910s sl. • GUTS cheek, audacity, nerve
n. 1940s sl. • RABBIT audacity, cheek
n. 1964 US sl. • BALLS effrontery; audacity
n. 1966 Amer. dial. • BRASH audacity, boldness, forwardness
n. 1984 sl. • BRASS NECK audacity, effrontery; courage; nerve; impudence
n. 20C rhyming sl. • ONCE A WEEK cheek, impudence, audacity
vb. c1890 US colloq. • TAKE THE CAKE to be so unusual as to be unbelievable; to be extremely audacious; to have unusual behaviour or characteristics
adj. 1566 obs. • FACING bold, audacious
adj. 1593 obs. • DARING-HARDY foolhardy, presumptuous, audacious
adj. 1789 • BOLD AS BRASS audacious
adj. 1822 Sc. • BARDY forward, pert, shameless, audacious; insolent; defiant
adj. 1847 Eng. & Amer. dial. • OWDACIOUS impudent, shameless, audacious, bold, incorrigible; of things: very bad, shocking
adj. 1884 US sl. • FLY wild, audacious, impertinent; brash
adj. 1885 Eng. & Amer. dial. • OUTDACIOUS impudent, shameless, audacious, bold, incorrigible; of things: very bad, shocking
adj. 1891 Amer. dial. • OUDACIOUS audacious, bold
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BARE audacious; also, mean, base
adj. L19 orig. US • NERVY daring, audacious, pushing one's luck
adj. c1900 Amer. sl. • CRUSTY audacious, nervy
adj. 1908 Amer. dial. • BARDACIOUS audacious, unceremonious
adj. 1908 Amer. dial. • BODACIOUS (as above)
n. 1535 Sc. obs. • BELLOMY a blustering or audacious man
n. 1579 arch. • HARDIHEAD boldness, hardiness; audacity
n. 1679 • AFFRONTERY effrontery; shameless audacity, unblushing insolence
n. 1682 • BRASS audacity, effrontery; courage; nerve; impudence
n. 17C US sl. • FACE audacity, impudence
n. 17C US sl. • FACIAL AREA (as above)
n. 1840 sl. • CHEEK impudent talk; audacity; effrontery
n. 1853 Yiddish • CHUTZBAH impudence; audacity, effrontery
n. 1853 Yiddish • CHUTZPA (as above)
n. 1853 Yiddish • CHUTZPAH (as above)
n. 1874 Eng. dial. • DAREDNESS boldness, audacity
n. 1887 • NERVE audacity, effrontery, impudence, cheek
n. 1893 sl. • NECK audacity, effrontery
n. c1900 Amer. sl. • CRUST gall, audacity, nerve
n. 1903 sl. • RIND audacity, effrontery
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • HELLION a desperate, audacious person
n. 1910s sl. • GUTS cheek, audacity, nerve
n. 1940s sl. • RABBIT audacity, cheek
n. 1964 US sl. • BALLS effrontery; audacity
n. 1966 Amer. dial. • BRASH audacity, boldness, forwardness
n. 1984 sl. • BRASS NECK audacity, effrontery; courage; nerve; impudence
n. 20C rhyming sl. • ONCE A WEEK cheek, impudence, audacity
vb. c1890 US colloq. • TAKE THE CAKE to be so unusual as to be unbelievable; to be extremely audacious; to have unusual behaviour or characteristics
AUDIENCE
n. Bk1942 sl. • JOE PUBLIC a member of an audience; an average member of the public
n. Bk1974 Amer. theatrical usage • SHOWCASE an audience many of whom were admitted on free tickets
phr. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • ONLY TWO MEN AND A DOG a description of a poor audience
vb. L19 sl. • PAPER to boost an audience by giving out free passes to a show or entertainment
n. Bk1974 Amer. theatrical usage • SHOWCASE an audience many of whom were admitted on free tickets
phr. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • ONLY TWO MEN AND A DOG a description of a poor audience
vb. L19 sl. • PAPER to boost an audience by giving out free passes to a show or entertainment
AUDIT, AUDITOR
n. c1470 obs. • APPOSAL a searching question; inquiry, investigation, esp. legal examination of accounts
n. a1483 obs. • OPPOSER one who checks accounts, an auditor
n. 1610 obs. rare • RATIONAL in Roman Antiquity: an accountant or auditor
vb. c1483 obs. • OPPOSE to examine and check accounts; to audit
vb. E17 obs. • APPOSE to examine accounts; to audit
n. a1483 obs. • OPPOSER one who checks accounts, an auditor
n. 1610 obs. rare • RATIONAL in Roman Antiquity: an accountant or auditor
vb. c1483 obs. • OPPOSE to examine and check accounts; to audit
vb. E17 obs. • APPOSE to examine accounts; to audit
AUDITION
n. 1952 US sl. - in theatre and film: a casting call; also, a mass audition CATTLE CALL
AUDITORIUM
n. 1978 US sl. • NOSEBLEEDS the highest seats in an auditorium or a stadium
AUGMENT
vb. a1000 obs. • ECHE to enlarge, to augment, to increase
vb. 1398 obs. • YCHE to augment, to increase
vb. 1657 obs. rare • ADAUGE to add to, to augment, to increase by addition
vb. 1731 obs. • AMPLIFICATE to amplify, to augment, to enlarge, to extend; to dwell long on a subject
vb. 1398 obs. • YCHE to augment, to increase
vb. 1657 obs. rare • ADAUGE to add to, to augment, to increase by addition
vb. 1731 obs. • AMPLIFICATE to amplify, to augment, to enlarge, to extend; to dwell long on a subject
AUGUR, AUGURY
n. c1200 obs. • HANDSEL lucky prognostic, omen, presage, augury; a token or omen of good luck
n. c1200 obs. • HANSEL (as above)
vb. c1050 obs. • HALSE to augur; to divine; to soothsay
vb. 1582 obs. • OMINATE to prognosticate from omens; to augur, to forebode
vb. 1586 obs. • HALSEN to augur, to foreshow by auspices, to prognosticate
n. c1200 obs. • HANSEL (as above)
vb. c1050 obs. • HALSE to augur; to divine; to soothsay
vb. 1582 obs. • OMINATE to prognosticate from omens; to augur, to forebode
vb. 1586 obs. • HALSEN to augur, to foreshow by auspices, to prognosticate
AUGUST
adj. a1670 obs. rare • AUGUSTIOUS grand, magnificent, majestic, august
AUNT, GREAT-AUNT
n. a1000 obs. • MOTHER-SISTER a maternal aunt
n. a1325 obs. • MOME an aunt; also, a title of or affectionate form of address to an old woman
n. a1556 • AUNT-IN-LAW the wife or female partner of one's uncle
n. 1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial. or arch. • NAUNT aunt
n. 1808 Sc. obs. • FATHER-SISTER an aunt on the father's side
n. 1844 • NANA a grandmother; rarely, an aunt; also, used as a term of address
n. Bk1879 Eng. dial. • NAINT an aunt
n. Bk1880 Eng. dial. • UN aunt; an address of familiar respect to an old woman, not implying relationship
n. Bk1890 gypsy usage • BEE-BEE an aunt
n. Bk1898 Sc. • AULD-AUNTIE the aunt of one's father or mother
n. Bk1898 Sc. • OLD AUNTIE (as above)
n. 1930s rhyming sl. • MRS. CHANT an aunt
n. 1941 Amer. dial. • NANNIE a grandmother; rarely, a mother or aunt; also, a term of address
n. 1941 Amer. dial. • NANNY (as above)
n. 1947 US sl. • AUNT EMMA used as a personification of a matronly aunt
n. 1958 S. Afr. colloq. • TANNIE an aunt
n. 1967 Hawaii • TUTU an aunt
n. Bk1982 Jewish • TANTE an aunt
n. 1992 UK rhyming sl. • GARDEN (PLANT)an aunt
n. a1325 obs. • MOME an aunt; also, a title of or affectionate form of address to an old woman
n. a1556 • AUNT-IN-LAW the wife or female partner of one's uncle
n. 1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial. or arch. • NAUNT aunt
n. 1808 Sc. obs. • FATHER-SISTER an aunt on the father's side
n. 1844 • NANA a grandmother; rarely, an aunt; also, used as a term of address
n. Bk1879 Eng. dial. • NAINT an aunt
n. Bk1880 Eng. dial. • UN aunt; an address of familiar respect to an old woman, not implying relationship
n. Bk1890 gypsy usage • BEE-BEE an aunt
n. Bk1898 Sc. • AULD-AUNTIE the aunt of one's father or mother
n. Bk1898 Sc. • OLD AUNTIE (as above)
n. 1930s rhyming sl. • MRS. CHANT an aunt
n. 1941 Amer. dial. • NANNIE a grandmother; rarely, a mother or aunt; also, a term of address
n. 1941 Amer. dial. • NANNY (as above)
n. 1947 US sl. • AUNT EMMA used as a personification of a matronly aunt
n. 1958 S. Afr. colloq. • TANNIE an aunt
n. 1967 Hawaii • TUTU an aunt
n. Bk1982 Jewish • TANTE an aunt
n. 1992 UK rhyming sl. • GARDEN (PLANT)an aunt
AURORA BOREALIS
n. 1693 Sc. & Eng. dial. • THE MERRY DANCERS Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights
n. c1717 • DANCERS the aurora borealis or northern lights
n. 1787 • FIRE-FLAUGHT the Northern Lights; Aurora Borealis
n. 1805 sl. • STREAMERS the Aurora Borealis, northern lights
n. 1827 Sc. • MERRY-DANCE the Aurora Borealis
n. 1879 Eng. dial. • DERWENTER LIGHTS the Aurora Borealis
n. 1954 Amer. dial. • NIGHT RAINBOW the Northern Lights
n. c1717 • DANCERS the aurora borealis or northern lights
n. 1787 • FIRE-FLAUGHT the Northern Lights; Aurora Borealis
n. 1805 sl. • STREAMERS the Aurora Borealis, northern lights
n. 1827 Sc. • MERRY-DANCE the Aurora Borealis
n. 1879 Eng. dial. • DERWENTER LIGHTS the Aurora Borealis
n. 1954 Amer. dial. • NIGHT RAINBOW the Northern Lights
AUSPICIOUS
adj. 1597 obs. • OMINOUS of good omen, auspicious; fortunate
adj. 1614 arch. rare • WHITE propitious, favourable; auspicious, fortunate, happy
adj. 1614 arch. rare • WHITE propitious, favourable; auspicious, fortunate, happy
AUSTERE, AUSTERITY
adj. 1727 obs. • TETRICOUS sour in countenance; austere, severe, harsh, crabbed, perverse, morose
adj. 1825 Sc. obs. • GARGRUGOUS austere both in aspect and in manners, at the same time inspiring something approaching to terror, from the size of the person
adj. Bk1898 Sc. • AUSTERN austere
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. • EARTHLY rough, austere
adj. Bk1905 Sc. obs. • RAMSTOUGAR austere
adj. Bk1905 Sc. obs. • RAMSTOUGEROUS (as above)
adj. Bk1905 Sc. obs. • RAMSTUGIOUS (as above)
n. c1450 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • GRIMSIR an austere, stern, morose, or overbearing person; a grim old man; a haughty or arrogant person in office
n. c1531 obs. • RIGOROSITY austerity, rigour, extreme strictness
adj. 1825 Sc. obs. • GARGRUGOUS austere both in aspect and in manners, at the same time inspiring something approaching to terror, from the size of the person
adj. Bk1898 Sc. • AUSTERN austere
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. • EARTHLY rough, austere
adj. Bk1905 Sc. obs. • RAMSTOUGAR austere
adj. Bk1905 Sc. obs. • RAMSTOUGEROUS (as above)
adj. Bk1905 Sc. obs. • RAMSTUGIOUS (as above)
n. c1450 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • GRIMSIR an austere, stern, morose, or overbearing person; a grim old man; a haughty or arrogant person in office
n. c1531 obs. • RIGOROSITY austerity, rigour, extreme strictness
AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN
adj. 1823 • AUSTRAL pert. to Australia
adj. 1840 • VANDEMONIAN belonging to or inhabiting Tasmania
adj. 1911 Aust. sl. • ABO Australian Aborginal; pert. to Australian Aboriginals
adj. 1912 Aust. sl. • CREAMY quarter-caste Australian Aboriginal
adj. 1917 sl. • AUSSIE Australian
adj. 1918 sl., orig. Aust. • OZZIE Australian
adj. 1971 sl., orig. Aust. • OZ Australian
adj. 1972 Aust. sl. • OCKER characteristic of an ocker
adj. 1972 Aust. sl. • OCKER distinctively Australian
adj. 1981 Aust. sl. • AUSTRALIAN AS A MEAT PIE typically or authentically Australian
n. a1398 • BLACK MAN a dark-skinned man, esp. a man of sub-Saharan African or Australian Aboriginal origin or descent
n. 1614 • BLACK a man of 'black' skin; a member of a dark-skinned race, esp. a person of sub-Saharan African origin or descent; also, a person of Australian Aboriginal origin or descent
n. 1775 sl., now derogatory or offensive • DARKEE an Australian aborigine; any person having very dark skin as a racial trait
n. 1775 sl., now derogatory or offensive • DARKEY (as above)
n. 1775 sl., now derogatory or offensive • DARKIE (as above)
n. 1775 sl., now derogatory or offensive • DARKY (as above)
n. 1790 Aust., now considered offensive • GIN an Australian Aboriginal woman or wife
n. L18 Aust. • THE CAMP Sydney
n. 1810 rare, offensive • BLACKBOY an Australian Aboriginal man
n. 1826 Aust. & NZ colloq. • PURE MERINO a person who has chosen to settle in Australia, as opposed to a convict or ex-convict; hence, a member of a leading family in Australian society; a person of fine breeding or good character
n. 1826 Aust. colloq. • DUNGAREE SETTLER a poor settler, or one of low social status
n. 1827 now usually offensive • BLACKFELLOW an Australian aboriginal
n. 1827 Aust. sl. • LEGITIMATE a settler who arrived in Australia as a transported convict
n. 1827 Aust. sl. • CORNSTALK orig. a native-born, non-aboriginal Australian; later, a person from New South Wales
n. 1827 Aust. sl. obs. • LEGITIMACY the state of immigrating to Australia as a convict
n. 1830 Aust. sl. • MARY an Aboriginal woman or other non-white woman
n. 1832 sl. • YELLOW GIRL a light-skinned Black woman, esp. if sexually attractive; a mixed-race, a half-white, half-Black or Aborigine woman; a female mulatto
n. 1833 Aust. • NEVER NEVER in Australia, the unpopulated northern part of Queensland; the desert country of the interior; remote Australia
n. 1834 Aust. & US sl. • YALLER GAL a mixed-race, a half-white, half-Black or Aborigine woman
n. 1834 Aust. & US sl. • YELLOW FELLOW a mixed-race, half-white, half-Aborigine man
n. 1839 • ADELAIDEAN a native or inhabitant of the city of Adelaide
n. 1840 • KANACKA a native of the Pacific Islands, esp. one employed in Queensland as a labourer on the sugar plantations
n. 1840 • KANAKA (as above)
n. 1840 • KANAKER (as above)
n. 1843 Aust. sl. • BILLY BARLOW an inexperienced immigrant who meets with misadventures in the colony
n. 1845 Aust. sl. • JACKAROO an apprentice station hand working on, and learning how to manage, a cattle or sheep station
n. 1845 Aust. sl. • JACKEROO (as above)
n. 1845 Aust. sl., derogatory & offensive • JACKEY (a nickname for) an Australian Aboriginal
n. 1845 Aust. sl., derogatory & offensive • JACKIE (as above)
n. 1845 Aust. sl., derogatory & offensive • JACKY (as above)
n. 1845 Aust. sl., derogatory & offensive • JACKY-JACKY (as above)
n. 1846 Aust. hist. • OLD CHUM an experienced colonist; one who had spent some years in the colony, esp. in the outback
n. 1847 Aust. sl. • BALANDER an Aboriginal name for a White man
n. 1849 Anglo-Indian • WALER a horse imported from Australia, esp. from New South Wales
n. c1850 Aust. sl. • CABBAGITES a class of layabouts or roughs, typified by the wearing of a 'cabbage-tree hat' (a hat made from the dried leaves of the cabbage-palm - they were esteemed as a protection from the sun, and allowed free ventilation)
n. 1852 • VAN DIEMONIAN an inhabitant of Tasmania
n. 1852 Aust. sl. • CABBAGE TREE MOB an unruly set of young fellows, dressed in a suit of fustian or colonial tweed, and the emblem of their order, the low-crowned cabbage-palm hat - the main object of their enmity seems to be the ordinary black headpiece worn by respectable persons, which is ruthlessly knocked over the eyes of the wearer as he passes or enters the theatre
n. 1855 Aust. • GUM-SUCKER a native Australian, esp. a Victorian or Tasmanian
n. 1855 Aust. sl. • VANDEMONIAN an ex-convict from Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
n. 1862 Aust. • BLACK TRACKER an Australian Aboriginal employed by police to track down fugitives or persons lost in the bush
n. 1863 • BLACK AUSTRALIAN a native or inhabitant of Australia who is Black; an Australian Aboriginal
n. 1864 Aust. sl. • GEEBUNG an unsophisticated, uncultured, philistine native-born Australian, who values material gain above everything else
n. 1865 Aust. • BOUNDARY-RIDER one who rides around the fences of a station, and repairs them when broken
n. 1865 Aust. sl. • BLACKBIRD an Aborigine
n. 1868 Aust. sl. • BANANA MAN an inhabitant of Queensland
n. 1870 Aust. sl. • BACK BLOCKER an inhabitant of regions remote from settled areas
n. c1870 Aust. • AB an Aboriginal
n. c1872 Aust. sl. • TOTHERSIDER a person from the eastern states of Australia
n. 1874 Aust. • GEEBUNG an old settler in New South Wales
n. 1875 Aust. colloq. • SUNDOWNER a tramp who makes a practice of arriving at a station about sundown under the pretense of seeking work, so as to obtain food and a night's lodging
n. 1876 Aust. sl. • FORTY a fraudulent gambler; orig. applied to the members of a Sydney gang
n. 1876 Aust. sl. • MOUNTAIN DEVIL a native of Tasmania
n. 1880 Aust. colloq. • JACKAROO a man newly arrived from England to gain experience in the bush; an inexperienced young colonist
n. 1880 Aust. colloq. • JACKEROO (as above)
n. c1880 Aust. • GIN any woman or wife; also, an old woman
n. 1882 Aust. sl. • CABBAGE GARDEN the state of Victoria, Australia
n. 1882 Aust. sl. • CABBAGE-PATCH (as above)
n. 1882 Aust. sl. • CABBAGE STATE (as above)
n. 1882 Aust. sl. • CABBAGE GARDENER a native of Victoria, Australia
n. 1882 Aust. sl. • CABBAGE PATCHER (as above)
n. 1882 Aust. sl. • CABBAGE STATER (as above)
n. 1885 Aust. • MARVELLOUS MELBOURNE Melbourne, Australia's second biggest city
n. 1885 Aust. sl. • WALER a native of New South Wales
n. 1885 Aust. sl. • YELLOW AND BLACK an Aboriginal
n. 1885 Aust. sl. • YARRA BENDER an idler, a loafer found on the banks of Melbourne's Yarra River
n. 1886 Aust. sl. • AUSSIE BATTLER the ordinary Australian trying to make ends meet
n. 1887 Aust. jocular usage • BANANALANDER someone from Queensland
n. 1887 Aust. sl. • BLACK HAT a newly-arrived immigrant
n. 1888 humorous usage • KANGAROO a native of Australia
n. 1889 Aust. sl. • THE SHOP the University of Melbourne
n. 1890 Aust. sl. • BANANA BOY a native or resident of Queensland
n. 1890 Aust. sl. • JACKERY a popular or favoured station-hand; usually in plural
n. 1891 Aust. sl. • BLUEY a bushman's bundle, the outside wrapper of which is generally a blue blanket
n. 1892 Aust. sl., humorous or derogatory • MUTTON BIRD a Tasmanian; esp. a non-Aboriginal inhabitant of northern Tasmania
n. 1892 Aust. sl. • GIN-BOY a White man who enjoys sexual relations with Aborigine women
n. Bk1892 Aust. sl. • BACK BLOCK the country outside the margin of the settled districts
n. Bk1892 Aust. sl. • BLACKBOYS aboriginal servants in Australia
n. Bk1892 Aust. sl. • COVE a master or overseer of an Australian station
n. Bk1892 Aust. sl. • CURRENCY persons born in Australia
n. Bk1892 Aust. sl. • STERLING a colonist born in England; natives of England
n. 1893 offensive • BLACKBOY an Aboriginal guide accompanying explorers
n. 1893 Aust. sl., derogatory • BINGHI a White term for an Aboriginal
n. 1894 Aust. sl., derogatory • TARPOT an Aborigine
n. 1895 Aust. • AUSTRALIENNE a non-Aboriginal Australian woman
n. 1895 Aust. sl. • YARRA BANKER an idler; a loafer found on the banks of Melbourne's Yarra River
n. 1896 Aust. Stock Exchange usage • KANGAROO a dealer in West Australian mining shares
n. 1896 Aust. Stock Exchange usage • 'KANGAROOS West Australian mining shares; also, a dealer in these
n. 1896 Aust. sl. • SAND-GROPER a non-Aboriginal person, native to or resident in Western Australia
n. 1896 Aust. sl. • COMBO a White man who lives with an Aboriginal woman
n. 1896 Aust. sl. • COMBOMAN (as above)
n. 1896 Aust. sl. obs. • BILL AND JIM typical outback Australians in the 1890s
n. 1897 Aust. sl. • MULGA SCRUBBER a livestock animal that has run wild and deteriorated in condition
n. 1898 Aust. colloq. • BANANALAND Queensland
n. 1898 Aust. sl. • BARRACOOTA an inhabitant of Hobart, Tasmania
n. 1898 Aust. sl. • BILJIM the typical Australian male; an Australian soldier
n. 1898 Aust. sl. • BILLJIM (as above)
n. 1899 Aust. & NZ sl., offensive • BLACK VELVET a Black, Aboriginal, or Maori woman, esp. as the focus of a White man's sexual interest
n. 1899 Aust. sl. • MONKEY-DODGER a sheep-station hand
n. 1899 Aust. sl. • TASSEY a Tasmanian
n. 1899 Aust. sl. • TASSIE (as above)
n. 1899 Aust. sl. • TASSY (as above)
n. 1899 Aust. sl. • GROPER a Western Australian, esp. a (descendant of an) early settler
n. 19C Aust. sl. • ILLEGITIMATE a free (non-convict) Australian settler
n. 19C Aust. • BANGTAIL MUSTER a roundup of cattle to be counted, each one having the hairs on its tail docked as it is counted
n. M19 • JACKAROO a White man living beyond the bounds of 'civilization'
n. M19 • JACKEROO (as above)
n. M19 Aust. • THE CAMP Hobart
n. M19 Aust. sl. • DEAD HOUSE a room in an outback public house set aside for those who are incapably drunk
n. M19 Aust. sl. • BIDGEE WHALER an itinerant tramp whose 'beat' focuses on the rivers of New South Wales
n. M19 Aust. sl. • DARLING WHALER (as above)
n. M19 Aust. sl. • MURRAY WHALER (as above)
n. M19 Aust. sl. • MURRUMBIDGEE WHALER (as above)
n. M19 Aust. sl. • WHALER (as above)
n. M19 Aust. sl. • SADDLING PADDOCK the bar of the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, generally accepted as a place to pick up prostitutes
n. M19 Aust. sl. • OCEAN HELL the penal establishment sited on Norfolk Island for particularly recalcitrant convicts
n. M19 Aust. sl. • WALLABY TRACK the route followed by an itinerant moving from station to station in search of work
n. L19 Aust. • MULGA an uninhabited, sparsely populated or inhospitable region
n. L19 Aust. • MULGA WIRE a 'bush telegraph', the 'grapevine'
n. L19 Aust. • MULGA BILL a bushman
n. L19 Aust. colloq. • THE MA STATE New South Wales
n. L19 Aust. sl. • RANGER a bushranger
n. L19 Aust. sl. • DOMAIN COCKTAIL a lethal concoction of petrol and pepper which reputedly once had a vogue amongst deadbeat drinkers in the Sydney Domain
n. L19 Aust. sl. • CABBAGE a native or inhabitant of Victoria, Australia
n. L19 Aust. sl. • KANAKALANDER a Queenslander
n. L19 Aust. sl. • WESTRALIAN a Western Australian
n. L19 Aust. sl. • ARCHIE a young station-hand, probably a well-connected young man out from the UK
n. L19 Aust. sl. • ARCHY (as above)
n. L19 Aust. sl. • GUTTA-PERCHA an inhabitant of the state of Victoria
n. L19 Aust. sl. • ALLIGATORLAND Queensland
n. L19 Aust. sl. • KANAKALAND (as above)
n. L19 Aust. sl. • SAND-GROPER LAND Western Australia
n. L19 Aust. sl. • WESTRALIA (as above)
n. L19 sl. • UNBLEACHED AUSTRALIAN a Native Australian; an Aboriginal
n. 1900 Aust. • BATTLER a swagman
n. 1900 Aust. sl. • BILL a generic term for an Australian soldier
n. 1900s Aust. sl. • KANGAROOLAND Australia
n. 1901 Aust., now considered offensive • GINNY an Australian Aboriginal woman or wife
n. 1901 Aust. sl. • ALICE Alice Springs; in early use, was preceded by 'the'
n. 1902 Aust. • AUSTRALIAN Australian English
n. 1902 Aust. colloq. • CROW-EATER a South Australian
n. 1902 Aust. sl. • GIN MASHER a White man who has casual sexual relations with Aboriginal women
n. 1902 Aust. sl. • VIC Victoria, a southern state of Australia
n. 1903 • BUSH BROTHERHOOD a society of missionaries, clerical and lay, established to evangelize the inhabitants of the Australian bush
n. 1904 Aust. sl. • ABOLIAR an expert on Aborigine bush customs and folktales
n. 1905 Aust. sl. • BILLY any Aboriginal singled out from the rest
n. 1905 Aust. rhyming sl. • STEAK AND KIDNEY Sydney
n. 1905 Aust. sl. • MULGA MADNESS temporary eccentricity or insanity due to living alone in the outback
n. 1906 Aust. colloq. • THE APPLE ISLAND Tasmania
n. 1906 Aust. colloq. • THE APPLE ISLE (as above)
n. 1906 Aust. sl. • BUSH CAPITAL Canberra, the capital city of Australia; so-called because it was a new city built in the 'bush' (countryside) halfway between the major cities of Sydney and Melbourne
n. 1906 Aust. sl. • DEAD HEART the arid inland regions of Australia
n. 1907 Aust. sl. • RABBIT a native-born Australian
n. 1907 Aust. sl. • GHAN an Afghan or Muslim immigrant to Australia, esp. one who drives or breeds camels
n. 1908 Aust. sl., now mainly derogatory • ABO an Australian Aboriginal
n. 1908 sl. • OZ Australia
n. 1910 Aust. sl. • BARCOO BILL a bushman
n. 1910 Aust. sl. • BLACKBUTT a native Australian
n. 1910 Aust. sl. • BAD NIGGER an Aborigine who refuses to cooperate with the authorities
n. 1910s Aust. sl. • CARPET BUSHMAN a businessman who owns land in the outback but rarely visits
n. 1910s Aust. sl. • MAGPIE a nickname for a South Australian
n. 1910s Aust. sl. • ABO an expert on Aborigine and bush customs and folktales
n. 1911 Aust. sl. • INLANDER an inhabitant of the sparsely settled interior of Australia
n. 1912 Aust. sl. • GEORGE STREET BACKBLOCKER a business man who owns land in the outback but rarely if ever visits
n. 1912 Aust. sl. • CREAMY a person of mixed European and Australian Aboriginal heritage
n. 1912 Aust. sl. • GIN-BANGER a White man who enjoys sexual relations with Aborigine women
n. 1913 Aust. sl. • YELLER FELLER a person of mixed Aboriginal and White parentage
n. 1913 Aust. sl. • YELLOW FELLER (as above)
n. 1915 • AUSSIE an Australian; originally, an Australian soldier in World War I
n. 1915 Aust. sl. • AUSSIE Australia
n. 1915 Aust. military sl. • EGGS-A-COOK Australian soldiers
n. 1916 • DINKUM an Australian or New Zealand soldier in the First World War; an Anzac; generally, an Australian or New Zealander
n. 1916 Aust. & NZ sl. • DIG a digger
n. 1916 Aust. sl. • OCKER orig. a nickname for an Australian man; later, a typically rough or aggressively boorish Australian
n. 1916 sl. • DIGGER an Australian; an Australian or NZ soldier in World Wars I and II, esp. a private
n. 1918 sl. • OZZIE an Australian
n. 1919 Aust. sl. obs. • BILL AND JIM typical Australian soldiers in World War I
n. Bk1919 Aust. services' sl. • MERRY ANZACS casual Australians
n. 1920 Aust. • AUSSIELAND Australia
n. 1920 Aust. sl. • DINKUM AUSSIE a person who embodies all those things seen as characteristically Australian
n. c1920 Aust. sl. • DARLO Darlinghurst. Sydney
n. 1920s Aust. sl. • EMU-BOBBER a man employed to pick up the remnants after clearing or burning off in the bush
n. 1920s Aust. sl. • THREE Bs Bum, Bash, and Bury, what should be done with rubbish that accumulates in the outback
n. 1924 Aust. sl., derogatory • BOANG an Australian Aboriginal
n. 1924 Aust. sl., derogatory • BOONG (as above)
n. 1924 Aust. sl., derogatory • BUNG (as above)
n. 1925 Aust. sl. • GIN STEALER a White man who has casual sexual relations with Aboriginal women
n. 1925 Aust. sl. • YAMIDGEE an Aboriginal, esp. an Aboriginal male
n. 1925 Aust. sl. • YAMMAGI (as above)
n. 1925 Aust. sl. • YAMMIDGEE (as above)
n. 1926 Aust. sl. • GIN SHEPHERDER a White man who has casual sexual relations with Aboriginal women
n. 1927 Aust. • WADGELLA a White man (pidgin version of 'whitefellow')
n. 1928 Aust. colloq. • APPLE ISLANDER an inhabitant of Tasmania
n. c1930 Aust. sl. • THE DARLINGS the prostitutes of Darlinghurst and King's Cross, Sydney
n. 1930s Aust. sl. • PARCEL POST used in the Northern Territory to describe a person who is newly arrived and thus inexperienced
n. 1933 Aust. sl. • BINGY an Australian Aboriginal
n. 1934 Aust. & NZ colloq. • MERINO a person who has chosen to settle in Australia, as opposed to a convict or ex-convict; hence, a member of a leading family in Australian society; a person of fine breeding or good character
n. 1937 Aust. sl. • YELLER FELLA a male half-caste
n. 1938 Aust. sl. • WONK a non-Aboriginal Australian; used contemptuously or dismissively
n. 1940 Aust. sl. • ABORTION EXPRESS a train that ran from Darwin to Birdum
n. 1940 Aust. sl. • LEAPING LENA (as above)
n. 1940s Aust. sl. • MAINLANDER one who lives on the mainland of Australia, rather then Tasmania
n. 1940s Aust. sl. • PADDO the suburb of Paddington, Sydney
n. 1940s sl. • KANGO an Australian
n. 1941 Aust. • AUSSIELANDER an Australian
n. 1941 Aust. & NZ sl. rare • MOLESKIN SQUATTERa working man who has scraped up enough cash to buy a small sheep run
n. 1941 Aust. sl., humorous or derogatory • MUTTON-BIRD EATER a Tasmanian; esp. a non-Aboriginal inhabitant of northern Tasmania
n. 1941 Aust. sl. • POON a lonely, crazy inhabitant of the outback
n. 1941 Aust. sl. • TOP ENDER a person from the Top End, the northern parts of the Northern Territory
n. 1943 Aust. sl., derogatory • CHOCOLATE SOLDIER a member of an Australian militia during World War II who did not serve in a theatre of war
n. 1943 Aust. sl., derogatory • BITUMEN BLONDE an Aboriginal girl or woman
n. 1943 Aust. sl. • COATHANGER the Sydney Harbour Bridge
n. 1945 Aust., offensive • HALF-ABO a person having one Australian Aboriginal parent
n. 1945 Aust. sl., derogatory • DARK CLOUD an Australian aboriginal
n. 1945 Aust. sl. • AUSSIE Australian English
n. 1946 Aust. sl. • SKED in remote country regions: a schedule for a radio call
n. 1947 Aust. sl. • GIN BURGLAR a White man who enjoys sexual relations with an Aboriginal woman
n. 1947 Aust. sl., derogatory • GIN SHEPHERD a person who seeks to protect Aboriginal women from White men
n. 1949 Aust. sl., derogatory • BALT an immigrant to Australia from the Baltic countries, and Poland and Holland, after World War II
n. 1949 Aust. sl. • YARRASIDER an inhabitant of Victoria
n. 1950 Aust. sl. • WONGI a native of the Kalgoorlie region
n. 1950s Aust. sl. • NEWSTRALIAN a New Australian, i.e. any immigrant, usually from continental Europe, whose first language is not English
n. 1950s Aust. sl. • UPTOPPER an inhabitant of northern Australia
n. 1950s Aust. sl. • PARRA an inhabitant of the western suburbs of Sydney
n. 1950s Aust. sl. • GALAH SESSION an interval set aside regularly on the Flying Doctor radio network for anyone who wishes to exchange news and gossip rather than make emergency calls
n. 1950s Aust. sl. • SCRUB-TURKEY an itinerant who moves around the Australian bush; his long absence from urban life may have rendered him slightly eccentric
n. 1952 Aust. sl. • BODGIE a member of a male subculture of the 1950s, similar to Britain's teddy-boys, identifiable by a flashy style of dress
n. 1952 Aust. sl. • BANANA BENDER a Queenslander
n. 1953 Aust. sl., derogatory • BALTIE an immigrant to Australia from the Baltic countries, and Poland and Holland, after World War II
n. 1954 Aust. sl., derogatory or offensive • NOGGY an Asian immigrant to Australia
n. 1954 Aust. sl. • GIN CUDDLER a White man who has casual sexual relations with Aboriginal women
n. 1954 Aust. sl. • DANDY in South Australia: a small container for ice cream
n. 1955 Aust. sl. • GIN JOCKEY a White man who has casual sexual relations with Aboriginal women
n. 1955 Aust. sl. • BANANA-EATER an inhabitant of Queensland, Australia
n. 1958 Aust. sl. • GIN SHEPHERD a White man who has casual sexual relations with Aboriginal women
n. 1959 Aust. sl. • NAUSIE a New Australian, esp. a recent migrant from Europe
n. 1959 Aust. sl. • NAUSSIE (as above)
n. 1960 Aust. sl., derogatory • ALF an ordinary, uneducated, unsophisticated Australian male
n. 1960s Melbourne, Aust. sl. • COLLINS STREET SQUATTER a man, usually a youth, who frequents bars, cafes, etc. for no other reason that meeting his friends, gossiping and wasting time
n. 1963 Aust. sl. • BIG MAN a powerfully built Australian Rules footballer, often playing in a special position, e.g. ruckman; any Australian Rules player
n. 1963 Aust. sl. • GIN MAN a White man who has casual sexual relations with Aboriginal women
n. 1964 Aust. • AERIAL PING-PONG a jocular (frequently derisive) name for Australian National Football
n. 1964 Aust. • LUCKY COUNTRY a jocular name for Australia
n. 1964 Aust. colloq. • STRINE Australian English
n. 1966 Aust. sl. • RUGGER BUGGER a macho footballer
n. 1970s Aust. sl., derogatory • DARKMAN an Aborigine
n. 1970s Aust. sl. • OCK a boorish, loutish, unsophisticated, ultra-nationalistic Australian
n. 1970s Aust. sl. • NEVERSWEAT a council worker
n. 1970s Aust. sl. • OCKERINA a female Australian who is boorish, loutish, unsophisticated
n. 1970s Aust. sl. • BUNJI a White man, often old, and impoverished, who pursues Aboriginal women for sex
n. 1970s Aust. sl. • OCKERISM boorish behaviour, self-satisfaction
n. 1971 sl., orig. Aust. • OZ an Australian
n. 1973 Aust. sl. • BARCOO SALUTE a gesture with which one brushes flies from one's face, considered to be typical of Australians
n. 1974 Aust. sl. • UGLY AUSTRALIAN a rough, loutish Australian; an Australian yobbo
n. 1974 Aust. sl. • OCKERDOM the society of boorish, uncouth, chauvinistic Australians
n. 1977 Aust. sl. • GIN DOZZLER a White man who has casual sexual relations with Aboriginal women
n. 1978 Aust. sl. • YELLOW TAIL a person from New South Wales
n. 1979 Aust. sl. • OCKER Australian English
n. 1980 Aust. sl., derogatory • PIE-EATER a resident of South Australia
n. 1980s Aust. sl. • MAGPIE a half-caste
n. 1980s Aust. sl. • WESTIE a person who lives in the western suburbs of Sydney
n. 1980s Aust. sl. • VASELINE VALLEY a stretch of Oxford Street, Sydney, acknowledged as the city's gay centre
n. 1980s Aust. sl. • TINSEL TOWN Sydney
n. 1980s Aust. sl. • G.A.B.A. the outback (Great Australian Bugger All)
n. 1981 Aust. sl. • THE DANDIES the Dandenong Ranges outside Melbourne
n. 1982 Aust. sl., derogatory • ANGLO an Anglo-Australian; used by people from a Mediterranean or Middle Eastern background, opposing the term 'wog'
n. 1985 Aust. sl. • HANDBAG a male not taking a proper manly role, esp. an Australian Rules player
n. 1985 Aust. sl., derogatory • PARRA in Sydney region: a visiting non-resident of a beachside area
n. Bk1986 Aust. sl. • BASKETWEAVER FROM BALMAIN a trendy, basically middle-class, upwardly mobile, socially conscious, left-wing member of the Australian Labour Party, and one who has no intention of manning the barricades for any cause whatsoever
n. Bk1986 Aust. sl. • BAZZ an average, knockabout, sub-literate Australian male
n. Bk1986 Aust. sl. • BAZZA (as above)
n. 1987 Aust. • SKIP an Anglo-Australian
n. 1987 US sl. • BIG A Australia
n. Bk1988 Aust. sl. • BLACKFELLA an Aborigine; a dark-skinned person
n. Bk1988 Aust. sl. • BLACKFELLER (as above)
n. Bk1988 Aust. sl. • WHITE LEGHORN in Australian Rules football: an umpire
n. 1990s Aust. sl. • ABC an Australian-born Chinese
n. 1991 Aust. sl. • MEXICAN in eastern Australia, a person from a state south of one's own; in Queensland it refers to either New South Wales inhabitants or Victorians; in New South Wales it refers to Victorians
n. 1994 Aust. sl. • QUEENIE Queensland, Australia
n. 1998 NZ sl. • ACROSS THE DITCH Australia
n. 1999 Aust. sl. • BINE an English immigrant
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • ALBANY DOCTOR a refreshing cool breeze in southern Western Australia
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • FREMANTLE DOCTOR a refreshing sea breeze that blows into Fremantle and Perth after a hot spell
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • TASSIE TIGER a Tasmanian
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • SKIPPY a term for an English-, Irish-, or Scottish-descent Australian
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • BARCOO BUSTER a westerly wind in outback Queensland
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • WOOLLOOMOOLOO YANK a World War II term for a local youth affecting American airs or assuming an American accent
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • BAZZALAND Australia
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • BUNYIP ARISTOCRACY Australia's 'landed gentry'
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • DONGA the bush; the outback
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • DONGER (as above)
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • TOP END the Northern Territory
n. 20C Aust. sporting usage • KENSO Kensington racecourse, Sydney
n. 20C Aust. • THE FLY SPECK Tasmania
n. 20C Aust. sl. • DOMAIN DOSSER a loafer or down-and-out who frequents the Sydney Domain
n. 20C Aust. sl. • BRISSO an abbreviation of Brisbane
n. 20C Aust. sl. • BRISSO a person who lives in Brisbane
n. 20C Aust. sl. • MUTTON-EATER a native of northern Tasmania
n. 20C Aust. sl. • DARLING IT HURTS Darlinghurst, a rough inner-city area of Sydney
n. 20C Aust. rhyming sl. • JEW CHUM 'new chum'; a newcomer to Australia; a Jewish newcomer
n. 20C Aust. sl. • RASPBERRY-LAND Tasmania
n. 20C Aust. sl. • RASPBERRY-LANDERS Tasmanians
n. 20C Aust. sl. • CABBAGE GARDEN PATCH the state of Victoria, Australia
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War I usage • WALTZING MATILDA an Australian soldier
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War I usage • HELL TERRORS Australians; so called by the Germans
n. M20 Aust. sl. • THE GHAN a train that runs between Adelaide and Alice Springs
n. 2002 NZ sl. • DINGO an Australian
n. 2003 Aust. sl. • QUEEN STREET BUSHIE in Queensland: a city person with pretenses to country living, such as dressing like a cowboy or driving a 4WD
n. 2003 Aust. sl. • QUEEN STREET COWBOY (as above)
n. 2003 Aust. sl. • QUEEN STREET RINGER (as above)
phr. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • IF IT MOVES SHOOT IT, IF IT DOESN'T CHOP IT DOWN said to be Australia's national creed
phr. 20C Aust. sl. • ON THE BOIL in football: running at full speed
vb. Bk1892 Aust. sl. • GO ON THE WALLABY TRACK to go on foot, up-country, in search of work
vb. 1927 Aust. • GO WALKABOUT of an Aboriginal: to go on a walkabout
vb. 20C Aust. sporting usage • RABBIT in Australian football: 'to collar a player by the ankles when his running with the ball'
adj. 1840 • VANDEMONIAN belonging to or inhabiting Tasmania
adj. 1911 Aust. sl. • ABO Australian Aborginal; pert. to Australian Aboriginals
adj. 1912 Aust. sl. • CREAMY quarter-caste Australian Aboriginal
adj. 1917 sl. • AUSSIE Australian
adj. 1918 sl., orig. Aust. • OZZIE Australian
adj. 1971 sl., orig. Aust. • OZ Australian
adj. 1972 Aust. sl. • OCKER characteristic of an ocker
adj. 1972 Aust. sl. • OCKER distinctively Australian
adj. 1981 Aust. sl. • AUSTRALIAN AS A MEAT PIE typically or authentically Australian
n. a1398 • BLACK MAN a dark-skinned man, esp. a man of sub-Saharan African or Australian Aboriginal origin or descent
n. 1614 • BLACK a man of 'black' skin; a member of a dark-skinned race, esp. a person of sub-Saharan African origin or descent; also, a person of Australian Aboriginal origin or descent
n. 1775 sl., now derogatory or offensive • DARKEE an Australian aborigine; any person having very dark skin as a racial trait
n. 1775 sl., now derogatory or offensive • DARKEY (as above)
n. 1775 sl., now derogatory or offensive • DARKIE (as above)
n. 1775 sl., now derogatory or offensive • DARKY (as above)
n. 1790 Aust., now considered offensive • GIN an Australian Aboriginal woman or wife
n. L18 Aust. • THE CAMP Sydney
n. 1810 rare, offensive • BLACKBOY an Australian Aboriginal man
n. 1826 Aust. & NZ colloq. • PURE MERINO a person who has chosen to settle in Australia, as opposed to a convict or ex-convict; hence, a member of a leading family in Australian society; a person of fine breeding or good character
n. 1826 Aust. colloq. • DUNGAREE SETTLER a poor settler, or one of low social status
n. 1827 now usually offensive • BLACKFELLOW an Australian aboriginal
n. 1827 Aust. sl. • LEGITIMATE a settler who arrived in Australia as a transported convict
n. 1827 Aust. sl. • CORNSTALK orig. a native-born, non-aboriginal Australian; later, a person from New South Wales
n. 1827 Aust. sl. obs. • LEGITIMACY the state of immigrating to Australia as a convict
n. 1830 Aust. sl. • MARY an Aboriginal woman or other non-white woman
n. 1832 sl. • YELLOW GIRL a light-skinned Black woman, esp. if sexually attractive; a mixed-race, a half-white, half-Black or Aborigine woman; a female mulatto
n. 1833 Aust. • NEVER NEVER in Australia, the unpopulated northern part of Queensland; the desert country of the interior; remote Australia
n. 1834 Aust. & US sl. • YALLER GAL a mixed-race, a half-white, half-Black or Aborigine woman
n. 1834 Aust. & US sl. • YELLOW FELLOW a mixed-race, half-white, half-Aborigine man
n. 1839 • ADELAIDEAN a native or inhabitant of the city of Adelaide
n. 1840 • KANACKA a native of the Pacific Islands, esp. one employed in Queensland as a labourer on the sugar plantations
n. 1840 • KANAKA (as above)
n. 1840 • KANAKER (as above)
n. 1843 Aust. sl. • BILLY BARLOW an inexperienced immigrant who meets with misadventures in the colony
n. 1845 Aust. sl. • JACKAROO an apprentice station hand working on, and learning how to manage, a cattle or sheep station
n. 1845 Aust. sl. • JACKEROO (as above)
n. 1845 Aust. sl., derogatory & offensive • JACKEY (a nickname for) an Australian Aboriginal
n. 1845 Aust. sl., derogatory & offensive • JACKIE (as above)
n. 1845 Aust. sl., derogatory & offensive • JACKY (as above)
n. 1845 Aust. sl., derogatory & offensive • JACKY-JACKY (as above)
n. 1846 Aust. hist. • OLD CHUM an experienced colonist; one who had spent some years in the colony, esp. in the outback
n. 1847 Aust. sl. • BALANDER an Aboriginal name for a White man
n. 1849 Anglo-Indian • WALER a horse imported from Australia, esp. from New South Wales
n. c1850 Aust. sl. • CABBAGITES a class of layabouts or roughs, typified by the wearing of a 'cabbage-tree hat' (a hat made from the dried leaves of the cabbage-palm - they were esteemed as a protection from the sun, and allowed free ventilation)
n. 1852 • VAN DIEMONIAN an inhabitant of Tasmania
n. 1852 Aust. sl. • CABBAGE TREE MOB an unruly set of young fellows, dressed in a suit of fustian or colonial tweed, and the emblem of their order, the low-crowned cabbage-palm hat - the main object of their enmity seems to be the ordinary black headpiece worn by respectable persons, which is ruthlessly knocked over the eyes of the wearer as he passes or enters the theatre
n. 1855 Aust. • GUM-SUCKER a native Australian, esp. a Victorian or Tasmanian
n. 1855 Aust. sl. • VANDEMONIAN an ex-convict from Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
n. 1862 Aust. • BLACK TRACKER an Australian Aboriginal employed by police to track down fugitives or persons lost in the bush
n. 1863 • BLACK AUSTRALIAN a native or inhabitant of Australia who is Black; an Australian Aboriginal
n. 1864 Aust. sl. • GEEBUNG an unsophisticated, uncultured, philistine native-born Australian, who values material gain above everything else
n. 1865 Aust. • BOUNDARY-RIDER one who rides around the fences of a station, and repairs them when broken
n. 1865 Aust. sl. • BLACKBIRD an Aborigine
n. 1868 Aust. sl. • BANANA MAN an inhabitant of Queensland
n. 1870 Aust. sl. • BACK BLOCKER an inhabitant of regions remote from settled areas
n. c1870 Aust. • AB an Aboriginal
n. c1872 Aust. sl. • TOTHERSIDER a person from the eastern states of Australia
n. 1874 Aust. • GEEBUNG an old settler in New South Wales
n. 1875 Aust. colloq. • SUNDOWNER a tramp who makes a practice of arriving at a station about sundown under the pretense of seeking work, so as to obtain food and a night's lodging
n. 1876 Aust. sl. • FORTY a fraudulent gambler; orig. applied to the members of a Sydney gang
n. 1876 Aust. sl. • MOUNTAIN DEVIL a native of Tasmania
n. 1880 Aust. colloq. • JACKAROO a man newly arrived from England to gain experience in the bush; an inexperienced young colonist
n. 1880 Aust. colloq. • JACKEROO (as above)
n. c1880 Aust. • GIN any woman or wife; also, an old woman
n. 1882 Aust. sl. • CABBAGE GARDEN the state of Victoria, Australia
n. 1882 Aust. sl. • CABBAGE-PATCH (as above)
n. 1882 Aust. sl. • CABBAGE STATE (as above)
n. 1882 Aust. sl. • CABBAGE GARDENER a native of Victoria, Australia
n. 1882 Aust. sl. • CABBAGE PATCHER (as above)
n. 1882 Aust. sl. • CABBAGE STATER (as above)
n. 1885 Aust. • MARVELLOUS MELBOURNE Melbourne, Australia's second biggest city
n. 1885 Aust. sl. • WALER a native of New South Wales
n. 1885 Aust. sl. • YELLOW AND BLACK an Aboriginal
n. 1885 Aust. sl. • YARRA BENDER an idler, a loafer found on the banks of Melbourne's Yarra River
n. 1886 Aust. sl. • AUSSIE BATTLER the ordinary Australian trying to make ends meet
n. 1887 Aust. jocular usage • BANANALANDER someone from Queensland
n. 1887 Aust. sl. • BLACK HAT a newly-arrived immigrant
n. 1888 humorous usage • KANGAROO a native of Australia
n. 1889 Aust. sl. • THE SHOP the University of Melbourne
n. 1890 Aust. sl. • BANANA BOY a native or resident of Queensland
n. 1890 Aust. sl. • JACKERY a popular or favoured station-hand; usually in plural
n. 1891 Aust. sl. • BLUEY a bushman's bundle, the outside wrapper of which is generally a blue blanket
n. 1892 Aust. sl., humorous or derogatory • MUTTON BIRD a Tasmanian; esp. a non-Aboriginal inhabitant of northern Tasmania
n. 1892 Aust. sl. • GIN-BOY a White man who enjoys sexual relations with Aborigine women
n. Bk1892 Aust. sl. • BACK BLOCK the country outside the margin of the settled districts
n. Bk1892 Aust. sl. • BLACKBOYS aboriginal servants in Australia
n. Bk1892 Aust. sl. • COVE a master or overseer of an Australian station
n. Bk1892 Aust. sl. • CURRENCY persons born in Australia
n. Bk1892 Aust. sl. • STERLING a colonist born in England; natives of England
n. 1893 offensive • BLACKBOY an Aboriginal guide accompanying explorers
n. 1893 Aust. sl., derogatory • BINGHI a White term for an Aboriginal
n. 1894 Aust. sl., derogatory • TARPOT an Aborigine
n. 1895 Aust. • AUSTRALIENNE a non-Aboriginal Australian woman
n. 1895 Aust. sl. • YARRA BANKER an idler; a loafer found on the banks of Melbourne's Yarra River
n. 1896 Aust. Stock Exchange usage • KANGAROO a dealer in West Australian mining shares
n. 1896 Aust. Stock Exchange usage • 'KANGAROOS West Australian mining shares; also, a dealer in these
n. 1896 Aust. sl. • SAND-GROPER a non-Aboriginal person, native to or resident in Western Australia
n. 1896 Aust. sl. • COMBO a White man who lives with an Aboriginal woman
n. 1896 Aust. sl. • COMBOMAN (as above)
n. 1896 Aust. sl. obs. • BILL AND JIM typical outback Australians in the 1890s
n. 1897 Aust. sl. • MULGA SCRUBBER a livestock animal that has run wild and deteriorated in condition
n. 1898 Aust. colloq. • BANANALAND Queensland
n. 1898 Aust. sl. • BARRACOOTA an inhabitant of Hobart, Tasmania
n. 1898 Aust. sl. • BILJIM the typical Australian male; an Australian soldier
n. 1898 Aust. sl. • BILLJIM (as above)
n. 1899 Aust. & NZ sl., offensive • BLACK VELVET a Black, Aboriginal, or Maori woman, esp. as the focus of a White man's sexual interest
n. 1899 Aust. sl. • MONKEY-DODGER a sheep-station hand
n. 1899 Aust. sl. • TASSEY a Tasmanian
n. 1899 Aust. sl. • TASSIE (as above)
n. 1899 Aust. sl. • TASSY (as above)
n. 1899 Aust. sl. • GROPER a Western Australian, esp. a (descendant of an) early settler
n. 19C Aust. sl. • ILLEGITIMATE a free (non-convict) Australian settler
n. 19C Aust. • BANGTAIL MUSTER a roundup of cattle to be counted, each one having the hairs on its tail docked as it is counted
n. M19 • JACKAROO a White man living beyond the bounds of 'civilization'
n. M19 • JACKEROO (as above)
n. M19 Aust. • THE CAMP Hobart
n. M19 Aust. sl. • DEAD HOUSE a room in an outback public house set aside for those who are incapably drunk
n. M19 Aust. sl. • BIDGEE WHALER an itinerant tramp whose 'beat' focuses on the rivers of New South Wales
n. M19 Aust. sl. • DARLING WHALER (as above)
n. M19 Aust. sl. • MURRAY WHALER (as above)
n. M19 Aust. sl. • MURRUMBIDGEE WHALER (as above)
n. M19 Aust. sl. • WHALER (as above)
n. M19 Aust. sl. • SADDLING PADDOCK the bar of the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, generally accepted as a place to pick up prostitutes
n. M19 Aust. sl. • OCEAN HELL the penal establishment sited on Norfolk Island for particularly recalcitrant convicts
n. M19 Aust. sl. • WALLABY TRACK the route followed by an itinerant moving from station to station in search of work
n. L19 Aust. • MULGA an uninhabited, sparsely populated or inhospitable region
n. L19 Aust. • MULGA WIRE a 'bush telegraph', the 'grapevine'
n. L19 Aust. • MULGA BILL a bushman
n. L19 Aust. colloq. • THE MA STATE New South Wales
n. L19 Aust. sl. • RANGER a bushranger
n. L19 Aust. sl. • DOMAIN COCKTAIL a lethal concoction of petrol and pepper which reputedly once had a vogue amongst deadbeat drinkers in the Sydney Domain
n. L19 Aust. sl. • CABBAGE a native or inhabitant of Victoria, Australia
n. L19 Aust. sl. • KANAKALANDER a Queenslander
n. L19 Aust. sl. • WESTRALIAN a Western Australian
n. L19 Aust. sl. • ARCHIE a young station-hand, probably a well-connected young man out from the UK
n. L19 Aust. sl. • ARCHY (as above)
n. L19 Aust. sl. • GUTTA-PERCHA an inhabitant of the state of Victoria
n. L19 Aust. sl. • ALLIGATORLAND Queensland
n. L19 Aust. sl. • KANAKALAND (as above)
n. L19 Aust. sl. • SAND-GROPER LAND Western Australia
n. L19 Aust. sl. • WESTRALIA (as above)
n. L19 sl. • UNBLEACHED AUSTRALIAN a Native Australian; an Aboriginal
n. 1900 Aust. • BATTLER a swagman
n. 1900 Aust. sl. • BILL a generic term for an Australian soldier
n. 1900s Aust. sl. • KANGAROOLAND Australia
n. 1901 Aust., now considered offensive • GINNY an Australian Aboriginal woman or wife
n. 1901 Aust. sl. • ALICE Alice Springs; in early use, was preceded by 'the'
n. 1902 Aust. • AUSTRALIAN Australian English
n. 1902 Aust. colloq. • CROW-EATER a South Australian
n. 1902 Aust. sl. • GIN MASHER a White man who has casual sexual relations with Aboriginal women
n. 1902 Aust. sl. • VIC Victoria, a southern state of Australia
n. 1903 • BUSH BROTHERHOOD a society of missionaries, clerical and lay, established to evangelize the inhabitants of the Australian bush
n. 1904 Aust. sl. • ABOLIAR an expert on Aborigine bush customs and folktales
n. 1905 Aust. sl. • BILLY any Aboriginal singled out from the rest
n. 1905 Aust. rhyming sl. • STEAK AND KIDNEY Sydney
n. 1905 Aust. sl. • MULGA MADNESS temporary eccentricity or insanity due to living alone in the outback
n. 1906 Aust. colloq. • THE APPLE ISLAND Tasmania
n. 1906 Aust. colloq. • THE APPLE ISLE (as above)
n. 1906 Aust. sl. • BUSH CAPITAL Canberra, the capital city of Australia; so-called because it was a new city built in the 'bush' (countryside) halfway between the major cities of Sydney and Melbourne
n. 1906 Aust. sl. • DEAD HEART the arid inland regions of Australia
n. 1907 Aust. sl. • RABBIT a native-born Australian
n. 1907 Aust. sl. • GHAN an Afghan or Muslim immigrant to Australia, esp. one who drives or breeds camels
n. 1908 Aust. sl., now mainly derogatory • ABO an Australian Aboriginal
n. 1908 sl. • OZ Australia
n. 1910 Aust. sl. • BARCOO BILL a bushman
n. 1910 Aust. sl. • BLACKBUTT a native Australian
n. 1910 Aust. sl. • BAD NIGGER an Aborigine who refuses to cooperate with the authorities
n. 1910s Aust. sl. • CARPET BUSHMAN a businessman who owns land in the outback but rarely visits
n. 1910s Aust. sl. • MAGPIE a nickname for a South Australian
n. 1910s Aust. sl. • ABO an expert on Aborigine and bush customs and folktales
n. 1911 Aust. sl. • INLANDER an inhabitant of the sparsely settled interior of Australia
n. 1912 Aust. sl. • GEORGE STREET BACKBLOCKER a business man who owns land in the outback but rarely if ever visits
n. 1912 Aust. sl. • CREAMY a person of mixed European and Australian Aboriginal heritage
n. 1912 Aust. sl. • GIN-BANGER a White man who enjoys sexual relations with Aborigine women
n. 1913 Aust. sl. • YELLER FELLER a person of mixed Aboriginal and White parentage
n. 1913 Aust. sl. • YELLOW FELLER (as above)
n. 1915 • AUSSIE an Australian; originally, an Australian soldier in World War I
n. 1915 Aust. sl. • AUSSIE Australia
n. 1915 Aust. military sl. • EGGS-A-COOK Australian soldiers
n. 1916 • DINKUM an Australian or New Zealand soldier in the First World War; an Anzac; generally, an Australian or New Zealander
n. 1916 Aust. & NZ sl. • DIG a digger
n. 1916 Aust. sl. • OCKER orig. a nickname for an Australian man; later, a typically rough or aggressively boorish Australian
n. 1916 sl. • DIGGER an Australian; an Australian or NZ soldier in World Wars I and II, esp. a private
n. 1918 sl. • OZZIE an Australian
n. 1919 Aust. sl. obs. • BILL AND JIM typical Australian soldiers in World War I
n. Bk1919 Aust. services' sl. • MERRY ANZACS casual Australians
n. 1920 Aust. • AUSSIELAND Australia
n. 1920 Aust. sl. • DINKUM AUSSIE a person who embodies all those things seen as characteristically Australian
n. c1920 Aust. sl. • DARLO Darlinghurst. Sydney
n. 1920s Aust. sl. • EMU-BOBBER a man employed to pick up the remnants after clearing or burning off in the bush
n. 1920s Aust. sl. • THREE Bs Bum, Bash, and Bury, what should be done with rubbish that accumulates in the outback
n. 1924 Aust. sl., derogatory • BOANG an Australian Aboriginal
n. 1924 Aust. sl., derogatory • BOONG (as above)
n. 1924 Aust. sl., derogatory • BUNG (as above)
n. 1925 Aust. sl. • GIN STEALER a White man who has casual sexual relations with Aboriginal women
n. 1925 Aust. sl. • YAMIDGEE an Aboriginal, esp. an Aboriginal male
n. 1925 Aust. sl. • YAMMAGI (as above)
n. 1925 Aust. sl. • YAMMIDGEE (as above)
n. 1926 Aust. sl. • GIN SHEPHERDER a White man who has casual sexual relations with Aboriginal women
n. 1927 Aust. • WADGELLA a White man (pidgin version of 'whitefellow')
n. 1928 Aust. colloq. • APPLE ISLANDER an inhabitant of Tasmania
n. c1930 Aust. sl. • THE DARLINGS the prostitutes of Darlinghurst and King's Cross, Sydney
n. 1930s Aust. sl. • PARCEL POST used in the Northern Territory to describe a person who is newly arrived and thus inexperienced
n. 1933 Aust. sl. • BINGY an Australian Aboriginal
n. 1934 Aust. & NZ colloq. • MERINO a person who has chosen to settle in Australia, as opposed to a convict or ex-convict; hence, a member of a leading family in Australian society; a person of fine breeding or good character
n. 1937 Aust. sl. • YELLER FELLA a male half-caste
n. 1938 Aust. sl. • WONK a non-Aboriginal Australian; used contemptuously or dismissively
n. 1940 Aust. sl. • ABORTION EXPRESS a train that ran from Darwin to Birdum
n. 1940 Aust. sl. • LEAPING LENA (as above)
n. 1940s Aust. sl. • MAINLANDER one who lives on the mainland of Australia, rather then Tasmania
n. 1940s Aust. sl. • PADDO the suburb of Paddington, Sydney
n. 1940s sl. • KANGO an Australian
n. 1941 Aust. • AUSSIELANDER an Australian
n. 1941 Aust. & NZ sl. rare • MOLESKIN SQUATTERa working man who has scraped up enough cash to buy a small sheep run
n. 1941 Aust. sl., humorous or derogatory • MUTTON-BIRD EATER a Tasmanian; esp. a non-Aboriginal inhabitant of northern Tasmania
n. 1941 Aust. sl. • POON a lonely, crazy inhabitant of the outback
n. 1941 Aust. sl. • TOP ENDER a person from the Top End, the northern parts of the Northern Territory
n. 1943 Aust. sl., derogatory • CHOCOLATE SOLDIER a member of an Australian militia during World War II who did not serve in a theatre of war
n. 1943 Aust. sl., derogatory • BITUMEN BLONDE an Aboriginal girl or woman
n. 1943 Aust. sl. • COATHANGER the Sydney Harbour Bridge
n. 1945 Aust., offensive • HALF-ABO a person having one Australian Aboriginal parent
n. 1945 Aust. sl., derogatory • DARK CLOUD an Australian aboriginal
n. 1945 Aust. sl. • AUSSIE Australian English
n. 1946 Aust. sl. • SKED in remote country regions: a schedule for a radio call
n. 1947 Aust. sl. • GIN BURGLAR a White man who enjoys sexual relations with an Aboriginal woman
n. 1947 Aust. sl., derogatory • GIN SHEPHERD a person who seeks to protect Aboriginal women from White men
n. 1949 Aust. sl., derogatory • BALT an immigrant to Australia from the Baltic countries, and Poland and Holland, after World War II
n. 1949 Aust. sl. • YARRASIDER an inhabitant of Victoria
n. 1950 Aust. sl. • WONGI a native of the Kalgoorlie region
n. 1950s Aust. sl. • NEWSTRALIAN a New Australian, i.e. any immigrant, usually from continental Europe, whose first language is not English
n. 1950s Aust. sl. • UPTOPPER an inhabitant of northern Australia
n. 1950s Aust. sl. • PARRA an inhabitant of the western suburbs of Sydney
n. 1950s Aust. sl. • GALAH SESSION an interval set aside regularly on the Flying Doctor radio network for anyone who wishes to exchange news and gossip rather than make emergency calls
n. 1950s Aust. sl. • SCRUB-TURKEY an itinerant who moves around the Australian bush; his long absence from urban life may have rendered him slightly eccentric
n. 1952 Aust. sl. • BODGIE a member of a male subculture of the 1950s, similar to Britain's teddy-boys, identifiable by a flashy style of dress
n. 1952 Aust. sl. • BANANA BENDER a Queenslander
n. 1953 Aust. sl., derogatory • BALTIE an immigrant to Australia from the Baltic countries, and Poland and Holland, after World War II
n. 1954 Aust. sl., derogatory or offensive • NOGGY an Asian immigrant to Australia
n. 1954 Aust. sl. • GIN CUDDLER a White man who has casual sexual relations with Aboriginal women
n. 1954 Aust. sl. • DANDY in South Australia: a small container for ice cream
n. 1955 Aust. sl. • GIN JOCKEY a White man who has casual sexual relations with Aboriginal women
n. 1955 Aust. sl. • BANANA-EATER an inhabitant of Queensland, Australia
n. 1958 Aust. sl. • GIN SHEPHERD a White man who has casual sexual relations with Aboriginal women
n. 1959 Aust. sl. • NAUSIE a New Australian, esp. a recent migrant from Europe
n. 1959 Aust. sl. • NAUSSIE (as above)
n. 1960 Aust. sl., derogatory • ALF an ordinary, uneducated, unsophisticated Australian male
n. 1960s Melbourne, Aust. sl. • COLLINS STREET SQUATTER a man, usually a youth, who frequents bars, cafes, etc. for no other reason that meeting his friends, gossiping and wasting time
n. 1963 Aust. sl. • BIG MAN a powerfully built Australian Rules footballer, often playing in a special position, e.g. ruckman; any Australian Rules player
n. 1963 Aust. sl. • GIN MAN a White man who has casual sexual relations with Aboriginal women
n. 1964 Aust. • AERIAL PING-PONG a jocular (frequently derisive) name for Australian National Football
n. 1964 Aust. • LUCKY COUNTRY a jocular name for Australia
n. 1964 Aust. colloq. • STRINE Australian English
n. 1966 Aust. sl. • RUGGER BUGGER a macho footballer
n. 1970s Aust. sl., derogatory • DARKMAN an Aborigine
n. 1970s Aust. sl. • OCK a boorish, loutish, unsophisticated, ultra-nationalistic Australian
n. 1970s Aust. sl. • NEVERSWEAT a council worker
n. 1970s Aust. sl. • OCKERINA a female Australian who is boorish, loutish, unsophisticated
n. 1970s Aust. sl. • BUNJI a White man, often old, and impoverished, who pursues Aboriginal women for sex
n. 1970s Aust. sl. • OCKERISM boorish behaviour, self-satisfaction
n. 1971 sl., orig. Aust. • OZ an Australian
n. 1973 Aust. sl. • BARCOO SALUTE a gesture with which one brushes flies from one's face, considered to be typical of Australians
n. 1974 Aust. sl. • UGLY AUSTRALIAN a rough, loutish Australian; an Australian yobbo
n. 1974 Aust. sl. • OCKERDOM the society of boorish, uncouth, chauvinistic Australians
n. 1977 Aust. sl. • GIN DOZZLER a White man who has casual sexual relations with Aboriginal women
n. 1978 Aust. sl. • YELLOW TAIL a person from New South Wales
n. 1979 Aust. sl. • OCKER Australian English
n. 1980 Aust. sl., derogatory • PIE-EATER a resident of South Australia
n. 1980s Aust. sl. • MAGPIE a half-caste
n. 1980s Aust. sl. • WESTIE a person who lives in the western suburbs of Sydney
n. 1980s Aust. sl. • VASELINE VALLEY a stretch of Oxford Street, Sydney, acknowledged as the city's gay centre
n. 1980s Aust. sl. • TINSEL TOWN Sydney
n. 1980s Aust. sl. • G.A.B.A. the outback (Great Australian Bugger All)
n. 1981 Aust. sl. • THE DANDIES the Dandenong Ranges outside Melbourne
n. 1982 Aust. sl., derogatory • ANGLO an Anglo-Australian; used by people from a Mediterranean or Middle Eastern background, opposing the term 'wog'
n. 1985 Aust. sl. • HANDBAG a male not taking a proper manly role, esp. an Australian Rules player
n. 1985 Aust. sl., derogatory • PARRA in Sydney region: a visiting non-resident of a beachside area
n. Bk1986 Aust. sl. • BASKETWEAVER FROM BALMAIN a trendy, basically middle-class, upwardly mobile, socially conscious, left-wing member of the Australian Labour Party, and one who has no intention of manning the barricades for any cause whatsoever
n. Bk1986 Aust. sl. • BAZZ an average, knockabout, sub-literate Australian male
n. Bk1986 Aust. sl. • BAZZA (as above)
n. 1987 Aust. • SKIP an Anglo-Australian
n. 1987 US sl. • BIG A Australia
n. Bk1988 Aust. sl. • BLACKFELLA an Aborigine; a dark-skinned person
n. Bk1988 Aust. sl. • BLACKFELLER (as above)
n. Bk1988 Aust. sl. • WHITE LEGHORN in Australian Rules football: an umpire
n. 1990s Aust. sl. • ABC an Australian-born Chinese
n. 1991 Aust. sl. • MEXICAN in eastern Australia, a person from a state south of one's own; in Queensland it refers to either New South Wales inhabitants or Victorians; in New South Wales it refers to Victorians
n. 1994 Aust. sl. • QUEENIE Queensland, Australia
n. 1998 NZ sl. • ACROSS THE DITCH Australia
n. 1999 Aust. sl. • BINE an English immigrant
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • ALBANY DOCTOR a refreshing cool breeze in southern Western Australia
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • FREMANTLE DOCTOR a refreshing sea breeze that blows into Fremantle and Perth after a hot spell
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • TASSIE TIGER a Tasmanian
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • SKIPPY a term for an English-, Irish-, or Scottish-descent Australian
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • BARCOO BUSTER a westerly wind in outback Queensland
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • WOOLLOOMOOLOO YANK a World War II term for a local youth affecting American airs or assuming an American accent
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • BAZZALAND Australia
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • BUNYIP ARISTOCRACY Australia's 'landed gentry'
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • DONGA the bush; the outback
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • DONGER (as above)
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • TOP END the Northern Territory
n. 20C Aust. sporting usage • KENSO Kensington racecourse, Sydney
n. 20C Aust. • THE FLY SPECK Tasmania
n. 20C Aust. sl. • DOMAIN DOSSER a loafer or down-and-out who frequents the Sydney Domain
n. 20C Aust. sl. • BRISSO an abbreviation of Brisbane
n. 20C Aust. sl. • BRISSO a person who lives in Brisbane
n. 20C Aust. sl. • MUTTON-EATER a native of northern Tasmania
n. 20C Aust. sl. • DARLING IT HURTS Darlinghurst, a rough inner-city area of Sydney
n. 20C Aust. rhyming sl. • JEW CHUM 'new chum'; a newcomer to Australia; a Jewish newcomer
n. 20C Aust. sl. • RASPBERRY-LAND Tasmania
n. 20C Aust. sl. • RASPBERRY-LANDERS Tasmanians
n. 20C Aust. sl. • CABBAGE GARDEN PATCH the state of Victoria, Australia
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War I usage • WALTZING MATILDA an Australian soldier
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War I usage • HELL TERRORS Australians; so called by the Germans
n. M20 Aust. sl. • THE GHAN a train that runs between Adelaide and Alice Springs
n. 2002 NZ sl. • DINGO an Australian
n. 2003 Aust. sl. • QUEEN STREET BUSHIE in Queensland: a city person with pretenses to country living, such as dressing like a cowboy or driving a 4WD
n. 2003 Aust. sl. • QUEEN STREET COWBOY (as above)
n. 2003 Aust. sl. • QUEEN STREET RINGER (as above)
phr. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • IF IT MOVES SHOOT IT, IF IT DOESN'T CHOP IT DOWN said to be Australia's national creed
phr. 20C Aust. sl. • ON THE BOIL in football: running at full speed
vb. Bk1892 Aust. sl. • GO ON THE WALLABY TRACK to go on foot, up-country, in search of work
vb. 1927 Aust. • GO WALKABOUT of an Aboriginal: to go on a walkabout
vb. 20C Aust. sporting usage • RABBIT in Australian football: 'to collar a player by the ankles when his running with the ball'
AUTHENTIC, AUTHENTICATE
adj. L18 • PUKKA certain, reliable; authentic, true; proper, socially acceptable
adj. 1882 • ALL WOOL AND A YARD WIDE totally trustworthy; authentic; thoroughly honourable
adj. 1889 • SIMON-PURE real, genuine, authentic
adj. L19 Aust. & NZ colloq. • FAIR DINKUM genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward
adj. L19 Aust. & NZ colloq. • SQUARE DINKUM (as above)
adj. L19 Aust. & NZ colloq. • STRAIGHT DINKUM (as above)
adj. 1913 • ALL WOOL, A YARD LONG AND A YARD WIDE totally trustworthy; authentic; thoroughly honourable
adj. E20 Aust. & NZ colloq. • FAIR DINK genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward
adj. E20 Aust. & NZ sl. • DINKY-DIE genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward
n. 1794 • THE GENUINE ARTICLE a person or thing held to be an authentic or excellent example of a particular type
n. 1815 • THE SIMON PURE the real, genuine, or authentic person or thing
n. a1832 • THE REAL SIMON PURE the real, genuine, or authentic person or thing
vb. 1746 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs. • QUALIFY to prove; to authenticate, to make good; to testify to
adj. 1882 • ALL WOOL AND A YARD WIDE totally trustworthy; authentic; thoroughly honourable
adj. 1889 • SIMON-PURE real, genuine, authentic
adj. L19 Aust. & NZ colloq. • FAIR DINKUM genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward
adj. L19 Aust. & NZ colloq. • SQUARE DINKUM (as above)
adj. L19 Aust. & NZ colloq. • STRAIGHT DINKUM (as above)
adj. 1913 • ALL WOOL, A YARD LONG AND A YARD WIDE totally trustworthy; authentic; thoroughly honourable
adj. E20 Aust. & NZ colloq. • FAIR DINK genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward
adj. E20 Aust. & NZ sl. • DINKY-DIE genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward
n. 1794 • THE GENUINE ARTICLE a person or thing held to be an authentic or excellent example of a particular type
n. 1815 • THE SIMON PURE the real, genuine, or authentic person or thing
n. a1832 • THE REAL SIMON PURE the real, genuine, or authentic person or thing
vb. 1746 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs. • QUALIFY to prove; to authenticate, to make good; to testify to
AUTHOR, AUTHORSHIP
adj. 1611 obs. • FATHERLESS of a book, etc.: without a known author; anonymous
adj. 1775 rare • ONYMOUS having or bearing a name; of a writing: bearing the name of the author; of an author: that gives his name; the opposite of 'anonymous'
adj. 1821 • AUCTORIAL pert. to an author
n. a1000 obs. • BOOKER a writer of books
n. c1460 Sc. • SAYAR a narrator or author; a poetical writer; a poet
n. c1532 obs. • GOOD LETTERS book-learning, letters; the profession of literature, authorship
n. 1563 obs. or arch. • FACTOR one who makes or does anything; a doer, maker, performer, or perpetrator; an author of a literary work
n. 1596 humorous usage • PAPER-STAINER used humorously for an inferior author or clerk - an author of small repute
n. 1598 • NEOTERIC a modern; a modern writer or author
n. 1618 • BOOKMAN an author or publisher; a literary man
n. 1653 • GARRETEER one who lives in a garret; esp. an impecunious author or literary hack
n. L17 colloq. • KNIGHT OF THE QUILL an author; a writer; a journalist
n. 1760 • QUILL-DRIVER one who works with a quill or pen; a clerk or author - chiefly used contemptuously
n. 1771 • AUTHORLING a petty author; an insignificant writer
n. 1772 obs. nonce word • WRITRIX a female writer; an authoress
n. 1823 sl. • HERO OF THE QUILL a distinguished author
n. c1860 theatrical sl. obs. • CACKLE-MERCHANT a dramatic author; the author of a play
n. 1863 Amer. dial. • ORTHOR author
n. Bk1881 • WRITERLING a petty writer or journalist; an author of the baser sort
n. 1888 sl. • INK-SLINGER a journalist or author
n. 1892 sl. • INKSPILLER a journalist or author
n. 1894 sl. • INK-WASTER a journalist or author
n. Bk1895 obs. • HEDGE-WRITER a Grub-street writer or low author; a mean or poor author or writer
n. 1915 Amer. dial. • ARTHUR author
vb. 1387 obs. • BETRAVAIL to work at; to compose a book, to be the author of, to write
vb. c1920 publishers' usage • GRUB-STAKE to give an author money to keep him going while he writes a book
adj. 1775 rare • ONYMOUS having or bearing a name; of a writing: bearing the name of the author; of an author: that gives his name; the opposite of 'anonymous'
adj. 1821 • AUCTORIAL pert. to an author
n. a1000 obs. • BOOKER a writer of books
n. c1460 Sc. • SAYAR a narrator or author; a poetical writer; a poet
n. c1532 obs. • GOOD LETTERS book-learning, letters; the profession of literature, authorship
n. 1563 obs. or arch. • FACTOR one who makes or does anything; a doer, maker, performer, or perpetrator; an author of a literary work
n. 1596 humorous usage • PAPER-STAINER used humorously for an inferior author or clerk - an author of small repute
n. 1598 • NEOTERIC a modern; a modern writer or author
n. 1618 • BOOKMAN an author or publisher; a literary man
n. 1653 • GARRETEER one who lives in a garret; esp. an impecunious author or literary hack
n. L17 colloq. • KNIGHT OF THE QUILL an author; a writer; a journalist
n. 1760 • QUILL-DRIVER one who works with a quill or pen; a clerk or author - chiefly used contemptuously
n. 1771 • AUTHORLING a petty author; an insignificant writer
n. 1772 obs. nonce word • WRITRIX a female writer; an authoress
n. 1823 sl. • HERO OF THE QUILL a distinguished author
n. c1860 theatrical sl. obs. • CACKLE-MERCHANT a dramatic author; the author of a play
n. 1863 Amer. dial. • ORTHOR author
n. Bk1881 • WRITERLING a petty writer or journalist; an author of the baser sort
n. 1888 sl. • INK-SLINGER a journalist or author
n. 1892 sl. • INKSPILLER a journalist or author
n. 1894 sl. • INK-WASTER a journalist or author
n. Bk1895 obs. • HEDGE-WRITER a Grub-street writer or low author; a mean or poor author or writer
n. 1915 Amer. dial. • ARTHUR author
vb. 1387 obs. • BETRAVAIL to work at; to compose a book, to be the author of, to write
vb. c1920 publishers' usage • GRUB-STAKE to give an author money to keep him going while he writes a book
AUTHORITARIAN, AUTHORITATIVE, AUTHORITY
adj. c1175 obs. • EYELESS having no fear of authority; lacking reverence or respect for authority
adj. 1382 obs. rare • SUGETABLE subject to authority
adj. a1450 arch. • PUISSANT possessed of or wielding power; having great authority or influence; mighty, potent, powerful, strong, forcible
adj. 1580 obs. • MASTERLIKE resembling a master; despotic, autocratic, sovereign; authoritative, magisterial; exhibiting masterly ability or skill
adj. 1605 rare • MAGISTRAL pert. to or befitting a master; authoritative, dogmatic
adj. 1632 • MAGISTERIAL assuming authority; dictatorial
adj. 1632 • MAGISTERIAL pert. to a master or teacher, or one qualified to speak with authority
adj. 1658 rare • PLENIPOTENT possessing full power or authority
adj. 17C obs. • MAGISTERIOUS exercising the authority of a master
adj. 1999 UK sl. • DRUMMED OUT OF THE GESTAPO FOR CRUELTYunduly authoritarian, esp. when applied to a senior police officer
n. c893 obs. • ONWALD power, rule, authority
n. a1000 obs. • EYELESSNESS lack of fear or respect for authority
n. c1175 • UNDERLING a subordinate; one subject to authority
n. c1230 obs. • BANDON jurisdiction, authority, dominion, control; power of disposal, full discretion, or authority to deal with
n. c1275 obs. • EYELEST lack of fear or respect for authority
n. c1374 obs. or arch. • FAY credit, authority
n. 1603 obs. • MAGISTRALITY authoritative character; to right to lay down the law or to dogmatize
n. 1637 • SAY-SO an authoritative statement
n. 1650 obs. • MAGISTERIOUSNESS assumption of authority
n. 1651 obs. • MAGISTERIALNESS the quality of being magisterial; assumption of authority
n. 1655 obs. • MAGISTERIALITY mastership; authoritative position
n. 17C • PUNDIT a learned person, expert, or authority
n. 1768 • JACKBOOT arbitrary, cruel, and authoritarian rule or behaviour
n. 1768 Sc. • TALE'S-MAN the authority for a statement; one who brings news or originates a statement
n. 1812 sl. • HIS NIBS somebody in authority
n. 1818 rare • PLENIPOTENT a person possessing full power or authority
n. 1835 Sc. & Eng. dial. • SAY authority, influence, voice
n. 1840 • IMPERATIVENESS commanding quality; authoritativeness
n. 1840 Sc. • THE MACNAB the person in authority; the chief personage
n. 1841 • GAFFER a foreman; an overseer; head man; a person in authority
n. 1856 Amer. dial. • HIGH MUCK a person of real or imagined authority; a self-important person; an important, pompous person; a socially prominent person
n. 1856 Amer. dial. • HIGH MUCKY-MUCK (as above)
n. 1857 • SAY-SO final authority; directing influence
n. Bk1865 sl. • HEAD SERAG the master or overseer; anyone in authority
n. 1875 Amer. dial. • KING BEE a man in a position of authority or dominance
n. 1882 colloq. • HIGH-UP a high-ranking, influential, or important person; the boss, the leader; a person in authority
n. 1882 Amer. sl. • THE MAIN GUY a man of importance, prominence, or authority; the boss ; the leader
n. 1886 US sl. • HEAD KNOCKER a person having primary authority; a boss, a foreman, etc.
n. 1889 sl., chiefly Aust. • HIS GILLS a self-important person, an authority; 'his nibs'
n. 1889 sl., chiefly Aust. • HIS JILLS (as above)
n. c1895 Sc. • MAN one in authority, such as the skipper of a boat, or a male school teacher
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. obs. • AUTORITY authority
n. 19C colloq. • OLD BOY any oldish man, or one in authority, as one's father, a headmaster, etc.
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. • NEARDY a person in authority; a master; a parent; a foreman
n. 1903 Amer. sl. • MAIN KAZOO a man of importance or authority
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • TALE'S-MASTER the authority for a statement; one who brings news or originates a statement
n. 1906 Amer. dial. • HIGH MOGUL a person of real or imagined authority; a self-important person
n. 1908 Amer. dial. • BOSS-MAN an employer; a supervisor; a person in authority
n. 1911 sl., chiefly Aust. • HER GILLS a self-important person, an authority; 'his nibs'
n. 1913 US sl. • HEAD PUSH the person in charge
n. 1915 sl. • HEAD BOTTLE WASHER a person in authority; a foreman
n. 1916 Aust. sl. • HEAD a person in authority
n. 1916 Aust. sl. • THE HEADS those in authority
n. 1916 US sl. • HIGHER-UP one of the persons in charge; a member of the upper echelon
n. 1918 Aust. sl. • HEAD SERANG the boss or person in charge
n. 1918 Aust. sl. • HEAD SHERANG (as above)
n. 1918 US sl. • THE MAN the person or people in authority
n. 1919 sl. • HEAD BUMMER the chief, the boss; the person in charge
n. 1920s African-American sl. • KILLJOY a policeman or any authority figure
n. 1929 Sc. • THE MACGREGOR the leading man; the chief personage; the person in authority
n. 1929 African-American sl. • HAMMER-MAN a man who exercises authority over others; an authoritarian figure
n. 1930 Amer. dial. • QUEEN BEE a person, usually a woman, in a position of authority or dominance; a domineering woman or wife
n. 1940s US sl., orig. military usage • CHICKEN an excessive show of authority; unnecessary discipline or regimentation, in either military or civilian life
n. 1941 • HEAD GIRL a girl occupying a position of authority or seniority
n. 1944 African-American sl. • HEAD KNOCK a person having primary authority; a boss, a foreman, etc.
n. 1966 Amer. dial. • BIG STICK a person of authority, as a police officer or foreman; a marshal
n. 1966 US sl. • THE BIG BOPPER a person holding paramount authority
n. 1968 Irish sl. • HEAD BUCK-CAT a person in authority
n. 1968 US teen sl. • WARDEN a parent or any other authority figure
n. 1969 Amer. dial. • HIGH JINKS a person of real or imagined authority; a self-important person
n. 1969 Aust. sl. • THE PEA the person in authority; the boss
n. 1972 African-American sl. • H.N.I.C. a Black person in a position of authority; a Head Nigger in Charge
n. 1973 African-American sl. • HEAD NIGGER IN CHARGE a sarcastic reference to any Black authority figure; the leader of an enterprise
n. 1975 sl. • GEEZER an authority figure
n. 1979 Brit. colloq. • HER INDOORS one's wife or girlfriend; also applied more generally to any woman occupying a position of authority who is regarded as domineering
n. Bk1980 Amer. sl. • HIGH MAN ON THE TOTEM POLE a person of authority and importance
n. 1980s US sl. • SILK an authority figure
n. 1984 UK sl. • HEAD BUMMAROO the chief, the person in charge; the most important person present; the manager
n. Bk1988 Aust. sl. • HEAD SHEBANG the boss or person in charge
n. 1989 US sl. • HAMMER a man who exercises authority over others
n. Bk1989 US college sl. • HELL MASTER a person who is bossy or overly authoritative
n. 1990s W. Indies sl. • VIKING CHEAT a member of the Establishment; an authority; hence, an oppressor
n. 1992 African-American sl. • HEAD NEGRO a sarcastic reference to any Black authority figure
n. Bk1997 Irish sl. • HEAD LAR the man in charge
n. Bk1998 Yiddish • BALEBOSS the head of the house; a store owner; a manager; anyone in authority
n. 1999 Aust. sl. • HEADKICKER a person in authority who is aggressive
n. 20C Amer. sl. • CHEESE an insignificant person, esp. an unworthy person in a position of authority
n. 20C W. Indies • JOKER anyone who is given authority but performs their work with irritating incompetence, thus a 'disgrace to one's profession'
n. M20 S. Afr. • INDUNA a person, esp. a Black person, in authority; a foreman
n. 2002 African-American sl. • HEAD NEGRO IN CHARGE a sarcastic reference to any Black authority figure
vb. c1470 obs. • TAKE to assume authority or importance
vb. L16 • WIELD THE SCEPTRE to exercise supreme authority, to rule
vb. 1648 rare • FACULTATE to invest with authority; to empower; to authorize
vb. 1666 • WEAR THE BREECHES to have the real authority; usually said of a woman or wife
vb. 1850s Amer. sl. • BOSS AROUND to direct or control someone in an offensively authoritarian way
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • HAVE THE TAPE to have authority
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • SHOW ONE'S MAN to use one's authority; to domineer
vb. 1909 Amer. dial. • WEAR THE BRITCHES to have the real authority; usually said of a woman or wife
vb. 1980s Amer. sl. • WRITE THE BOOK to be very authoritative or seasoned; to be an expert
vb. 20C • CRACK THE WHIP to assert authority suddenly or forcibly
adj. 1382 obs. rare • SUGETABLE subject to authority
adj. a1450 arch. • PUISSANT possessed of or wielding power; having great authority or influence; mighty, potent, powerful, strong, forcible
adj. 1580 obs. • MASTERLIKE resembling a master; despotic, autocratic, sovereign; authoritative, magisterial; exhibiting masterly ability or skill
adj. 1605 rare • MAGISTRAL pert. to or befitting a master; authoritative, dogmatic
adj. 1632 • MAGISTERIAL assuming authority; dictatorial
adj. 1632 • MAGISTERIAL pert. to a master or teacher, or one qualified to speak with authority
adj. 1658 rare • PLENIPOTENT possessing full power or authority
adj. 17C obs. • MAGISTERIOUS exercising the authority of a master
adj. 1999 UK sl. • DRUMMED OUT OF THE GESTAPO FOR CRUELTYunduly authoritarian, esp. when applied to a senior police officer
n. c893 obs. • ONWALD power, rule, authority
n. a1000 obs. • EYELESSNESS lack of fear or respect for authority
n. c1175 • UNDERLING a subordinate; one subject to authority
n. c1230 obs. • BANDON jurisdiction, authority, dominion, control; power of disposal, full discretion, or authority to deal with
n. c1275 obs. • EYELEST lack of fear or respect for authority
n. c1374 obs. or arch. • FAY credit, authority
n. 1603 obs. • MAGISTRALITY authoritative character; to right to lay down the law or to dogmatize
n. 1637 • SAY-SO an authoritative statement
n. 1650 obs. • MAGISTERIOUSNESS assumption of authority
n. 1651 obs. • MAGISTERIALNESS the quality of being magisterial; assumption of authority
n. 1655 obs. • MAGISTERIALITY mastership; authoritative position
n. 17C • PUNDIT a learned person, expert, or authority
n. 1768 • JACKBOOT arbitrary, cruel, and authoritarian rule or behaviour
n. 1768 Sc. • TALE'S-MAN the authority for a statement; one who brings news or originates a statement
n. 1812 sl. • HIS NIBS somebody in authority
n. 1818 rare • PLENIPOTENT a person possessing full power or authority
n. 1835 Sc. & Eng. dial. • SAY authority, influence, voice
n. 1840 • IMPERATIVENESS commanding quality; authoritativeness
n. 1840 Sc. • THE MACNAB the person in authority; the chief personage
n. 1841 • GAFFER a foreman; an overseer; head man; a person in authority
n. 1856 Amer. dial. • HIGH MUCK a person of real or imagined authority; a self-important person; an important, pompous person; a socially prominent person
n. 1856 Amer. dial. • HIGH MUCKY-MUCK (as above)
n. 1857 • SAY-SO final authority; directing influence
n. Bk1865 sl. • HEAD SERAG the master or overseer; anyone in authority
n. 1875 Amer. dial. • KING BEE a man in a position of authority or dominance
n. 1882 colloq. • HIGH-UP a high-ranking, influential, or important person; the boss, the leader; a person in authority
n. 1882 Amer. sl. • THE MAIN GUY a man of importance, prominence, or authority; the boss ; the leader
n. 1886 US sl. • HEAD KNOCKER a person having primary authority; a boss, a foreman, etc.
n. 1889 sl., chiefly Aust. • HIS GILLS a self-important person, an authority; 'his nibs'
n. 1889 sl., chiefly Aust. • HIS JILLS (as above)
n. c1895 Sc. • MAN one in authority, such as the skipper of a boat, or a male school teacher
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. obs. • AUTORITY authority
n. 19C colloq. • OLD BOY any oldish man, or one in authority, as one's father, a headmaster, etc.
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. • NEARDY a person in authority; a master; a parent; a foreman
n. 1903 Amer. sl. • MAIN KAZOO a man of importance or authority
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • TALE'S-MASTER the authority for a statement; one who brings news or originates a statement
n. 1906 Amer. dial. • HIGH MOGUL a person of real or imagined authority; a self-important person
n. 1908 Amer. dial. • BOSS-MAN an employer; a supervisor; a person in authority
n. 1911 sl., chiefly Aust. • HER GILLS a self-important person, an authority; 'his nibs'
n. 1913 US sl. • HEAD PUSH the person in charge
n. 1915 sl. • HEAD BOTTLE WASHER a person in authority; a foreman
n. 1916 Aust. sl. • HEAD a person in authority
n. 1916 Aust. sl. • THE HEADS those in authority
n. 1916 US sl. • HIGHER-UP one of the persons in charge; a member of the upper echelon
n. 1918 Aust. sl. • HEAD SERANG the boss or person in charge
n. 1918 Aust. sl. • HEAD SHERANG (as above)
n. 1918 US sl. • THE MAN the person or people in authority
n. 1919 sl. • HEAD BUMMER the chief, the boss; the person in charge
n. 1920s African-American sl. • KILLJOY a policeman or any authority figure
n. 1929 Sc. • THE MACGREGOR the leading man; the chief personage; the person in authority
n. 1929 African-American sl. • HAMMER-MAN a man who exercises authority over others; an authoritarian figure
n. 1930 Amer. dial. • QUEEN BEE a person, usually a woman, in a position of authority or dominance; a domineering woman or wife
n. 1940s US sl., orig. military usage • CHICKEN an excessive show of authority; unnecessary discipline or regimentation, in either military or civilian life
n. 1941 • HEAD GIRL a girl occupying a position of authority or seniority
n. 1944 African-American sl. • HEAD KNOCK a person having primary authority; a boss, a foreman, etc.
n. 1966 Amer. dial. • BIG STICK a person of authority, as a police officer or foreman; a marshal
n. 1966 US sl. • THE BIG BOPPER a person holding paramount authority
n. 1968 Irish sl. • HEAD BUCK-CAT a person in authority
n. 1968 US teen sl. • WARDEN a parent or any other authority figure
n. 1969 Amer. dial. • HIGH JINKS a person of real or imagined authority; a self-important person
n. 1969 Aust. sl. • THE PEA the person in authority; the boss
n. 1972 African-American sl. • H.N.I.C. a Black person in a position of authority; a Head Nigger in Charge
n. 1973 African-American sl. • HEAD NIGGER IN CHARGE a sarcastic reference to any Black authority figure; the leader of an enterprise
n. 1975 sl. • GEEZER an authority figure
n. 1979 Brit. colloq. • HER INDOORS one's wife or girlfriend; also applied more generally to any woman occupying a position of authority who is regarded as domineering
n. Bk1980 Amer. sl. • HIGH MAN ON THE TOTEM POLE a person of authority and importance
n. 1980s US sl. • SILK an authority figure
n. 1984 UK sl. • HEAD BUMMAROO the chief, the person in charge; the most important person present; the manager
n. Bk1988 Aust. sl. • HEAD SHEBANG the boss or person in charge
n. 1989 US sl. • HAMMER a man who exercises authority over others
n. Bk1989 US college sl. • HELL MASTER a person who is bossy or overly authoritative
n. 1990s W. Indies sl. • VIKING CHEAT a member of the Establishment; an authority; hence, an oppressor
n. 1992 African-American sl. • HEAD NEGRO a sarcastic reference to any Black authority figure
n. Bk1997 Irish sl. • HEAD LAR the man in charge
n. Bk1998 Yiddish • BALEBOSS the head of the house; a store owner; a manager; anyone in authority
n. 1999 Aust. sl. • HEADKICKER a person in authority who is aggressive
n. 20C Amer. sl. • CHEESE an insignificant person, esp. an unworthy person in a position of authority
n. 20C W. Indies • JOKER anyone who is given authority but performs their work with irritating incompetence, thus a 'disgrace to one's profession'
n. M20 S. Afr. • INDUNA a person, esp. a Black person, in authority; a foreman
n. 2002 African-American sl. • HEAD NEGRO IN CHARGE a sarcastic reference to any Black authority figure
vb. c1470 obs. • TAKE to assume authority or importance
vb. L16 • WIELD THE SCEPTRE to exercise supreme authority, to rule
vb. 1648 rare • FACULTATE to invest with authority; to empower; to authorize
vb. 1666 • WEAR THE BREECHES to have the real authority; usually said of a woman or wife
vb. 1850s Amer. sl. • BOSS AROUND to direct or control someone in an offensively authoritarian way
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • HAVE THE TAPE to have authority
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • SHOW ONE'S MAN to use one's authority; to domineer
vb. 1909 Amer. dial. • WEAR THE BRITCHES to have the real authority; usually said of a woman or wife
vb. 1980s Amer. sl. • WRITE THE BOOK to be very authoritative or seasoned; to be an expert
vb. 20C • CRACK THE WHIP to assert authority suddenly or forcibly
AUTHORIZATION, AUTHORIZE
n. 1930s Amer. sl. • ALL-CLEAR denoting authorization to proceed with something; a signal that there is no further danger
vb. c1350 obs. rare • LEAL to legalize, to authorize
vb. c1350 obs. rare • LEAL to legalize, to authorize
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
n. 1840 • AUTOBIOGRAPHIST an autobiographer
AUTOCRAT, AUTOCRATIC
adj. 1580 obs. • MASTERLIKE resembling a master; despotic, autocratic, sovereign; authoritative, magisterial; exhibiting masterly ability or skill
n. 1653 • MOGUL an important, influential, powerful, or dominant person; an autocrat; a business or media magnate
n. 1653 • MOGUL an important, influential, powerful, or dominant person; an autocrat; a business or media magnate
AUTOGRAPH
n. c1200 obs. • HANDWRIT handwriting; autograph; signature
n. 1933 Amer. colloq. • AUTOGRAPH HOUND a collector of autographs, esp. an offensive person who clamours for the autographs of celebrities
n. 1933 Amer. colloq. • AUTOGRAPH HOUND a collector of autographs, esp. an offensive person who clamours for the autographs of celebrities
AUTOMATE, AUTOMATION
n. 1962 • CYBERNATION control, esp. of an industrial process, by machines or computers; automation
vb. 1962 • CYBERNATE to control by machines or computers; to automate
vb. 1962 • CYBERNATE to control by machines or computers; to automate
AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINE - see CASH MACHINE
AUTOMOBILE - see VEHICLE
AUTOPSY
adj. 1881 • AUTOPSIC pert. to autopsy; based on personal observation
n. 1856 • NECROPSY a post-mortem examination, an autopsy
n. 1942 sl. • POST an autopsy
n. 1970 US police sl. • CANOE-MAKER an autopsy surgeon
vb. 1942 sl. • POST to perform an autopsy on someone
n. 1856 • NECROPSY a post-mortem examination, an autopsy
n. 1942 sl. • POST an autopsy
n. 1970 US police sl. • CANOE-MAKER an autopsy surgeon
vb. 1942 sl. • POST to perform an autopsy on someone
AUTUMN
adj. 1606 obs. • AUTUMNIAN belonging to autumn
n. 902 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • HARVEST the third of the four seasons of the year, the autumn
n. 1503 • THE FALLING OF THE LEAF autumn
n. 1545 obs. • FALL OF THE LEAF autumn
n. 1820 • BACK-END the later part of the year; the late autumn
n. 1840 poetic usage • LEAF-FALL the fall of the leaf, autumn
n. 1844 Sc. & Eng. dial. • FALL OF THE YEAR autumn
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • AFTER-END the autumn
n. 1916 Sc. • THE GAB O' WINTER a spell of cold weather in early autumn
n. 1939 Amer. dial. • MOUNTAIN DAY fall day of exceptionally fine weather
n. 1942 Amer. dial. • FALLING WEATHER autumn, fall
n. 1943 Amer. dial. • BLUEBIRD WEATHER a brief period of warm weather in autumn
n. 902 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • HARVEST the third of the four seasons of the year, the autumn
n. 1503 • THE FALLING OF THE LEAF autumn
n. 1545 obs. • FALL OF THE LEAF autumn
n. 1820 • BACK-END the later part of the year; the late autumn
n. 1840 poetic usage • LEAF-FALL the fall of the leaf, autumn
n. 1844 Sc. & Eng. dial. • FALL OF THE YEAR autumn
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • AFTER-END the autumn
n. 1916 Sc. • THE GAB O' WINTER a spell of cold weather in early autumn
n. 1939 Amer. dial. • MOUNTAIN DAY fall day of exceptionally fine weather
n. 1942 Amer. dial. • FALLING WEATHER autumn, fall
n. 1943 Amer. dial. • BLUEBIRD WEATHER a brief period of warm weather in autumn
AVAIL
n. c1200 obs. • GAIN advantage, use, avail, benefit; remedy, help
vb. c1200 obs. • GAIN to be suitable, useful or advantageous; to avail, to help; to serve, to suffice
vb. c1315 obs. • YAIN to avail
vb. 1528 arch. • SKILL to avail, to help
vb. 1589 • BESTEAD to be of service or use to; to avail
vb. c1200 obs. • GAIN to be suitable, useful or advantageous; to avail, to help; to serve, to suffice
vb. c1315 obs. • YAIN to avail
vb. 1528 arch. • SKILL to avail, to help
vb. 1589 • BESTEAD to be of service or use to; to avail
AVAILABLE
adj. a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • GAIN of things: available, handy, useful, convenient
adj. L19 sl. • ON DECK available, prepared
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • UNGAINABLE not easily available
adj. 20C US sl. • BACK IN CIRCULATION available again after a broken engagement or other broken commitment
adj. 2000 UK sl. • ON OFFER available
adj. L19 sl. • ON DECK available, prepared
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • UNGAINABLE not easily available
adj. 20C US sl. • BACK IN CIRCULATION available again after a broken engagement or other broken commitment
adj. 2000 UK sl. • ON OFFER available
AVALANCHE
adj. 1894 • AVALANCHY liable to descend in or be swept by an avalanche
n. 1766 obs. rare • VALANCHE an avalanche
n. 1806 rare • LAVANGE an avalanche
n. 1818 • LAUWINE an avalanche
n. 1830 obs. • VOLLENGE an avalanche
n. 1856 • BERGFALL a falling of rock fragments or debris; an avalanche of stones
n. 1879 • ICE-BOLT an avalanche
n. 1766 obs. rare • VALANCHE an avalanche
n. 1806 rare • LAVANGE an avalanche
n. 1818 • LAUWINE an avalanche
n. 1830 obs. • VOLLENGE an avalanche
n. 1856 • BERGFALL a falling of rock fragments or debris; an avalanche of stones
n. 1879 • ICE-BOLT an avalanche
AVARICE, AVARICIOUS
adj. 1303 obs. exc. Eng. dial. obs. • AVAROUS avaricious, covetous, greedy
adj. 1303 obs. exc. Eng. dial. obs. • AVERISH (as above)
adj. 1303 obs. exc. Eng. dial. obs. • AVEROUS (as above)
adj. a1500 obs. • SILVER-SICK avaricious
adj. 1551 obs. • LUCROUS avaricious, covetous
adj. 1614 obs. • GRIPULOUS grasping, greedy, avaricious
adj. 1637 obs. rare • INGORDIGIOUS greedy, avaricious
adj. 1665 obs. • PHILARGYROUS loving money, greedy of gain, covetous, avaricious
adj. a1693 obs. • SCRAPE-GOOD miserly, stingy, avaricious
adj. 1808 Sc. • GRIPPY grasping, avaricious
adj. 1824 Sc. • MISERTISH miserly, avaricious
adj. 1869 orig. US • ON THE MAKE said of someone intent on profit; avaricious; greedy
adj. 1902 Sc. • KEEN of a person: avaricious, driving a hard bargain, looking sharply after one's own interests
adj. Bk1903 N. Ireland • MISERTLY miserly, avaricious
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • A HOG FOR avaricious, greedy
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • GRABBY (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • HOGGY (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • HOOKEM-SNIVEY (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • PIGGY (as above)
adj. 1951 sl. • SHONKY avaricious, mean; money-grubbing
n. c1386 obs. • CHINCHERY niggardliness, miserliness, avarice
n. 1545 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • SNUDGE a mean, avaricious person; a stingy person; an intrusive, sponging fellow
n. 1584 obs. • SCRAPE-PENNY one who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; an avaricious or penurious person
n. 1609 • SUCK-EGG an avaricious person
n. 1622 obs. rare • AVARITION the quality of being avaricious; greediness of wealth
n. 1629 obs. • SNIG a covetous or avaricious person
n. 1662 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs. • GIPE a glutton; a greedy or avaricious person
n. 1662 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs. • GYPE (as above)
n. 1768 • MONEY-GRUB one who is sordidly intent on amassing money; an avaricious person
n. 1825 • MONEY-GRUBBER a person who seeks assiduously to acquire or accumulate money, esp. by sordid or contemptible methods; a person motivated chiefly by avarice or commercialism; an avaricious or rapacious person
n. 1825 Sc. obs. • GED a greedy or avaricious person; a glutton
n. 1898 Sc. & Eng. dial. • MISERD a miser, a close-fisted, avaricious person
n. Bk1904 Sc. • SCRAPE a miser; a greedy, avaricious person
n. Bk1904 Sc. • SCRAPIE (as above)
n. Bk1904 Sc. • SCRIMGER an avaricious, covetous person
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • THROTTLE-POKE a grasping, avaricious person
n. 1961 Sc. • SCORRIE an avaricious, quarrelsome person
n. 1968 Amer. dial. • NEEDMORE an avaricious or greedy person
n. 1975 US sl. • MESSALINA a voracious, avaricious woman
vb. 1803 Amer. dial. • SKIN A LOUSE to go to great lengths to save money; to be avaricious, mean, or stingy
vb. 1819 Amer. dial. • SKIN A FLEA FOR ITS HIDE AND TALLOW to go to great lengths to save money; to be avaricious, mean, niggardly, or stingy
vb. 1868 • SKIN A FLEA FOR ITS HIDE to be excessively mean and avaricious
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • RAKE AND SCRAPE to collect everything one can lay one's hands on for one's own advantage; to be over-grasping and avaricious
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. • SKIN A GNAT FOR A PENNY to go to great lengths to save money; to be avaricious, mean, or stingy
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. • SKIN A LOUSE FOR A CENT (as above)
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. • SKIN A LOUSE FOR HIS HIDE (as above)
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. • SKIN A LOUSE FOR HIS HIDE AND TALLOW (as above)
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. • SKIN A LOUSE FOR TALLOW (as above)
adj. 1303 obs. exc. Eng. dial. obs. • AVERISH (as above)
adj. 1303 obs. exc. Eng. dial. obs. • AVEROUS (as above)
adj. a1500 obs. • SILVER-SICK avaricious
adj. 1551 obs. • LUCROUS avaricious, covetous
adj. 1614 obs. • GRIPULOUS grasping, greedy, avaricious
adj. 1637 obs. rare • INGORDIGIOUS greedy, avaricious
adj. 1665 obs. • PHILARGYROUS loving money, greedy of gain, covetous, avaricious
adj. a1693 obs. • SCRAPE-GOOD miserly, stingy, avaricious
adj. 1808 Sc. • GRIPPY grasping, avaricious
adj. 1824 Sc. • MISERTISH miserly, avaricious
adj. 1869 orig. US • ON THE MAKE said of someone intent on profit; avaricious; greedy
adj. 1902 Sc. • KEEN of a person: avaricious, driving a hard bargain, looking sharply after one's own interests
adj. Bk1903 N. Ireland • MISERTLY miserly, avaricious
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • A HOG FOR avaricious, greedy
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • GRABBY (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • HOGGY (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • HOOKEM-SNIVEY (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • PIGGY (as above)
adj. 1951 sl. • SHONKY avaricious, mean; money-grubbing
n. c1386 obs. • CHINCHERY niggardliness, miserliness, avarice
n. 1545 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • SNUDGE a mean, avaricious person; a stingy person; an intrusive, sponging fellow
n. 1584 obs. • SCRAPE-PENNY one who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; an avaricious or penurious person
n. 1609 • SUCK-EGG an avaricious person
n. 1622 obs. rare • AVARITION the quality of being avaricious; greediness of wealth
n. 1629 obs. • SNIG a covetous or avaricious person
n. 1662 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs. • GIPE a glutton; a greedy or avaricious person
n. 1662 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs. • GYPE (as above)
n. 1768 • MONEY-GRUB one who is sordidly intent on amassing money; an avaricious person
n. 1825 • MONEY-GRUBBER a person who seeks assiduously to acquire or accumulate money, esp. by sordid or contemptible methods; a person motivated chiefly by avarice or commercialism; an avaricious or rapacious person
n. 1825 Sc. obs. • GED a greedy or avaricious person; a glutton
n. 1898 Sc. & Eng. dial. • MISERD a miser, a close-fisted, avaricious person
n. Bk1904 Sc. • SCRAPE a miser; a greedy, avaricious person
n. Bk1904 Sc. • SCRAPIE (as above)
n. Bk1904 Sc. • SCRIMGER an avaricious, covetous person
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • THROTTLE-POKE a grasping, avaricious person
n. 1961 Sc. • SCORRIE an avaricious, quarrelsome person
n. 1968 Amer. dial. • NEEDMORE an avaricious or greedy person
n. 1975 US sl. • MESSALINA a voracious, avaricious woman
vb. 1803 Amer. dial. • SKIN A LOUSE to go to great lengths to save money; to be avaricious, mean, or stingy
vb. 1819 Amer. dial. • SKIN A FLEA FOR ITS HIDE AND TALLOW to go to great lengths to save money; to be avaricious, mean, niggardly, or stingy
vb. 1868 • SKIN A FLEA FOR ITS HIDE to be excessively mean and avaricious
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • RAKE AND SCRAPE to collect everything one can lay one's hands on for one's own advantage; to be over-grasping and avaricious
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. • SKIN A GNAT FOR A PENNY to go to great lengths to save money; to be avaricious, mean, or stingy
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. • SKIN A LOUSE FOR A CENT (as above)
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. • SKIN A LOUSE FOR HIS HIDE (as above)
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. • SKIN A LOUSE FOR HIS HIDE AND TALLOW (as above)
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. • SKIN A LOUSE FOR TALLOW (as above)
AVENGE, AVENGEMENT, AVENGER, AVENGING
adj. a1340 obs. • VENGEANT avenging; executing vengeance; inflicting retributive punishment
adj. c1470 • VENGING avenging; executing vengeance
n. a1340 poetic usage • VENGER an avenger; one who takes vengeance on a person
n. c1374 obs. rare • VENGERESS a female avenger
n. 1382 obs. rare • VENGESOUR an avenger
n. 1490 obs. • ULTRICE a female avenger
n. c1550 obs. rare • ULTION vengeance, revenge, avengement
n. 1576 • NEMESIS the goddess of retribution or vengeance; hence, one who avenges or punishes
vb. 1048 obs. • AWREAK to avenge
vb. a1300 arch. • VENGE to avenge, to execute revenge
vb. c1325 obs. • BEWREAK to avenge; to give vent in action to incensed feelings
adj. c1470 • VENGING avenging; executing vengeance
n. a1340 poetic usage • VENGER an avenger; one who takes vengeance on a person
n. c1374 obs. rare • VENGERESS a female avenger
n. 1382 obs. rare • VENGESOUR an avenger
n. 1490 obs. • ULTRICE a female avenger
n. c1550 obs. rare • ULTION vengeance, revenge, avengement
n. 1576 • NEMESIS the goddess of retribution or vengeance; hence, one who avenges or punishes
vb. 1048 obs. • AWREAK to avenge
vb. a1300 arch. • VENGE to avenge, to execute revenge
vb. c1325 obs. • BEWREAK to avenge; to give vent in action to incensed feelings
AVENUE
n. 1985 Amer. sl. • AVE avenue
AVER, AVERMENT
n. 1472 obs. • VERMENT averment; the act of proving, verification
vb. c1400 obs. • VER to aver, to declare
vb. c1400 obs. • VER to aver, to declare
AVERAGE
adj. 1854 Eng. dial. • MANNERLY somewhat above the average; good
adj. 1865 Amer. dial. • FAIR TO MIDDLING about average; slightly better than average; frequently used to understate a feeling of good health
adj. 1908 Amer. dial. • MIDDLESEX average, ordinary
adj. 1928 • MIDDLE BROW middle-class; average or mediocre
adj. 1939 Amer. dial. • FAIR TO MIDDLING below average
adj. 1962 colloq. • BOG STANDARD not containing any special features
adj. 20C Aust. sl. • BOG STOCK not containing any special features
n. 1593 chiefly US • JOHN DOE an ordinary or typical citizen
n. c1850 Amer. sl. • NO GREAT SHAKES an unimportant or average person
n. 1888 US • MAN-IN-THE-CARS man-in-the-street; an average or ordinary person
n. 1890 Aust. sl. • COPPERTAIL the ordinary or average person; one belonging to the lower classes of society
n. M19 • JOE a fellow; a chap; an average man
n. 1908 chiefly US • GEORGE SPELVIN a pseudonym used to hide the identity of an actor; also, a name given to a hypothetical average or ordinary man
n. 1914 US sl. • MOKUS a working man; an 'average joe'
n. 1916 Amer. dial. • MIDDLING someone or something of only average quality
n. 1919 US sl. • HAM AND EGGER an average, inconsequential, or mediocre person; a person who is below par, a second-rate person; a stupid, incompetent, or inferior person; an oaf
n. 1932 colloq. • JOE CITIZEN a hypothetical average person
n. c1941 US colloq. • JOE BLOW a hypothetical average man
n. 1942 sl., orig. US theatrical usage, often mildly derogatory • JOE PUBLIC a typical male member of the general public
n. 1943 US colloq. • JOE DOAKES a hypothetical average man
n. 1943 US colloq. • JOE DOKES (as above)
n. 1947 sl., orig. US • JOE SCHMO a hypothetical average or ordinary person; a person of no distinction or importance
n. 1966 sl. • JOE SOAP a hypothetical average man
n. 1969 Brit. colloq. • JOE BLOGGS a hypothetical average man
n. 1972 US sl. • JOE SIXPACK a hypothetical average working or blue-collar person, esp. a man
n. 1973 US sl. • HACKER a run-of-the-mill, average person
n. 1980s US sl. • THE AVERAGE BEAR an average person
n. 1997 US sl. • MOS a typical Man On the Street
adj. 1865 Amer. dial. • FAIR TO MIDDLING about average; slightly better than average; frequently used to understate a feeling of good health
adj. 1908 Amer. dial. • MIDDLESEX average, ordinary
adj. 1928 • MIDDLE BROW middle-class; average or mediocre
adj. 1939 Amer. dial. • FAIR TO MIDDLING below average
adj. 1962 colloq. • BOG STANDARD not containing any special features
adj. 20C Aust. sl. • BOG STOCK not containing any special features
n. 1593 chiefly US • JOHN DOE an ordinary or typical citizen
n. c1850 Amer. sl. • NO GREAT SHAKES an unimportant or average person
n. 1888 US • MAN-IN-THE-CARS man-in-the-street; an average or ordinary person
n. 1890 Aust. sl. • COPPERTAIL the ordinary or average person; one belonging to the lower classes of society
n. M19 • JOE a fellow; a chap; an average man
n. 1908 chiefly US • GEORGE SPELVIN a pseudonym used to hide the identity of an actor; also, a name given to a hypothetical average or ordinary man
n. 1914 US sl. • MOKUS a working man; an 'average joe'
n. 1916 Amer. dial. • MIDDLING someone or something of only average quality
n. 1919 US sl. • HAM AND EGGER an average, inconsequential, or mediocre person; a person who is below par, a second-rate person; a stupid, incompetent, or inferior person; an oaf
n. 1932 colloq. • JOE CITIZEN a hypothetical average person
n. c1941 US colloq. • JOE BLOW a hypothetical average man
n. 1942 sl., orig. US theatrical usage, often mildly derogatory • JOE PUBLIC a typical male member of the general public
n. 1943 US colloq. • JOE DOAKES a hypothetical average man
n. 1943 US colloq. • JOE DOKES (as above)
n. 1947 sl., orig. US • JOE SCHMO a hypothetical average or ordinary person; a person of no distinction or importance
n. 1966 sl. • JOE SOAP a hypothetical average man
n. 1969 Brit. colloq. • JOE BLOGGS a hypothetical average man
n. 1972 US sl. • JOE SIXPACK a hypothetical average working or blue-collar person, esp. a man
n. 1973 US sl. • HACKER a run-of-the-mill, average person
n. 1980s US sl. • THE AVERAGE BEAR an average person
n. 1997 US sl. • MOS a typical Man On the Street
AVERSE, AVERSION
adj. 1563 obs. • OFFWARD turned or directed off or away; averse
adj. 1908 UK sl. • OFF having lost interest in; averse to
adj. 1935 Amer. jocular usage • ALLERGIC having a strong aversion to something or someone
adj. 1942 Aust. & NZ sl. • CROOKED ON annoyed, angry; hostile or averse to
int. 1377 • BAW! an exclamation of disgust, aversion, or contempt
int. 1812 • YA! an exclamation of disgust, aversion, contempt, or malicious defiance
int. 1812 • YAH! (as above)
int. 1812 • YAR! (as above)
int. 1950 Amer. dial. • UFF-DA! an expression of surprise, aversion, disgust, or pain
n. 1600 obs. • OFFWARDNESS the state of being turned away; averseness, aversion
n. 1613 arch. • AVERSATION a great dislike for or turning away from anything; abhorrence, hatred, aversion
n. 1620 • ADVERSENESS opposition, hostility; aversion
n. 1629 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. • HEART-SCALD disagreeable sensation, disgust, aversion
n. 1638 obs. rare • ABVERSION aversion; an averted state of mind or feelings; a mental attitude of opposition or repugnance; a fixed habitual dislike
vb. 1725 obs. rare • AVERSATE to turn away from, to regard with aversion, to reject
adj. 1908 UK sl. • OFF having lost interest in; averse to
adj. 1935 Amer. jocular usage • ALLERGIC having a strong aversion to something or someone
adj. 1942 Aust. & NZ sl. • CROOKED ON annoyed, angry; hostile or averse to
int. 1377 • BAW! an exclamation of disgust, aversion, or contempt
int. 1812 • YA! an exclamation of disgust, aversion, contempt, or malicious defiance
int. 1812 • YAH! (as above)
int. 1812 • YAR! (as above)
int. 1950 Amer. dial. • UFF-DA! an expression of surprise, aversion, disgust, or pain
n. 1600 obs. • OFFWARDNESS the state of being turned away; averseness, aversion
n. 1613 arch. • AVERSATION a great dislike for or turning away from anything; abhorrence, hatred, aversion
n. 1620 • ADVERSENESS opposition, hostility; aversion
n. 1629 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. • HEART-SCALD disagreeable sensation, disgust, aversion
n. 1638 obs. rare • ABVERSION aversion; an averted state of mind or feelings; a mental attitude of opposition or repugnance; a fixed habitual dislike
vb. 1725 obs. rare • AVERSATE to turn away from, to regard with aversion, to reject
AVERT
vb. a1000 obs. • AWEND to avert, to ward off something undesirable
vb. 1382 arch. • FORFEND to avert, to keep away or off, to fend off, to prevent
vb. 1382 arch. • FORFEND to avert, to keep away or off, to fend off, to prevent