SlangPlus: Tuesday August 16th, 2016

• BAD NEWS a depressing person ...1950s Amer. sl. 
• BALL-BUSTING acting as a hard taskmaster or dominating woman
  ...1940s sl., orig. US 
• BASTRICH a curse and a nickname for a despised person ...20C US sl. 
• BEAR-HUG to shinny up a tree ...1965 Amer. dial. 
• BEGRUTTEN tear-stained ...Bk1911 Scot. 
• BELLY-WASHER a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against
  the water ...1969 Amer. dial. 
• BETWEEN HAY AND GRASS vague; indefinite; inconclusive; colourless
  ...1928 Amer. dial. 
• BIG MAMA one's grandmother ...1946 Amer. dial. 
​• BIT TWIDDLER a computer operator ...1974 US sl. 
• BLIMEY a British person; an English person ...1969 Amer. dial. 
• BONDI BUS used as an example of something that moves quickly
  ...1959 Aust. sl. 
• BRING A-BED to deliver of a child ...1523 obs. 
• BUTTERFLYING a flirting ...1940s US campus sl. 
​• CAB MAT the vagina ...L19 sl. 
• CACK YOUR DACKS to become scared ...1992 Aust. sl. 
• CAFARD depression, the blues ...E20  
• CALEDONIAN a native of ancient Caledonia; humorously, a Scotchman
  ...1768 
• CALVES'-SNOUT an old name of snapdragon, esp. of Antirrhinum
  Orontium ...1548 
• CARRY GUTS TO A BEAR to work at dishonourable employment
  ...1922  Amer. dial. 
• CHEW THE RAG to grumble; to resuscitate an old grievance; to argue
  endlessly or without hope of a definite agreement  ...c1880 military sl. 
• CHIP a child, a youngster ...1698 sl. 
​• CHUNKED thick and short ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. 
• COD-ON a practical joke ...20C Irish sl. 
• CORPSE REVIVER a strong (mixed) drink intended to cure a hang-over ...1865 jocular, orig. US 
• CROOKLYN Brooklyn, New York City ...1990s US Black sl. 
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