Fun OED Searches
Mar. 26th, 2003 11:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
weaktwosI told the OED online to bring forth any word that was considered slang. The OED gives me date of origin of the word, as well.
I am happier than a pig in slop with this search feature.
Trivia:
-Ball-buster: slang for "domineering female" showed up in our vocabulary around 1954. The first known quotation of ball-busting appeared in 1944.
-Who has ever heard of the word "banjax"? If you haven't heard it before, it's to batter or destroy. First seen in captivity in 1939.
-When did barf show up in our vocabulary. 1960.
-Ah, in the 1440s, you might have called a swindler a bat-fowler. While swindled is fun to say. Bat-fowler is a verbal party.
-Men started referring to women's breasts as "bazooms" in 1950.
I am happier than a pig in slop with this search feature.
Trivia:
-Ball-buster: slang for "domineering female" showed up in our vocabulary around 1954. The first known quotation of ball-busting appeared in 1944.
-Who has ever heard of the word "banjax"? If you haven't heard it before, it's to batter or destroy. First seen in captivity in 1939.
-When did barf show up in our vocabulary. 1960.
-Ah, in the 1440s, you might have called a swindler a bat-fowler. While swindled is fun to say. Bat-fowler is a verbal party.
-Men started referring to women's breasts as "bazooms" in 1950.
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Date: 2003-03-27 10:28 pm (UTC)My favorite slang ever was today's M-W word of the day:
cumshaw
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Date: 2003-03-27 11:51 pm (UTC)Cumshaw appeared in my journal some time late last year.
I'm not sure what my favorite slang is, yet.