spide n.— «In good old Northern Ireland (that’s Norn Iron in the local accent…beautiful, isn’t it?) we call “chavs’”spides,” and female versions are called “millies,” which makes it quite amusing when we hear of English girls called Milly...
snobocracy n.— «If Carole Middleton does indeed use the term “toilet”—and despite my trawling of the snobocracy I cannot find anyone to swear either way, apart from James Whitaker—then it is a habit she shares with a swathe of the upper classes...
schmutzdecke n.— «Periodically the top layer of sand (approximately 25 to 100m deep) needs to be removed from the slow sand filters together with the associated biological accumulation (“schmutzdecke”) for cleaning.» —“Tender—Department Of The...
dick v. to watch or to keep under surveillance. Editorial Note: There are also, of course, a wide variety of sex-related slang homonyms that are well-covered elsewhere. Etymological Note: The Historical Dictionary of American Slang attributes this...
tiger kidnapping n.— «Police intelligence reports and underworld crime gangs share the same use of terminology—a tiger kidnapping is what they both call a crime where a hostage is held to force the victim to take part in a robbery.…The origins of...
Taig n. In Northern Ireland, a Protestant epithet for a Roman Catholic. Formerly, any Irishman. Also Teague. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)