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This week’s language headlines include the publication of new slang dictionary, and an entire book devoted to that tiny piece of punctuation, the period, and a tip-off about audio recordings of famous authors whose voices would otherwise be...
broheim n. brother; friend, buddy. Also broham, brougham, or (rarely) broheem. Editorial Note: This term was recently popularized by the movie A History of Violence. Etymological Note: The Berkeley High School Slang Dictionary (2004, North Atlantic...
fifi n. a masturbatory substitute for a vagina. Also fifi bag, fifi towel. Editorial Note: Cassell’s Dictionary of Slang, edited by Jonathan Green, dates the term fifi bag to the 1960’s and connects it to the adjective fifi ‘effeminate,’ giving both...
saltie adj.— «Saltie: Embarassed- Made to look foolish. ex: And he was looking SALTIE as hell when they left him standing there by his self.» —“Y & B’s Chicago Slang dictionary” Y&B.net (Chicago...
brougham
n.— «Brougham: A Vehicle, Phrase used for a car.» —“Y & B’s Chicago Slang dictionary” Y&B.net (Chicago, Illinois) , 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
wild hundreds n.pl.— «Wild hunneds: (PROUNOUNCED “HUNNEDS” NOT HUNDREDS) Section of Chicago beginning with 101st & stretches to 130th street beginning with State (0 East) going west to a little past Halsted (800 west) ...