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animal

Language; Slang

(British) Excellent, exciting. This use of the term by young people since 2000 is based on earlier uses of the noun animal to denote an impressively excessive individual.

animal house

Language; Slang

(American) Any dwelling, but especially a college fraternity house, whose occupants are excessively dirty and rowdy. This late 1950s campus term was revived by the film National Lampoon’s Animal ...

animal night

Language; Slang

(Australian) A planned or self-conscious bout of bad behavior or excess. The term is typically used (by and about males) with pride or admiration rather than distaste.

ankle

Language; Slang

To walk, stroll, saunter. A raffish expression heard in the USA and occasionally in Britain since the 1980s. Let’s ankle down to the off-license.

ankle

Language; Slang

(American) An attractive female or females. This use of the word appears to predate its popularity among black youths and on campus since the late 1990s. The provenance is unclear and it may ...

ankle-biter

Language; Slang

A child, usually a baby or toddler. Commonly used with mock distaste by parents, sometimes with real distaste by others, ankle-biter has been heard in all social classes in Britain and ...