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anal astronaut

Language; Slang

(British) A male homosexual. A pejorative and jocular term in use among schoolboys, recorded in 2004.

anchor

Language; Slang

(British) A young person, typically a younger sibling or babysitter, who inhibits one’s pleasure or freedom of movement. The term was in use among adolescents and young adults from around 2000.

anchors

Language; Slang

Brakes. Originally part of the jargon of pre-war professional drivers. The term was popular with some middle-class motorists throughout the 1950s and 1960s, usually in the phrase ‘slam on the ...

ane

Language; Slang

(British) The backside, anus, a term used by schoolchildren since the 1990s. By extension, the word can also refer to a foolish or unpleasant individual.

all mouth and trousers

Language; Slang

(British) Blustering and boastful, showing off with- out having the qualities to justify it. A commonly heard dismissive phrase, typically said by women about a loud or assertive ...

Disorganised, in chaos or disarray. The first three versions are British, the last two American. This is a more colourful extension into slang of the colloquial phrase ‘all over the place’, and the ...

all piss and wind

Language; Slang

Full of bluster and noise, but without real substance. This expression can have a similar meaning to all mouth and trousers, but can be applied for instance to a poli- tician’s speech or a ...