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Angel dust

Language; Slang

The drug P.C.P. A powdered (usually home-made) version of an animal tranquillizer which is smoked or sniffed through a tube and which produces in the user unpredictable ...

Anglo

Language; Slang

(American) A person of (mainly) Anglo-Saxon ethnic origin. The term came into widespread use in the 1970s, especially among Hispanics. This was the first attempt by Americans from other ethnic ...

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 ...

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 ...

Angel-drawers

Language; Slang

(British) A term of endearment, used especially by middle-class speakers. The phrase is typical of the jocular compounds favoured, e.g., in St Valentine's Day dedications printed in ...

Animal night

Language; Slang

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

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.