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Action gagnée

Language; Slang

A literal translation into French of 'winning action', i.e. a successful sexual encounter. A humorous euphemism used by students in 2003 and 2004. (British)

Annihilated

Language; Slang

Helplessly drunk, drugged or exhausted. A middle-class teenager's colloquial expression, popular in the 1970s and 1980s.

Arse

Language; Slang

1. British the backside, buttocks, anus. This word is not, strictly speaking, slang, but an ancient term (aers in Anglo- Saxon, descended from Germanic nouns related to an ...

Arms

Language; Slang

(British) Offending codes of behaviour, breaking unwritten rules. This code term among teenage gangs was defined by one of its users as 'out of order'. The term was recorded in use among North ...

Arse

Language; Slang

(British) of poor quality. A vogue term (in all its senses) among younger speakers since the late 1990s, its usage popularised by cult TV comedies such as Father Ted and The Fast Show. pure ...

Armpit

Language; Slang

A very unpleasant place. The word usually forms part of the expression 'the armpit of the universe'; that is, the most unpleasant place in existence (a milder version of 'arsehole of the ...