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Alley apple

Language; Slang

(American) A lump of horse manure. A less common version of the expression road apple, which is now an international English term.

Alligator shoes

Language; Slang

Old footwear with the toes gaping open. A jocular play on (expensive and luxurious) alligator-skin shoes.

Anal astronaut

Language; Slang

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

Amyl

Language; Slang

Amyl nitrite (sometimes called amyl nitrate); a very powerful stimulant drug inhaled from a broken phial or popper. Amyl nitrite is prescribed for the treat- ment of angina ...

To scram, go away. One of the few exam- ples of backslang or pig Latin which is actually used in speech, albeit rarely. The word is a pre-World War II Americanism which has been heard in Australia ...

Anal

Language; Slang

(American) Irritatingly pedantic, fastidious, conscientious, etc. This shortening of the popular psychological categorisation 'anal retentive' was a vogue term among US college students in the ...

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.