schoolboy slang

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• slang — [slæŋ] n [U] very informal, sometimes offensive, language that is used especially by people who belong to a particular group, such as young people or criminals ▪ schoolboy slang slang word/expression/term >slangy adj …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• slang — noun (U) very informal language that includes new and sometimes rude words, especially words used only by particular groups of people such as criminals, schoolchildren, or people who take drugs: schoolboy slang | a slang word/expression/term:… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• slang — n. & v. n. words, phrases, and uses that are regarded as very informal and are often restricted to special contexts or are peculiar to a specified profession, class, etc. (racing slang; schoolboy slang). v. 1 tr. use abusive language to. 2 intr.… …   Useful english dictionary

• Anthony Buckeridge — Anthony Malcolm Buckeridge OBE (20 June 1912 ndash; 28 June 2004) was an English author, best known for his Jennings and Rex Milligan series of children s books. He also wrote the 1953 children s book A Funny Thing Happened which was serialised… …   Wikipedia

• Geoffrey Willans — Herbert Geoffrey Willans (4 February 1911 – 6 August 1958), an English author and journalist, is best known as the co creator, with the illustrator Ronald Searle, of Nigel Molesworth, the goriller of 3b and curse of St. Custard s . Molesworth… …   Wikipedia

• -er — {{11}} er (1) English agent noun ending, corresponding to L. or. In native words it represents O.E. ere (O.Northumbrian also are) man who has to do with, from W.Gmc. * ari (Cf. Ger. er, Swed. are, Dan. ere), from P.Gmc. * arjoz. Some believe this …   Etymology dictionary

• blog — 1998, short for weblog (which is attested from 1994, though not in the sense online journal ), from (World Wide) WEB (Cf. Web) + LOG (Cf. log). Joe Bloggs (c.1969) was British slang for any hypothetical person (Cf. U.S. equivalent Joe Blow);… …   Etymology dictionary

• Pax — Pax, n. [L. pax peace. See {Peace}.] 1. (Eccl.) The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches. [1913 Webster] 2. (R. C. Ch.) A tablet or board, on which is a representation of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• bumf — papers, paperwork, 1889, British schoolboy slang, originally toilet paper, from bum fodder …   Etymology dictionary

• bungee — 1930, elastic rope; used in late 19c. British schoolboy slang for rubber eraser; probably from notions of bouncy and spongy; first record of bungee jumping is from 1979 …   Etymology dictionary

• lout — (n.) 1540s, awkward fellow, clown, bumpkin, perhaps from a dialectal survival of M.E. louten (v.) bow down (c.1300), from O.E. lutan bow low, from P.Gmc. *lut to bow, bend, stoop (Cf. O.N. lutr stooping, which might also be the source of the… …   Etymology dictionary