Given that slang common to its times seems to effortlessly work its ways into all sorts of popular culture outlets (novels, radio shows, plays, movies), that 86 apparently took until 1944 to appear in as much as even one book tends to argue against its being in common parlance at the time the restaurant code was supposedly all the rage.

Jun 25, 2018 · Perhaps rhyming slang for nix, which sounds like a bit overstretched assumption to me. The currency of the word or number - 86 is unexpectedly high based on google Ngram.

Jan 15, 2013 · What does it mean when someone or something is referred to as being "86'd"?

May 19, 2013 · "To give someone the 411" is short for information but is this phrase common in the US and/or in Britain and is it still up to date or outdated?

Nov 6, 2017 · The sources below, including The Patridge Dictionary of Slang, cite as first slang usage of ton meaning one hundred the amount of £100 from the first decades of the 20th century. From there, ton was applied to different contexts with the meaning of 100 (miles per hour, cricket etc.). The original usage of ton referring to £100 appears to be from Cockney Rhyming Slang, a word construction ...

Jun 6, 2011 · In St. Louis, I learned of the word, " finna." I know it is slang/contraction for "fixing to." By asking dozens of people, I've learned that it is used by people of many different races and cultural backgrounds. I've also learned that many who use this word have been using it all their lives (for some, that means at least 50 years). What I want to know is: When did " …

Slang: Slang can be a noun or an adjective; slangy means "resembling or constituting slang". It is more often negative than positive—but it can still easily be positive. In the formal–middle–informal spectrum, it is more informal than colloquial or informal. The word slang itself is a bit informal, while the other words on this page are not.

One more colorful slang term I gleaned from the British movie I recently watched is slag. In the movie, it was used in curses like, "Fuck-ing dogs! Slags." "Right slag, that one." Now I know via dictionaries that slag means "a loose, promiscuous woman."

Jun 15, 2011 · The history of the US slang meaning of the word goes back a bit further than the Etymonline explanation. From the OED: plumb c.B.2.c As an intensive: Completely, entirely, absolutely, quite. Chiefly U.S. slang. 1587 Misfortunes of Arthur (1828) ii. iv. Chorus 41 Then rowles and reeles and falles at length plum ripe. 1787 Grose Provinc. Gloss., Plum pleasant, very pleasant. 1846 S. F. Smith ...

The second definition in JoeBright's answer is correct: thot is an acronym that stands for "That Ho Over There." The word has a negative connotation and is such sometimes used as an affectionate insult to close friends, but is almost always used to describe women. Ho is commonly misspelled as hoe, but intended as a short form for whore. It's generally considered AAVE, with multiple examples in ...