Frontyard hard

Refers to a time when you trained martial arts, but didn't have access to martial arts classes and did all your training in the front yard.
Also it's about making stuff happen when you have very little.

The expression was coined by a member of the group Da'Mon Stith trains with. First recorded use was by Da'Mon Stith in a Facebook livestream on 7th July 2020.

"Tell us about when you first started martial arts."
"It was all frontyard hard where I was a kid."

by A handle not already used July 08, 2020

tallywagon

Name given to the Toyota Hilux pickup truck, originally by British soldiers, because of it's popularity with the Taliban in Afghanistan.

First came across the word in a novel by Andy McNab (forget which, but think it may have been"Exit Wounds").

"Where's your truck parked?"
"It's the the tallywagon over there."

by A handle not already used March 11, 2020

Bozo

A foolish or incompetent person who doesn't care about others.

"Some bozo on a motorbike almost ran me over just now."

Am fairly sure was said by Client Eastward in one of his movies, but couldn't find which one.

by A handle not already used June 07, 2022

Cockwomble

Now a general word of abuse, but originally more especially for politicians. However, I'm fairly sure its first meaning was something rather more specific.
"The Wombles" was a children's TV programme about little creatures who lived in Wimbledon Common and picked up trash.

Also at one time Wimble Common was known as a place homosexual men would go in the evening in search of anonymous casual sex.

There was a scandal once regarding a politician who was seen there one evening and who insisted he was, "Taking his dog for a walk".

So a "cockwomble" was someone (especially a politician) whose interests include anonymous casual homosexual sex acts with strangers.

"Why does he go by car to take his dog for a walk?"

"He's a cockwomble."

by A handle not already used March 06, 2021

Blag

Comes from the old word "blackguard", a contemptible and untrustworthy person, which was pronounced "blaggard".

The sound of the last part "ard" became confused with the suffix "ard": meaning a person who does an action, as in drunkard. "Blag" becoming the contemptible untrustworthy action.

I first came across it as a teenager working on a building site nearly 50years ago, when an old Irishman accused another of "fucking blaggarding". I didn't know what it meant, but was obviously a bad thing to accuse someone of and not done lightly. These days it seems to have lost its former vehemence and is used more in the manner of petty criminals boasting of their offences.

"Where did you get that from?"
"Ha ha ha, fucking blagged it didn't I.

"Did your wife say anything about the time you got home?"
"Yes, I gave her some blag about working late."

by A handle not already used January 24, 2020

Salty

I thought "salty" only very recently acquired this meaning (see the other entries). However, I came across it in a book published in 1969 "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" by Robert A. Heinlein near the top of page 32.

'Don't jump salty, beautiful"

by A handle not already used March 29, 2019

kuzinduka

Re-awakening, Renaissance.

I believe first used in this way by Dr Marimba Ani in her book, "Let the Circle Be Broken". Originally taken from a phrase meaning, "Get up early", but now increasing used in its metaphorical sense of Re-awakening or Renaissance.

(It's not really slang, but if one looks it up it's more contemporary meaning is not given.)

The Kuzinduka in exploring traditional aesthetically African design styles to construct buildings more functional and appropriate to African climates.

by A handle not already used August 20, 2024