The practice of reversing the letters in a word and pronouncing the result phonetically (often changing the original spelling). A popular code used by London's lower classes and the criminal element to make their speech unintelligible to outsiders.
by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003
Get the backwards slangmug. From the Italian, meaning 'low voice'. To speak quietly out of the corner of your mouth so that the subject of your speech can't hear your insult or know that you are speaking.
"Oh, what a beautiful creature your daughter is", said Mrs. Mulroy saccarinely to Mrs. Katz at the Bat-mitzvah.
"Too bad the zoo can't identify what kind of creature she is", Mrs. Jackson said sotto voce to Mrs. Mulroy as they plastered wide smiles on their faces.
"Too bad the zoo can't identify what kind of creature she is", Mrs. Jackson said sotto voce to Mrs. Mulroy as they plastered wide smiles on their faces.
by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003
Get the sotto vocemug. 1) American slang (circa 1990s) for a pair of tight, short-cut blue-jean shorts worn by women to emphisize their legs and buttocks. Eponymously derived from the clothing worn by the character Daisy Duke on the popular(?)80s hicksplotation show _The Dukes of Hazzard_.
2) British rhyming slang for shoes. Derived from boots (shoes)= daisy roots, shortened to daisies.
2) British rhyming slang for shoes. Derived from boots (shoes)= daisy roots, shortened to daisies.
1) "Man, those daisies are so tight on her ass they must've been painted on."
2) "Check out the flash daisies I got. I found 'em in the tube on a dead buskerwho was lying next to a broken guitar and a sheaf a' sheetmusic labeled 'The Best of Stryper'..."
2) "Check out the flash daisies I got. I found 'em in the tube on a dead buskerwho was lying next to a broken guitar and a sheaf a' sheetmusic labeled 'The Best of Stryper'..."
by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003
Get the daisiesmug. British slang for fancy or expensive-looking.
by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003
Get the Flashmug. by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003
Get the reebmug. A military slang term for artillery. To 'bring smoke' = order an artillery strike. 'Chief of Smoke' = senior sergeant in an artillery unit.
The FO read the coordinates carefully into the radio's handset. Bringing smoke was a difficult job; one wrong syllable and a shell could land among the friendlies.
by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003
Get the smokemug. 1) A person whose rectum is worn out and distended from overuse due to rough or frequent anal sex. So-called because having sex with them is like thrusting into a bucket.
2) Gay male slang for a promiscuous person, their equivalent of a 'slut'.
2) Gay male slang for a promiscuous person, their equivalent of a 'slut'.
by MAC-Gyver June 02, 2003
Get the thrustbucketmug.