MAC-Gyver's definitions

Gargoyles

A US military slang term dating back to Desert Storm I (circa 1991) for a kind of wraparound sunglasses issued to personnel in the desert to reduce glare and prevent sun-blindness. May be derived either from a brand name or from the odd appearance they gave the wearer.

"When we returned from Saudi Arabia, the colonel gave a directive that we were to ditch our Gargoyles to maintain security. Our raccoon tansgave us away though."

by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003

rhyming slang

1) The use of a rhyming word in the place of the original word to obscure the meaning.
2)The chaotic blur that is the soul of the Cockney dialect.

"Take a butcher's" (butcher's hook = look)
Daisies (shoes) (daisy roots = boots).
"She's a pretty twist" (twist and twirl = girl)
"He's ginger" (ginger beer = queer / homosexual. Derogatory unless uttered by fellow travellers)
"I took the lift to the apples"(apples and pears = upstairs, though not even pensioners use that phrase anymore)

by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003

backwards slang

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.

Police = Esclop.
Beer = Reeb.
Woman = Nammo.
Weed = Dew.

by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003

do-mes

Womens' high heeled shoes or boots, from the fact that they advertise that the wearer is looking for someone to 'do her' ('do me')

The skeezer wore daisies and do-mes to her junior high graduation.

by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003

Blind Pig

Canadian military slang dating back to World War I, for a mortar round or an aircraft 'iron' bomb, especially a heavy large-bore one. Derived from its weight and size, like a large pig.

"We were crossing the plain in open formation when the enemy brought smoke -- 'blind pigs' and rainmakers.

by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003

reeb

A Cockney backwards slang term for beer.

"A pint of reeb, and be nippy!"

by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003

Flash

British slang for fancy or expensive-looking.

"That's a flash fawney ya got mate. It'd be a shame if I ha' tae break yer finger af tae get it."

by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003