Cotton on

To realize or catch on to something - usually something in the past which you should have figured out at the time but didn't; Scottish slang.

She was giving all kinds of hints that she was interested in me, but I just didn't cotton on until I got home.

Cotton on by Sean-say December 10, 2007

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Cotton On

100% that Aussie brand you're always bored-scrolling and have 52 items in your cart. IYKYK. Somehow every mall trip ends up here and you're rifling through the graphic tees (decisions, decisions), trying jeans you already have (but in a different wash), another pair of leggings (these have pockets though), and playing with the accessories (is this the new me?). Suddenly you're thirsty, but it's okay cos you can grab a chilled water (and support the Cotton On Foundation!). At the checkout, you get 5 tote bags, cos you can't decide on one. And then you're really * done * with IRL shopping (for like 2 weeks). So you go back to scrolling again.

I got this top from Cotton On.
- Huh? Is that a cotton supply store?
No 🙄

Cotton On by @CottonOn November 24, 2021

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Fish on Cotton

The action of vaginal discharge seeping onto cotton (or any other type of) knickers. Can also be used to describe the smell of an unclean lady garden.

Andie: "Darling, I think I might have an infection... Look..."

Sue: "Errrr fish on cotton!"

Fish on Cotton by ATwad February 7, 2010

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Knockin on cotton

When you gotta poop right away. Because your poop is touching your cotton under wear.

Hey man; I gotta go take a shit right now! It's knockin on cotton!!

Knockin on cotton by Kickrocksmf September 2, 2022

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bang a you-ee

of Massachusetts orig. "to make a u-turn"

hey, we missed the bar, bang a you-ee

bang a you-ee by Pistolero Pierro May 4, 2008

Word of the Day on July 19, 2026

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Fleg

The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.

"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"

Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013

Word of the Day on July 18, 2026

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Skeef

To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.

"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."

Skeef by kachinaflonk July 16, 2026

Word of the Day on July 17, 2026

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