A term referring to an extremely arduous episode or event such as being involved in a car crash or meeting your boyfriends/girlfriends parents. Believed to be derived from gruel the watery soup provided in workhouses during Dickensian times ie "please sir can I have some more gruel?".
A loser who never has any funds and is always looking to bum from a friend. Also used as a term of affection amongst pot-smokers (who often don't have any money and bum bong hits from their friends).
A distinct American English dialect which uses a variety of code-words to denote forms of contraband. Also included are variants of normal words or phrases, mixed up for humorous effect.