What is the meaning of shrinkage. Phrases containing shrinkage
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A thick coat with no sleeves - a bit like a large waistcoat. So-called because doesn't warm your arms.
Stewie is Black−American slang for a drunk
Describes a specific form of Cannabis.
The rectal opening; the anus.
This is Yorkshire for anything. Similarly nowt is Yorkshire for nothing. Hence the expression "you don't get owt for nowt". Roughly translated as "you never get anything for nothing" or "there's no such thing as a free lunch".
Jig−a−jig is slang for sexual intercourse.
As far as I know, this is the black american derogatory retaliation for white, or caucasian people calling them niggers. The assumption being 'white' people look, and behave like pigs, therefore honk like pigs! However, the submission we received said it means 'dirty people who mainly are from the west virginian area/the country" It's possible the meaning has mutated so if anyone wants to send in their definition we'd appreciate the help!).
Steamy is slang for lurid, sexually explicit.
(ed: entered verbatim as I have no real idea what this is about - but it sounds almost sensible!) There is a "secret language" called Turkey-Irish. It is similar to Opish. For more details see http://members.tripod.com/quickbeam/merle/cipher.html If you want to delve deeper into this topic, go to http://www.deepfun.com/weblog/2002_12_11_blogger.html http://www.emich.edu/~linguist/issues/8/8-1570.html#1, http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769354.html (includes a table of Double-Dutch equivalents), and http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/9073/66358 The etymology of the term Pig Latin is (I think)interesting. Of course, it has nothing to do with pigs. And nothing to do with Latin either, except that the derivation of the word Latin and the second half of Pig Latin are identical. Latin is simply the Semitic word LaSHoN = tongue, with the original dental-sound for the shin. Compare Ladino; and Lisan, the tongue of land that almost divides the Dead Sea into north and south parts. The "pig" in Pig Latin is related to Semitic peh-gimel-(heh) PaG(aH) = boy (or girl) before puberty. Compare English "page" = a boy servant or attendant, or the redundant "pageboy" haircut. There are a wide variety of children's languages. To the extent that they are designed to keep secrets from adults, they *must* change every generation.
In between is Australian rhyming slang for a male homosexual (queen).
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