It’s important to note that cop slang/jargon is localized. A New York cop will routinely “collar” (arrest) someone, but use that same term in Los Angeles and you’ll sound like someone who watches too much TV.

Slang is ephemeral. Terms used in one generation may pass out of usage in another. For example, in the 1960s and 1970s the terms “cottage” (UK) and “tearoom” (US) were used to denote public toilets used for sex.

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Definition of Page. This page is an attempt to define in non-eighties speak, the various terms that the eighties gave us. I’ve attempted to make the definitions look like a real dictionary would define them.

Prison Slang | Terms, Meanings & Popular Phrases. The following list of prison terms have been frequently mentioned in various books about prison, interviews, documentaries, news articles, guidebooks, and reports by correctional officials.

There’s so much weird sex slang circulating at any one time that it’s impossible to keep up. I pretty regularly overhear a conversation between two teenage mans and am not sure if they’re talking about sex or eboarding. If you’ve been nervously laughing at dirty jokes for five years because you

Slang and Terms of the 90s, words and phrases that helped define the decade

Swish is a US English slang term for effeminate behaviour and interests (), emphasized and sanctioned in gay male communities prior to the Stonewall riots. This behaviour is also described as being nelly in British English, and both terms …

Slang and Terms of the 70s, words and phrases that helped define the decade

Military slang, or informal military terms, are colloquial terms used commonly by military personnel – often as abbreviations or derivations of the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, or otherwise incorporating aspects of formal military concepts and terms.