(dsue)
1blast — 1. a mild oath Perhaps from the obsolete meaning, lightning, with a use similar to the German Blitz. Partridge in DSUE says Among the lower classes a euphemism for bloody . 2. American to kill by shooting Referring to the… …
2dock — to copulate with a female The expression was at one time confined to copulation with a virgin, using the imagery of pruning. This is a convenient place to note that etymologists do not always agree with each other. Farmer and Henley… …
3indisposed — 1. menstruating Literally, unwell: Rag 3. A sanitary pad or towel. Hence the flag (or danger signal) is up: she is indisposed . (DSUE) 2. having a hangover Again from feeling unwell: When a rich man gets drunk, he is… …
4invade — (of a male) to copulate with Partridge says A literary euphemism (DSUE) and the OED agrees with him but only in the sense to make an attack upon a person, etc …
5knackers — the testicles A knack was a toy or small object, made by a knacker, whence a saddler, who bought old or dead beasts for their hides, whence his modern counterpart who disposes of dead cattle. The use may come from the meaning small objects… …
6monosyllable — obsolete the vagina The taboo cunt: Perhaps a bawdy monosyllable such as boys write upon walls. [DSUE, quoting Lucas s The Gamesters, 1714) Grose says A woman s commodity …
7pencil — 1. the penis From the shape and construction rather than the shared Latin ancestry. Now only as lead in your pencil, although Partridge gave pencil and tassel as a child s penis and scrotum (DSUE). 2. not legally binding Attributive… …
8removal — 1. a murder But not necessarily making off with the body. DSUE says: Ex a witness s euphemism in the Phoenix Park assassination case . (On 6 May 1882 Burke and Cavendish, the Permanent Under Secretaiy for Ireland and the Chief Secretary …
9slag — a promiscuous woman Usually young. Partridge (DSUE) suggested perhaps ex slagger , which was an old term used for a bawd but I just wonder if it is not simply back slang for gals, as yob is for boy …
10totty — British a prostitute DSUE suggests it is a corruption of the name Dorothy, but it had the old meaning, of bad character: I tyell yu bestways ave nort tu du wi she; er s nort but a totty twoad. (Hewett, 1892) …
