Writers need slang like bearcats need giggle water, know what I mean? Sure, you could spend the rest of your writing life using pristine, multi-syllabic words from the 16th century that have been honed into Latinate diamonds by the passage of time — or you could give in to the joy of juice joints, Shebas, and spliffication, and have yourself a grand old time frolicking through the hilarious world of American slang.

Yes, as long as this is no later than 11.45pm on the night before your delivery. Demand for our online home delivery slots is still extremely high, so we can’t guarantee that you’ll be able to get another slot in the coming days. What are you doing to help care homes? Tesco no delivery slots at midnight. Check at different times throughout the day. I managed to book an ASDA slot for my PIL at 6:30 in the morning and I've seen tesco slots (both delivery and c&c) come up in the morning (8am ish) and the afternoon (4/5pm). Previously I'd tried night after night to get a slot at midnight and failed. I think it is worth checking at random times. I spent all last week trying to get a delivery from any supermarket - including checking at midnight. Then on Saturday, I logged on Tesco during the day and there were 3 slots available for Sunday!! Good luck, hope you can bag a slot soon! When I look for a Tesco slot no hours are listed even if booked up, for several days. The dates move forward each day - ie the last shown date is 19th April, was 18th before midnight, but no slots appear.

Like fashion or music or poor Congressional choices, slang is a fantastic way to get a sense of another era. As you might expect, Prohibition slang is overflowing with references to speakeasies, flapper babes, and cocktails — not to mention about a million ways to say 'I'm drunk.' Marijuana references become more and more popular once the hippies burst onto the scene, '80s slang is as cheesy as aerobic-wear, and '90s slang borrows heavily from hip hop (bling-bling, homie, dawg).

The thing about slang is that it oozes over from generation to generation, occasionally changing spellings or meanings ('hep' used to mean 'hip,' until 'hep' wasn't hip anymore). And of course, slang can quickly become really uncool, especially if your old man used to it. (Ex.: Anyone who says they're 'hip to the jive' is definitely not hip to any jive whatsoever.) This list is by no means conclusive or blindingly accurate, just weird and funny. After all, who can really pinpoint the moment when a word becomes not just a word, but something that forever represents a moment in time? I know you feel me.

Also refers to gambling activities in general. Bankroll: Amount of money a player comes to the casino with to be used strictly for placing bets. A term also used by casino workers referring to the amount of money stocked at a game table before the start of a shift. In online Mini-Baccarat, the cards are dealt face up, but if you play at a land-based casino, they will be dealt face down. What makes Mini Baccarat so popular is the accelerated game action. A slang used for a face card or a ten. Eight card decks containing 52 cards each and used at the start of the shuffling.

People say monkey during blackjack because they want a face card. The face cards, besides the normal '10,' are the Jack, Queen, and King. Jacks, queens, and kings are symbols of the the monarchy. The word 'monkey' comes from the word 'monarchy.'
In the early 20th century, a gimmick was “a mechanical device by which a gambling apparatus (as a roulette wheel) can be secretly and dishonestly controlled.” The player has little chance to beat the game. The device which controls the strong joint is known in the vernacular as “the squeeze,” “the pinch,” or “the gimmick.”.
The most widely recognised Cockney rhyming slang terms for money include ‘pony’ which is £25, a ‘ton’ is £100 and a ‘monkey’, which equals £500. Also used regularly is a ‘score ‘ which is £20, a.

1900s

1. Bash: A drunken spree.

2. Goop: A stupid person.

3. Hanging: Excellent, outstanding ('Hanging new tie there, old man!').

4. Hep: Part of the current musical culture ('That cat is hep!').

5. Hawkshaw: A detective.

6. Wisenheimer: Someone who thinks he or she is smarter than everyone else.

1910s

7. Date: A stupid person.

8. Duck soup: Something easy.

9. Gas: A joke.

10. Grifter: A con artist.

11. Hoosegow: Prison.

12. Jake: Alright (e.g., 'Is everything Jake out here?').

13. On the make: Flirting, making advances on people ('Sandra was really on the make last night.').

14. Meathook: A hand (preferably used while yelling at the police to stop dragging you to the hoosegow — 'Get yer meathooks off me!').

1920s

15. Bank's closed: No kissing or making out ('Sorry babe, bank's closed.').

16. Butt me: Give me a cigarette.

17. Cash or check?: Do you kiss now or later?

18. Chassis: The female body.

19. Copacetic: Wonderful, fine, all right.

18. Dead soldier: An empty beer bottle.

19. Drugstore cowboy: A guy that hangs around on a street corner, trying to pick up girls.

20. 'I have to go see a man about a dog': To go buy whiskey.

21. Fish: A college freshman or a first-timer in prison.

22. Get a wiggle on: To get going.

23. Giggle juice: Alcohol.

24. Glad rags: Going out clothes.

25. Horsefeathers!: An expletive.

26. Juice Joint: A speakeasy.

27. Moll: A gangster's girl.

28. Orchid: Something expensive.

29. Ossified: Drunk.

30. Scrooched: Drunk.

31. Splifficated: Drunk.

32. Zozzled: Drunk.

1930s

33. Abercrombie: A know-it-all.

34. Abyssinia: I'll be seeing you.

35. Blow your wig: To become really excited.

36. Bumping gums: To talk about nothing useful.

37. Butter and egg man: The man with the money.

38. Dog soup: A glass of water.

39. Dizzy with a dame: To be really in love with a woman, possibly at risk of danger for oneself.

40. Eggs in coffee: To run smoothly, or a general phrase of approval.

41. Snipe: A cigarette.

42. The kiss off: The final exit, as in death.

43. 'You shred it, wheat!': You said it.

1940s

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44. Cook with gas: To do something right.

45. Dead hoofer: A bad dancer.

46. Ducky shincracker: A good dancer.

47. 'Hi sugar, are you rationed?': Are you going steady?

48. Motorized freckles: Insects.

49. Pennies from heaven: Easy money.

1950s

50. Ankle-biter: A child.

51. 'Are you writing a book?': You're asking too many questions.

52. Back seat bingo: Making out in a car.

53. D.D.T.: 'Drop dead twice.' (Appropriate response: 'What, and look like you?')

54. Frosted: Angry.

55. Lay a patch: To accelerate so rapidly you leave a patch of rubber on the road.

56. Subterranean: A hipster.

1960s

57. All show and no go: Looks good superficially.

58. Bogart: To keep for yourself.

59. Fine as wine: Good looking.

60. Five finger discount: To steal something.

61. Foam domes: padded bras.

62. Mirror warmer: Woman who spends a lot of time looking in the mirror.

63. Submarine races: An excuse given for parking next to the water to make out — you're there to watch the 'submarine races.'

1970s

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64. Bogue: Used to describe something offensive or an unrealistic idea.

65. Bone jack: To steal a dead person's style.

66. Brick house: A well-built woman.

67. Decent: Cool.

68. 'Does anybody remember laughter?': A popular joke phrase started by Robert Plant during a '70s performance of 'Stairway to Heaven.'

69. Sit on it: An insult, i.e., “Sit on it, creep!”

70. Stop dipping in my Kool-Aid:

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