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X, Y, Z
Word / Phrase |
use |
Meaning |
X |
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No entries yet |
Y, up to the |
adv. |
Up to the hilt |
Yahoo |
n. |
Individual of low intellectual or moral standard |
Yeh-boy-ye! |
phr. exclm. |
Expression of admiration |
Yeh-girl-ye! |
phr. exclm. |
Expression of admiration |
Yellowpack |
adj. |
Derogatory term for low paid work, or cheap goods |
Yer man/woman |
adj. |
That man/woman whom it is unnecessary or undesirable to name |
Yoke |
adj. |
Unspecified thing, object, Just about anything whose proper description doesn't spring to mind |
Yokibus Yoke-m-abus |
adj. |
Unspecified thing, object, Any form of motorised transport |
Your other eye! |
exclam. |
Expression of disbelief, nonsense |
Youse / youze |
phr. |
You (in plural) |
Yup ya boy ya! |
phr. exclm. |
Expression of admiration |
Z |
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Zilch |
adj. |
Nothing, empty, zero |
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13-Dec-2006
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