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1661 n. I’ve always detested the expression “mutton dressed as lamb.” It’s misogynist, mean and women are not meat; even Sam Kekovich would concur with that. But there’s a new version of it that describes women who retain hairstyles or wardrobes suited to a different life stage—women such as Melanie Griffith and Faye Dunaway. The term is “1661”—a woman who looks 16 from behind, 61 from the front. [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Body Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 20, 2007)

1661 n. Great i am now a 1661 and that is only a compliment from behind. [English United Kingdom Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 20, 2007)

1661 n. I’m a 1661 woman—sixteen from behind, sixty one from the front. [English United Kingdom Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 20, 2007)

1661 syndrome n. The 1661 syndrome—whereby a woman (and it almost always is a woman) looks like a bouncy-tressed, pert-bottomed teenager from behind and a grandmother from the front—has become a cultural joke. [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 18, 2007)

1661 syndrome n. Carole Malone mentioned the 1661 syndrome—where men think you’re attractive from the back (16)…and then back off when they see your face (61). This issue is supposed to affect all women over the age of probably 35. [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 20, 2007)

187 n. She later added, the students in question write “187” about him. It’s street lingo for a homicide. [California English Crime & Prisons Police Slang] [full cite] (Apr. 29, 2004)

187 n. The number 187 is frequently used in gang graffiti around the United States, and represents the number of the California Penal Code for homicide. Graffiti which includes 187 is literally making a death threat. [California English Crime & Prisons Police Slang] [full cite] (Apr. 29, 2004)

187 n. While the literal translation of the shirt is the police code for homicide (“187”) followed by gang slang for police (“hudda”), many Valley police, school officials and gang experts see it another way: “Murder a Cop.” [California English Crime & Prisons Police Slang] [full cite] (Apr. 29, 2004)

187 n. They use graffiti to mark territory but also to send messages. In some cases, threats are made as when the number “187,” a gang’s name and an individual’s name appear. “That is a call to kill the person,” McDaniel said. [English Crime & Prisons Police] [full cite] (Jan. 6, 2005)

19th hole n. The convention at the Desert Springs J. W. Marriott formally began on Sunday, with a golf tournament, featuring a “19th hole” bash cosponsored by Coldwell Banker, the giant real estate firm. [English Houses & Housing Acronym] [full cite] (Apr. 6, 2009)

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