Colloquial Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Citations in the Category Colloquial

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call calf-rope v. phr. “I said I wasn’t going to say anything about the rain, but at this point I am about ready to call calf-rope,” said Kerens Grain’s Sonny Carpenter, using a term meaning, “I give up,” similar to calling “uncle.” [English Colloquial] [full cite] (Jun. 18, 2007)

can count on no hands v. phr. Speedskater Chad Hedrick says he can count on “no hands” the number of times he’s been in the weight room this year. But Hedrick needs all five fingers to tick off the events he’s qualified for in the Winter Olympics. [English Colloquial] [full cite] (Jan. 22, 2007)

can count on no hands v. phr. The amount of business we’ve gotten from the World Soccer Cup you can count on no hands.…We have no business tied to that event at all. [English Colloquial] [full cite] (Jan. 22, 2007)

can count on no hands v. phr.

I was raised Orthodox and I can count on no hands the number of my
friends and associates who know anything important about Torah.

[English Colloquial] [full cite] (Jan. 22, 2007)

can count on no hands v. phr. I think 11 is too young to use paint and powder except on houses and in six shooters. This is discouraging for them as the house was just painted and the number of six shooters around the place can be counted on no hands. [English Colloquial] [full cite] (Jan. 22, 2007)

catty-wumper adj. Leaning against his 50-year-old pickup truck last week, Mr. Vorpahl explained some Bonac terms. If his chicken coop lets the raccoons in, something is out of whack, or “catty-wumper.” The pound trap is so named, he said, after the colonial term for an enclosed area. [New York English Colloquial] [full cite] (Jul. 6, 2007)

Cha Cha n. Arroyo is pressing ahead with her plans for constitution change, also widely known in the Philippines as “Cha Cha”, short for Charter Change. Under the proposal, the present two parliamentary bodies would be reduced to one, which would elect a prime minister, reducing the current executive president to a largely formal head of state. Arroyo has also made a series of proposals to remove constitutional restrictions on the operation of foreign capital in the Philippines. [English Philippines Government Colloquial Abbreviation] [full cite] (Jul. 29, 2006)

chevrolegs n.pl. “My Other Car Is My Feet.” “Which model? Chevrolegs or Toyotoes?” [English Automobiles & Transportation Colloquial] [full cite] (Nov. 17, 2004)

chevrolegs n.pl. “What do you drive?” “Chevrolegs. Can’t afford a car.” [English Automobiles & Transportation Colloquial] [full cite] (Nov. 17, 2004)

chevrolegs n.pl. When gas is $1.35 around here (which it hasn’t been in years), I just use my Chevro-Legs a little more often. [English Automobiles & Transportation Colloquial] [full cite] (Nov. 17, 2004)

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