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

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frequent flier n. (title) [English Colloquial] [full cite] (May. 8, 2006)

frequent flier n. In the meantime, toll-taker Arnold Smith watches the regular bridge users—the “frequent fliers”—pass by each day. [English Colloquial] [full cite] (May. 8, 2006)

frequent flyer n. He blows a 0.21 percent blood-alcohol reading, gets tanked for felony after computer shows he’s DUI frequent-flyer—arrests in 2002 and 2003 for driving while plowed. [English Police Colloquial] [full cite] (May. 8, 2006)

frequent flyer n. The claimants enter Canada as refugees and leave Canada afterwards to return again as refugees using phoney names, immigration officials said. The multiple claimants have been dubbed “frequent flyers” by officials. [English Colloquial] [full cite] (May. 8, 2006)

frequent flyer n. They call them “frequent flyers”—the thousands of battered and bruised women crowding Queensland’s accident and emergency wards and filling our courts. After being stitched up, their condition is officially listed as “blunt trauma, face.” They are released and more often than not return home for a repeat beating. [English Colloquial] [full cite] (May. 8, 2006)

frequent flyer n. Contestant #2 should have been named “Mr. Drug Seeker”—amazing how an hour after 2 Percocet’s, somebody’s pain, which had been at an “8,” was suddenly up to a “8.5.” Whatever. I assessed him, couldn’t find anything that would indicate his pain going up. Told my assinged nurse, who informed me “he’s a frequent flyer—you know what he’s after.” [English Medical Colloquial] [full cite] (May. 8, 2006)

frequent flyer n. I didn’t run a 911 call till around 1600 I think and boy was that guy a winner…The engine co. requests for the diabetic, we get there this guys puking and the engine boss is giving me the “he’s a frequent flyer’ wink, he has an ID tag form Sinai from yesterday when he was last there. The guy is an ass, hes 2 blocks from Sinai hospital but wants to go to Froedtert which is another 8 miles out of the way cause they give him bus fare. [English Medical Colloquial] [full cite] (May. 8, 2006)

gibbled adj. In Saskatchewan, we’re all familiar with the word. “Gibbled” describes something that is broken or wobbly or otherwise dysfunctional. Usually it applies to things physical (“If you run on that gibbled ankle, the swelling will only get worse”), things mechanical (“How can I cut anything with these gibbled scissors?”) or things technological (“Ever since I downloaded that software, my fonts have been totally gibbled”). In other jurisdictions, however, they might wonder what we’re talking about. [English Canada Colloquial] [full cite] (Apr. 9, 2007)

goat’s mouth n. Until you put your signature on the dotted line, only then you know things are for sure.…Or, as they say in Jamaica, don’t put your goat’s mouth all over it. We are superstitious that way! [English Jamaica Colloquial] [full cite] (Jan. 5, 2008)

God breeze n. In our home we call the episodes a “God Breeze.” I’m glad your son is fully recovered and enjoying the water again. [English Religion Colloquial] [full cite] (Jun. 14, 2006)

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