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

Entries in the Category Colloquial

Colloquial. Often used in (informal) conversation but not yet standard. You can also see citations assigned to this category.

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granny flat n. a separate apartment built on a lot already containing a home. (posted Apr. 25, 2004) [full entry…]

headtopper n. a tall person. (posted Nov. 14, 2005) [full entry…]

honking adj. very large; whopping; as an intensifier or in an adverbial role, very. (posted Oct. 14, 2005) [full entry…]

hully-gully adj. haphazard, disorganized, inconsistent, loosey-goosey. Also adverb, willy-nilly, pell-mell, helter-skelter, and noun, hustle and bustle, hurly-burly, hullabaloo. (posted Apr. 25, 2006) [full entry…]

Ja well no fine other. a noncommittal expression of unconcern, indifference, apathy, or ambivalence. (posted May. 19, 2004) [full entry…]

junque n. items portrayed as or imagined to be more valuable than they are, such as old objects treated as antiques, junk bonds promoted as safe investments, etc. (posted Jul. 28, 2006) [full entry…]

kiss and ride n. a passenger drop-off area near a rapid transit station; the act of using such an area as intended. Also as verb phrase. (posted Jun. 1, 2007) [full entry…]

le sigh n. an exaggerated interjection indicating frustration, resignation, yearning, weariness, etc. (posted Jun. 11, 2007) [full entry…]

leave (something) on the table v. phr. to refrain from taking the utmost advantage of something; to not address every aspect of a situation; in the form leave money on the table, to negotiate a deal that is less financially beneficial than is expected or possible. (posted Oct. 26, 2006) [full entry…]

leave everything on the field v. phr. to commit wholly to, or to try one’s best at, a sport or a game. (posted Jul. 25, 2006) [full entry…]

matchy-matchy adj. (also matchy-match) especially of fabrics, matching to a high degree; the opposite of mixy-matchy. (posted May. 18, 2007) [full entry…]

monkey board n. a small or narrow elevated platform on which a person stands (to operate a vehicle or machinery, or to perform other work). (posted Nov. 16, 2004) [full entry…]

ninth island n. Las Vegas; (occas.) any place outside of Hawaii with a large number of Hawaiians. (posted Nov. 24, 2004) [full entry…]

nurdle n. a grain, pellet, granule, or other small piece of a material, especially as part of a large quantity (such as foam kernels used as packing material); (in pronunciation-based spellings) a nodule; a quantity of a gel or semi-solid; a thing of unknown name (doodad, thingamajig, etc.). Also nerdle. (posted Aug. 22, 2006) [full entry…]

pea-shake house n. an illegal lottery-style gambling joint. (posted Feb. 27, 2007) [full entry…]

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