switchy
Versatile; not exclusively a top or a bottom, or inclined to switch between sadistic and masochistic roles.
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swivel
Strength of mind or character that enables one to overcome adversity; confidence; force of will.
swole
Swollen, enlarged.
swolemate
A fitness partner, especially those who are in a relationship with each other.
swoon set
Teenage girls.
swoonatra
Frank Sinatra (1915–1998), American singer and actor.
swoose
A stupid person.
swooshtika
The swoosh logo of American athletic shoe and clothing manufacturer Nike, Inc.
sword fighting
The practice of crossing urine streams with another man while both urinating.
sword swallower
A person who performs oral sex on a man.
swot up on
To study particularly hard to learn (a subject) quickly.
swotty
Studious; being a swot; nerdy.
SwSh
Abbreviation of Pokémon Sword and Shield.
swy
A two-year prison sentence.
sybau
Acronym for "shut your bitch ass up"
syfm
Acronym for "shut your fucking mouth", originally a meme taken from a scene in the movie Bronson.
sylki
The ship of characters Loki and Sylvie from the television series Loki.
symbrock
The ship (romantic pairing) between Venom and Eddie Brock from Marvel.
sync up
To synchronize.
synth
A musical synthesizer.
syph
Clipping of syphilis.
syphed up
Afflicted with syphilis; syphilitic.
sysape
An incompetent sysop.
S'ving a performance of St
George and the ragon and the like, in dumb-show. Peel'd, patch'd, and piebald, linsey-woolsey brothers. Grave mummers! sleeveless some, and shirtless others. POPE; Dunciad, III, 115.
Sabbatical Year
One year in seven, when all land with the ancient Jews was to he fallow for twelve months. This law was founded on Exod. xxiii, 10, etc.; Lev. xxv, 2-7; Deut. xv, 1-11. In certain American and other universities the custom of allowing professors every seven years one full year during which he is free to study or travel without the obligation of teaching or lecturing.
sabo
A saboteur.
sacheverel
The iron door, or blower, to the mouth of a stove: from a divine of that name, who made himself famous for blowing the coals of dissension in the latter end of the reign of queen Ann.
sack
A pocket. To buy the sack: to get drunk. To dive into the sack; to pick a pocket. To break a bottle in an empty sack; a bubble bet, a sack with a bottle in it not being an empty sack.
sack
To "get the SACK," to be discharged by an employer. Varied in the North of England to "get the BAG." In London it is sometimes spoken of as "getting the EMPTY." It is common now to speak of "getting the BULLET," an evident play on the word discharge.
sack drill
a pointless or ineffective activity
sack of crap
something completely untrue or of no value
sacked out
sleeping or resting, often heavily or soundly
sacred cow
A person or thing considered inviolable or immune to criticism
Sacring Bell
The bell rung in R.C. churches at the consecration of the Host, or at its elevation. Now called Sanctus bell, from the words Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus, dominus, Deus Sabaothy pronounced by the priest. From the obsolete verb to sacre, to consecrate, used especially of sovereigns and bishops.
Sacy's Bible
A French translation, so called from Louis Isaac le Maistre de Sacy, director of Port Royal, 1650-79, He was imprisoned for three years in the Bastille for his Jansenist opinions, and there translated the Bible, 1667, completing it a few years later, after his release.
sad bread
Heavy bread, bread that has not risen properly. Shake- speare calls it "distressful bread" — not the bread of distress, but the panis gravis or ill- made bread eaten by those who can't get better. :In America unleavened cakes are known as 'sad cakes.
sad dog
A wicked debauched fellow; one of the ancient family of the sad dogs. Swift translates it into Latin by the words TRISTIS CANIS.
sad dog
A merry fellow, a joker, a "gay" or "fast" man.
sad drunk
Someone who becomes melancholic when intoxicated
sad panda
Someone who is disappointed or unhappy
saddle
To saddle the spit; to give a dinner or supper. To saddle one's nose; to wear spectacles. To saddle a place or pension; to oblige the holder to pay a certain portion of his income to some one nominated by the donor. Saddle sick: galled with riding, having lost leather.
saddle
An additional charge made by the manager to a performer upon his benefit night.—Theatrical.
saddle tramp
A cowboy who travels from ranch to ranch seeking work
saddle-bag furniture
Chairs and so on upholstered in a cheap kind of carpeting, the design of which is based on that of the saddle- bags carried by camels in the East.
safe
A condom.
safe
Trusty, worthy of confidence. A SAFE card is a man who knows "what’s o’clock." A SAFE man among betters is one who is sure to fulfil his engagements.
safe and secure
Protected from harm or danger
safe and sound
A fixed-order word pair (irreversible binomial); full definition pending editorial review.
safe in the knowledge
Feeling secure because something is certain or guaranteed
safety matches
In 1847 Schrotter, an Austrian chemist, discovered that red phos- phorus gives off no fumes, and is virtually inert; but being mixed with chlorate of potash under slight pressure it explodes with violence.
sail the high seas
to travel or adventure on the open ocean
sail the Red Sea
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
sail under false colors
To pretend or misrepresent oneself
sails
Nickname for the sail-maker on board ship.
saint
A piece of spoilt timber in a coach-maker's shop, like a saint, devoted to the flames.
saint geoffrey's day
Never, there being no saint of that name: tomorrow-come-never, when two Sundays come together.
saint luke's bird
An ox; that Evangelist being always represented with an ox.
saint monday
A holiday most religiously observed by journeymen shoemakers, and other inferior mechanics. A profanation of that day, by working, is punishable by a fine, particularly among the gentle craft. An Irishman observed, that this saint's anniversary happened every week.
sal
An abbreviation of SALIVATION. In a high sal; in the pickling tub, or under a salivation.
sal
A salary.—Theatrical.
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