mish
A shirt, or chemise. From COMMISSION, the ancient cant for a shirt, afterwards shortened to K’MISH or SMISH, and then to MISH. French, CHEMISE; Italian, CAMICIA.
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mish topper
A coat, or petticoat.
misprision of felony
Neglecting to reveal a felony when known.
misprision of treason
Neglecting to" disclose or purposely concealing a treasonable design.
miss
A miss or kept mistress; a harlot.
Miss Right
The ideal romantic partner for someone
miss the forest for the trees
Focus on details and neglect the overall situation
miss the mark
To fail to achieve or meet something
miss the memo
To be unaware of or uninformed about something
miss the wood for the trees
Focus on details and miss the overall picture
miss the woods for the trees
Focus on details and miss the overall picture
Miss Wrong
Someone who is not a good match or suitable partner
missing stair
A person whose behavior is so toxic it enables others to be toxic too
mission creep
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Mississippi Bubble
The French "South Sea Scheme," and equally disastrous. It was projected by the Scots financier, John Law (1671-1729), and had for its object the pay- ment of the National Debt of France, which amounted to 208 millions sterling, on being granted the exclusive trade of Louisiana, on the banks of the Mississippi. Inaugurated in 1717, it was taken up by the French Govern- ment, and in 1719 the shares were selling at forty times their original value.
mistake windmills for giants
Misjudge something as more powerful or threatening than it is
Mister Right
The ideal romantic partner for someone.
Mister Wrong
A romantic partner who is unsuitable or uncompatible
Mistress Roper
The Marines, or any one of them; so called by the regular sailors, because they handle the ropes as unhandily as
mists of time
A distant or forgotten past
mite
A nick name for a cheesemonger: from the small insect of that name found in cheese.
mitten
"To get the MITTEN" is, in Canadian slang, to be jilted.
mitting
applause
mix and match
Combine different things to create a unique combination
mix apples and oranges
Compare things that are not similar
mix it up
To vary or change something to make it more interesting
mix up
to confuse or combine things incorrectly
mixed bag
A collection of things with varying qualities or characteristics
mixed blessing
Something that has both positive and negative consequences
mixed herbs
a combination of different herbs
mixed message
A message that conveys conflicting ideas or signals
mixed picture
A situation with both positive and negative aspects
mizzle
A frequentative form of MIST in both senses; as applied to weather, it is used by John Gadbury in his Ephemeris in 1695—MISTY and MIZZLING—to come down as mist; while the other sense may be expressed as to fade away like a mist.
mizzler
Or RUM-MIZZLER, a person who is clever at effecting an escape, or getting out of a difficulty.
moab
A name applied to the turban-shaped hat which was some few years back fashionable among ladies, and ladylike swells of the other sex. From the Scripture phrase, "MOAB is my washpot" (Ps. lx. 8), which latter article the hat in question was supposed to resemble.—University.
moabites
Bailiffs, or Philistines.
mob
Swift informs us, in his Art of Polite Conversation, that MOB was, in his time, the slang abbreviation of "mobility," just as NOB is of "nobility," at the present day. See SCHOOL.
mobile phone
a portable telephone
mobility
The mob: a sort of opposite to nobility.
mobility
The populace; or, according to Burke, the "great unwashed." Johnson calls it a cant term, although Swift notices it as a proper expression.
mockered
Holey, marked unpleasantly. A ragged handkerchief and a blotched or pitted face are both said to be MOCKERED.
mockie
A Jew.
moderation in all things
Avoid extremes and find a middle ground
modest proposal
A sarcastic suggestion made to criticize or expose a problem
modest quencher
A glass of spirits and water. Dick Swiveller was fond of a MODEST QUENCHER.
modus operandi
The mode of operation- the way in which a thing is done or should be done. Modus vivendi (Lat., way of living). A mutual arrangement whereby persons not at the time being on friendly terms can be induced to live together in harmony. The term may be applied to individuals, to societies, or to peoples.
moey
The mouth.—Gipsy and Hindoo. Shakspeare has MOE, to make mouths.
mofussilite
An inhabitant of an up-country district.—Anglo-Indian.
mogul cards
The best-quality playing-cards were so called because the wrapper, or the "duty-card** (cards are subject to excise duty) was decorated with a representation of the
mohair
A man in the civil line, a townsman, or tradesman: a military term, from the mohair buttons worn by persons of those descriptions, or any others not in the army, the buttons of military men being always of metal: this is generally used as a term of contempt, meaning a bourgeois, tradesman, or mechanic.
Mohammed and the spider
When Moham- med fled from Mecca he hid in a certain cave, with the Koreishites close upon him. Suddenly an acacia in full leaf sprang up at the mouth of the cave, a wood-pigeon had its nest in the branches, and a spider had woven its net between the tree and the cave. When the Koreishites saw this, they felt persuaded that no one could have entered recently, and went on.
mohammedan faith
The Moslems say every child is born in Islam, and would continue in the true faith if not led astray. The word means resignation or submission to the mil of God.
mohasky
Cannabis.
moiety
Half, but vulgarly used to signify a share or portion: as, He will come in for a small moiety.
moisten your chaffer
A slang phrase equivalent to "take something to drink." Also "moisten your clay," originally applied to smokers, now general, and supposed to have reference to the human clay.
mojado
wetback
moke
A donkey.—Gipsy, but now general to all the lower orders. A "coster" and his "moke" are almost inseparable terms. Probably derived originally from the Arabic al mocreve, a carrier.
moko
A name given by sportsmen to pheasants killed by mistake during September, before the pheasant-shooting comes in. They pull out their tails, and roundly assert that they are no pheasants at all, but MOKOS.
molar masher
A dentist.
molecatcher
The vagina.