numberwang
A situation involving a bewildering succession of numbers.
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numbnuts
A slow-witted, unresponsive, or inept person (usually male).
numbwit
A fool; a stupid person.
nun
A prostitute.
nunnery
Synonym of brothel.
nut dash
Synonym of en dash.
nut huggers
Men's swimming briefs, tight-fitting jeans or similar, especially tight, lower-body garments.
nut out
To become crazy, especially with rage.
nut up
To show courage and hide one's apprehension.
nutbag
The scrotum.
nutbaggery
eccentricity; craziness
nutballs
Crazy, insane, unhinged.
nutbar
Crazy, eccentric.
nutburger
A person considered crazy or eccentric.
nutcase
Someone who is insane.
nuthugger
Briefs or other type of undergarment designed with a minimal amount of fabric in the front center crotch pouch.
nutjobbery
The behaviour of a nutjob; lunacy or idiocy.
nutless
Without nuts (testicles); cowardly or castrated.
NuTrek
The films and television series in the Star Trek franchise from 2009 onward.
nutrider
A person whose force of argument derives from the notoriety or skill of some group or person they are associated with.
nuts
The testicles.
nutsack
The scrotum.
nutshot
To hit in the testicles.
nutsucker
Term of abuse.
nuttier than squirrel poop
Very nutty; crazy.
nuttier than squirrel shit
Very nutty; crazy.
nutting
Thinking very hard or puzzling over something.
nutty
Barmy: eccentric, odd; crazy, mad, insane.
nutty as a fruitcake
Behaving in an eccentric, foolish, or kooky manner; very nutty.
nutzoid
Crazy; insane.
NuWho
A revival of the Doctor Who universe, launched in 2005, after cancellation of the previous series in 1989.
nuzlocke
A self-imposed challenge where the player can only catch the first wild Pokémon encountered in each area, and any caught Pokémon that faints cannot be used again.
nya
The cry of a cat; meow, miaow.
nyah
meow, especially spoken by a catgirl or catboy
nü
New, especially used of remakes seen as a travesty or pale imitation of the original.
nai giạt móng, chó cũng le lưỡi
The deer's hooves worn flat, the dog's tongue hanging out — a chase that exhausted both and settled nothing.
nai ăn đâu nát giạu đó
Where the deer grazes, the hedge is trampled — a guest's keep is the host's damage.
Nam mô A Di Đà Phật
Namo Amitābhāya, a common phrase of salutation used by Buddhists
nam nữ bất tạp tọa
Men and women do not sit mingled — the old propriety of separated company.
nam nữ thụ thụ bất thân
appropriately, unless related by blood or marriage, men and women should avoid physical contact
nam thực như hổ, nữ thực như miêu
men eat like tigers, women eat like cats
nam tôn nữ ti
valuing men above women, the belief that men are superior to women
nam đáo nữ phòng nam tắc tử, nữ đáo nam phòng nữ tắc dâm
A man in her chamber dies; a woman in his is disgraced — the old law's brutal asymmetry of trespass.
Namkiki
Namkiki — a derogatory regionalist nickname for southerners ('Nam Kỳ'); recorded here as discriminatory slang to recognize, not to use.
nan huinh nan đệ
Hard to find such a brother, hard such a younger — sibling excellence in matched pairs is rarest of all.
nay đây mai đó
Here today, there tomorrow — residence as a rumor.
nc
Texting shortcut for “nói chuyện” (to chat) — or “nước” (water); context decides.
ng
Texting shortcut for “người” — person.
ngang bằng sổ ngay
Level strokes and straight columns — accounts ruled clean; everything squared.
ngang lưng thì thắt bao vàng, đầu đội nón dấu, vai mang súng dài. Một tay thì cắp hỏa mai, một tay cắp giáo, quan sai xuống thuyền. Tùng tùng trống đánh ngũ liên, chân bước xuống thuyền nước mắt như mưa
Gold sash at the waist, pressed hat, long musket; flintlock in one hand, lance in the other, ordered down to the boats — drums beat five-fold, and boarding, his tears fall like rain — the conscript's farewell.
ngay ruột ngựa
Straight as a horse's gut — candor with no bends in it.
nghe hơi nồi chõ
Sniffing the steamer from outside — knowledge claimed from the smell of other people's cooking.
nghe miết điếc con ráy
Heard so often the ear-wax goes deaf — nagging repeated past all hearing.
nghi nhơn mạc dụng, dụng nhơn mạc nghi
Suspect, don't employ; employ, don't suspect — trust must be whole or withheld.
nghiêng thành đổ nước
Beauty to topple citadels and spill rivers — loveliness of kingdom-wrecking degree.
nghèo nhân nghèo nghĩa thì lo, nghèo tiền nghèo bạc chả lo là nghèo
Fear poverty of kindness and duty, not poverty of coin — the only destitution that matters is moral.
nghèo rớt mồng tơi
so damn broke; so financially wanting
nghĩa hải hào tình
A sea of decency between strangers — warm generosity owed to no one, freely given.
nghĩa nặng tình thâm
Heavy duty and deep affection — a bond of obligation and love grown profound.
nghề võ đánh trả thầy
The martial art turned on its master — the student striking with the very skill the teacher gave.