cakewalk
A very easy task or situation
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Vocabulary ranked by real-world frequency — start with the 1,000 most common words. Definitions adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), review in progress.
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HE-double-toothpicks
used to express frustration or annoyance
elbowed
pushed or forced one's way
hobby-horsey
a person who rides horses as a hobby
ivory-thumper
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
three-dimensionality
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
housewarming
A party to celebrate moving into a new home
gut-wrenched
feeling intense emotional pain or distress
brainpower
Mental ability or intelligence
time-waster
Something or someone that wastes time
brokenhearted
Overwhelmed with sorrow, typically due to a romantic separation
buzzkill
Someone or something that spoils the fun
headwind
An opposing force or obstacle that slows progress
shitstorm
A situation of intense controversy or criticism
knee-slapper
something extremely funny
callout
A public criticism or condemnation
thigh-slapper
something extremely funny
runaround
Evasive or misleading treatment
maypole
A central point around which others gather or revolve
clusterfuck
A chaotic and completely disorganized situation
hothead
Someone with a quick temper
head-emptier
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
roguish
having or showing a dishonest or cunning nature
jerkoff
a person considered annoying or worthless
Sophy
A former title of the kings of Persia, from £afi-ud-din, the founder of the ancient dynasty of the £afi or £afavi.
backburner
To put something on the backburner means to postpone or prioritize it lower.
tuppence
a small amount of money
stovepipe
A narrow, isolated area of expertise or knowledge
Pavan
A stately Spanish dance of the 16th and 17th centuries, said to be so called because in it the dancers stalked like peacocks (Lat, pavones), the gentlemen with their long robes of office, and the ladies with trains like peacocks' tails. The pavan, like the minuet, ended with a quick movement called the galhard, a sort of gavotte.
addle-plot
A confusing or unclear situation
airheaded
Scatterbrained or foolish
airheadedness
A lack of common sense or practicality
armpiece
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
ashcan
something discarded or rejected
attaboy
An expression of praise or approval
attagal
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
attagirl
Expression of praise or encouragement for a girl or woman
attakid
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
backpedal
To retract or reverse a previous statement or action
barhop
to visit several bars in one night
barnburner
An exciting or highly entertaining event
bass-ackwards
Completely wrong or reverse of what is correct
Beadsman
Properly, one who prays; hence, an inmate of an almshouse* because most charities of this class were instituted so that the inmates might "pray for the soul of the founder." See BEAD. Seated with some grey beadsman.
beanspilling
revealing confidential or sensitive information
beddy-bye
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
beestung
having a puffy and swollen appearance
Bestiaries
Books very popular in the llth, 12th, and 13th centuries, containing accounts of the supposed habits and peculiar- ities of animals, which, with the legendary lore connected with them, served as texts for devotional homilies. They were founded on the old Physiologi^ and those in English were, for the most part, translations of Continental originals.
birdbrain
A silly or scatter-brained person.
blondin
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
bloodclaat
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Bockland
Land severed from the folkland (i.e. the common land belonging to the people) and held either communally or in severally, and converted into a private estate of perpetual inheritance by a written hoc (or book) i.e. a deed.
borganism
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
borley
The local name for a fishing-boat at the mouth of the Thames.
broad-brusher
One who generalizes or makes sweeping statements
butterfingers
Someone who often drops things
Caddice
Worsted yarn or binding, crewel. So named from the O.Fr. cadaz, the coarsest part of silk; with which the Ir. cadan, cotton, may be remotely connected. See also CADDY.
Calvaria
Each station represents, by fresco, picture, or otherwise, some incident in the passage of Christ from the judgment hall to Calvary, and at each prayers are offered up in memory of the event represented.
Carbineer
A soldier armed with a short light rifle (called a carbine) such as is used by cavalry. The word is from Fr. carabine, which is either from Calabrinus, a Calabrian (in which case the word would originally mean a skirmisher or light horse- man), or from late Lat. chadabula, a kind of ballista for hurling projectiles. The 6th Dragoon Guards in the British Army are known as the Carabiniers.
Cazique
A native prince of the ancient Peruvians, Cubans, Mexicans, etc.
chivy
Slang for the face. An example of rhyming slang (q. v.). Here the full term to rhyme with face is Chevy Chase.
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