fourth estate
The media, especially the press, in its role of holding power to account.
Love & family · Tình yêu & gia đình 555
Sweethearts, spouses, parents, and the words between them.
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gooseberry pudding
A woman.
hand basket portion
A woman whose husband receives frequent presents from her father, or family, is said to have a hand-basket portion.
hang with
To spend time with; to hang out with; to socialize with.
have words
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
hinney, my honey
A north country hinney, particularly a Northumbrian: in that county, hinney is the general term of endearment.
honest woman
To marry a woman with whom one has cohabitated as a mistress, is termed, making an honest woman of her.
honey moon
The first month after marriage. A poor honey; a harmless, foolish, goodnatured fellow. It is all honey or a t--d with them; said of persons who are either in the extremity of friendship or enmity, either kissing or fighting.
horse godmother
A large masculine woman, a gentlemanlike kind of a lady.
household words
No. 183, September 24.
kissing crust
That part where the loaves have touched the oven.
leaping over the sword
An ancient ceremonial said to constitute a military marriage. A sword being laid down on the ground, the parties to be married joined hands, when the corporal or serjeant of the company repeated these words:
let on
To give an intimation of having some knowledge of a subject. Ramsay employs the phrase in the Gentle Shepherd. Common in Scotland.
lie upon
To be incumbent upon; to be up to (someone); to be obligatory upon.
love glove
A condom.
love is not finding someone to live with; it's finding someone whom you can't live without
True love is about needing someone emotionally, not just wanting companionship.
love pump
The penis.
love sausage
The penis.
love spud
A testicle.
love spuds
Testicles.
marriage lines
A marriage certificate.—Provincial.
marriage music
The squalling and crying of children.
matrimonial peace-maker
The sugar-stick, or arbor vitae.
matter at hand
The current situation or problem that needs attention
matter of course
Something that is expected or routine
mother of st
PATRICK. The same. IRISH.
mum's the word
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
my aunt
AUNT JONES, or MRS. JONES, the closet of decency, or house of office.
my tulip
A term of endearment used by the lower orders to persons and animals; "‘Kim up, MY TULIP,’ as the coster said to his donkey when thrashing him with an ash stick."
near and dear
Closely loved or cherished
nearest and dearest
Closest friends and family members
old hoss
A term of endearment, originally an Americanism, but now in common use here among friends.
old woman
One's wife.
people person
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
petticoat hold
One who has an estate during his wife's life, called the apron-string hold.
pop the question
To ask someone to marry you
put something into perspective
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
put upon
Cheated, victimized, oppressed.
rum topping
A rich commode, or woman's head-dress.
sexual relation
A romantic or intimate relationship between two people
sexual relations
Intimate physical contact between people
sheep’s eyes
Loving looks, "to make SHEEP’S EYES at a person," to cast amorous glances towards one on the sly.
shoujo ai
A genre of manga, anime, or hentai featuring lesbian sex and romance; yuri.
sir reverence
Human excrement, a t--d.
son of a gun
A familiar term for a man. Sometimes applied eulogistically, never contemptuously. Generally said of an artful person, and perhaps, originally, son of a "gun," (or "gonnof"). In the army it is sometimes applied to an artilleryman.
sweet heart
A term applicable to either the masculine or feminine gender, signifying a girl's lover, or a man's mistress: derived from a sweet cake in the shape of a heart.
tenant for life
A married man; i.e. possessed of a woman for life.
tied up
Given over, finished; also married, in allusion to the hymeneal knot, unless a jocose allusion be intended to the "halter" (altar). See BUCKLED, term in use among costermongers and street folk generally.
to baste
To beat. I'll give him his bastings, I'll beat him heartily.
to blot the skrip and jar it
To stand engaged or bound for any one. Cant.
to brush
To run away. Let us buy a brush and lope; let us go away or off. To have a brush with a woman; to lie with her. To have a brush with a man; to fight with him. The cove cracked the peter and bought a brush; the fellow broke open the trunk, and then ran away.
to cap
To take one's oath. I will cap downright; I will swear home. CANT.
to clip
To hug or embrace: to clip and cling. To clip the coin; to diminish the current coin. To clip the king's English; to be unable to speak plain through drunkenness.
to diddle
To cheat. To defraud. The cull diddled me out of my dearee; the fellow robbed me of my sweetheart. See Jeremy Diddler In Raising The Wind.
to edge
To excite, stimulate, or provoke; or as it is vulgarly called, to egg a man on. Fall back, fall edge; i.e. let what will happen. Some derive to egg on, from the Latin word, AGE, AGE.
to fan
To beat any one. I fanned him sweetly; I beat him heartily.
to grind
To have carnal knowledge of a woman.
to keep
To inhabit. Lord, where do you keep? i.e. where are your rooms? ACADEMICAL PHRASE. Mother, your tit won't keep; your daughter will not preserve her virginity.
to queer
To puzzle or confound. I have queered the old full bottom; i.e. I have puzzled the judge. To queer one's ogles among bruisers; to darken one's day lights.
to rag
To abuse, and tear to rags the characters of the persons abused. She gave him a good ragging, or ragged him off heartily.