The KudoZ open glossary is a browsable glossary of terms translated via the KudoZ term help network.

English Slang Translation Glossary

English term English translation
hood hottie a sexy, attractive young woman from a poor (African-American/Hispanic) neighbourhood
huzpa chutzpah/temerity
I'd rather watch the paint dying I can think of nothing more boring
I’d bite your f***ing hand off. I'd accept the offer like a shot
Irish Tomboy girl with boyish behavior
Irish tomboy caile-bhalach
Entered by: Edith Kelly
jones craving
Just don’t eat ‘my sandwich’… reference to a quote from the TV series Friends
Entered by: Alessandra Meregaglia
Kenwood Kenwood (tradename)
Entered by: Louise Mawbey
knockback setback
Entered by: Rowan Morrell
Kog Peer reviews KudoZ Open Glossary/ies
lets them have it tells them off severely
Entered by: Christine Andersen
ma bouche my mouth
major ass complete and utter idiot
Entered by: Edith Kelly
make a coupon sing in Spanish make a coupon offer sound great in Spanish
making onions uncovering/adding layers of (hidden) meaning
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher
Man, how you gonna put a guy down like that? Man, how ARE you GOING TO Knock a guy down like that?"
Entered by: airmailrpl
masculine of *prostitute* A hustler or, perhaps, a gigolo (depending upon context)
men are men and sheep are nervous bestiality joke
midlife crisis (slang) the terrible forties//The "Look-at-me-I'm-driving-a-Ferrari-syndrome" ¶:^)
no-brainer something obvious or self-explanatory
pencil squeezer masturbator
piss-and-vinegar full of energy
pissant worthless
rambling (literally) walking slowly, for pleasure
Entered by: Tony M
Scottish Jackeen teuchter used by Lowlanders and sassenach used by Highlanders
Scottish urchin Gorblin
Screwed, stewed, and tattooed! go on a boozer
Simoleon dollar
slobberknocker a great battle b/w two equal forces (often used to describe wrestling matches)
Somebody "have (got) no place doing something" "...no place doing" common enough
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher
Sounds of The Chickens cluck,crow,cheep,chuck,chirp,peep, Cockadoodledoo
squarecrow name of a cereal character
Strammel a brawny, lusty, strapping Wench
strangle one\'s banana masturbate
stunadz Stone head
swing by stop by, come over
swolt anger/aggression
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher
teney tenny
termagant shrewish and quarrelsome woman
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