Results for “Mardi Gras Indians”

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Indians
noun

Mardi Gras Indians — Black NOLA tribes who mask in elaborate hand-sewn suits.

#nola#mardi-gras#carnival#black-culture
Lundi Gras
noun

'Fat Monday' — the day before Mardi Gras.

#nola#mardi-gras#carnival#french
Boeuf Gras
noun

'The fatted bull' — Carnival symbol of the last meat before Lent.

#nola#mardi-gras#carnival#french
grass
noun

Informer (police informant) — from 'grasshopper' = copper.

#cockney#london#british#crime
grasshopper
noun

Rhyming slang for copper (policeman); source of 'grass'.

#cockney#london#british#rhyming
supergrass
noun

A high-level informer who testifies against many.

#prison#criminal#informer#legal
grass up
phrase

To inform on someone.

#prison#criminal#informer#betrayal
knee-high to a grasshopper
phrase

Very small or very young.

#american#regional#small#child
Touch Grass
phrase

Telling someone to log off and go outside because they're too deep in online life.

#anime#meme#gen-z#internet
krewe
noun

A Mardi Gras club that throws a parade or ball.

#nola#mardi-gras#southern#carnival
throw me somethin', mista!
phrase

The traditional Mardi Gras shout to a float rider — toss me some beads.

#nola#mardi-gras#carnival#south
doubloon
noun

Aluminum krewe coin thrown from Mardi Gras floats.

#nola#mardi-gras#carnival#south
flambeaux
noun

Lit torches carried by walkers in nighttime Mardi Gras parades.

#nola#mardi-gras#carnival#french
lezzer
noun

A meadow. A grassy field for cows, kids or kicking a ball about.

#brummie#black country#landscape#midlands
Comedian
noun

The grass median strip between highway lanes.

#trucker#cb-radio#highway#slang
cranking
adjective

Craven — greedy, grasping

#caribbean#patois#feeling#people
gravalicious
adjective

Extremely greedy and grasping

#caribbean#patois#feeling#people
ATG 18+
phrase

Mature content — open to view.

#gym#fitness#squat#depth
the devil's strip
noun

Akron, Ohio term for the grass between sidewalk and street.

#american#regional#ohio#place
Ahịhịa
noun

Weed, marijuana — literally 'grass.'

#igbo#igbo-slang#nigerian#west-african