Results for “West Bank”

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westie
noun

Someone from West Auckland (stereotyped)

#australian#aussie#regional#auckland
West Coast offense
noun

An offense built on short, precise passes.

#sports#offense#scheme
west
adjective

Crazy, weird or gone wrong.

#british#regional#descriptor
gone west
phrase

Scouse for something that's gone wrong, weird, or pear-shaped.

#scouse#liverpool#wrong#british
Barclays Bank 18+
noun

Mature content — open to view.

#cockney#london#rhyming-slang#british
On da Wes' Bank
phrase

Across the Mississippi from NOLA proper — Algiers, Gretna, Marrero, Harvey.

#nola#geography#new-orleans#yat
Mae West
noun

Inflatable life-jacket — named for the curves.

#military#raf#wwii#kit
Banksman
noun

The person who signals and directs vehicle and crane movements on a construction site.

#construction#trades#british#safety
Banker
noun

A mason who cuts and shapes building stone at a workbench.

#construction#masonry#stonework#trades
bank
noun

A large amount of money.

#finance#stocks#wsb#wealth
bankroll
noun

One's supply of money; financial backing.

#finance#stocks#wsb#wealth
bank-to-wall
noun

A slope leading up into a vertical wall to ride.

#skater#surf#bmx#skateboarding
The Bank's Closed
phrase

Flapper brush-off meaning no more kissing or canoodling tonight, fella.

#1920s#flapper#jazz-age#prohibition
Crescent City Connection
noun

The twin bridges over the Mississippi linking NOLA to the West Bank.

#nola#geography#new-orleans#bridges
position 5
noun

The lowest-farm hard support who buys the wards and keeps the team running.

#dota 2#moba#role#support
spec
noun

A weapon's special attack you bank up energy to unleash.

#runescape#combat#mmo
Sand Dancer
noun

Someone from South Shields, on the south bank of the Tyne mouth.

#geordie#south shields#northeast#british
pikelet
noun

A crumpet — what the West Midlands calls them.

#brummie#midlands#food#british
bonk
noun

A bank or hillside — a slope, usually a steep one.

#brummie#black country#landscape#midlands
daps
noun

Welsh and West Country word for plimsolls or trainers.

#welsh#wales#west-country#clothing
where you to
phrase

South Wales (and West Country) way of asking 'where are you?'

#welsh#wales#phrase#british
quat
verb

To squat, crouch or hunker down — Welsh and West Country dialect.

#welsh#gower#west-country#dialect
tara
interjection

Goodbye, see you — informal British sign-off, especially Welsh and Northwest English.

#welsh#scouse#dialect#farewell
swats
noun

Southwest Atlanta — 'Southwest Atlanta Too Strong.'

#atlanta#hip-hop#geography#dungeon-family
zone 4
noun

Atlanta Police Department's Westside / Southwest zone.

#atlanta#hip-hop#geography#police-zones
the four
noun

Zone 4 — Westside / Southwest Atlanta.

#atlanta#hip-hop#geography#police-zones
-izzle
suffix

West Coast suffix that turns any word into slang.

#west-coast#hip-hop#snoop-dogg#slang
KDAY
noun

The legendary LA hip-hop radio station name-dropped across West Coast rap.

#la#radio#hip-hop#west-coast
G-funk
noun

Early-90s West Coast sound — funk samples, synth leads, laid-back basslines.

#la#hip-hop#production#west-coast
Mo City
proper noun

Missouri City — Houston's southwest suburb, half-jokingly 'Misery City.'

#texas#houston#neighbourhood#suburb
The Clarke
proper noun

Hiram Clarke — south-west Houston neighbourhood.

#texas#houston#neighbourhood#hip-hop
Third Coast
proper noun

Texas/Gulf-Coast rap as the third hip-hop region, after East and West.

#houston#texas#hip-hop#scene
ope
interjection

Midwest reflex 'oops' when you bump into someone.

#midwest#regional#politeness
pop
noun

Midwest word for any fizzy soft drink.

#midwest#regional#food-drink
puppy chow
noun

Midwest party snack — Chex coated in chocolate, peanut butter, powdered sugar.

#midwest#food-drink#regional
lizzies
noun

Money — banknotes with the Queen's face on them.

#uk-drill#london#money#road
elizabeth
noun

Money — a banknote, named for the Queen on the front.

#uk-drill#london#money#road
erk
noun

Lowest-rung aircraftman — the RAF's grunt.

#military#raf#wwii#rank
slick-sleeve
noun

A private with no rank insignia — the lowest rung.

#military#usmc#us-army#rank
Boiler room
noun

A high-pressure phone-bank operation cold-calling retail to dump dodgy stock.

#finance#wall-street#fraud#sales