Results for “autem mort”

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Autem
noun

Cant for a church — root of 'autem mort' (a wedded woman) and 'autem diver' (church-thief).

#thieves-cant#cant#historical#british
Mort
noun

Cant for a woman — a 'walking mort' tramped the roads; an 'autem mort' was a wedded one.

#thieves-cant#cant#historical#british
mortal
adjective

Absolutely steaming drunk.

#geordie#newcastle#drinking#british
bricks and mortar
phrase

Cockney rhyming slang for daughter.

#cockney#london#rhyming-slang#family
Throckmorton sign 18+
noun

Mature content — open to view.

#medical#nursing#radiology#pseudo-sign
Mortified
adjective

Cripplingly embarrassed — the Irish go-to for social mortification.

#irish#uk
black affrontit
phrase

Mortified. Beyond embarrassed.

#scottish#scots#emotion#embarrassment
scarlet
adjective

Mortified. Cringing-into-the-floor embarrassed.

#irish#dublin#emotion#hiberno-english
M & Ms
noun

Mortality and Morbidity conference — the meeting where the team dissects what went wrong.

#medical#hospital#surgery#education
Dyker
noun

A craftsman who builds dry-stone walls — no mortar, just gravity and skill.

#construction#masonry#drystone#trades
Butter
noun

Mortar — specifically the dollop a bricklayer spreads on a brick before setting it.

#construction#masonry#bricklaying#trades
bagged and tagged
phrase

A corpse processed for the mortuary

#medical#nursing#death#mortuary
rose cottage
noun

The hospital mortuary (British euphemism)

#medical#nursing#mortuary#british
Bulin
noun

A bachelor flat or little love-nest, immortalized in classic tango lyrics.

#lunfardo#spanish#argentine#tango