Results for “ben the house”

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ben the hoose
phrase

Through to the other room / the inner part of the house

#scottish#irish#household#directions
bendigedig
adjective

Welsh for wonderful, marvellous, brilliant — the North's preferred word over 'lush'.

#welsh#north-wales#wales#praise
benched
verb

Dropped to the substitutes' bench.

#sports#selection#substitute#american
ben
noun

A mountain (as in Ben Nevis)

#scottish#irish#landscape#nature
benchwarmer
noun

A person kept as a backup dating option.

#dating#relationships#backup#sports-metaphor
benchmark
noun

A reference standard to measure against.

#corporate#office#work#metrics
benjamins
noun

Hundred-dollar bills.

#finance#stocks#wsb#denomination
benji
noun

A hundred-dollar bill.

#finance#stocks#wsb#denomination
benihana
noun

A tailgrab air with the back foot taken off the board.

#skater#surf#grab#aerial
benny
noun

A non-local, especially a clueless out-of-town beachgoer.

#skater#surf#people#locals
Benching
noun

Keeping someone as a backup option while you pursue other people.

#gen-z#dating#internet#relationships
Bene
adjective

Cant for 'good' — the opposite of 'queer'; bene bouse was good drink, a bene cove a sound man.

#thieves-cant#cant#historical#british
trap house
noun

A house used as a base for selling drugs.

#atlanta#hip-hop#trap#drugs
shotgun house
noun

Long narrow NOLA house with rooms in a straight line front to back.

#nola#architecture#southern#hip-hop
by my house
phrase

NOLA way of saying 'at my house,' calqued from French.

#nola#yat#dialect#southern
jailhouse lawyer
noun

An inmate who plays legal advisor — qualifications optional.

#prison#legal#us#inmate
house mom
phrase

The dressing-room manager who looks after the dancers.

#sex-work#stripping#club#staff
house fee
phrase

The flat fee a dancer pays the club just to work her shift.

#sex-work#stripping#club#fees
house
noun

A chosen-family crew in ballroom culture, led by a mother and/or father, that competes together at balls.

#ballroom#vogue#lgbtq#chosen-family
House of LaBeija
noun

The first ballroom house, founded by Crystal and Lottie LaBeija after racism shut Black queens out of white drag pageants.

#ballroom#houses#lgbtq#harlem
House of Xtravaganza
noun

The legendary all-Latino ballroom house, founded 1982 by Hector Valle and led to glory by mother Angie Xtravaganza.

#ballroom#houses#lgbtq#latino
House of Ninja
noun

The multiracial ballroom house founded in 1982 by Willi Ninja, the Godfather of Vogue.

#ballroom#houses#vogue#lgbtq
house mother
noun

The experienced leader who heads a ballroom house and mentors its children.

#ballroom#drag#lgbtq#houses
house father
noun

The male-presenting leader of a ballroom house, counterpart to the house mother.

#ballroom#drag#lgbtq#houses
father / house father
noun

The seasoned leader of a ballroom house who guides and protects its members.

#ballroom#lgbtq#house#chosen-family
children / house children
noun

The mentored members of a ballroom house, parented by its mother and father.

#ballroom#lgbtq#house#chosen-family
like a house on fire
phrase

Getting along extremely well.

#australian#aussie#idiom#relationships
chadon beni
noun

A pungent cilantro-like cooking herb

#caribbean#patois#food#herb
ay bendito
interjection

Aww, poor thing / oh my goodness (PR)

#spanish#spanglish#latino#sympathy
emptying the bench
phrase

Playing deep reserves in a decided game

#sports#gameflow#bench
wheelhouse
noun

A hitter's power zone.

#sports#hitting#strike zone
round the houses
noun

Trousers — shortened to 'roundthes'.

#cockney#london#british#clothing
armshouse
noun

Trouble, violence, or chaos

#cockney#london#british#conflict
gordon bennett
interjection

Exclamation of exasperation; a minced oath.

#cockney#london#british#exclamation
houseman
noun

A burglar.

#prison#criminal#burglary#theft
the big house
noun

State prison; the penitentiary.

#prison#criminal#incarceration#urban-lingo
but 'n' ben
noun

A small two-roomed cottage

#scottish#irish#housing#traditional
friends with benefits 18+
noun

Mature content — open to view.

#dating#relationships#casual#arrangement
friends with benefits arrangement 18+
noun

Mature content — open to view.

#dating#relationships#casual#no-commitment
bab-house
noun

An outside toilet (privy).

#british#regional#household#noun