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1. Abelungu, n. View full entry 1836
...With sing. or pl. concord. White people collectively. Cf. mlungu, umlungu2....
2. allegedly, adv. View full entry 1823
...According to an allegation; reportedly. Also occas. in ironic use....
3. culcha, n. View full entry 1872
...‘Culture’ or cultural pursuits, variously regarded as pretentious, exotic, alien, worthless, etc....
4. culchad, adj. View full entry 1878
...‘Cultured’, esp. in an affected or pretentious way....
5. eˈleventh coˈmmandment, n. View full entry 1857
...A rule to be observed as strictly as if it were an addition to the ten commandments (cf. commandment2d and John xiii. 34)....
6. Englishy, adj. (and adv.) View full entry 1861
...Characteristic of what is English; stereotypically English....
7. kinder, kirche, küche, n. View full entry 1899
...‘Children, church, kitchen’; a phrase, freq. used ironically, to denote the interests and preoccupations of a housewife....
8. lulu, n. View full entry 1886
...A remarkable or wonderful person or thing; freq. used ironically; also attrib....
9. makulu, adj. and n. View full entry 1899
...Big, impressive; important, foremost....
10. mink, n.2 View full entry 1801
...A length of rope or other material formed or tied into a loop. spec....
11. mlungu, n. and adj. View full entry 1826
...Esp. in the context of interactions between black and white South Africans: a white person. Also in pl. With the. White people collectively. Also as a form of...
12. † mobship, n. View full entry 1830
...ironic. With possessive adjective: a mock title of respect given to a member of a mob....
13. nibs, n. View full entry 1821
...Originally: the person in question, the person being (implicitly) alluded to. Now chiefly: the person in authority, as an employer, superior, etc. (freq. used ironically or with the implication that...
14. non-voter, n. View full entry 1851
...A person who does not vote or is not entitled to vote....
15. olde, adj. (and n.) View full entry 1852
...Used as an archaism, originally commercially, later also freq. ironically, for old Sometimes with other words spelt archaistically, as Olde English(e). Occas. as in...
16. pally, n.1 View full entry 1863
...A friend, a ‘pal’. Also used as a form of address....
17. pantologist, n. View full entry 1840
...A person who studies or is versed in pantology (freq. used ironically)....
18. peon, n.2 View full entry 1826
...In Latin America and the south-western United States: an unskilled farmworker or day labourer under the charge of a foreman or overseer; spec. (esp. in Mexico) a debtor held in...
19. pluperfectly, adv. View full entry 1831
...Faultlessly; perfectly in all respects; utterly, absolutely. Freq. ironic or with implication of an undesirable level of perfection. Cf. pluperfect2b....
20. pretty-boy, n. View full entry 1835
...A man who is attractive in a feminine way; an effeminate or narcissistic man; (also) a male homosexual; (ironically) a thug, a ruffian, a heavy. Freq. attrib....
