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1. ab, n.2 View full entry 1956
...An abdominal muscle; = abdominal3. Usu. in pl....
2. Abo, n. and adj. View full entry 1908
...A member of an Australian aboriginal people; an Australian Aboriginal. ...
3. absotively, adv. View full entry 1914
...Emphatically; without a doubt, irrefutably. Also used as an emphatic affirmative: yes, certainly, definitely. Freq. paired with posilutely...
4. Abyssinia, int. View full entry 1932
...‘I'll be seeing you!’ (said on parting)....
5. ace, v. View full entry 1923
...trans.Sport....
6. achy-breaky, adj. View full entry 1992
...Aching, hurt; (also) sad, heart-rending....
7. ack-ack, adj. and n. View full entry 1916
...Representing the letters a. a., short for anti-aircraft (see anti-aircraft)....
8. ackamarackus, n. View full entry 1933
...Something regarded as pretentious nonsense; something intended to deceive; humbug. Freq. in the old ackamarackus....
9. ack emma, n. and adv. View full entry 1909
...The signal used to denote the letters a.m. (for ante meridiem) in telephone communications, etc.; (hence colloq.) the morning....
10. acker, n.2 View full entry 1937
...A piastre. hist. in later use....
11. ad, n.4 View full entry 1915
...= advantage5. Cf. van...
12. ad, n.5 View full entry 1938
...A drug addict....
13. adland, n. View full entry 1915
...The world or industry of advertising....
14. admin, adj. View full entry 1913
...= administrative (in various senses)....
15. advertisingese, n. View full entry 1929
...The type of language considered characteristic of advertisements, esp. in using slogans, hyperbole, etc....
16. aero, adj. View full entry 1982
...Chiefly with reference to motor vehicles: aerodynamic, streamlined....
17. Afghanistanism, n. View full entry 1948
...Preoccupation (esp. on the part of journalists) with distant events, as a diversion from controversial domestic issues (see quot. 1950)....
18. Afro, adj. and n. View full entry 1938
...African or African-American (esp. of a style of music, clothing, etc.)....
19. Afro-Saxon, n. and adj. View full entry 1902
...A person of African descent who identifies closely with English or Anglo-American culture and values....
20. after, n.2 View full entry 1906
...= afternoon1. Chiefly in this after....
