| Autophone | intr. To use an Autophone (autophone n. 2). | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| barbola | In full barbola work, decorative work composed chiefly of flowers and fruit modelled in… | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| battleplane | An aeroplane designed for use in warfare, carrying a gun or guns, bombs, etc. | 1915 | Go To Quotation |
| beatnik | One of the beat generation, one who leads a ‘beat’ life (cf. beat n. 16, from which beat… | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| blitz | An attack or offensive launched suddenly with great violence with the object of… | 1940 | Go To Quotation |
| Boche | The (French) soldiers' name for a German. Also attrib. or adj., German. | 1914 | Go To Quotation |
| bottle-neck | trans. To confine or impede in a bottleneck; to pass (something) through a bottleneck. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| break-through | An act of breaking through (a barrier of any kind); spec. Mil., an advance penetrating… | 1918 | Go To Quotation |
| Buchmanism | The theories or practice of the Oxford Group Movement. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| bungaloid | Having the appearance or style of a bungalow or bungalows; characterized by the… | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| cagnotte | Money reserved from the stakes for the bank at certain gambling games (see quots.). Also attrib. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| cinematic | Of or pertaining to the cinematograph; suitable for cinematography; suggestive of the technique, dialogue, etc., of the cinema. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| coder | One who or that which puts a message, set of information, etc., into code. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| coxswain | trans. To act as coxswain to (a boat); also intr. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| crackers | In predicative use: crazy, mad; infatuated. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| crunchy | Fit for crunching or for being crunched; crisp. | 1929 | Go To Quotation |
| cyclostyle | trans. To print (copies) by cyclostyle. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| decoke | Also transf. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| down-swept | Swept or curving downwards. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| éponge | Sponge cloth (cf. ratine n.). | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| flavourful | Full of flavour. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| gazump | trans. To swindle; spec. to act improperly in the sale of houses, etc. (see quots. 1971, 1971). Also as n., a swindle. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| hackie | A taxi-driver. | 1937 | Go To Quotation |
| half-track | A vehicle, usu. military, with wheels in front and traction chains in the rear; also attrib.… | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| inconsequentialness | Inconsequentiality. | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| jazzify | trans. To make to resemble jazz; to play or sing (a piece of music) in the style of jazz… | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| Komodo | The name of an Indonesian island, used attrib. in Komodo dragon n., Komodo monitor n.… | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| limelight | trans. To illuminate by limelight. Usu. fig. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| macon | During the Second World War (1939 – 45): mutton salted and smoked like bacon. | 1939 | Go To Quotation |
| marinescape | A seascape. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| Mary Jane | Marijuana. Also: a marijuana cigarette. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| matte | trans. To block out or add in (an image) by means of a matte; to create (a composite image) using a matte. Also fig. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| microphoned | Transmitted by means of a microphone. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| minxishly | In the manner of a minx; flirtatiously. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| muck-up | A mixing or messing up; a confused mess, a muddle; (Austral.) a confused, noisy, or riotous situation. | 1930 | Go To Quotation |
| multipacket | A type of cargo ship in which the section containing the engine, crew quarters, etc.… | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| Mussoliniesque | = Mussolinian adj. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| NAAFI | An organization which has run canteens and stores for service personnel in the British… | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| nap | trans. To name as the nap selection; to recommend as a likely winner. Usu. in pass. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| oojiboo | = oojah n. | 1918 | Go To Quotation |
| Oranda | A breed of goldfish (Carassius auratus) with a tall dorsal fin, a veil-like caudal fin… | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| outboarding | Travelling in a boat powered by an outboard motor; such activity as a sport or pastime. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| overdressiness | The state of being dressed too ostentatiously or elaborately. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| paranja | A long wide robe with a veil worn by some Muslim women outside the home, esp. in central… | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| parashot | In the Second World War (1939 – 45): a member of the British Home Guard whose task was to shoot down enemy parachutists. | 1940 | Go To Quotation |
| paratroop | A soldier trained to be dropped from an aircraft by parachute; = paratrooper n. 1. Usu. in pl. | 1940 | Go To Quotation |
| par-cook | trans. To cook partially. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| parkour | The discipline or activity of moving rapidly and freely over or around the obstacles… | 2002 | Go To Quotation |
| perm | trans. To give a permanent wave to (a person or a person's hair). | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| pestological | Of or relating to pestology. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| pestologist | An expert in or student of pestology. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| pike | A jackknife position of the body as an element of a dive or jump. Freq. attrib., as pike dive, pike jump, etc. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| Plasmon | A proprietary name for: an extract of soluble milk proteins. | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| platinum blonde | A silvery-blonde hair colour; a person (esp. a woman) with hair of this colour. | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| pockmark | trans. To mark or disfigure with pockmarks. Chiefly fig. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| psephologically | In terms of psephology; with regard to voting statistics and trends, or the analysis of these. | 1952 | Go To Quotation |
| purchasery | The business of purchasing. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| rick | A decoy or accomplice, esp. one posing as an enthusiastic or successful customer to… | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| robotize | trans. To automate (a process, factory, or industry); to mechanize. Also: to turn (a person) into a robot. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| rougher | = rough-rider n. Cf. rough n. 8. | 1901 | Go To Quotation |
| salta | A game played on a checkerboard of 100 squares by two persons with fifteen pieces each… | 1901 | Go To Quotation |
| scrounge | The action of scrounging; freq. in phr. on the scrounge. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| sexational | Sensational in a sexual way; (of a book, film, etc.) intended to provoke public… | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| slimming | Producing an appearance of slimness; conducive to slimness. | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| slurry | Blurred, indistinct: now usu. of speech. | 1937 | Go To Quotation |
| Stavka | The general headquarters of the Russian army. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| Stellenbosch | (See quot. 1913.) | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| suitcaseful | As much as a suitcase will hold. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| swanking | That swanks; boastful, ostentatious, pretentious. | 1918 | Go To Quotation |
| switch-over | A switch or change from one state or course to another; a change-over. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| tap-dancing | A form of exhibition dancing characterized by rhythmical tapping of the toes and heels. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| tuck-in | That may be tucked in; spec. of a woman's blouse, etc., designed to have its lower edge tucked into the skirt. | 1929 | Go To Quotation |
| twentyish | Characteristic of the 1920s. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| voguish | That is in vogue or temporarily fashionable. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| wardering | The business of a warder. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| wearability | The capability of being worn or of enduring wear; suitability for wear; durability. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| whizzo | = whizz n. | 1977 | Go To Quotation |
| woollily | In a way lacking in clarity or incisiveness. | 1937 | Go To Quotation |
| write-down | A reduction in the estimated or book value of assets. | 1932 | Go To Quotation |
| yo-yo | intr. To play with a yo-yo. | 1932 | Go To Quotation |
