turtle n.
1. a veteran.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | (H.E. Hamblen) On Many Seas 96: He [...] swore to the other old turtle that we were the two best and smartest boys he had ever seen. |
2. (US) a racehorse (presumably slow).
| Down the Line 14: I confided to her the fact that I doped a turtle named ‘Pink Toes’ to win the next day. | |
| Get Next 24: Every turtle we plunged on carried our money to the bonfire and dumped it in. |
3. (orig. Aus.) a promiscuous woman [i.e. ‘once she’s on her back, she’s fucked’].
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | in Le Courrier Australien (Sydney) 5 June 5/1: A girl or young woman to us is a sheila [...] shingler, sninny, turtle, pross or tarry rope. | |
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![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | DSUE (8th edn) 1275/2: C.20. |
4. (Aus.) sexual intercourse.
 | Aus. Vulgarisms [t/s] 14: turtle: The act of coition. |
5. (N.Z. prison) a 200mg tablet of morphine sulphate.
![[NZ]](/static/img/flags/nz.png "New Zealand") | Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 194/2: turtle n. a 200mg morphine sulphate tablet. |
SE in slang uses
In compounds
1. nonsense, rubbish [var. on bullshit n. (1)].
| ‘Assaulting the Net’ on Scroll.org 🌐 You chickenhead piece of shit, you thought you were so fucking great tonight, you felt you played your part so well, you are a piece of dead turtle shit, you’re not a star, you fucking limp dick/pussy hair, dazzling and charming (YOU?), you let me put my brown in your mouth, you’re nothing to behold, you dog vomit, I piss on you. |
2. stuffing, the daylights, the insides.
| ‘Rev. of American Streetfighter’ at BadMoviePlanet.com 🌐 He has flashbacks about things that happened after Viper kicked the turtle shit out of him, but its not explained til near the end. |
In phrases
(Aus.) to lose emotional control.
| Sport (Adelaide) 3 July 4/3: Erry P. almost went turtle when he heard his name was in ‘Sport’ . |