1996 Indep. on Sun. 17 Mar. 🌐 It’s brittle toffee made with golden syrup, brown sugar [...] and bicarbonate of soda. I’m sorry to say that my children thought it was the end .at end, the, n.
1997 Indep. on Sun. 9 Mar. n.p.: Yeh little git. You told me you wanted to write your bleedin’ memoirs, and I believed you, didn’t I? Foolish ate-your-bun dat I am.at ate-your-bun, n.
1997 Indep. on Sun. 9 Mar. n.p.: He vardied the cell. Saw the paper figures for the first time [BS].at varda, v.
1998 Indep. on Sun. Rev. 26 July 52: I was only 16, just out of school, didn’t know my arse from my elbow.at not know one’s arse/ass from one’s elbow (v.) under arse, n.
1998 Indep. on Sun. Culture 11 Oct. 9: Only a right pair of girl’s blouses could be shocked.at big girl’s blouse (n.) under big, adj.
1998 Indep. on Sun. 11 Oct. 32: There is also a young lady [...] she is either Mrs Gruber or an upmarket brass.at brass, n.2
1998 Indep. on Sun. 12 Oct. 13: Many users taking six or seven buttons a day. [...] On the streets of the South African townships mandrax tablets are known as ‘buttons’.at button, n.1
1998 Indep. on Sun. 11 Oct. 32: He always does this when Maureen’s out and he’s a bit lit up.at lit (up), adj.
1998 Indep. on Sun. 12 Oct. 13: The pill [was] marketed on the street...as ‘downers’ and known by the nickname ‘Mandies’.at mandy, n.
1998 Indep. on Sun. 26 July 27: Being resourceful Nineties kids, they nick the dentist’s credit cards instead.at nick, v.1
1998 Indep. on Sun. Culture 11 Oct. 9: With their perpetual drunkenness, big arms, and talk of twatting poofs.at twat, v.
1998 Indep. on Sun. 12 Oct. 13 : Buttons [...] often crushed into a cannabis joint called a white pipe.at white pipe (n.) under white, adj.
1999 Indep. on Sun. Travel 18 July 4: Is the Pope a Catholic?at does a bear shit in the woods? Is the pope (a) Catholic?, phr.
1999 Indep. on Sun. Rev. 20 June 30: Buggering about a woman’s life, smashing her hopes.at bugger about, v.
1999 Indep. on Sun. Culture 11 July 4: ‘I wanted to do it for the girls,’ she says. ‘Warts and all.’.at warts and all, phr.
1999 Indep. on Sun. Real Life 21 Nov. 3: I think my answer was that ‘I should coco’.at I should cocoa under coffee and cocoa, v.
1999 Indep. on Sun. Real Life 20 June 5: The same quick-witted smart-arse who foraged in Fergie’s fridge?at smart-arse, n.
1999 Indep. on Sun. 11 July 23: The prevailing wisdom among senior management was ‘Good goods sell arse-upwards’.at arse upwards under arse, n.
1999 Indep. on Sun. Culture 15 Aug. 5: Lovable rogue, irresistable smoothie, gentlemanly cad.at smooth article, n.
1999 Indep. on Sun. Culture 25 July 3: Nothing too artsy-fartsy, you understand.at artsy-fartsy, adj.
1999 Indep. on Sun. Culture 26 Sept. 9: Air-kissing and ass-kissing and general falseness and fakery.at ass-kissing, n.
1999 Indep. on Sun. Real Life 18 July 3: From the busker to the Prime Minister, almost every man seems to own his own axe. The venerable Fender Stratocaster has taken on the status of iconic, classic furniture.at axe, n.
1999 Indep. on Sun. Real Life 31 Oct. 5: A foul-tempered, mother-hating, back-talking, tit-growing little alien.at back-talking, n.
1999 Indep. on Sun. Rev. 21 Feb. 6: Pushing things all around just so as you can talk this ballocks.at ballocks, n.
1999 Indep. on Sun. Real Life 20 June 5: The sight of ballsy Ruby stumbling in chains.at ballsy (adj.) under balls, n.
1999 Indep. on Sun. Rev. 21 Feb. 6: She had me bang to rights.at bang to rights (adv.) under bang, adv.
1999 Indep. on Sun. Real Life 1 Aug. 5: Travelling around America in a beat-up pick-up truck.at beat-up, adj.