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[UK] J. Osborne Look Back in Anger Act I: Right you are.
at right you are!, excl.
[UK] J. Osborne Look Back in Anger Act III: And if you start trying any strong-arm stuff, you’re out.
at strong-arm stuff (n.) under strong-arm, adj.
[UK] J. Osborne Look Back in Anger Act I: You heard every damned thing those bastards did, all day and night.
at bastard, n.
[UK] J. Osborne Look Back in Anger Act I: He doesn’t know it, but those beefcake Christians will make off with his wife in the wonder of stereophonic sound before the picture’s over.
at beefcake (n.) under beef, n.1
[UK] J. Osborne Look Back in Anger Act II: Going to the dogs, as the Blimps are supposed to say.
at blimp, n.1
[UK] J. Osborne Look Back in Anger Act II: How I remember looking down on them, full of beer for breakfast, and feeling a bit buzzed.
at buzzed, adj.
[UK] J. Osborne Look Back in Anger Act III: But make me some tea first, you madcap little Charlie.
at charlie, n.4
[UK] J. Osborne Look Back in Anger Act I: Brother Nigel? The straight-backed, chinless wonder from Sandhurst?
at chinless wonder, n.
[UK] J. Osborne Look Back in Anger Act III: Are you going to dry up, or do I read the papers down here?
at dry up, v.
[UK] J. Osborne Look Back in Anger Act I: So I said she could come here until she fixes something else.
at fix, v.1
[UK] J. Osborne Look Back in Anger Act III: My gosh, look at ’em!
at my gosh! (excl.) under gosh!, excl.
[UK] J. Osborne Look Back in Anger Act II: You rotten bastard! I hate your guts, I’m clearing out, and I hope you rot.
at hate someone’s guts (v.) under gut, n.
[UK] J. Osborne Look Back in Anger Act II: I’m tired of being hetero.
at hetero, adj.
[UK] J. Osborne Look Back in Anger Act II: We’ll keep the old nut-house going somehow.
at nut house, n.
[UK] J. Osborne Look Back in Anger Act I: Don’t you worry, he’ll make it. And, what’s more, he’ll do it better than anybody else!
at make it, v.
[UK] J. Osborne Look Back in Anger Act II: If you slap my face – by God, I’ll lay you out!
at lay out, v.
[UK] J. Osborne Look Back in Anger Act II: Good-bye, lovely.
at lovely, n.
[UK] J. Osborne Look Back in Anger Act I: There are only two posh papers on a Sunday.
at posh, adj.
[UK] J. Osborne Look Back in Anger Act I: Your friends – there’s a shower for you.
at shower of shit (n.) under shower, n.
[UK] J. Osborne Look Back in Anger Act III: He’s a sloppy, irritating bastard, but he’s got a big heart.
at sloppy, adj.
[UK] J. Osborne Look Back in Anger Act III: I’m a bit of a soppy, scruffy sort of a bear.
at soppy, adj.
[UK] J. Osborne Look Back in Anger Act II: We knew he’d spill the beans to the Colonel like a shot.
at spill the beans (v.) under spill, v.
[UK] J. Osborne Look Back in Anger Act II: What are you, you Welsh trash?
at white trash, n.
[UK] J. Osborne Look Back in Anger Act I: Wrap it up, will you? Stop ringing those bells!
at wrap (it) up (v.) under wrap, v.
[UK] J. Osborne Epitaph for George Dillon Act I: You’ve had damn-all to do all day.
at damn-all, n.
[UK] J. Osborne Epitaph for George Dillon Act III: He must feel all in after that journey.
at all in, adj.
[UK] J. Osborne Epitaph for George Dillon Act III: You string along with me, George, I’ll see you’re all right.
at string (along) with (v.) under string (along), v.
[UK] J. Osborne Epitaph for George Dillon Act II: Life isn’t simple [...] it’s frankly a pain in the arse.
at pain in the arse, n.
[UK] J. Osborne Epitaph for George Dillon Act III: You spend your time dabbling in politics, and vote in some ragged-arsed bunch of nobodies.
at ragged-arsed, adj.
[UK] J. Osborne Epitaph for George Dillon Act II: This hideous, God-awful room!
at God-awful, adj.
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