“ad fontes!”
UK, 1851, as ‘haw-doovers’—humorous and colloquial alteration of ‘hors d’oeuvres’, plural of the noun ‘hors d’oeuvre’ (i.e.: an extra dish served as a relish to whet the appetite usually before the main meal)
Read MoreLSD (i.e., lysergic acid diethylamide); also other drugs—USA, 1968—alludes to the Beatles’ song ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ (1967)
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U.S. slang, 1979—a condom—based on the phonetic similarity between the two nouns that compose it
Read Morean uproariously funny joke—USA, 1941—the image is of a person slapping their knees in laughter
Read Morea day on which one has performed badly, especially at work; a day which has been unusually difficult or unsatisfactory—USA, 1895
Read Moreexcess or unwanted fat at the waist—USA, 1960 and 1964, in interviews of Debbie Reynolds—the image is of the waist being held on to during sexual intercourse
Read Moreto get caught doing something wrong, unauthorised or illegal—USA, 1933
Read Morean untidy heap of discarded clothing left on the floor of a room, instead of stored in a wardrobe—USA, 1994—a blend of the nouns ‘floor’ and ‘wardrobe’
Read Moretypical of a men’s locker room, especially in being vulgar or coarse—USA, 1921—originated in golf
Read Moredangerously or uncomfortably close or near—USA, 1827
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