b
bollocks to that
Meaning:
A defiant exclamation.
Example:
No way! Bollocks to that!
bollocksed
Meaning:
Worn out, ruined, tired.
Example:
I’m completely bollocksed.
It also means:
Very intoxicated.
Example:
I got completel bollocksed last night.
bomb
Meaning:
A name for burning cannabis fragments.
Example:
Watch the bomb on the carpet.
bombed out
Meaning:
Incapacitated by drink or drugs.
Example:
I don’t usually drink so I was bombed out really early.
bonehead
Meaning:
A stupid person.
Example:
He’s really cute, but a complete bonehead.
It also means:
A person with all their head hair shaved off.
Example:
I went out with a bonehead once. It was kind of weird.
boner
Meaning:
An erect penis.
Example:
I really felt sorry for this guy. He would have been about 13 or 14, and he had a boner?
bong
Meaning:
A water pipe used for smoking cannabis or marijuana.
Example:
Pass the bong.
bonk
Meaning:
To fornicate. An inoffensive expression, generally used more by adolescents.
Example:
I haven’t had a bonk in ages.
It also means:
A sexual act.
Example:
Who are you bonking?
bonkers
Meaning:
Crazy, insane.
Example:
He’s driving me bonkers.
boob
Meaning:
A mistake.
Example:
It was a boob on my part. I just shouldn’t have done it.
boob job
Meaning:
Breast enhancement by plastic surgery.
Example:
Have you seen her recently. I think she had a boob job.
boob tube
Meaning:
television.
Example:
I’m just going to chill in front of the boob tube for a while.
boobies
Meaning:
Breasts. Humorous usage.
Example:
Ohhh?boobies?/p>
booboo
Meaning:
A mistake. See also ‘boob’.
Example:
I think I made a booboo.
boobs
Meaning:
Breasts.
Example:
She’s got nice boobs.
boogie
Meaning:
A dance, usually to pop music.
Example:
Come on! Lets boogie!
boot
Meaning:
The ‘sack’, termination of employment.
Example:
They gave him the boot cause he could never show up to work on time.
booze
Meaning:
alcohol.
Example:
I had way too much booze last night. I can’t remember anything.
boozer
Meaning:
A public house, a bar. Colloq.
Example:
It’s a really cool boozer.
It also means:
A person who likes drinking alcohol, an alcoholic. Colloq.
Example:
He’s a real boozer.
booze-up
Meaning:
A drinking spree.
Example:
When was the last time you had a booze up?
b
bore the pants off someone
Meaning:
To bore someone greatly.
Example:
He was sweet enough, but he just bored the pants off me.
bored out of one’s skull
Meaning:
Extremely bored.
Example:
I didn’t learn anything new. I was totally bored out of my skull.
botch up
Meaning:
To build or repair in a makeshift manner.
It also means:
To do something badly.
bottle
Meaning:
Courage, confidence.
It also means:
To smash a bottle into a person’s face, very often a beer bottle after a drinking spree.
bottle it
Meaning:
To lose courage.
bottom burp
Meaning:
Wind from the anus, a ‘fart’. Also abbreviated to botty burp.
bottomless pit
Meaning:
A person with an insatiable appetite for food.
botty
Meaning:
The buttocks. Also abbreviated to bot.
boulder holder
Meaning:
A brassiere.
bouncer
Meaning:
A person employed to eject troublemakers from clubs or events.
bovver
Meaning:
Trouble.
box clever
Meaning:
To act shrewdly or in a manner so as to outwit someone. Colloq.
boxed
Meaning:
Intoxicated by drugs.
boy racer
Meaning:
A young man who has a penchant for fast cars and reckless driving.
bozo
Meaning:
An objectionable person, an idiot. Derogatory
bozz-eyed
Meaning:
A person who is cross-eyed or has equally unusual eyes.
brain
Meaning:
To hit on the head.
brained
Meaning:
Extreme drug intoxication, affecting the mental faculties.
brass
Meaning:
Money.
brass monkey weather
Meaning:
Very cold weather.
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brassed off
Meaning:
Fed-up, annoyed.
brassy
Meaning:
Very cold.
bread
Meaning:
money. brew
It also means:
coffee. brew
bread
Meaning:
Money.
breakbeat
Meaning:
A style of drum patterns originating from jazz.
It also means:
A dance music genre epitomised by speedy ‘samples’ of breakbeats.
breakout
Meaning:
to escape, usually from prison
brekky
Meaning:
Abb. of breakfast.
brew
Meaning:
A cup of tea, or more generally a warm drink.
brew-up
Meaning:
To make a cup or pot of tea.
brickie
Meaning:
Abb. of bricklayer.
brick-it
Meaning:
To be very scared, terrified.
brill
Meaning:
Excellent. An abbreviation of brilliant. Colloq.
bring off
Meaning:
To help achieve orgasm.
Britpop
Meaning:
Abb. of British Popular music.
bro
Meaning:
Abb. of brother.
broken up
Meaning:
distressed
brown bread
Meaning:
Dead. Cockney rhyming slang.
browned off
Meaning:
Upset, fed up.
brownie point
Meaning:
A hypothetical award for achievement, usually given as a backhanded compliment for sycophantic behaviour.
brown-nose
Meaning:
To overly praise or behave sycophantically.
b
builder’s bum
Meaning:
Describing the top of the buttocks being in sight above the waistline of trousers when kneeling or bending. Stereotypical image of builders.
built like a brick shithouse
Meaning:
Large, sturdy, strong. Said of a person.
bulge
Meaning:
A euphemism for the male genitals usually from being apparent through clothing.
bull
Meaning:
bullshit; lie.
It also means:
Nonsense.
bullshit
Meaning:
lie; dishonesty.
Example:
To lie, fib.
It also means:
Nonsense, rubbish, egocentric boasting.
bullshitter
Meaning:
An egocentric boaster, a teller of untruths.
bum
Meaning:
The buttocks or anus.
Example:
To beg.
It also means:
A despicable person. Derogatory
bum around
Meaning:
To mess about, to laze about.
bum steer
Meaning:
An imparting of false information.
bumfluff
Meaning:
Adolescent facial hair growth.
bum-freezer
Meaning:
A short jacket.
bummer
Meaning:
A bad time.
bump into someone
Meaning:
To fortuitously meet with someone.
bump off
Meaning:
To murder.
bundle
Meaning:
A large quantity of money.
bung
Meaning:
To give or throw.
It also means:
A bribe.
bunk off
Meaning:
To shirk one’s duties. A common adolescent’s term for avoiding school lessons.
buns
Meaning:
the rear end; buttocks.
buppie
Meaning:
Bread and butter. Usually a children’s expression.
burn rubber
Meaning:
To depart quickly.
b
bush
Meaning:
The female genitals, but alluding to the pubic hair.
It also means:
Marijuana.
bushed
Meaning:
extremely tired.
bust
Meaning:
A police raid on a person and/or property.
It also means:
To raid as in a bust.
bust one’s guts
Meaning:
To work with great effort.
bustin
Meaning:
Eager. Probably a corruption of bursting.
It also means:
Desperately need to get to a toilet.
busting
Meaning:
Eager. Probably a corruption of bursting.
It also means:
Desperately need to get to a toilet.
butch
Meaning:
Tough looking, masculine.
It also means:
A masculine lesbian.
butchers
Meaning:
A look. From the Cockney rhyming slang butcher’s hook.
butt
Meaning:
buttocks
butt out
Meaning:
An impolite request to keep one’s mind one’s own business.
butty
Meaning:
A sandwich. The term originates in the North of England but has attained national use. Colloq.
buzz
Meaning:
A telephone call.
It also means:
A thrill.
buzz along
Meaning:
A cheery request to hurry off.
buzz off
Meaning:
To go away, to leave.
It also means:
Go away!
buzz-cut
Meaning:
A haircut using electric clippers.
buzzin’
Meaning:
Thrilled and full of energy, often as a result of partaking in illicit drugs.
by a hair
Meaning:
a very small measure or degree
By gum
Meaning:
An exclamation of surprise or amazement.
By heck
Meaning:
An exclamation of surprise.
by the skin of one抯 teeth
Meaning:
to barely get out of a dangerous situation.
b
by, God
Meaning:
expression of frustration, anger, surprise etc
c
cabbage
Meaning:
A person in a catatonic state or seemingly brain dead.
cabbaged
Meaning:
Intoxicated to a state of uselessness. From being in a vegetative state.
cabbie
Meaning:
taxi driver
cack
Meaning:
faeces
It also means:
funny
Example:
Rubbish, nonsense.
cack it
Meaning:
To be terrified.
cack-handed
Meaning:
Clumsy, without manual dexterity.
cacky
Meaning:
Dirty, rubbishy.
cactus
Meaning:
ruined
Example:
drunk
It also means:
dead
caff
Meaning:
A cafe.
cagey
Meaning:
secretive, sly
cake-hole
Meaning:
mouth
call
Meaning:
telephone conversation
It also means:
the act of telephoning
call a spade a spade
Meaning:
to be honest
call it a day
Meaning:
stop work
call it quits
Meaning:
stop work
It also means:
finish a relationship
call of nature
Meaning:
a need to go to the toilet
call off
Meaning:
cancel
call the shots
Meaning:
to lead
It also means:
to make the decisions
callgirl
Meaning:
prostitute
calling card
Meaning:
an easily recognisable sign let by a visitor
c
calm down
Meaning:
be reasonable
camera-shy
Meaning:
unwilling or embarrassed to be photographed
camp
Meaning:
effeminate
It also means:
homosexual
camp
Meaning:
group who share the same beliefs
It also means:
sleep
camp
Meaning:
An effeminate style and mannerism affected mainly by ‘gays’.
camp as a row of tents
Meaning:
obviously homosexual
It also means:
A catch phrase implying very ‘camp’ or gay.
camp it up
Meaning:
To overact in an affected manner.
can
Meaning:
toilet
It also means:
to dismiss unfavourably
can do
Meaning:
affirmative reply to a request
can it
Meaning:
be quiet
can take it or leave it
Meaning:
expressing options or indifference
cancer stick
Meaning:
cigarette
candy man
Meaning:
drug pusher, especially to children and teens
cane it
Meaning:
To overindulge in drugs.
caned
Meaning:
Intoxicated.
caning
Meaning:
beating
It also means:
rough treatment
caning
Meaning:
a sound defeating
canned
Meaning:
criticised
cans
Meaning:
Headphones.
can’t abide
Meaning:
not able to tolerate
c
can’t be arsed
Meaning:
Can’t be bothered.
can’t come at something
Meaning:
unwilling to carry out a particular act
can’t get a word in edgeways
Meaning:
unable to interact in a conversation because the other person won’t stop speaking
can’t get blood from a stone
Meaning:
unable to extract something from someone/thing that doesn’t have it
can’t get it up
Meaning:
a man’s inability to have an erection
can’t hack the pace
Meaning:
an inability to complete or participate in a particular activity
can’t have it both ways
Meaning:
relating to the need to choose between two equally desired outcomes
can’t judge a book by its cover
Meaning:
a comment on an inability to make a decision based on appearances
can’t see for looking
Meaning:
unable to see the obvious
can’t see past one’s nose
Meaning:
unable to accept another persons point of view
can’t see the grass for the trees
Meaning:
an inability to see or understand the overall picture or situation
can’t see the trees for the forest
Meaning:
an inability to see or understand the overall picture or situation
can’t see the wood for the trees
Meaning:
an inability to see or understand the overall picture or situation
can’t stomach
Meaning:
strong dislike
can’t take a joke
Meaning:
unable to see humour
can’t take someone anywhere
Meaning:
a joke remark when someone does something socially embarrassing
can’t teach an old dog new tricks
Meaning:
based on the generalisation that it is difficult for older people to accept new ideas
can’t win
Meaning:
an exclamation when everything appears to be going wrong
cap and gown
Meaning:
academic dress
capitalist
Meaning:
an accusation that someone has too much interest in making money
c
carbon copy
Meaning:
a duplicate in looks and mannerisms
card
Meaning:
likeable, funny
cardie
Meaning:
cardigan
cark it
Meaning:
die
It also means:
ceased to work
carpet burns
Meaning:
evidence of sexual activity marked by chafe marks on the body
carried away
Meaning:
to act beyond reason
carrot top
Meaning:
Nickname for a person with red/ginger hair.
carry a lot of weight
Meaning:
to have great influence
carry on
Meaning:
to behave foolishly
It also means:
sexual activity
carry something off
Meaning:
to handle a situation well
It also means:
to trick or deceive
carry weight
Meaning:
have influence or importance
cart
Meaning:
to carry often with great difficulty
case
Meaning:
(one抯) work load.
case
Meaning:
unusual, queer or peculiar person
case the joint
Meaning:
to look at premises before a crime
It also means:
to investigate a nightclub
cash in hand
Meaning:
payment for work in cash, often outside of taxation laws
cash in on
Meaning:
gain profit from something
cashed up
Meaning:
plenty of money
castrate
Meaning:
to take a man’s self-esteem and pride
cat
Meaning:
spiteful, malicious woman
It also means:
a catamaran
c
cat got your tongue
Meaning:
a question directed at someone who refuses to speak
cat-and-mouse game
Meaning:
a psychological game where the opponents try and outdo each other
catch
Meaning:
a marriageable man or woman
catch flies
Meaning:
To look blankly with one’s mouth open.
catch forty winks
Meaning:
have a short sleep
catch some rays
Meaning:
get some sunshine.
catch some z’s
Meaning:
Get some sleep. Pronounced catch some zeds.
catch you later
Meaning:
meet again at a different time
cat’s pyjamas
Meaning:
the greatest
cat’s whiskers
Meaning:
The best, most sublime thing or person.
champion
Meaning:
Adj./Adverb meaning Excellent. Also used as an exclamation.
channel surfing
Meaning:
Switching from one television channel to another in search of an interesting programme.
char
Meaning:
Tea.
charity-case
Meaning:
A person deemed rightly or wrongly to be in need of charity, whether poor or handicapped in some manner. Derogatory
Charlie
Meaning:
Cocaine.
It also means:
A fool.
charlies
Meaning:
Women’s breasts.
chase the dragon
Meaning:
To smoke heroin by burning the drug on foil and inhaling the smoke through a tube.
chat up
Meaning:
To talk with someone with an ulterior motive in mind, such as procuring physical intimacies or sex. Colloq.
cheapo
Meaning:
pertaining to anything that is cheap and inferior in quality
cheeky monkey
Meaning:
A light-hearted name for a verbally impertinent person.
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cheers
Meaning:
Thank you!, an expression of gratitude. Colloq.
It also means:
Goodbye!, a parting salutation. Colloq.
cheesed off
Meaning:
Fed up, angered.
cheesy
Meaning:
cheap; outmoded.
It also means:
Corny, cheap and hackneyed.
chemicals
Meaning:
A euphemism for chemically manufactured illicit drugs, such as MDMA, Amphetamine Sulphate or LSD; as opposed to Cannabis etc.
cherry
Meaning:
Virginity as in to lose one’s cherry.
chew the fat
Meaning:
To chat.
chicken
Meaning:
coward.
Example:
Cowardly. Colloq.
It also means:
A game of courage in which competitors dare one another to complete a given task. Usually a game of adolescence.
chicken feed
Meaning:
An insignificant amount, usually relating to money. Colloq.
chicken out
Meaning:
Afraid to complete one’s task or fulfil one’s obligation. Colloq.
chill
Meaning:
An abb. of chill-out.
chilled
Meaning:
Relaxed.
chill-out
Meaning:
To relax.
It also means:
A time or place where people chill-out, often whilst on drugs or in a hot sweaty club.
chin someone
Meaning:
To hit someone on the chin.
chin-wag
Meaning:
A conversation or chat.
It also means:
To chat, talk.
chocker
Meaning:
Chocolate.
It also means:
Very crowded, busy.
choice
Meaning:
The best.
choked up
Meaning:
nearly crying
chomp
Meaning:
To eat.
It also means:
The act of chewing or eating.
chopper
Meaning:
Teeth.
It also means:
The penis.
chops
Meaning:
The mouth.
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chord
Meaning:
A bad mood.
chow
Meaning:
Food.
chubbychops
Meaning:
Jocular and affectionate term of address for a podgy person.
chuck
Meaning:
An term of endearment.
Example:
To terminate a relationship.
It also means:
To vomit.
chuck it down
Meaning:
To rain, often heavily.
chuck one’s guts up
Meaning:
To vomit.
chuck one’s muck
Meaning:
To ejaculate semen.
chuck up
Meaning:
To vomit.
chucking out time
Meaning:
The time when public houses close and ask its customers to leave.
chuddy
Meaning:
A liberating weekend away
chuff
Meaning:
Rubbish, nonsense.
It also means:
The anus.
chuffed
Meaning:
Pleased, delighted.
chuffed to buggery / fuck
Meaning:
Very pleased.
chuffer
Meaning:
A contemptible person.
Example:
An annoying, difficult or disappointing occurrence.
chuffin 'ell
Meaning:
Euphemism for ‘fuckin hell’.
chuffing
Meaning:
A euphemism for ‘fucking’.
chump
Meaning:
A fool, a disliked person. Colloq. Derogatory
It also means:
The head.
chunder
Meaning:
Vomit.
It also means:
To vomit.
chunner
Meaning:
To mutter, grumble, talk incessantly.
ciggy
Meaning:
A cigarette. Also shortened to cig. Colloq.
c
clam up
Meaning:
To become secretive. Colloq.
clanger
Meaning:
A mistake or blunder.
clap
Meaning:
Gonorrhoea.
clap eyes on
Meaning:
To notice.
clapped out
Meaning:
Worn out, usually applied to machinery.
clarty
Meaning:
Sticky, gooey, messy.
It also means:
Dirty. Scottish.
clean
Meaning:
Having no drugs, weapons or illicit goods on one’s person.
clever-clogs
Meaning:
A person who is or claims to be clever or have greater knowledge.
climb the walls
Meaning:
To reach a state of severe agitation through stress or worry.
clingin
Meaning:
Unpleasant, disgusting.
clink
Meaning:
Prison.
clit
Meaning:
Abb. of clitoris.
clobber
Meaning:
Clothes and personal belongings.
clock
Meaning:
To notice.
Example:
The face.
It also means:
To hit or punch.
clodhopper
Meaning:
A large heavy shoe.
clone
Meaning:
A distinct type of ‘gay’ image, being stereotypically masculine and epitomized by short hair, bristle moustaches, jeans or leathers.
closet
Meaning:
The condition where one’s homosexuality is concealed.
clot
Meaning:
An idiot, fool. Derogatory Colloq.
cloth-ears
Meaning:
Someone who has poor hearing or doesn’t pay attention to imparted information.
clothes don抰 make the man
Meaning:
a saying meaning it抯 the inner qualities and not the outer trappings which determine the worth of a person
c
clothes horse/peg
Meaning:
a person who looks good and stylish in whatever is worn
cloud the issue
Meaning:
attempt to confuse the real facts with irrelevant ones
clouds on the horizon
Meaning:
trouble or problems on the way
clout
Meaning:
influence
It also means:
power and authority
clown
Meaning:
fool or idiot
It also means:
an amusing or funny person
clown around
Meaning:
behaving in a foolish manner
It also means:
waste time with inconsequential activity
clucky
Meaning:
feeling the maternal (or paternal) desire to have children
clue someone in
Meaning:
give (someone) the facts
It also means:
enlighten
clue up
Meaning:
To inform.
clued up
Meaning:
Knowledgeable, informed.
clued-up
Meaning:
enlightened
It also means:
informed
clueless
Meaning:
stupid
It also means:
ignorant
cluey
Meaning:
extremely smart or intelligent
It also means:
well-informed on a subject
clumsy
Meaning:
awkward, fumbling person
clunge
Meaning:
The anus.
clutch at straws
Meaning:
desperate and ineffectual attempts, measures, methods or resources
coast
Meaning:
make progress, act or do something with minimal exertion
It also means:
aimlessly drift along
coast is clear
Meaning:
the danger is past
It also means:
it is now safe
coaster
Meaning:
aimless drifter
It also means:
lazy person
Coat-hanger
Meaning:
Sydney Harbour Bridge
c
cob
Meaning:
To throw.
cob on
Meaning:
A temper.
cobar
Meaning:
copper coins
cobber
Meaning:
friend, mate
cobblers
Meaning:
testicles
It also means:
balls
cock
Meaning:
penis
It also means:
Rubbish, nonsense.
cock and bull
Meaning:
an incredible or unbelievable story
It also means:
nonsense
cock up
Meaning:
ruin
It also means:
spoil
cock-a-doodle-do
Meaning:
the crow of a rooster
It also means:
to crow
cocked
Meaning:
unbalanced
It also means:
irregular
cock-eyed
Meaning:
absurd
Example:
squinting or cross-eyed
It also means:
stupid
cocksucker
Meaning:
A contemptible person. Derogatory
cockteaser
Meaning:
Someone who sexually teases males.
cock-teaser
Meaning:
a woman who teases and leads men on sexually without submitting to the act of having sex
cock-up
Meaning:
A mess, a shambles.
It also means:
To make a mistake, to ruin.
cocky
Meaning:
over-confident
Example:
brash, cheeky, conceited or self-assertive
It also means:
cockroach
cod
Meaning:
To hoax, to joke.
codger
Meaning:
An elderly male. Usually prefixed with ‘old’. Colloq.
codswallop
Meaning:
Nonsense.
coffin nail
Meaning:
A cigarette.
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coin it in
Meaning:
To make large amounts of money, to profit.
coitus interruptus
Meaning:
avoiding getting pregnant by withdrawing the penis before orgasm or ejaculation
coke
Meaning:
Coca-Cola
It also means:
cocaine
coked up
Meaning:
To be intoxicated with cocaine.
cold as ice
Meaning:
very cold,
It also means:
devoid of emotion or affection
cold comfort
Meaning:
almost no comfort or consolation at all
cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey
Meaning:
pertaining to very cold weather conditions
cold feet
Meaning:
loss of nerve or courage
cold hard truth
Meaning:
the real facts
cold reception
Meaning:
unfriendly greeting or attitude
cold shoulder
Meaning:
deliberately unfriendly behaviour
It also means:
to ignore
cold turkey
Meaning:
sudden withdrawal of drugs as treatment for addiction
cold-blooded cruel
Meaning:
heartless callous
It also means:
mean
cold-hearted
Meaning:
lacking in sympathy
coldfish
Meaning:
A person who is unemotional or insensitive.
coldie
Meaning:
cold glass, can or bottle of beer
collapse with exhaustion
Meaning:
tiredness
collar
Meaning:
take over or monopolise
It also means:
take, especially without permission
collect
Meaning:
win a bet, lottery or prize
It also means:
smash into, collide with (especially in a motor vehicle)
collect dust
Meaning:
lie idle and gather dirt through neglect
c
collywobbles
Meaning:
A feeling of nervousness or pain in the stomach. Colloq.
colossal
Meaning:
wonderful
It also means:
splendid
come
Meaning:
to have an orgasm
It also means:
semen
come
Meaning:
To orgasm.
It also means:
Sexually ejaculated fluid, usually applied to semen and regularly spelt ‘cum’.
come a buster
Meaning:
fail often due to misfortune rather than mismanagement
come a cropper
Meaning:
To fall heavily.
It also means:
To fail.
come across
Meaning:
be understood
It also means:
communicate successfully
come across with the goods
Meaning:
to submit sexually, especially of a woman
come again?
Meaning:
asking someone to repeat
come at
Meaning:
to rush at
It also means:
attack
come by
Meaning:
acquire
It also means:
obtain (often illegally)
come clean confess
Meaning:
tell the truth
come down
Meaning:
lose the feeling of euphoria created by drugs
come down on someone like a ton of bricks
Meaning:
scold, berate (someone) severely
come down to earth
Meaning:
be realistic
It also means:
stop dreaming and see the facts as they really are
come down with
Meaning:
become afflicted with a virus or disease
come full circle
Meaning:
finalise
It also means:
complete something and end up where one started
come good
Meaning:
to improve after a bad start
come hell or high water
Meaning:
no matter what happens
come in handy
Meaning:
be useful
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come into
Meaning:
inherit
come into one抯 own
Meaning:
be able to show (one抯) skill
come off
Meaning:
happen
It also means:
succeed
come off it
Meaning:
an expression of disbelief
It also means:
a plea to stop talking nonsense
come off second best
Meaning:
be defeated
come on
Meaning:
An enticement, often with the intent of having a relationship.
It also means:
To begin menstruating. A commonly used euphemism.
come on a bit strong
Meaning:
behave in an over-bearing manner
come on too heavy
Meaning:
behave in an over-bearing or intolerable manner
It also means:
become too serious
come onto
Meaning:
To ‘chat up’.
come out
Meaning:
To openly reveal one’s homosexuality.
come out in the wash
Meaning:
to be finally revealed such as an indiscretion secret or hidden fact
come out of hiding
Meaning:
be socially active again after an absence
come out of one抯 shell
Meaning:
overcome (one抯) shyness or reserve and become communicative
come out of the closet
Meaning:
to admit to something previously hidden about one抯 nature or background especially used for homosexuality
come out of the woodwork
Meaning:
appear as if from nowhere
come out on top
Meaning:
succeed
It also means:
win
come over someone
Meaning:
to cause a change in (someone抯) mood
It also means:
affect
come round
Meaning:
eventually accept, agree
come to a head
Meaning:
reach a climax or crisis
come to a sticky end
Meaning:
to die violently
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come to blows
Meaning:
to start fighting or arguing strongly
come to grips with deal with
Meaning:
handle efficiently or successfully
come to light
Meaning:
be revealed, unearthed or found, as in a mystery or secret
come to one抯 senses
Meaning:
become rational again
come to pass occur
Meaning:
happen
come to the party
Meaning:
assist, particularly with money
It also means:
agree to meet certain requirements
come under the firing-squad
Meaning:
be subject to abuse, ridicule, criticism or verbal attack
come undone/unstuck
Meaning:
lose credibility or rank
It also means:
break down
come up for air
Meaning:
have a short rest or break
come up with
Meaning:
supply
It also means:
produce
comeback
Meaning:
retort or retaliation
It also means:
grounds for complaint comedown
comedown
Meaning:
The depression and tiredness after the cessation of a bout of drug taking.
comes to the crunch
Meaning:
when the crisis or decisive event finally happens
comfy
Meaning:
comfortable
comics
Meaning:
comic cartoon strips in newspapers
commie
Meaning:
communist
commo
Meaning:
communist
common as muck
Meaning:
Very common, usually applied to an unsophisticated and uncultured person. Colloq. Derogatory
common ground
Meaning:
agreement
It also means:
empathy
common or garden
Meaning:
Ordinary, plain. Colloq.