One kind of eyewash, the army's innumerable 'states' and 'returns' was known as bumf, short for bum-fodder the abbreviation was common in English public schools from before 1900; the full term for toilet-paper dates back to the seventeenth century, when it was coined by Urquhart, the translator of Rabefais; Urquhart is one of the most prolific originators of the obscenities and vulgarities of our language, and with him rank Shakespeare and Burns. | 283 gatter gear gatter noun a drink alcohol especially beer. English gypsy use uk 1841 gattered adjective drunk. Possibly a variation of guttered uk 2003 gauching adjective used to describe the glazed-eyed open-mouthed state of an intoxicated drug taker uk 1993 gauge noun a shotgun us 1993 gavel and wig gavel verb to probe your eye or your anus in order to relieve an irritation. Rhyming slang for twig uk 1992 gavvers noun the police. English gypsy and underworld use uk 2000 gawd gaw gor noun god. Phonetic spelling of Cockney pronunciation subsequently treated as almost euphemistic uk 1377 gawd love-a-duck cor love-a-duck used as a mild expression of shock or surprise. A variation of lord love-a-duck uk 1943 gawjo noun 8see GORGER gawk noun in circus and carnival usage a local who loiters as the show is assembled or taken down us 1931 gay noun a homosexual us 1953 gay adjective 1 homosexual us 1933. 2 catering to or patronised by homosexuals us 1954. 3 bad stupid out of style. General pejorative in juvenile use a reversalof the politically correct norm much as good is bad and wicked is good us 1973 gay 90s noun US Treasury bonds issued in 1958 due to return i n 1990 us 1960 gay and frisky noun whisky. Rhyming slang uk 1919 gay and hearty noun a party. Rhyming slang Australia 1939 gay as a French horn adjective undoubtedly homosexualuK 20001 gay-ass adjective extremely out of fashion Canada 2002 gay bar noun a bar catering to a homosexual clientele us 1953 gay bashing noun violent beatings targeted on homosexuals us 1997 gay boy noun a homosexual male especially one who is flamboyant and young us 1945 gaycat verb to have a good carefree time us 1924 gay chicken noun a young homosexual male us 1959 gaydar gadar noun the perceived or real ability of one homosexual to sense intuitively that another person is homosexualus 1932 gayer noun a homosexual. An elaboration of gay uk 2003 gay for pay adjective said of a heterosexual man who portrays a homosexual man in a .
