"Ii" in Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English . The Concise New Partridge presents, for the first time, all the slang terms from the New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English in a single volume. With over 60,000 entries from around the English-speaking world, the Concise gives you the language of beats, hipsters, Teddy Boys, mods and rockers, hippies, pimps, druggies, whores, punks, skinheads, ravers, surfers, Valley girls, dudes, pill-popping truck drivers, hackers, rappers and more. The Concise New Partridge is a spectacular resource infused with humour and learning – it’s rude, it’s delightful, and it’s a prize for. | li I noun the I an interstate highway us 2003 I ain t even tryin to hear you I am not listening us 1993 I ain t here to brag used for demonstrating that the speaker understands that he is bragging. A paralipsis of the first order. Many grammaticalvariants exist as wellas the simpler Not to brag us 2004 I am a Ranger. We live for the One we die for the One. used with humour as an affirmation of support. The motto of the interplanetary police on the US science fiction television programme Babylon 1994-98 us 1994 I am Canadian noun a drink made with fruit juice Quebec maple syrup and whisky or Molson Canadian beer Canada 2002 I am so sure used for expressing strong doubt about what has just been said us 1932 I and I noun used in the military as a jocular substitute for the official R and R rest and recreation . An abbreviation of intercourse and intoxication the main activities during rest and recreation us i960 I believe you but thousands wouldn t a catchphrase retort that is used to express doubt or at best reserve judgement about the veracity of the person being addressed. This phrase exists in a number of minor variations and is so wellknown that Ibelieve you but carries the full sense uk 1927 I bet I ll bet I am certain. Elliptical for I bet you did or do or did often derisive or ironic uk 1939 Ibiza Hilton noun the police station of the Guardia CivilIbiza. An ironic reference to the international Hilton hotel chain span 1999 IBM noun 1 a smart diligent student us 1960. 2 a member of an organized crime family an Italian businessman us 1997 IBM discount noun a price increase us 1991 iboga noun 1 amphetamines. A reference to the African shrub tabernathe Iboga and Ibogaine a natural stimulant that is compounded therefrom uk 2003. 2 MDMA the recreationaldrug best known as ecstasy uk 2003 IC noun during the Vietnam war an innocent civilian us 1935 I can catch noun the US Interstate Commerce Commission. A back formation from the agency initials ICC us 1971 I can read .
