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Slang terms for money often derive from the appearance and features of banknotes or coins, their values, historical associations or the units of currency concerned. Within a language community, some of the slang terms vary in social, ethnic, economic, and geographic strata but others have become the dominant way of referring to the currency and are regarded as mainstream, acceptable language ...
Out of pocket To be crazy, wild, or extreme, sometimes to an extent which is considered too far. Thought to originate in African-American vernacular in the 1940s as a piece of jargon related to playing pool. Being "out of pocket" was not desirable, because a shot that goes out of the pocket means that the offending player loses their next turn.
Greenback (1860s money) Greenbacks were emergency paper currency issued by the United States during the American Civil War that were printed in green on the back. [ 1] They were in two forms: Demand Notes, issued in 1861–1862, [ 1] and United States Notes, issued in 1862–1865. [ 2] A form of fiat money, the notes were legal tender for most ...
A dime is a coin worth ten cents or one tenth of a United States dollar: Dynamite [46] Comes from T and T sounding like the explosive TNT McDonald's: Named after the ten piece McNugget Potatoes The zero (0) in 10 looks like a potato, and potatoes are sometimes called Taytos. Alliteratively, Pocket Potatoes. Tension: Imitative [8] TNT [46]
Coin purse. A purse or pouch (from the Latin bursa, which in turn is from the Greek βύρσα, býrsa, oxhide), [ 1] sometimes called coin purse for clarity, is a small money bag or pouch, made for carrying coins. In most Commonwealth countries it is known simply as a purse, while "purse" in the United States usually refers to a handbag.
Bruh. "Bruh" originated from the word "brother" and was used by Black men to address each other as far back as the late 1800s. Around 1890, it was recorded as a title that came before someone's ...
pocket aces Refers to a starting poker hand that contains two Aces. The most common context is a game of Texas hold 'em. Other names for Ace-Ace include American Airlines, bullets, and rockets. pocket cards See hole cards pocket pair In community card poker or stud poker, when two of a player's private cards make a pair. Also wired pair poker face
Any brass in pocket?" [5] Of the song's reference to "bottle", Hynde explained, "Bottle is Cockney rhyming slang. It means bottle and glass. The way Cockney rhyming slang works is the word you're really saying rhymes with the second word. So bottle and glass rhymes with ass. In England, to say somebody has a lot of ass they have a lot of funk.