I was hunting for the meaning of a phrase that someone used on a blog I read when I meandered into a Victorian slang website.
Here are a few words/phrases that stuck out.
Bricky - Brave or fearless.
Butter upon bacon - This phrase sounds like it's about preparing food, but is not. Instead, it refers to an act of extreme extravagance.
Do tell - This Victorian exclamation means the same thing as the popular modern expression "you don't say."
Dratted - This mild Victorian swear word has the same meaning as damn in modern times. It was used as an expletive.
Eat vinegar with a fork - This phrase was used to describe a sharp-witted conversationalist or someone who was known to have a nasty way with words.
Got the morbs - In a nod to the word morbid, this phrase refers to someone who is in a melancholy mood or temporary state of depression.
Grinning at the daisy roots - This rather odd Victorian slang phrase for death was used to indicate that someone had died and been buried.
Irons - Guns especially pistols or revolvers
Jammiest bits of jam - This phrase was used to describe the most perfectly beautiful young women.
Ladybird - Pregnant
Revolveress - This Victorian slang phrase was used to describe a woman who had superb shooting skills (with a gun).
Strumpet - The word strumpet referred to a whore or prostitute.
BAE has been around for a lot longer than I thought. I don't know if it still means the same thing but it started out meaning "before anyone else.” (I use it in place of Bacon And Eggs.)
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