Timelines
August 18th, 2013I am building a series of Timelines based on the database that underlies Green’s Dictionary of Slang.
These are the links to those currently available:
Penis: http://bit.ly/14hM1V4
Vagina: http://bit.ly/1257HXD
Drunk: http://bit.ly/1dfdrjm
Alcohol: http://bit.ly/1b4ANMW
Pubs and Bars: http://bit.ly/17C9Vwo
Pogue the hone comes from póg mo thóin which is Irish for kiss my ass
‘Pogue the Hone’ is a distortion of the Gaelic ‘pog ma rhone’ which means ‘kiss my arse.’ It doesn’t really have to do with sex, except in a twisted manner….
[...] rund einem Jahr bloggte ich über Jonathon Greens Timeline voller historischer Fachbegriffe für Pimmel und Muschis, und seit damals hat er noch einige male [...]
regarding the phrase “the whole nine yards”
I had always thought it originated in the bridal clothing industry were in a gowns worth and social class was associated with how many yards of fabric were used to create it; a dress made with “nine yards” of silk or taffeta was the “gold standard” if you will; hence, the phrase “the whole nine yards” coming to mean spare no expense.
Theresa
[...] Slang Timeline by Jonathan Green [...]
[...] Jonathon Green’s slang timelines. [...]
These are wonderful. My boyfriend loves the penis and vagina timelines, and has requested a print. Is this something you would sell? If it doesn’t exist, are you interested in having it designed? It would be an honor.
I’ll email the software company–there’s definitely a loading problem. The others are quite enjoyable!
Apologies. The software is, I fear, beyond my control. All I can hope is that another try will solve the problem. However, it could be that you need to zoom out with the slider (on the right), so as to get a good view of the words, then zoom in on the year(s) you want. It is not, all that said, very big.
The pubs and bars timeglider isn’t fully loading at the moment.