LUSHEY. Drunk. The rolling kiddeys hud a spree, and got bloody lushey; the dashing lads went on a party of pleasure, and got very drunk.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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DUGS. A woman's breasts,
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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Eine Mauer die auf kreative Art zur Diskussion einläd. Ich bin gespannt, ob sich in den nächsten Tagen noch mehr gedichtete Zettel dazu gesellen werden. 
JIBBER THE KIBBER. A method of deceiving seamen, by fixing a candle and lanthorn round the neck of a horse, one of whose feet is tied up; this at night has the appearance of a ship's light. Ships bearing towards it, run on shore, and are plundered by the inhabitants.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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NAZAKENE FORETOP. The foretop of a wig made in imitation of Christ's head of hair, as represented by the painters and sculptors.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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JOHNNY BUM. A he or jack ass: so called by a lady that affected to be extremely polite and modest, who would not say Jack because it was vulgar, nor ass because it was indecent.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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MOPSQUEEZER. A maid servant, particularly a housemaid.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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NICKUMPOOP, or NINCUMPOOP. A foolish fellow; also one who never saw his wife's ****.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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MERRY ANDREW, or MR. MERRYMAN. The jack pudding, jester, or zany of a mountebank, usually dressed in a party-coloured coat.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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For anybody who did not know the word "cop" in all of its meanings:
"A #cop is an informal term for a police officer. As a verb, cop is used in a variety of #slang expressions meaning “grab” or “obtain,” from copping a feel on someone (not recommended) to copping out on going to a party (= not going) to copping to (confessing to) eating the last slice of pizza."
https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/cop/
Further: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cop
There has *got* to be a word for that pause you take before hitting Send, to make sure that #autocorrect isn’t going to change the last word you typed.
Got any suggestions?
TWIST. A mixture of half tea and half coffee; likewise brandy, beer, and eggs. A good twist; a good appetite. To twist it down apace; to eat heartily.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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The port of my music player #Benben to #CommonLisp continues... and as of tonight, the original S-Lang TUI interface is working! 
I even managed to fix a bug with the scrolling text fields and Japanese text.
The only C bindings going on here are: #libxmp (to play the .xm file), libao (final audio output), ZStandard (VGM decompression), and #S-Lang (TUI). The rest is pure Common Lisp, including the DSP effects and #VGM playback/chip emulation.
Normally you launch this from the command line (which is also working), but I did it with Emacs+Slime just to be fancy.
#LinuxAudio
BUBBLY JOCK. A turkey cock. SCOTCH.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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So, #TIL (thankfully only by futzing about online and not in actual conversation) that the term "real OG" means "Original Gangster."
I just thought it meant "ORIGINAL".
Did y'all know this?!?
Is this something I didn't know because I didn't grow up in the US?
Or is it because I am an old?
#slang
#linguistics
#The MoreYouKnow
#RealOGCluelessRightHere
SECRET. He has been let into the secret: he has been cheated at gaming or horse-racing. He or she is in the grand secret, i.e. dead.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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TO DIDDLE. To cheat. To defraud. The cull diddled me out of my dearee; the fellow robbed me of my sweetheart. See Jeremy Diddler In Raising The Wind.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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HOPPER-ARSED. Having large projecting buttocks: from their resemblance to a small basket, called a hopper or hoppet, worn by husbandmen for containing seed corn, when they sow the land.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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