2017年11月16日 · The first use of 'spliff' I could find was in the 27 April 1855 Lincolnshire Chronicle [paywall] where, in its singularity, it might well have been a mis- or deliberate re-spelling of 'spiff' (1862, OED), the shortened form of 'spiffy' ("smart, spruce", 1853, OED, in Letters of Dante Gabriel Rossetti; 'spiffy' with a broader sense of "decorated, spectacular" appears perhaps as early as the ...

This unsubstantiated source suggests that spliff is a portmanteau word derived from combining the word split with the word spiff: (From split <divided> + spiff <well-dresssed or good>) A quality cigarette rolled with both tobacco and marajuana, initially popular on Europe's Iberian Peninsula.

I've looked on Google for several minutes, but I can't find a plausible reason, nor any immediately useful things to follow up. (I understand "Don't bogart that joint" to mean "Pass the [cannabis]...

Something like: dingbat, thingamabob or thingy . From. 1925 E. FRASER & J. GIBBONS Soldier & Sailor Words 215 Oojah (also Ooja-ka-pivi), a substitute expression for anything the name of which a speaker cannot momentarily think of, e.g. ‘Pass me that h-m, h-m, oojah-ka-pivi, will you?’ 1931 J. VAN DRUTEN London Wall II. ii. 73 There's a whole lot in the Oojah Capivvy now. 1962 Sunday Times ...

2013年11月2日 · OED says: doobie: a marijuana cigarette Origin unknown. A relationship with dobby has been suggested. dobby/dobbie: A silly old man, a dotard, a booby. Dialectal. First citations: 1...

2016年1月5日 · Dope is a rather new slang word that is used to define someone or something excellent, great, impressive. OED says that it is originally in African-American usage and chiefly among rap musicians and

2013年12月19日 · The slang term minge in the sense of quim dates from the beginning of the 20 th century. However, neither the OED nor Etymonline has any idea where it came from.

2020年11月25日 · Except the given name Butch actually DIDN'T come from a shortening of "butcher." Butch is an Anglo-Saxon given name that goes back over 1,000 years, even predating the Norman Conquest.

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Recent slang dictionaries on the origin of 'wank' and 'wanker' I note at the outset that every recent slang dictionary ultimately concedes that "origin unknown [or obscure]" remains the final word on these terms.