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- 2/6 heave
The original entry related to the term 4/6 heave which related to moving a fixed object belonging to (I believe) the Royal Navy (could be the RAF), one had to obtain a work order which was numbered 46. So when a group of squaddies (that's another one)were moving something, to make sure they all lifted at the same time someone called out. "4/6, Heave".
However, it turns out the term is actually 2, 6 heave!"
It's a naval expression, originally used when gun crews pulled the cannon in or out of the gun port. The 2 and the 6 related to the numbers of the men that were to pull- gunner 2 and gunner 6. Never heard it at school but my Dad, being a sailor, used it all the time. Normally shortened to just "2! 6!
If anyone can add to this - or to the 4/6 heave story, please do.
See also: ▶4/6 heaveSource: UK- 4/6 heave
- 69 (sixty-nine)
- 012
Performing mutual oral sex.
- 4:20
An annual event on this day during which, which people interested in encouraging the legalisation of marijuana are supposed to smoke it in public thus daring the authorities to arrest them.
Having said that - Lucy sent this in:4.20 is not an annual event it is the police code for the violation. As in "we have a report of 420 activity on W14th street and the riverside drive"
thuslets pick up some 4.20
lets meet at 4.20
etc(ed: anyone like to add something to sort out the confusion pelase?)
Source: USA- More of a concept nowadays than a term that can be defined, it refers to cannabis/marijuana in general, and often the culture surrounding its use as well. It is a not-so-secret "code" used by marijuana smokers as a way to identify fellow smokers in a legal way.
For instance, a person during class may suspect that the guy sitting next to him smokes, and wants to get a hookup. He'll discreetly slide a piece of paper to his partner with "4:20?" written on it. If he is a fellow smoker, he would get the message.
4:20 is not the police code in Los Angeles for public smoking of marijuana although that is a popular myth. The general consensus is that it PROBABLY referred to the time of day that a group of smokers in the University of California at Berkeley came together to smoke back in the 1960s. At 4:20PM.
- 182
- n.
Homosexual. Or as the contributor puts it "To be a 182, is to be a fag. To call someone a 182. e.g. "There goes that 182.", when the band Blink 182 came out all my friends thought they were gay, so anyone we didn't like we called a 182."
Source: circa 2001, USA - 404
- sl.
Originally from the ubiquitous world wide web error message ("Page Not Found"), has now become a colloquialism for all manner of leaving, not present, or whereabouts unknown. As in "I'm 404" (I'm leaving), or "Where's Wally?" "He's 404" (Who knows) or "Are you coming to my staggeringly cool party tonight?" "Nope, I'll be 404" (Thank you, but I will be otherwise engaged at that time).
Source: USA, UK - 429
- n.ed: a useful little note from Kevin asking us to amend one of the entires in the Gay Slang section:
I just noticed your explanation on 429 means G.A.Y. on the phone pad, but the other meaning is For To-Night.
It's a slang that frequently used when online asking people if they are looking for action the same evening.
- 666
- n.Satanic; "That gothic dude is 666."Source: circa 1990's, USA (VA)
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