A short collection of Victorian slang words. Queen Victoria would, of course, not have been amused.
Fly Rink
Definition: A polished bald head
Usage: “Be sure to wear glasses if you go outside; Grandpa’s fly rink is blinding today.”
Mutton Shunter
Definition: Policeman
Usage: “Is the Queen in town or something? There’s mutton shunters on every blasted corner!”
Arf’arf’an’arf
Definition: A figure of speech, meaning “drunk”.
Etymology: Order an “arf-an-arf” (or “half-and-half”) in a London pub and you’ll receive a malty cocktail of half black beer, half ale. Add one more ‘arf of beer to the mix and your mug suddenly runneth over; you, chum, must be arf’arf’an’arf - that is, drunk.
Usage: “Charlie ordered another Guinness? He’s already arf’arf’an’arf!”
Gigglemug
Definition: An habitually smiling face
Usage: “These beauty contestants are just a bunch of gigglemugs.”
Sauce-box
Definition: The mouth
Usage: “When my kids won’t stop talking, I give them some chips just to fill their little sauce-boxes.”
Pumblechook
Definition: Human ass
Etymology: From Uncle Pumblechook, a character in Dickens’ Great Expectations described as “that basest of swindlers”; greedy, pompous and piggish.
Usage: “This Pumblechook at the mall totally cut me off in his Hummer - then he gave me a sneer in the drive-through.”